After gobbling that up, we were presented with a palate cleanser...
...and then a dessert menu shortly after that. For those that dont know, they presented the dessert menu before you receive your main course because of the souffle. The souffle is made to order and takes time to prepare, so they want to make sure itll be ready for when its time for dessert!
We placed our order for dessert (we each selected two...dont judge) and then a little bit after that, our entrees arrived. Both of us ordered the beef tenderloin (as always). I got mine with gorgonzola sauce and James got the gorgonzola AND red wine sauce. As usual, the beef was fantastic. The potatoes seemed different, but I could be mistaken.
It wasnt long before our plates were cleaned off and then it was DESSERT time! I ordered the chocolate souffle and the new orange soda float with vanilla gelato. It was so neat how the float was presented. I had to break the chocolate shell to release the soda into the glass and then mix it all up!
James ordered the chocolate souffle and the new apple crostata with salted caramel sauce:
James enjoyed the new apple crostata thingy, but I dont think hed get it again.
Believe it or not, we also cleared our dessert plates! What can we say, we love Palo, and we make sure to go in with empty stomachs. We paid, said our goodbyes to the server, and then we were on our way out. The whole meal took roughly an hour and forty-five minutes.
The chandelier as we were leaving Palo:
We were told to pick up the art that we bought from the Buena Vista Gallery after 7:00pm, so we went there to pick it up! I guess I failed to mention earlier that we bought something! On the second day, we ended up purchasing a piece of art that was of a piece of steel cut from steel used in the making of the Dream. They shaped the steel into a Mickey head, naturally! Here it is all wrapped up:
Back to the room we went to get all our luggage packed so that we could set it out for the stateroom host to take away. Is the cruise really ending?! I always hate that part. Once we got everything together and put the luggage we didnt want to carry off in the hallway, we headed back out. I snapped more pictures of some of the art while traveling the ship:
We walked through the atrium and noticed that they had uncovered some of the spotlights in preparation for the character farewell:
There was still some time before that would start, so we decided to walk along the upper decks one last time. Heres the AquaDuck all closed up:
Soon enough, it was time to head back to the atrium in preparation for the character farewell. I always LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this event because of all the performers that come out for it from the mainstage shows! Unfortunately, that is not how they do it on the Dream. We soon learned that it was just going to be Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Pluto. Boo. I understand why, though. Since there are 3 shows a night, with the last one ending just before the farewell, it wouldnt work having ALL the performers come out for the farewell. Also, they have the same farewell earlier in the evening (before the 5:00 show at 4:15) for those who would prefer that time as opposed to 10:15.
Anyway, the characters made their entrance, and then took pictures for almost 30 minutes. Then they made their way back to the big staircase for the final farewell. Honestly, I was not amused in the least at this whole event. There was just nothing to it...not like on the Magic/Wonder. I love seeing all the dancers and singers from the shows in their costumes and I like taking pictures with them. Oh well. For those who just want to see these main characters, then I guess its just fine.
Slightly heartbroken from this final event of the cruise, we wandered a little bit more before calling it a night. After all, breakfast for us is at 7:45am! And so, we sadly crawled into bed and drifted off into slumberland for the final time this cruise.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Coming up, debarkation and final thoughts!