Pudge Controls the Weather-A Land and Sea TR Apr 6-Apr 15 ( Last Day new 5/26)

[Pixie Princess]

I miss Lost .... I really do.

Girl, me too! OUAT has helped some, but it isn't as good. Well, there is always Netflix.

 

[jecskc]

I wish they sold that glow cup you got in the parks. That thing is awesome!!!! I bet I could find one on a glow-items website.

Can't wait to read about all the piratey fun!!

I love me some glow-y things !!

Girl, me too! OUAT has helped some, but it isn't as good. Well, there is always Netflix.

You are right, it isn't as good. I need to hook up the Wii and have a Lost marathon.

 

[jecskc]

Day 7 Part Six

And then the party started.

After the party, we head down to dinner which was at Animator’s Palate.

They brought us some bread. I loved the basket.

The cornbread was sooo good. I had to try hard not to eat too much so I wouldn’t get too full too fast.

This was one of our table mates. She had on a great outfit.

Here’s a link to the menu.

http://www.*******************/menus_d2011/pirate.htm

DD got the kid’s macaroni.

She ate all of it, so it must have been good.

For appetizers, I had - Pirate’s Golden Pot Stickers – Oriental pork “dumplings’ deep fried and served with Tamarind – Ginger soy sauce and pickled vegetables.

These were so tasty. And the sauce they came with was really good. Kinda sweet with a little heat.

DH ordered – Pearls of the Caribbean – Crabmeat, shrimp and salmon mixed in pearls of couscous with lemon grass infused vinaigrette.

I don’t remember him saying anything bad about it and he ate all of it, so it must have been good.

DD got a hold of the camera and took these.

She completely cracks me up !!!!

 

[KatMark]

Okay, I'm officially done with my January TR, so I can now concentrate on everyone else's and not get so far behind anymore.

Love the t-shirts you made up for the pirate party--very cute. The party looks like fun, and the food looks so yummy. Your daughter is a hoot with taking pics of herself.

 

[jecskc]

Okay, I'm officially done with my January TR, so I can now concentrate on everyone else's and not get so far behind anymore.

Love the t-shirts you made up for the pirate party--very cute. The party looks like fun, and the food looks so yummy. Your daughter is a hoot with taking pics of herself.

She completely cracks me up. I find random pictures of her on the camera all of the time. And the dog. Lots of dog photos.

 

[Pixie Princess]

Love that butter knife! Super cute, and the Mickey chairs! Artist Palette looks like a really neat place.

The party looked like a blast. Was DS w/ his club friends all night? I gotta say, that is kinda that the kids club or so organized that they take the kids to the party. Although, I would miss my DD in the same situation. Stinks these kids are getting older, and feel the need for some independence.

 

[jecskc]

Love that butter knife! Super cute, and the Mickey chairs! Artist Palette looks like a really neat place.

The party looked like a blast. Was DS w/ his club friends all night? I gotta say, that is kinda that the kids club or so organized that they take the kids to the party. Although, I would miss my DD in the same situation. Stinks these kids are getting older, and feel the need for some independence.

The theming was so cute !! We really liked all of the restaurants !!

Yes, DS was all about his independence on this trip. We MADE him come to dinner with us the next night.

 

[jecskc]

Sorry I left you hanging with half an update. Here is the rest.

For the next course, I ordered – Mr. Smee’s Bibb Lettuce Salad – with bibb lettuce, baby greens, chicory, tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and raspberry vinaigrette.

Very fresh and good. Loved it.

DH ordered – Caribbean style conch chowder – with sherry, sweet peppers, onions, tomatoes, thyme and garnished with diced potatoes and crispy bacon bits

I remember him talking about this and how good it was.

For the main course, I ordered – Jack Sparrow’s barbeque marinated beef short ribs – Rubbed beef Short Ribs with tamarind barbeque sauce served with onion red bliss mashed potatoes and plantain chip.

These were amazing !! Cut with your fork tender. I really enjoyed them.

DH ordered – Treasure –of-the-seas Grilled Shrimp and Seared Scallops served on strings of pasta and fresh tomato sauce.

He really enjoyed it. Said it was really good.

For dessert DD had her standard Mickey Bar

And DH and I both had - Sweet Temptations – a trio of fruit cobbler, floating island and chocolate cake.

This was a good mix of desserts. Normally, I wouldn’t chose a cobbler over chocolate, but I have to admit the cobbler won this round. Sweet, with and little bit of tangy. Soooo good.

Photos from dinner – Our servers. Warren and Ibriham. Wonderful !!

DH and I in our pirate gear.

And DH, DD and I (DS was at his club)

A very enjoyable meal. DD wanted to go to some pajama party they were having at her club, so we got her changed into her pajamas and took her over to her club. She said she was a hamster here.

DH and I went back to our room to grab a drink and saw this.

We loved our stateroom host. He was very quiet and shy , but always smiling and always did a wonderful job. We asked him once where the ice machine was and he told us, but 5 minutes later, he showed up with a fresh bucket himself. We just loved him.

On pirate night, they have fireworks from the boat. Disney is the only cruise line that has their own fireworks and a lot of the time, I understand that the other cruise ships will try to get close in order to enjoy them, too. So we took our drinks up to the adult section above the Cove Café. There was an older couple that let us share a table with them and they were really nice and we had a great quiet conversation with them.

And this was seriously the best spot ever. There weren’t a ton of people around us and we could see perfectly.

It was a shorter show than you would have at the parks, about 10-15 minutes, but it was still cool. We caught a glimpse of DS with the group of kids from his club and they had a good spot, too. He looked like he was having fun. DH and I headed back to the room and DH went to go get DD. DD and I watched Dumbo and when DS got back we all watched Emperor’s New Groove until everyone fell asleep.

One last photo of some FE gifts from that day.

That charm bracelet is COOL. Love it !!

Also, a pillow case that DD made at her pajama party.

 

[IheartDDuck]

I miss Lost too. I miss the entire "did that just happen!!!!" aspect of it.

The restaurant looks totally awesome. I love all of the decor and the utensils at the table!

You guys look like you had a great day and tons of fun.

 

[jecskc]

I miss Lost too. I miss the entire "did that just happen!!!!" aspect of it.

The restaurant looks totally awesome. I love all of the decor and the utensils at the table!

You guys look like you had a great day and tons of fun.

I know. There really hasn't been a show like it since. I am bereft of good TV after that show went off the air. It grabbed you from the very beginning !! I miss Jack and Kate and Sawyer and Hurley ..... I could go on and on. LOVED that show.

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We REALLY enjoyed Pirate night much more than we expected to. There was a buffet after the fireworks, but we were too full and didn't go. I wish we had now .......

 

[marDgreen88]

The Pirate Party looked like a lot of fun!

The decorations at Animator's Palette are awesome! I love them! So I don't know about the dream, but I heard on the Wonder and Magic that there's a restaurant where everything changes from white to colorful over the course of the meal. Is there something like that on the Dream too?

All in all it looks like yall had a great day! Awesome that you can even enjoy a fireworks show in the middle of the ocean.

 

[jecskc]

The Pirate Party looked like a lot of fun!

The decorations at Animator's Palette are awesome! I love them! So I don't know about the dream, but I heard on the Wonder and Magic that there's a restaurant where everything changes from white to colorful over the course of the meal. Is there something like that on the Dream too?

All in all it looks like yall had a great day! Awesome that you can even enjoy a fireworks show in the middle of the ocean.

It really was fun.

I heard that, too. But that didn't really happen on the Dream. They had screens throughout the restaurant that changed so it was kind of like a show. But not the black and white to color thing.

Definitely a great day !!

 

[jecskc]

Day 8  Part One

Friday, April 13, 2012

At Sea Day.

Here is a conversation that we kept having with people on the cruise. People liked to mention that we would be at sea, on Friday the 13th, in the Bermuda Triangle. The other thing that mentioned a good bit was we would be on a cruise ship for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. (cue spooky music). Of course you know that nothing happened but it was fun to talk about. And, although we didnt see it, I understand that there is a black cat that lives at Castaway Cay.

Anyhoodle, we slept in on this day. DH and I got up around 9 AM. The kids didnt want to get up so we didnt make them. We just went to have breakfast by ourselves. We went to Cabanas and I didnt take my camera, but my breakfast was more the same from the previous post about breakfast at Cabanas. Way too many carbs, but yummy anyway. Oh, and the eggs and coffee were still gross.

We brought some food back for the kids.

Our navigator for the day.

After eating, DS went to his club and DD and went to play the Detective agency again.

We saved the puppies this time. Since this was our at sea day, we had to wait some at the stations, but most everyone was a different place in the game than us, so it didnt spoil it for us. It was fun.

While we were playing, I stopped by the Vista Café and got this.

Double espresso mocha latte. YUMMY.

After saving the puppies, we did some shopping.

And we bought

Some Christmas Ornaments

Two t-shirts

Some scrapbook stuff

A magnet

And a Pluto towel

While we were doing all of this, DH had gone down to ask about booking another cruise. He had gone by the DVC place and they gave him a pin.

When we got back to the room, he was fussing over a computer they had given him to look over the cruises and he was having trouble getting logged in. IT mom to the rescue !! DH is a little technologically challenged. We decided on the 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Fantasy in June of 2013 that we already need to change because DH has a family reunion he wants to go to in June of 2013.

DD wanted to go to her club, so DH took her there and he and I decided to get some lunch and head over the Adult area. So I got a hot dog and DH got a Panini and we shared a Drink of the day  or two.

We just relaxed and enjoyed our view. This day was very windy and a little cooler, but I enjoyed the weather.

We headed to the bow of the ship and took some more photos.

 

[marDgreen88]

From firsthand experience, I can tell you that black cats are not bad luck hahaha. I have a black cat and he's the sweetest thing.

That coffee looks delicious! Oh man.

It looks like yall got some awesome souvenirs! Even the stores on the Dream look beautiful and classy haha.

Hooray for booking another cruise!

 

[jecskc]

From firsthand experience, I can tell you that black cats are not bad luck hahaha. I have a black cat and he's the sweetest thing.

That coffee looks delicious! Oh man.

It looks like yall got some awesome souvenirs! Even the stores on the Dream look beautiful and classy haha.

Hooray for booking another cruise!

We have a black cat at our office who is very sweet. It comes running our every morning meowing "Hello" to me. Well, maybe it is saying "feed me, I'm hungry." I don't speak cat.

That coffee was AMAZING !! Especially after all of the horrible coffee they had at the self-serve stations and buffets. Nescafe - yuck !!

Yay for another cruise. We are tentatively planned for Thanksgiving 2013. So we will see how that pans out. Gotta pay for it !!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Your Pirate meal looks great!!! I love dessert trios, everything on yours looks awesome.

That really is awesome that Disney does fireworks on their cruises. Too funny that other ships try to sneak peeks!

 

[jecskc]

Your Pirate meal looks great!!! I love dessert trios, everything on yours looks awesome.

That really is awesome that Disney does fireworks on their cruises. Too funny that other ships try to sneak peeks!

I love dessert trios, too. I like to have a taste of everything.

I think it is funny, too. But we didn't have anyone trying to get a free show on our cruise.

 

[piglet50]

thank you for these great updates. the pictures really show how much fun you are having. trip reports like this make me want to try out a disney cruise.

 

[jecskc]

thank you for these great updates. the pictures really show how much fun you are having. trip reports like this make me want to try out a disney cruise.

Hey, thanks for reading !! You need to try it. It was our best vacation yet !! LOVE, LOVE, loved it !!

 

[jecskc]

Day 8 – Part Two

Then we went to check out Palo and Remy.

The Meridian Lounge.

Remy

Palo

Then we headed back to the room

And I wrote in journal while DH watched Sherlock Holmes 2.

About 5:30 PM, they called and said DD wanted to be picked up so I went to get her. DH had forgotten to pack some dark socks, so he bought these.

They are actually darker than they are in the picture.

DS was still in his club, but the three of us went to see the Villains Tonight which was the show for this night. I don’t have any photos, but it was a fun show and we enjoyed it. Here are a couple of stock photos

We called DS and told him to meet us back at the room. We had insisted that he have dinner with us on this night. He was a little pouty about it, but we were firm.