Monday
Okay, first I will admit it I slept in a just a little. Not too bad but enough that Lumierres wasnt an option today. So we headed up to Topsiders and sat out on the deck eating our breakfast. It was an absolutely gorgeous morning if I could just figure out how to live on this ship and eat breakfast like this every day (and no I dont mean WORK on the ship) I would be in heaven!
After breakfast, we did some exploring and ended up going to the
Castaway Club party as usual, I didnt win a clock but not shocking, still was nice we got to talk with one of the chefs from France. He was a riot, just picture the chef in Ratatouille and you have the picture.
Next I headed back to the room to finish delivering my F/E gifts. I had to finish up deck 6,7,8 and 1 plus my Monday gift for my Secret Mickey. My goodness THIS IS A BIG SHIP.
I ran into another Diser passing out her gifts and I think we had the same look on our face.
Deck 7 was the worst just because of how spread out everyone was. It was great exercise but I was glad when I delivered that last one! One good thing, I finally found the secret deck on deck 7. Spent about 2 seconds there and then back to delivering. The interesting thing is the difference in the different decks. For example, Deck 1 is very, very lit up with extra lights deck 8 has beautiful woodgrain accents in some places. Just interesting.
As I was delivering, it was actually hilarious to see some folks face those who werent Disers saw this crazy woman carrying a paper back full of small cellophane bags of goodies. Those who were Disers just passed me with the knowing look
.one even commented fish extenders huh? To which I of course nonchalantly replied Ill never tell
One non Diser stopped me, she said she had been on many cruises and wanted to know what this things were about. So I shared the secret
.so if you are that person and you happen to be reading this welcome and glad you found your way!
As I climbed the final steps back to my deck, opened my door and plopped on the bed post F/E delivery, I realized that DH was MIA. Hmmm. Its lunchtime and no DH
.I mean is this enough of an emergency to have him paged? Should I send the search party then it dawns on me - check the Cove. So I head back to the stairs
..NOT
I exercised my elevator finger and headed up.
Sure enough I found him and we were in just enough time to go to Parrot Cay for another yummy lunch. I have to say, I think that is one of my favorite lunch places. It never seems overly crowded has the same buffet food and they usually have a special pasta bar. Once again, we close the place down and head back to the room.
DH decides to take his daily cruise nap and as I sit there I realize that Spa Jackpot Bingo is about to begin. So I spend the next 15 minutes debating with myself. Well, you could sit here and rest
but what if I would have won a spa treatment
but what if I waste my time (and money)
..oh what is $20 or $30, not like you have done a ton of shopping (ok about this time, if you have seen Pirates 3, picture the scene when Jack Sparrow has the two little Jacks on his shoulder this was me.
So guess who won, yep that was me sitting at Bingo winning NOTHING. But I sure laughed a lot.
After a trying afternoon of Bingo, I deserved a cruise nap and took one. Before I knew it, it was time for the Golden Mickeys always good show and to get ready for formal night. So as I am getting ready, DH informs me that our DCB are ready and want to go get pictures PANIC.
Not only is that drama but my dress, which I wore last year doesnt fit the same. I have lost some weight and the darn elastic isnt staying up like it should! DH looks at the back of it and says are you going to do something about that
- now any guys who are reading
.this is not the thing to say to a wife who is already flying around trying to finish getting ready and is attempting to look like a princess when there are already all these other princesses wandering the ship (ie Cinderella, Belle, etc). Ok back off my soapbox, we head up to 3 and get pics with the Captain, our friends, etc and finally dinner has once again arrived.
We have moved to our new server now by request. This is a server we had a year and a ½ ago who is phenomenal. He takes excellent care of us as usual and I think tonights dinner was one of the best so far. We are seated with our DCB and no one else is at the table. We laughingly joke that we have been quarantined and arent allowed to sit with anyone else
.
After the great dinner and changing back into normal comfy cruise clothes, we go see the comedic musician, John Charles do the adult show very, very funny I havent laughed that hard in a long time
.especially when he started in on his explanation of why the song A Horse with No Name makes no sense
So now another day is done and I sit here in my stateroom listening to the gentle purr of the Magic gliding through the crystal blue seas. I love this ship there really is nothing like a
Disney cruise.
Oh, one other thing. A few folks have asked about the condition of the ship. The first day, we still noticed a little bit of work being done but it wasnt really anything major. The air in our room didnt seem to be working right but our stateroom attendant, did I mention he is awesome too?, took care of that right away. Our stateroom is in great shape I personally love the new TVs, it seems they have upgraded the channels too because they seem very clear. Nothing in our room is in disrepair at all and I would recommend this room and will do so after the cruise. I have noticed a few room numbers that seem to be missing numbers on the doors but I have to say that is the ONLY thing I have noticed that is not in good shape. The pools all seem good, service has been wonderful, any concerns we have had were addressed immediately so no complaints here. For any of you who are worried dont be, the ship is Magic
literally (no pun intended, kind of)
We looked over toward the bar area and noticed they were getting ready for a wedding so we had something to watch as well!
As usually, everything was very good especially the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream!
