Day 2 of the Cruise, 3 of vacation:
Today was daylight savings time and thankfully our phones changed on their own even though they were in airplane mode. I woke up around 7:30 but snoozed until 8. The main priority of the morning was to go to the DVC meeting at 9:00 so I jumped in the shower. Mom woke up shortly after and asked me to go grab us some drinks while she got ready. I've said it before and Ill say it again, I really did not like having to go through Cabanas each time I needed to go to the beverage station. The distaste for the situation lessened throughout the cruise but I still didn't like it. I got mom a coffee and myself a soda.
We were both very surprised how many people turned up for the meeting. I was sure everybody would sleep in and we would have a better chance at winning some prizes. Oh well, it was not to be. We still had a good time and were glad we went. I asked the representative if there were any rumors when the Grand Floridian Villas would start selling and for once I got a vague response instead of the usual we dont know. He said the rumor was later this year in the Fall. Excellent! DVC meeting complete we headed up to Cabanas for breakfast. In the elevator I had a Dis Meet! A friend from our cruise thread recognized me and said hi. That was a wonderful surprise.
There were tons of people up in Cabanas; it was actually a little difficult finding a seat. We automatically went outside at first but it was so windy we went right back inside.
My plate; cheese omelet, hash browns, and French toast
Moms had sautéed mushrooms, yogurt, French toast, and pineapple. the picture is blurry so I'm going to skip it.
She also got some Krispy Kremes
Looks like I went back for some pastries as well
We were sitting next to a couple and the lady looked so sick. We started chatting and she had been seasick all last night and this morning. We gave her some tips and hopefully she felt better soon. We never saw either of them again. We finished up with breakfast and headed out to the beverage station to take some drinks back to the room. It was so windy!
When we got back to the room I tried to change our room clock to daylight savings time. It was impossible. I think we must have had a faulty clock because what I was doing should have worked. Mom saw I was getting frustrated and went out to see if our room steward was anywhere close. Thankfully he was and saved me from destroying the clock. Not really but I was getting very frustrated. Crisis averted we settled in and enjoyed a few hours in the room. I went out on the balcony and there was what appeared to be a carrier pigeon on the railing. We were quite far from any land so I hope it was ok.
Mom went out and read on the verandah for a little bit and I caught up in the journal. She eventually came inside and we started watching Ratatouille. I started getting a little hungry around noon so headed out for some snacks. I needed to put some money on the shipboard account so I headed there first
There was hardly any line which was great
Mission accomplished I figured I'd pop up to the Future Cruise desk and see if I could rebook the cruises we had planned. Unfortunately she could only do one. This surprised me because in January they said they could do two. We never ended up doing anything on the January cruise because the desk was always busy and I figured we would just wait a few months and rebook on the Fantasy. Big mistake on my part. I gave her the info for my transatlantic cruise and she sad she would get a quote to me.
I then headed up to grab myself a snack. Mom didn't request anything but I knew I had better get some extra fries for her and a piece of margarita pizza for myself. I really like the pizza on the Dream/Fantasy. The pizza on the Wonder was not as delicious in my opinion. I ran into Mike and Kathryn our tablemates. They had gone to Chimpanzee the night before as well but had actually fallen asleep so headed out before it ended. I caught them up on the ending.
We continued to watch Ratatouille but I fell asleep. We wanted to go to a Metabolism Seminar at 2:00 and she didnt wake me until 2:00 so we were late to that. I didn't even think about setting an alarm because I didn't plan on falling asleep. Oh well, we were just a little late because we raced up there. It was fascinating and we were both glad we went.
After the seminar it was 2:45 and time to check in for my massage. They directed me back to a relaxation room after I changed into my robe. I have to admit the robe was not quite large enough for me and hugged me in all the wrong places. I was very self conscious and then missed my name being asked for. A CM had come through the room and asked for somebody but it sure didnt sound like my name. Probably five minutes later she came back in the room and walked right up to me and said why didnt you say anything when I asked for you? It wasnt mean at all but I still felt bad. I truly didnt hear my name called. Her name was Melissa from England and made me feel very comfortable throughout the massage. It was a fabulous experience and Im really glad I did it. I was very relaxed for the rest of the cruise. Someone on our cruise meet had mentioned they always do a massage early in the cruise so they are relaxed for the rest of it. I completely agree and will probably do this every cruise now. Somehow the time flew by and the massage was over. She brought me the check but had forgotten to include the 20% off so had to go back and change it. I then went and changed into my clothes and found mom in the RFR. She was relaxing on a lounger and I sat and relaxed with her for a few minutes. She was starting to get hungry so we headed out to grab some snacks.
Mom had fruit
And I had some olives
Then we stopped into the Cove Café to see what goodies they had
I somehow managed to miss getting a picture of the little carrot cake I got. It was quite tasty. Mom passed this time around. But we would be back several times over the course of the cruise. We sat down for a few minutes and had a nice chat with an older couple. We ended up talking about how rocky it had been and the gentleman had missed dinner he felt so ill. Last night was a doozy!
Mom wanted to see what the new adult only area looked like so we headed up there. It was still really windy and quite brisk. It was closed at the moment but I still got some pictures. We looked forward to returning when it was warmer.
They had these chairs strapped down
The new family wading pool
They never stop cleaning, they're amazing!
Quiet Cove, the adult only pool area
She was trying to get out of the wind
Outside of the Cove Café
Adult only hot tubs
A problem with the stabilizers
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The dramamine kicks in really fast, by the time we got to dinner I wasn't sea sick at all. And any other time I started to feel it again I would take one and was fine. 
. I do however love the adult hot tub.
Love that there is more room to lounge and relax than the Dream! Glad they made this change to it.
