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I have one questions.
I was watching the webcams of Cabo and does the ship sail away and come back?
And so, where does it go? Is it along the coast? This confuses me. I thought it sat there for two days.
TIA!
I have one questions.
I was watching the webcams of Cabo and does the ship sail away and come back?
And so, where does it go? Is it along the coast? This confuses me. I thought it sat there for two days.
TIA!
Wow! That Palo brunch does look amazing! Everything there looks so good! I would have ordered the Eggs Florentine. We have a place here that does both the Benedict and the Florentine and sometimes, I'll ask if they can make me one of each!
I love Chicken Parm too though! I'm sure it was a tough decision, and all that seafood looked amazing! I'm sure you haven't had Tiramisu made correctly, that's the problem. I used to make it about 15 years ago, and got to like it made correctly, so often places use cake instead of the lady fingers, they don't use real mascarpone cheese. And you MUST soak the lady fingers in brandy and espresso!
Sounds like a great time. I heard Disney is taking the Wonder off the MR next December. I better convince Fran to go a cruise soon.
WONDERful update!
Your brunch looks fantastic
That was a wonderful Brunch post. So yummy looking. I made Brunch reservtions for our MR trip in April last weekend. The anticipation is killing me.
Looking forward to your next post.
Happy New Year. Hope you feel better soon.
I love reading your report...check twice a day for updates...
In all my DCL cruises I've always wanted to try the grape pizza at Palo. I think I'm going to go for it
I wish I could update twice a day for you! I'm so slow at it! Try it the grape pizza! You can always order something else too Thanks for the pics of the souvenirs and Dooney purses available!
Loved the brunch pics! I had to laugh at the pic of your DH. Because of the person sitting behind him, it kind of looks like he has a ponytail or a bad mullet!
I went back to look at what you were talking about and you're so right! Well Hello You
I have just sat and read this whole TR (I really should be working
I've loved it !!!
Firstly, I dream of visiting Disneyland, having been to WDW many times and you have just made me want to go even more
Loving the Cruise reviews
We are sailing on the Fantasy in May 2012 and a Palo Brunch is top of our list
Looking forward to reading more
I have one questions.
I was watching the webcams of Cabo and does the ship sail away and come back?
And so, where does it go? Is it along the coast? This confuses me. I thought it sat there for two days.
TIA!
I also understand they go out to sea because the ship is designed to sail through waves, not sit off shore and bob up and down
They do this whenever they end up with b2b trips to CC as well.
I am loving your TR, as we gear up for our 25th wedding anniversary MR cruise! I guess I am going to have to try and give Palo Brunch another try. We just got back from our 1st cruise on the Dream and I hate to say it, but my wife and I both were thoroughly underimpressed with the brunch. Maybe it was because we did it the day after going to Remy's (all I can say is wow!! worth EVERY penny), maybe it was because they chose to sit us behind the worker's station so our view was dishes, glasses (which was sad because the row of window tables sat completely empty until just before we left which was a good hour after we got there)... Food was OK, tons of items that were supposed to be out never came out until 45 minutes after we had been there, our special order food came out almost cool to the touch.
We will definietly have to give another go, too many people rant about it, so I am hoping we just had that rare "off day" for the Brunch
Brunch was our favorite time at Palo too. The view is magnificent. My plates didn't look quite as artistic (or sparse) as yours though!
Happy New Year!
The Palo brunch looks amazing! You certainly had a nice selections...great choices from what it looks like! Those cheeses look amazing (I love all kinds of cheese too), and I am one of those weird people who likes salmon mousse. I find it to be very different, love the texture and taste.
Awesome update, hope you are feeling well, and that 2012 brings you all great things!
Oh man! I had a whole post with a well thought out recipe for you and the DIS ate it saying I was not logged in! I'll try again. I lost my recipe, and I was making Tiramisu about 15 years ago. It took quite a few tweakings to get the right mixture and not knock my guests on the floor!
1/2 cup espresso
brandy (this is where the tweaking comes in, my first few attempts knocked Fran out!)
lady fingers (1-2 packages depending on pan size)
Mascarpone Cheese (8 oz more for a larger batch)
Semi Sweet Chocolate
Mix the espresso and brandy in a flat bowl. Be careful how much brandy, a shot is definitely too much! Dip the lady fingers in the mixture on both sides. Coat them well, but don't dip too long as they will fall apart. Lay the lady fingers flat across your serving bowl in rows.
Mix the mascarpone with a teaspoon or less of the espresso mixture. Spread half the mascarpone over the lady fingers. You may want to add a litle sugar to the cheese mixture, taste it and see. Grate some of the chocolate over the mascarpone. Repeat the process with more lady fingers, but place them perpendicular to the first layer. Finish it off with more grated chocolate so that the top is completely covered.
Chill in the refrigerator for several hours before serving.
When restaurants have yucky Tiramisu, most likely they have used cake instead of the lady fingers, or whipped cream instead of the mascarpone, or both! I've had some bad ones out there, now I only order it at high end italian places.
We needed some interaction with others, so we decided to head out of our stateroom a little early and head to the Cadillac Lounge. Let me just say, it never took long to get somewhere on the Wonder. It felt like we needed to leave our stateroom 15 minutes early just to navigate the ship on the Dream. The Wonder took us minutes. So we got to the Cadillac Lounge at 12:52 and they were still setting up but they asked for our tickets and told us to pick a spot. A Tip: You dont necessarily need tickets for the tasting events, but its probably best that you do. There were many people that just walked right in, not knowing they had to pay in advance. But the CMs didnt care at all. They just charged them right there at the Lounge, instead of making them go back to Guest Services. It also wasnt a full ship, which is probably why they were taking walk-ins. But make it easier on the CMs and get your tickets early. 
confused3) or maybe a friend. Anyways, wine gets you talking you know. So we started talking and found out that he was a CM. He worked for the Disney University over in Hong Kong! It was so neat talking to him about the park and how awesome that park was. We talked for about 10 minutes and we all left.
All this is going to do is put more sugar into our body. Yes natural sugar, but still! I dont say anything because Im still grateful that he went and got us something. We ended up sharing some too, so it worked out.
We were very happy! This was well worth the $15 for sure! The tasting went by surprisingly fast (unlike on the Dream, we were there for an hour and 15 minutes we were actually late to the 6:15 show). We were out of there by 5:45ish I want to say. So we headed back to the stateroom for a quick second.
Yeah it was really weird. We went super slow, savoring every drop on the Dream and on the Wonder it was like, "PARTY! WE'RE IN MEXICO!"
I think I like the "PARTY! WE'RE IN MEXICO" version. I will def sign up for this now.
Me too! 
