JohnGalt
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Day 9, Monday, May 1, Sea Day, Part III
Music Recommendation: “Blowin in the Wind” Bob Dylan
Photo burst is a wonderful thing! I'd like to tell you that I knew that I was activating this cool feature for the previous posting, but the truth is that the 72 pictures taken in the space of about 10 seconds were a happy accident. Ok, enough camera goofing. It was finally time for Frozen. Here's a picture of the curtain before the performance started. I respected Disney's request to not take pictures during the performance......even though I wanted to real bad!
And here we are in the audience waiting patiently. Glad to see I put on a clean shirt. I must have been real real busy, because I obviously couldn't be bothered to button up the shirt. What a dork.
Frozen! What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It was out of this world good. The two leads hit the highs, hit the lows, and the entire cast was talented and professional. DW’s special friend from Cozumel was out there, and he did great too. The special effects were everything you would expect from Disney and more. Here's the thing. Of course we all go to Frozen expecting it to be great because we've all heard such great things about it. But in truth - our expectations were exceeded! It was absolutely fantastic.
As we left the Walt Disney Theatre, DW commented that it was really cool that we got to see Frozen on the final night that this specific cast was performing it. They were so outstanding, it's difficult to imagine another cast. Good point DW. I believe I'll quote you on that. Although, because of your "familiarity" with one of the cast members, I don't know how truly objective you can be. (I'm probably going to pay for that.)
We headed back to the room and I (finally) buttoned up my shirt and put on a tie and my sports coat. DW put on her fancies too. She looked fantastic in her black dress. Tonight happened to be a formal night, so we didn't feel out of place. Did I say she looked fantastic in her black dress?
We hadn't eaten since I don't know when and we were sufficiently famished for our Palo dinner. I know what you're thinking. You're sitting there, looking at your computer screen and your thinking, "Didn't they already go to Palo earlier on this cruise?" Don’t judge me! 10,000 years from now the earth will have melted and no one will remember that we did Palo twice on this cruise.
So we loved it. It was was culinary explosion of great food, great service, and great chocolate souffle. Here's my recommendation - If you can only get in to Palo once during your cruise - do the brunch. I personally think it was slightly better. If you can do Palo twice - do both brunch and dinner, and drop me a line letting me know which you liked better. Everyone has a favorite; ours turned out to be brunch.
It's funny. The first half of the cruise had us staying up till midnight on 3 or 4 consecutive nights. But on the backside of these 14 days, we frequently skipped the late night entertainment, opting instead for the comfort of our stateroom sanctuary. I think the late nights were beginning to catch up with us, and unless there was a compelling reason not to, we were headed to bed after dinner; well, after DW's required constitutional stroll around deck 10, which turned out to be crazy windy tonight! I think it's the headwind thing I described earlier. No clue why she likes this so much; I guess the answer is blowin in the wind; or tonight at least, nearly blowin us off deck 10! Although the wind was strong, it still felt warm and full against our faces, and when we finally returned to our room, my shirt was damp with a pungent combination of absorbed humidity and perspiration.
We cleaned up and readied ourselves for bed. I gave myself a quick rinse in the shower; such was the humidity. I truly had a blessed birthday. I wish I could spend them all on a Disney ship. Tonight there is no bitterness, no self loathing, no pity parties. Tonight, I am just thankful and happy to be on this ship on this date with my bride of 31 years. Did I say she looked fantastic in her black dress tonight? Goodnight everybody.
Music Recommendation: “Blowin in the Wind” Bob Dylan
Photo burst is a wonderful thing! I'd like to tell you that I knew that I was activating this cool feature for the previous posting, but the truth is that the 72 pictures taken in the space of about 10 seconds were a happy accident. Ok, enough camera goofing. It was finally time for Frozen. Here's a picture of the curtain before the performance started. I respected Disney's request to not take pictures during the performance......even though I wanted to real bad!
And here we are in the audience waiting patiently. Glad to see I put on a clean shirt. I must have been real real busy, because I obviously couldn't be bothered to button up the shirt. What a dork.
Frozen! What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It was out of this world good. The two leads hit the highs, hit the lows, and the entire cast was talented and professional. DW’s special friend from Cozumel was out there, and he did great too. The special effects were everything you would expect from Disney and more. Here's the thing. Of course we all go to Frozen expecting it to be great because we've all heard such great things about it. But in truth - our expectations were exceeded! It was absolutely fantastic.
As we left the Walt Disney Theatre, DW commented that it was really cool that we got to see Frozen on the final night that this specific cast was performing it. They were so outstanding, it's difficult to imagine another cast. Good point DW. I believe I'll quote you on that. Although, because of your "familiarity" with one of the cast members, I don't know how truly objective you can be. (I'm probably going to pay for that.)
We headed back to the room and I (finally) buttoned up my shirt and put on a tie and my sports coat. DW put on her fancies too. She looked fantastic in her black dress. Tonight happened to be a formal night, so we didn't feel out of place. Did I say she looked fantastic in her black dress?
We hadn't eaten since I don't know when and we were sufficiently famished for our Palo dinner. I know what you're thinking. You're sitting there, looking at your computer screen and your thinking, "Didn't they already go to Palo earlier on this cruise?" Don’t judge me! 10,000 years from now the earth will have melted and no one will remember that we did Palo twice on this cruise.
So we loved it. It was was culinary explosion of great food, great service, and great chocolate souffle. Here's my recommendation - If you can only get in to Palo once during your cruise - do the brunch. I personally think it was slightly better. If you can do Palo twice - do both brunch and dinner, and drop me a line letting me know which you liked better. Everyone has a favorite; ours turned out to be brunch.
It's funny. The first half of the cruise had us staying up till midnight on 3 or 4 consecutive nights. But on the backside of these 14 days, we frequently skipped the late night entertainment, opting instead for the comfort of our stateroom sanctuary. I think the late nights were beginning to catch up with us, and unless there was a compelling reason not to, we were headed to bed after dinner; well, after DW's required constitutional stroll around deck 10, which turned out to be crazy windy tonight! I think it's the headwind thing I described earlier. No clue why she likes this so much; I guess the answer is blowin in the wind; or tonight at least, nearly blowin us off deck 10! Although the wind was strong, it still felt warm and full against our faces, and when we finally returned to our room, my shirt was damp with a pungent combination of absorbed humidity and perspiration.
We cleaned up and readied ourselves for bed. I gave myself a quick rinse in the shower; such was the humidity. I truly had a blessed birthday. I wish I could spend them all on a Disney ship. Tonight there is no bitterness, no self loathing, no pity parties. Tonight, I am just thankful and happy to be on this ship on this date with my bride of 31 years. Did I say she looked fantastic in her black dress tonight? Goodnight everybody.
Looking forward to getting caught up on your adventures!
Overall I like brunch better. I feel like we linger longer over dinner but besides the desserts and the antipasto plate, the rest of the dinner menu doesn't wow me. But brunch.......yeah.....All. The. Food. 
