Hopefully I've got my little crisis situation solved. I got laid off last Thursday, but was already having discussions with a new company in the area about going to work for them. They offered me a job today, so we're just haggling about a few little things now.
Back to the story...
Theres going to be one common theme that youll see which took place over the course of the week. Crashing and burning. We did a lot of that. So its no surprise that upon return to our stateroom after our first day at
Castaway Cay, we crashed and burned. And next thing we know it was dinnertime.
There is one thing that we noticed for the first real time during dinner that night. The Magic has an engine vibration that the Wonder doesnt have. After dinner at Parrot Cay, we noticed the entire rest of the week that whenever the Magic was sailing you could feel a vibration when youre at the rear of the ship. Very different from the Wonder.
So what was for dinner?
Well, I had the Baked Crab Martinique, which was very good., the Caesar Salad, which was just a plain old Caesar salad, and Island Roasted Rib Eye of Beef. The Beef came out a little undercooked from where I really wanted it, but I decided it was close enough that I could go ahead and eat it. Our server, however, was paranoid about it. He realized it was undercooked for what I wanted and he was really freaking out. I thought it was fine.
I know Disney is a different kind of cruise line. But I have to admit my disappointment in the dress that people are showing up for dinner in these days. After just two nights, my wife and I discussed that only about 50% of people were showing up in what I thought was dinner appropriate for a cruise ship. Jeans are okay on pirate night, but shorts should not be allowed in the dining rooms, except for young children. Apparently a lot of people who go on Disney cruises dont agree with me.
So, after dinner, our assistant server is standing on the other side of the table and she says something to DW and I. Neither one of us could understand her because a) she had an extremely thick accent and b) she was mumbling. After about 3 times of asking her to repeat herself, I finally just nodded and said Okay. Which brings us to our tip for the day:
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SERVER IS ASKING YOU
DONT SAY OKAY.
Ive never had a mocha cappuccino. I didnt even know that I was ordering one. But sure enough here comes two of them out to our table. My wife and I just look at each other in stark realization of what we did. When we replied okay to the mumbling we had acknowledged that we wanted after dinner coffee. Neither of us drink coffee. But since we were the stupid ones, we decided to sip on them. They actually werent that bad. Not that Im planning on ordering them again. But they werent bad.
After shedding the caffeine kicks and coming back down to a reasonable level of hyperness for a cruise, its time to check out our stateroom account. Remember now, this is only the second day of our cruise. We had about a few hundred in stateroom credits for our account when we started. So how come we only have about $50 left. A few drinks, but not many. One picture, but it was actually free from the REAS package. How in the world do we have that little credit left?
2 phrases answer that question
Treasure Ketch and Mickeys Mates. Seems my wife had been spending a little bit more time there than I knew about. I wondered what all those bags over in the corner were and now I knew. Better be something good in there for me is all I have to say.
We head back to the cabin and do what would become a nightly event
sitting out on the deck watching the waves go by. Things were a little bit surreal this night though. We passed ship after ship just sitting out there on the ocean. Looked like a lot of them were cruise ships and they were all stagnant. There was a hurricane to our south at this time, so I dont know if maybe they had been rerouted because of that, but it was weird to pass by all these ships just sitting. We probably passed 15-20 of them, and that was only on the starboard side. There may have been more on port that we just couldnt see.
So, its almost midnight now, and I lay in my cabin with the TV on. On the screen is the fourth, sad version of Indiana Jones. I sit there after a long day, and just like Indy in the original Raiders of the Lost Ark, the gentle rocking of the ship on the ocean lulls me off to sleep. Of course, he was also kissing Karen Allen at the time, while my wife was sitting out on the verandah staring at the ocean.
I guess thats the difference between a new couple, and one thats been together 12 years.