I Feel Like I've Been Hit by a Truck: A Transatlantic Trip Report

[JDBlair]

Enjoying your TR. So sorry to hear about Greg and how your trip started. Can't think of any place I'd rather recover than on the Mickey Mouse boat!!

 

[hotfudgesundae]

Love your trip report looking forward to more.

 

[rcchello]

Usually go for the TRs with pictures, but I am enjoying this one. Waiting for the next installment. Hope your husband is healing well!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Love your TR so far....but kind of disappointed no grumsome pics of Gregg's run in with a truck. It IS Halloween afterall. LOL Seriously though I'm glad he's feeling better and (so far) the tip is progressing well.

 

[MagicMe]

So glad you made it on board and were finally able to relax. There is nothing like a hot stone massage!!!

Wow, you had late seating and the same rotation as we did!! Did you sit with/near the group?

 

[Witherbark]

Day One Part Three: I promise all days won’t be this long
I did not link our dining as part of the Dis meet. Here’s why: what if I did and our dinner mates were terrible? How could I ever complain about them if they, too, were on the boards? You see my dilemma.

We had Parrot Cay the first night. I liked the sound of birds in the foyer. It was a little like being trapped in the Enchanted Tiki Room, but in a good way. Our table is front and center and we’re introduced to our serving team of Ana and Gilbert. Our dining mates are Ian and Shona from Scotland and B&B, two fellow disers. Everyone seems very nice.

I explain to Ana that I’m a pescetarian, which means I’ll eat some fish but no meat. Basically, I won’t eat anything that walks. Ana catches on right away and throughout the cruise has great dining suggestions. As we’re chatting we enjoy one of those delightful mistranslations. Ian thinks I say I’m a Presbyterian, not a pescetarian, and cannot figure out what my religion has to do with not eating meat. Heh.

I had a really nice chilled cucumber soup and a salad, followed by the leek risotto and a really delicious kahlua crème brulee. Greg had the mint chocolate chip sundae which was really good (I’m sure he ate meat of some kind – who cares, this is my trip report).

After dinner we took a short walk on deck, which was very quiet and nice but a bit chilly. Then we headed down to Diversions and met our favorite bartender of the trip, Nur, and some fellow disers who we ended up spending many an evening with (Jodie and Mike).
Next up: Day at sea

 

[Witherbark]

I think. I hope. Trying this out, please have patience.

 

[Witherbark]

Day 2 (9/19): Vacation is such hard work
We slept in much longer than we normally would have, but since it was our first day at sea, it’s not as though we had tons to do or a schedule to keep. We actually missed breakfast, which is unheard of at home when even on the weekends one of three hungry cats is perched on my chest by 6 AM, demanding breakfast. Since breakfast at Topsiders was closed, we headed to Lumiere’s for brunch. We both had the regular breakfast, mine with French toast on the side and no meat and Greg’s with everything. It was pretty good.

After breakfast we headed to the shops where we met some more Disers and I bought the Med cruise sweatshirt for 50% off. We were kind of in the Med. Besides, the Transatlantic sweatshirt was white. Who buys a white sweatshirt? No way could I keep that thing clean. I also picked up my magnet and some bandaids.

We dropped off the loot in the room and headed for the DVC member event. Free hats! Free mimosas! We sat with Andrea and Greg and Greg and I (er…my husband Greg, not Andrea’s Greg, that would be weird) were the newest DVC members, so I got to be a judge for the trivia game. It was fun for a while, but honestly I felt it went on too long. I think we won a bag of some kind. We’d go to the DVC member event again, but next time we’d probably skip the game and just go for the beginning.

Somehow we were hungry again. Must be the sea air. We grabbed some pizza slices from Deck 9 and, sadly, got sucked into watching part of Camp Rock. How lucky that all of those kids happened to know the choreography! We stopped into Cove Café for some desserts and read magazines for a few minutes, then decided to change and hit the deck chairs on Deck 10.

At around 5PM I hit the gym while Greg his happy hour in Diversions, then we actually went to the show – Twice Charmed tonight. I thought it was really cute, and quite impressive for a moving ship.

Tonight was formal night and I wore the blue dress I bought for this purpose. It was a junior’s size, so I figured I should wear it at the beginning of the cruise in case I didn’t fit into it by the second formal night! We were in Lumiere’s, as I previously mentioned, and it was very nice. We both took glasses of wine to dinner and, as others have said, that was no problem at all. Poor Greg, the first night he asked for a Coke because he needed the caffeine even though he normally drinks water with dinner. Ever after that, Gilbert brought him a coke without asking and Greg felt too guilty to tell him to stop!

This was the Prince & Princess menu, and it was really easy for me to find things to eat. I had salmon rolls and royal salad (I thought the pieces of cheese were too large, but other than that good). Greg had the sausage soup, which he thought would be spicy but wasn’t. I had the pumpkin ravioli which was very good. For dessert I had the cold chocolate mousse/soufflé, which was very good but not cold. Greg had the strawberry shortcake, which got a big “meh” from him. We quickly got formal photos done on Deck 4 before the adult cabaret.

Tonight was the ventriloquist – very cute. The jokes were very old and mostly bad, but he did them in a cute way and we enjoyed it. It was a good way to end a very nice day – tomorrow is Gibraltar and an early start!

 

[Mindyjoy]

(I’m sure he ate meat of some kind – who cares, this is my trip report).

I am loving your trip report! Can't wait to read more.

 

[jessrose18]

I'm hooked!

 

[DMMarla07860]

enjoying your report, so I saw you mentioned you had a server named Ana, do you remember where she was from? Maybe it was the same one I've had and become good friends with

 

[beanersmom305]

Bless you, you tell an awesome story!! You guys were destined for a trip of a lifetime after all the drama it took to get you to the ship -on time - so glad you made it !!! Looking forward to hearin' more soon !!

 

[poohs4me]

I am also hooked.

 

[belle'ssister]

Love your humorous writing style, fun to read.

 

[MagicMe]

(I’m sure he ate meat of some kind – who cares, this is my trip report).

 

[mainstreetmagic]

Yay, we have pictures!

You made me laugh with your dress comment - but, smart thinking!

 

[Wailea]

I'd love to read more!

 

[Raeryan50]

Can't wait to hear more.

 

[Wadekind]

Subscribed and waiting for more

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

You are hilarious, absolutely loving your trip report. I actually have been laughing out loud (really) and had to explain to my husband what I was reading!

Can't wait for more....., I'm addicted!