Ok, I know I've been slacking in my trip report duties here but the entire month of July was crazy with work and fun. I'll try better to hold up my end of the TR.
(The boys) ate and were off to their clubs and Steve and I headed to Palo for brunch.
We LOVED brunch on our last cruise and it was as wonderful this time as before.
Oh yeah! Palo brunch is the best meal available on the boat. Dinner is darn good but brunch is amazing.
It did not disappoint. The Spicy, Strong Bloody Mary was excellent once again. The pizza, the seafood, the... everything! This is #1 on the Magic must-do list.
After we were stuffed - we went back to the room to change and headed to the DVC presentation.
Another year another DVC presentation. Not a lot left for us to learn. We just need to make up our minds to finally DO it. Like everyone else who has been looking into it for a long time we wish we had made up our minds a long time ago and purchased at a much lower price per point.
Next we went and got Shawn from the lab and took him for lunch to Topsiders. I don't think Steve and I ate very much at all - still stuffed.
Blech, I was definitely just lightly grazing at this point. I got my money's worth at brunch and nothing was looking good to me. Of the 8 pounds I gained on the cruise I blame 3 just on that brunch (the other 5 were alcohol-based) If you're a Weight Watchers member I think brunch worked out to roughly 6,479 points.
No, it just felt like that. Everyone knows that all Disney foods are Zero points.
Next I met Steve at Rockin Bar D for another round of Bingo. This time we had success - Steve won $134 
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Thank you for skipping over my Victory Dance skills... move along.. nothing to see here.
After Bingo we headed to our meeting with the DVC rep. We discussed more and decided that we needed to think more about it and we would get back to her.
At this point we had officially decided that we needed to decide! I think this was progress?
While were at dinner we surprised the boys with our plans for the next day. We had decided to keep the Atlantis waterpark excursion a surprise since they say we never surprise them with anything. They were both really excited.
This was one of my most favorite parts of the cruise.. and leading up to the cruise. Not the actual day at Atlantis (more on that tomorrow) but finally surprising them.
Just a week or so before we left I found a "Top 5 Extreme Waterslides" thing online and sent it to Matt. It included the "Leap of Faith" where you shoot down through a shark tank.
We talked about all 5 and whether or not he'd be brave enough to ride them... he said he would.. but then again he had no idea he was about to get the chance.
When we told them at dinner he immediately recognized that the Leap of Faith was about 12 hours in his future.
I took the opportunity to let him know that a shark once jumped from the tank onto the slide. I didn't want him to be too comfortable.
They went back to their clubs for the rest of the evening. Steve went to a Whiskey tasting and I headed back to the room to do a few loads of laundry. This was a good time to do it. I watched Breaking Dawn in the room while I waited so it was a relaxing evening.
The whiskey tasting was in The Cove and was pretty good. Some information about how to properly drink whiskey and a nice progression through the various styles. It was an intimate group I think 5 guys and one couple. There were a few pretty common choices and a couple of good ones.
Overall it was good. Worth the money and interesting but I wouldn't rush back for this one. Even though I like my Makers Mark or Jamesons on occasion I'm just not a whiskey guy at heart.
I was back in the room around midnight and the boys were right behind me.
