How's the shoulder? Did you find someone?
Well it's a little better (spasms have calmed down, can raise it just enough to put on deodorant lol) but still far worse than it was this weekend. I have an appointment this morning with an ortho, icing it now. We will see what they say. I suspect ultimately it's related to my neck stuff but you never know I guess.
My FE are taking up a lot of space.
More than I anticipated.
I'm really wondering what the weather will be like and the temp on the ship.
Alaska was hard to pack for, for that very reason. I felt like I brought the kitchen sink! Stuff for rain, cold, formal, hang out, you name it!
Have you tried the chicken parm at Palo? It gets rave reviews.
No, Jeff may have I am not sure. For me, brunch means an egg entree and I can't wrap my head around anything else. We did get talked into splitting a pizza/flatbread. OMG Gorgonzola and grapes on my half. Insanely good. Plus I make a mean chicken parm. It's just not something no matter what the reviews are I would ever order.
Shoes are hard for me. I didn't wear anything but flip flops in Mexico. I brough three pairs, that's it. Can I not wear open toed nice sandals in Palo and the MDRs?
Of course you can! I didn't bring any closed toe shoes on either cruise. I love shoes and well, so does Jeff. So I have LOT. Like some you'd all make fun of if you saw me wear in WDW. LOL. Serious killer heels (stacked heel sandals, wedges, peep toe strappy sandals with skinny heels, you name it) and it can be hard to pick which ones I want but I do try to minimize. No matter what though, the heel alone takes up a chunk of space and wedges are worse.
I do have some darling sparkly gemstone covered thong flat sandals that are my go to Palo brunch shoes.
What do you consider semi-formal? I'm thinking a sundress with a little sweater and some cute sandals?
Or one of my BR wrap dresses with sandals? I really don't do closed toe shoes but tennis shoes, work shoes/Danskos, and Uggs.
2-3 pairs of flips, 1-2 pairs of dressy sandals and you should be fine. Tennis shoes if you think you'll need them based on excursions or wanting to work out. I always pack more flips and cute flat sandals, and heels than I "need" as I can't decide. LOL! It's really bad. I would advocate for more than one dressier shoe/sandal just in case one bugs your feet so you have options.
My sundresses are pretty casual. Hang by the lake casual, stroll around town, sit on the deck. Work with flip flops or a cute flat sandals or very low heels or a casual wedge/espadrille. I wear them a lot in the summer and lived in them on our trip that included the 4 night Dream cruise. I'll be bringing several in Sept, they are my alternative to shorts! Plus they don't take up much space.
But I wore them for MDR dinner, not "dressy" night which I would equate to semi formal on the 7 nighters. I think you will see a TON of variety and at the end of the day, wear whatever you like and feel comfortable in. I wore this for "dressy" night on the dream. I think I actually wore it for Palo Brunch on the Wonder as well. I have no idea what I will bring for Sept for semi formal, this may or may not come. I love the back of it (it's an open lattice back, very cool) but it does look a little sack like on me. Although unless I get cracking it looks less sack like at the moment than it it did here! seriously I have been eating non stop since thanksgiving and both the scale and tape measure validated that this week. I don't have a pic of what I wore on the Wonder for semi formal, we tried to get some and they turned out SO bad it was insane. At the time I loved my dress but wow, talk about a sack. Jeff hated it. HATED it.
And this for "formal" night on the Wonder. Formal to me is more of a cocktail dress but you'll see some folks in gowns and tuxes and suits. We didn't go that far obviously. You can't see much of the dress in the pic but it's a basic little black dress...with pockets! For that I have some open toe patent black heels that I pretty much wear with a lot of things. I have 2 other ones and will likely bring one of those 2 for Sept. Either a very simple black leather sleeveless dress, just really a classic shift but it is smokin hot due to the fabric which is butter soft or another black one I love that has these super fun cap sleeves that have some metal studs. Both are kind of rocker chick but simple and elegant at the same time. As for shoes, on that I don't know...too many to pick from.
Of course I don't have any Palo pics which always bums me out as those are my favorite outfits and dresses, I do tend to go on the dressier side there but you will see a variety as well. For that I think of something I'd wear to a swanky wedding but not necessarily a little black dress. But that's me and I like to dress up. A BR wrap dress would be perfectly fine too. For me, I wear that kind of thing a lot for work...so it makes me think of work. Great go to dresses though! I have 2 I love that I'll be bringing on the cruise, a navy halter and a yellow cap sleeve, which is very Jackie O-ish lol. Both are actually satin so it's the fabric that dresses it up more than the dress style per-se and I'll either wear a neutral strappy heel, or white or hmmm now that I think about it I have a new gold pair that might be cool with the navy. LOL! I am likely to bring both dresses, we are hoping for 2 nights at Palo I think.
This is what I wore for brunch at Palo on the Dream, very likely to wear again in Sept. Crappy pic.
I was never cold at dining but did often have a slight sweater, scarf or wrap (or in alaska, hoodie) for being on deck in the afternoons and evenings, and in the theater (though again don't recall being cold in the theater or any of the clubs..and I run cold!).
All that said, we ran on the dressier side of things. Not as much as some but certainly more than others as well.
Whats old is new. 
I'm not going to worry about requesting anything. I think we only have a semi-formal option. I'm sure I'll opt out. 
<--- me begging. 
Or either?
Just kidding on the weird. 
to get dressed up. In fact we're doing that right now! One of the reasons we end up with so many suitcases!
That was another question, do the rooms come with robes to borrow like DVC? I love my robe but its thick and heavy. No sandals in the MDRs? 
At work now and it's CRAZY busy. Kids and M were sweet this morning. Opened their cards, so funny, I'll have to post them. They got me a Disney gift card to spend on the cruise. 
22 days!!! 
