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August 21
Day at Sea 2
That Time I Got Recruited for The Avengers
Day at Sea 2
That Time I Got Recruited for The Avengers
This was our LAST DAY on the Disney Magic!
I woke up around 6 and it was just early enough to see the sunrise on the balcony.
As always, my first order of business was heading to the Cove Cafe for my Iced Salted Caramel Coconut Latte, and I ran right back down to Deck 3 afterwards just to sit in a porthole and enjoy the ocean rolling by on a quiet morning before the rest of the ship woke up.
While nobody was at Guest Services, I stopped there to have my Disney Reward Dollar balance added to my stateroom credit. This is what I love about being a Disney Visa cardholder– I would put payments for the cruise on my card, which would pay itself back in Disney Reward Dollars, which eventually ended up covering about $200 worth of charges for the room!
Cabanas was now open, and being that it was our last full day on board, that could only mean one thing: Churro Mickey Waffles time. I piled up a plate, found a cozy table near the window where I could enjoy the waves rolling by, and had some breakfast.
This breakfast was a bit better than my previous one at the buffet, as everything was hot and fresh. The only thing I disliked was the runny eggs. I think they actually called them something like “wet” or “fluffy”, they weren’t for me.
The Churro Mickey Waffles were the star. They were very good! Not as good as the Crystal Palace ones, but still one of the best things I ate at Cabanas.
When I was done eating breakfast, it was time for me to get in line for one of the most popular character M&Gs on the ship. They were doing some Marvel M&Gs and I wanted to meet Captain America.
The Marvel characters had very limited M&G opportunities on my sailing. Originally, they only had one M&G session, but they added a second one when we got a second day of sea. That meant the lines to meet the heroes were very, very long. These were characters you wanted to get in line for at least half an hour before they were scheduled to start.
I got in line for Captain America 20-ish minutes before he was supposed to start meeting and it was almost too late, the line was pretty deep and I was one of the last guests in his line. But two of my favorite memories from this cruise came from waiting in line to meet Captain America – meeting Tristan and meeting Cynsere!
Both of them were entertainment cast members. Tristan was walking up and down the line assisting guests, and Cynsere was at the end of the line with Captain America. I had wonderful conversations with both. Tristan and I had a heart-to-heart about working for Disney – about my past life as a Character Attendant, our mutual past lives as theatre kids, and about how much I miss the Disney magic. It was the second conversation I’ve had with a Cast Member in the past year where they encouraged me to work for the Mouse again. It was really sweet.
Again, Cynsere was at the end of the line, but we ended up having a conversation about our respective schools. He went to school for musical theatre and I went to Pace, a school in NYC that has a well-respected musical theatre program, so we ended up connecting over that. He was just another fun, lovely Cast Member to speak to and I’m glad I met him and Tristan both!
So when it was finally time for me to meet the Captain, he mentioned that he overheard me talking to Cynsere about NYC and he asked if I was from there. I explained that I was from New Jersey but I lived in NYC when I went to Pace. Then he said that one of the Avengers recruiters worked at Pace and asked if I wanted to join the Avengers.
“I would, but I don’t have super powers.” I confessed.
“Well, do you have any skills?” He asked.
I thought about it for a second.
“I talk a lot. Is talking a skill? Singing? Dancing?” I tried.
Somehow or another we got back to talking about New York and Brooklyn and my friend who lived in Staten Island, and the Captain and I agreed we’d have to see each other soon when we were back in the Big Apple.
The rest of the family was at the pool and I wanted to be there so bad, but Spiderman was going to be meeting in ~an hour and a half-ish and he was the one character I really, really wanted to meet so I killed time by doing a craft at O’Gill’s Pub.
If we’re being honest, I wanted to do more crafts on this cruise, but every time my mom, Grace, or I peeked into a crafting room, it always seemed to be kinda lame (no offense to the incredible Activities CMs). For the final day, they had a “memory page” craft where you basically got a piece of scrapbooking paper and they had stickers, gems, and markers to decorate it so you could commemorate your vacation.
I grabbed a piece of paper, some markers, and a glue stick, and I got to work. I didn’t necessarily want the finished product, but what I loved about crafting was that it offered a low-stimulation activity for those who were tired of the chaos of the pool deck. Sometimes I just need to sit in a quiet room and draw something, you know?
That ate like 45 minutes of my time and then I went back up to the Marvel M&G area so I could get in line for Spiderman.
He pointed out that my shirt was red and blue and he was like, “We’re matching! Have you been bitten by any radioactive bugs?”
I was like, “No, I figured there’d be a radioactive fly on Lookout Cay but that kind of went out the window.”
He was like, “Well, it kinda really hurt, so I’m glad you didn’t. But do you at least know how to make spider webs?”
Of course I did!
So adorable! Love my friendly neighborhood Spiderman.
I was really eager to get to the pool deck for some lunch and swimming, so I got changed and headed up. I decided I’d get a hot dog at Duck-In Diner for lunch instead of grabbing a plate at Cabana’s.
This was fine, pretty good for a pool hot dog I guess. I spent some time swimming with the family, but they wanted to see the Jack-Jack Diaper Dash and I kind of wanted to stay in the water for a little bit. So I swam, I got my last ice cream cone from Eye Scream, and then I headed to the Rainforest Room for the very last time. I was in there for a while, actually, and took a really nice nap on the heated loungers before I thanked the Senses front desk team for such a wonderful week on the cruise and headed back down to the stateroom.
