Wednesday June 19, 2013
After another wonderful night sleep on the worlds most comfortable beds, we woke up around 8am once again. I had listened to everyone who said to pack less clothing than needed and we were running out of clean clothing! We didnt wear our clothes all day, but the boys got things dirty and things were sandy and well we needed some clothes so we put in a load right down the hall from our room on the way to breakfast. It was very convenient having laundry on each floor.
Today we decided we would try out Royal Palace which was the only sit down option for breakfast. With young kids while buffet is nice to get a lot of variety, it isnt always as relaxing. We were seated quickly, but the meal took a LONG time. IT was good though! I had the waffle sandwich which was two waffles with dulce de leche in the middle, yum! The kids had a variety of pancakes, waffles and French toast and Adam had eggs benedict. Everything was great but the service was pretty slow. I think I would hit Cabanas more in the future. While we were waiting we looked over the navigator for the day to try to figure out how we wanted to spend our last day on board, our day at sea. We were all getting sad the trip was going so fast!
After breakfast, we decided we wanted to head up to the future cruise sales desk first thing when it opened. If you rebook a future cruise on board you get 10% off, only pay 10% down and you can get up to 200 dollars in onboard credit. We talked about it at breakfast and everyone agreed we were having such a great time that we definitely wanted to do it again! We knew it would be 2-3 years but had heard you could book a dummy or placeholder date to get the benefits and then move the date when you knew when you would sail and still retain the benefits. We talked with one of the cast members who was wonderful and booked us on a cruise in Dec. 2014 that is pretty far out and pretty inexpensive, in the lowest room category. We only had to put about 230 down and are all set! This was really exciting! We would be cruising again!! Hopefully longer next time! This seemed like a dream since this trip was supposed to be our once in a lifetime. Little did we know how it would make us all feel!!
The other business we attended to was to stop at guest services for a couple of things. First of all, we had decided that our servers and room host were so wonderful we wanted to add some additional tips to what we had already prepaid. Second, Adam discovered that morning that he had lost his wedding band! We have no idea when it came off and were shocked he hadnt realized it sooner. We filed a report but it has not been found
maybe some snorkeler at
castaway cay will find it someday, lol!
With business taken care of the kids were ready for the clubs! Maya headed off to see what was going on in Edge and we took the boys to the Oceaneer club. It was open house time for a short while longer when anyone of any age can go in so we went in with the kids. The cast members were doing a fun session on the magic playfloor so we joined in and the five of us had a wonderful time dancing and playing games together. It was so much fun! My husband and I work opposite shifts to be able to avoid childcare and we just dont get a ton of all together family time. These times were so special! We then dropped the boys at the lab so they could attend the super sloppy science session and they were off quickly. Adam went to change the laundry and Tessa and I went to our favorite spot on deck four and hung out in the lounge chairs. She quickly fell asleep so when Adam arrived we headed up to the top deck to see what was going on. It was very very busy up on deck and the pools were pretty packed. It was a full sailing we were told and honestly there were times it was busy but it never felt overwhelmingly so, even on sea day. No you couldnt find a lounger mid-day like that, but it wasnt overwhelming I didnt think. We went up to deck 12 and found a couple of loungers and relaxed for a bit before lunch time. Maya meanwhile finished her time at Edge and caught up with us and we went to get the boys.
Shortly after noon there was a character dance party in the atrium. This was a lot of fun and we saw most of the regular characters who danced with everyone similar to what had happened on the island the day before. The kids had a good time!
For lunch today, we wanted to hit the fast food options on deck 11. We had been watching people with the pizza and chicken fingers for days and hadnt made it there to eat yet! We needed more than 4 days to eat all the good food options!!! We never managed to order room service even! We all had pizza and chicken fingers. They had some yummy looking wraps and salads too, but hey I was on vacation and enjoying eating whatever I wanted when I am usually very healthy! It was very very busy at this point in time, and tough to find a table but we found one! After eating we went in to cabanas and grabbed some dessert
key lime pie, yum!
We decided to go separate ways after lunch. The boys wanted to do the pool, which they reported was HOT and not refreshing! The girls and I went to the Disney animation session in the D lounge. We learned how to draw pirate mickey. Neither Maya nor I had the best looking pirate Mickeys at the end but it was fun! We had decided to go to the afternoon show today as they were offering a 3pm matinee for sea day. Todays show was Believe which I had read was a favorite for many and I would have to agree it was my favorite as well! It was about a dad and daughter relationship and his journey to learning how to believe in magic helped by the genie from Aladdin. It had scenes from all the big movies such as princess and the frog, beauty and the beast, mulan, lion king, tarzan, peter pan, mary poppins, Pocahontas, jungle book
gosh I lost track of all the scenes! It was just wonderful and a tear jerker when he finally realized all he was missing with his daughter! Both Maya and I were all teared up! This show was Disney at its best for sure! Amazing!!!