We wandered around the ship a little bit to get oriented. Jenna had been on when she was 16 but other than that we have only been on the Fantasy. There are similar things but then areas like the adult district are totally flopped. On the Fantasy this area is aft right above Animator's Palate. Here on the Magic it is forward on deck 3 and right off the lobby. Not a big deal but we occasionally would take one step in the wrong direction.
One of our favorite things about the after hours district is that as you walk along this hall that leads you to the venues there is a very bouncy electro soundtrack playing that we couldn't help but dance along too. It's total background music but very fun. I recognized one of the tracks as an old Daft Punk song called "Voyager". If you listen to that it will give you a good idea of the vibe.
We stopped by O'Gills for a pre dinner drink, and I was pleasantly surprised that they have a small buffet open from late afternoon on. On the Fantasy the only food in the adult areas comes out around 10:30. We'll do some comparisons later on but I really like the layout and function of this place. There are a lot of little nooks to get more privacy. It seems like you could still sit in one of these coves and have a conversation even if the place was packed. I love Irish bars but almost never go to the O'Gills on the Fantasy. On the magic we were there every day. Our opinion was that on the Fantasy it is more detailed and finished but was far more functional on the magic.
Dinner was in Lumiere's. We were seated at a nice round table that could sit 8 but there was only 6 of us. We lucked out with a nice group of people.
Jenna had Fried Brie, potato leek soup, a filet, and strawberry shortcake.
I had lobster and shrimp appetizer, lamb chops, and peanut butter mousse.
I think this is the only time we actually took note of what we ate.
Dinner was great, we left full and exhausted.
We got ready for bed and watched a little TV. Sadly the refurb did not include the on demand options that the Dream and Fantasy have. There are some newer movies that play throughout the day on a loop though. One of them was the Robert Redford movie "All is Lost". It's a "castaway" style survival film about him being stuck on a raft in the ocean after his sailboat sinks... What an odd movie to play on a cruise ship. I think we saw the whole thing eventually, although totally out of order.
It had been a long long day, and we crashed...