Dugette
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2009
Pirate Party
Dug and I got changed (“dressed up”) for our dinner at Palo. My PTR followers helped me to decide on this old dress I had (holding Izzy's nursery bag, in case you're wondering, not carrying a Winnie the Pooh purse
):
And, yes, there is a ton of stuff from the Fish Extenders on that counter…we didn’t bring all those snacks and stuff ourselves.
We packed a small bag for Izzy’s evening at the nursery (as seen above) and then headed up to the pool deck area to watch the little pirate night show with the characters. There is another “main” pirate night show later that we’d likely miss while at Palo, but we were okay with that, knowing that Izzy would be much more interested in the one that included Minnie.
The crew was starting to gather as the 7:45pm start time drew near (we went up to the rail of deck 12, above the pool deck):
Waiting for the show to start:
Dug apparently was into artsy waterslide/sunset shots:
Soon enough, the action started. I didn’t take a single photo, because Dug took about 700 (okay, not quite
), so here’s a selection that will give you a pretty good overview of the show:
I think this guy and other CMs played some part or led some games? I don’t really remember:
Izzy wanted to be held most of the time (while she held Birdie):
A very brief video clip:
(click to watch)
Uh, this doesn’t look good
:
But, you know, there was a patented Disney happy ending and we all went on our merry little ways.
And Dug got one more artsy shot of the waterslide:
The show was fun, but nothing terribly memorable. Lots of singing and dancing and people had a good time, though. There was a couple next to us without kids that was just having a blast, which was really cute.
Izzy enjoyed it and danced around a bit when I wasn’t holding her (and kept scaring me by dangling Birdie between the deck rails! ) Glad we checked out the show, but nothing to plan a cruise around.
After that, we headed back to the nursery to drop Izzy off. Despite the fact that she had so much fun earlier that she didn’t want to leave, she wasn’t at all excited to go back.
She went along with it anyway, though. As we arrived (around 8pm), the kids were all starting to wind down and Izzy actually followed suit. 
And this is where my notes come in handy and you can see how poor my memory is after all this time: I was thinking she never napped in the nursery, but she actually slept at the nursery this evening! 
I think this was the only time she did actually fall asleep there, but she slept almost the whole time she was there that evening. Nothing like a little peer pressure (other kids going to sleep) to persuade her, I guess. Yay for sleep!
We checked in at Palo right on time at 8:30pm. We waited to be seated in Meridian, the same lounge we’d gotten a drink from the night before. We both took a couple pictures. Dug’s photos:
And mine:
Clearly, we both were fascinated by the luggage booths.
We were soon led inside to our table:
A violinist was serenading the room
:
Up next: Palo presents our dinner!
Dug and I got changed (“dressed up”) for our dinner at Palo. My PTR followers helped me to decide on this old dress I had (holding Izzy's nursery bag, in case you're wondering, not carrying a Winnie the Pooh purse
):
And, yes, there is a ton of stuff from the Fish Extenders on that counter…we didn’t bring all those snacks and stuff ourselves.
We packed a small bag for Izzy’s evening at the nursery (as seen above) and then headed up to the pool deck area to watch the little pirate night show with the characters. There is another “main” pirate night show later that we’d likely miss while at Palo, but we were okay with that, knowing that Izzy would be much more interested in the one that included Minnie.
The crew was starting to gather as the 7:45pm start time drew near (we went up to the rail of deck 12, above the pool deck):
Waiting for the show to start:
Dug apparently was into artsy waterslide/sunset shots:
Soon enough, the action started. I didn’t take a single photo, because Dug took about 700 (okay, not quite
), so here’s a selection that will give you a pretty good overview of the show:
I think this guy and other CMs played some part or led some games? I don’t really remember:
Izzy wanted to be held most of the time (while she held Birdie):
A very brief video clip:
Uh, this doesn’t look good
:
But, you know, there was a patented Disney happy ending and we all went on our merry little ways.
And Dug got one more artsy shot of the waterslide:
The show was fun, but nothing terribly memorable. Lots of singing and dancing and people had a good time, though. There was a couple next to us without kids that was just having a blast, which was really cute.
Izzy enjoyed it and danced around a bit when I wasn’t holding her (and kept scaring me by dangling Birdie between the deck rails! ) Glad we checked out the show, but nothing to plan a cruise around.After that, we headed back to the nursery to drop Izzy off. Despite the fact that she had so much fun earlier that she didn’t want to leave, she wasn’t at all excited to go back.
She went along with it anyway, though. As we arrived (around 8pm), the kids were all starting to wind down and Izzy actually followed suit. And this is where my notes come in handy and you can see how poor my memory is after all this time: I was thinking she never napped in the nursery, but she actually slept at the nursery this evening! I think this was the only time she did actually fall asleep there, but she slept almost the whole time she was there that evening. Nothing like a little peer pressure (other kids going to sleep) to persuade her, I guess. Yay for sleep!We checked in at Palo right on time at 8:30pm. We waited to be seated in Meridian, the same lounge we’d gotten a drink from the night before. We both took a couple pictures. Dug’s photos:
And mine:
Clearly, we both were fascinated by the luggage booths.
We were soon led inside to our table:
A violinist was serenading the room
:
Up next: Palo presents our dinner!
She was not at all happy about taking her arms out of her shirt to get the swimsuit off. And, of course, she didn’t actually go after all this. 
Such a great surprise to run into him!
)
).
Dug’s are much better and I’ll mostly post his, if possible. Speaking of these pictures, early on in our meal Dug said he heard a guy at the table behind us say, “He’s taking pictures of his food!! Just enjoy it!!” I guess he doesn’t have a trip report to write. 
