This was going to be a full day! We had Palo Brunch, a mixology and Remy dinner on tap for the day! Our Palo brunch was scheduled for 11AM and we lost an hour because the time changed over night so the clocks go set ahead yet another hour for us (thats 4 hours from our native time zone!) It was okay, wed get the hour back before
Castaway Cay
I was up early and got my coffee at the lounge but wasnt going to eat a bite of food before brunch. I took the kids to Cabanas for a nice big breakfast. They enjoyed their typical fare: pancakes, waffles, bacon, cream of wheat and fresh fruit. Down to deck 5 and the kids were dropped at the Oceaneers Club and I made my way up to get ready!
Okay, so this was the best brunch/breakfast meal Ive ever had ever. Ever. I am serious. Ever. This was another example on this trip of my expectations being pretty high and those expectations being exceeded!
After being seated our server came and introduced himself. He was really good and I cant remember his name! (note to self, next time you need to take better photos of servers and the name tags!). He took us to the buffet and gave us an excellent tour of the items, areas. Each section of the buffet had servers stationed who dished the food onto your plate. So at the pastry station you would have fresh fruits, sticky bun, a variety of nut loafs, breads and pastries. The server would take your plate and you would point out what you wanted and how much. You would get your plate back and go to the next area.
A neat experience was our main dining room server, Yusef, was working at the buffet in Palo that morning. He greeted me and took my plate and took me through all the stations. He was helpful and gave me some tips and suggestions of what to try but honestly everything was so good. I wish I could have ate more.
They also had several tables setup with other food you could order from your server. Again, everything was all you can eat! Wow. We had the chilled strawberry soup (you had to order it) which was amazing!! I highly recommend it. We also ordered some chicken parm (delicious!), and some pizza. I had to try the grape and blue cheese pizza. And yes, it was great My wife tried the salmon, also good. Everything was good and most was pretty small bites so it made it easy to try a lot of different things.
My wife and I both tried caviar for the first time and we both loved it! My wife ordered a latte and said it was soooo good. And of course they had a whole section of amazing desserts. So so good.
We left there overfull but so satisfied. We didnt eat anything until Dinner later that evening. The service and food was so great. Well worth the $25 upcharge per person. I really really wish we could have scheduled another Palo brunch
We didn't get many photos of the MDRs but got a lot at Palo. Here's some food porn for the day...
Nice Palo décor...
Our first plates of food!
Getting contently full...
Here come the desserts!
Looks yummy, wish I were there right now. Our next cruise I would make best efforts to do it twice!