La2kw
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After the movie, we had time for lunch at Parrot Cay. This ended up being our favorite place for breakfast and lunch. The buffet seemed much nicer than Beach Blanket and we enjoyed having our drinks brought to us and the better salad bar here.
Heres my lunch, I enjoyed the rosemary polenta cakes, grilled asparagus, and gnocchi with sun dried tomato sauce.
Heres DWs lunch.
After lunch, it was time for the Disney Vacation Club Member Reception. This time, it was in Studio Sea, which was a better setting than Diversions where it was on our last cruise. In any case, its a boring presentation where they talk about the latest additions to DVC (this year its Aualani in Hawaii) and try to get you to buy more points. We have been DVC members since 98 and have no intention of adding points. But we did get free drinks, Blue Hawaiian for DW and plain punch for me (I dont drink). They also had cookies, but since we just ate, we werent interested in those. We have so many DVC lanyards we never wear, but we got even more this time, along with baseball hats. We watched the presentation, we played a trivia game for prizes (we won a passport case), and I was ready to leave after 20 minutes, but it slowly dawned on me they were going to keep us for an entire hour! I wanted to go, but DW said she wasnt leaving because she wanted to win the $300 onboard credit. We had to wait until the very end for the big moment. We never win anything, and so I just figured DW was not going to get that OBC. So they had all our names in a bag, and they shook it up and pulled out a name. The guide paused, read the name out loud, and it was our name! We won the OBC! We were so excited and clapped and cheered and probably made everyone else jealous. Oh well, one more good thing that happened to us on this cruise! Sure glad I stuck it out! Too bad theres no casino on the ship, we had luck on this trip for sure.
So far:
1. Booking this cruise at the last minute, getting the very last 11c guaranty cabin.
2. Getting a great upgrade from standard inside cabin to Deluxe outside cabin.
3. Getting a table for two and the rotation we wanted (PTTATPA)
4. Managing to get both Palo ressies I wanted after getting on board (nothing was available online).
5. Winning a $300 on board credit from DVC!
Not bad for booking just 3 weeks before sail date!
So, with the OBC, our Palo ressies were paid for, as well as our tips. I dont drink, and DW brought a box of wine on board (which she didnt even finish). She ordered a glass of wine at Palo, and we had Perriers every night at Wavebands, so our bar bill was small, but covered as well. We didnt do any shore excursions, since I prefer to explore on my own. We got off the ship with a $31 bill! We did pay for water taxis in Cabo and taxis in Puerto Vallarta, as well as souvenirs and that was all cash off the ship.
Heres my lunch, I enjoyed the rosemary polenta cakes, grilled asparagus, and gnocchi with sun dried tomato sauce.
Heres DWs lunch.
After lunch, it was time for the Disney Vacation Club Member Reception. This time, it was in Studio Sea, which was a better setting than Diversions where it was on our last cruise. In any case, its a boring presentation where they talk about the latest additions to DVC (this year its Aualani in Hawaii) and try to get you to buy more points. We have been DVC members since 98 and have no intention of adding points. But we did get free drinks, Blue Hawaiian for DW and plain punch for me (I dont drink). They also had cookies, but since we just ate, we werent interested in those. We have so many DVC lanyards we never wear, but we got even more this time, along with baseball hats. We watched the presentation, we played a trivia game for prizes (we won a passport case), and I was ready to leave after 20 minutes, but it slowly dawned on me they were going to keep us for an entire hour! I wanted to go, but DW said she wasnt leaving because she wanted to win the $300 onboard credit. We had to wait until the very end for the big moment. We never win anything, and so I just figured DW was not going to get that OBC. So they had all our names in a bag, and they shook it up and pulled out a name. The guide paused, read the name out loud, and it was our name! We won the OBC! We were so excited and clapped and cheered and probably made everyone else jealous. Oh well, one more good thing that happened to us on this cruise! Sure glad I stuck it out! Too bad theres no casino on the ship, we had luck on this trip for sure.
So far:
1. Booking this cruise at the last minute, getting the very last 11c guaranty cabin.
2. Getting a great upgrade from standard inside cabin to Deluxe outside cabin.
3. Getting a table for two and the rotation we wanted (PTTATPA)
4. Managing to get both Palo ressies I wanted after getting on board (nothing was available online).
5. Winning a $300 on board credit from DVC!
Not bad for booking just 3 weeks before sail date!
So, with the OBC, our Palo ressies were paid for, as well as our tips. I dont drink, and DW brought a box of wine on board (which she didnt even finish). She ordered a glass of wine at Palo, and we had Perriers every night at Wavebands, so our bar bill was small, but covered as well. We didnt do any shore excursions, since I prefer to explore on my own. We got off the ship with a $31 bill! We did pay for water taxis in Cabo and taxis in Puerto Vallarta, as well as souvenirs and that was all cash off the ship.
