The Tale of the Grow Walk .Hunh?

[jenseib]

As we floated out many people left the decks. We had late dinner so I was in no hurry to go back to the room to get changed.



I took a few more pictures around the ship.





I think these were some of the food offerings at Daisy’s deLites.





We headed back to our room



And went out to our balcony. That’s when I saw the real pilot boat.









We then got ready to head to the show tonight. I don’t think we changed our clothes yet. I think we went as is.



I loved how fresh and bright the new carpeting was.





Tonight’s show is Twice Charmed.



The ritual each night at the show was started tonight….Claire wanted Popcorn and she only had to bat her baby blues at her dad and he would buy her some……Yes popcorn is not free for the shows. (I don’t think there is any free popcorn or candy bars on the ship) They sell it right outside the entrance. Skip would typically get a beer as well. They do have servers coming around before the show too. If you ask, they will also bring back popcorn as well. The popcorn was really good, but pricey for the amount you got, which was a very small bag. It is now freshly popped though.

Sadly you can no longer take pictures at the shows so I don’t have any. We really enjoyed the show though and Claire thought all the costumes were just beautiful.

After the show we headed out with the masses and Claire and I wanted to peek in the shops. Skip said he had no desire to so he was going off on his own. He said he would meet us outside the restaurant for dinner at the designated time. Bye dear!

After we shopped around we headed towards the atrium.



We did a little people watching.





And then we headed back to our room. Earlier I had done some unpacking, though I don’t remember exactly when. I also had brought several magnets for our door and had put them out as well.



We got ready for dinner and relaxed a bit and then headed back out.





I just love Deck 4!



A ship off in the distance.

 

[littlenellbell]

Hey Jen! I haven't had much time to comment, but I've been reading along. Your cruise pics are getting me excited for my cruise in less than a month now! The remodeled kids club looks amazing! The sail away party looks fun. Your Skip stories are always so funny! He does look like he is enjoying himself (how can you not!) and the family selfie is adorable! Can't wait to hear more!

The picture of your door reminded me to look into printing magnets for our trip.

 

[JKSWonder]

I have a treadmill, so you are not the only one. I used it for a very long time. Then we got a dog, who was like a baby (she still is) and if I tried to run in the morning she would whine, cry and carry on like you wouldn't believe. Finally now that she is out of puppy hood and has realized how nice sleeping is, as of November I am back to running 5 to 6 days a week. I feel much, much better.

My treadmill still works well, but selfishly, I want a better one! One with a wider running track, more incline capability and better speed controls.

I love all the spa pics. The spas are beautiful on Disney, but definitely too pricey in my opinion. I used to go, but I skipped it on our last cruise. Honestly, I didn't miss it really.

Clare looks very happy to have had her Dad there....nice to see.

 

[Beth D]

Great updates as always. I had tried to post a couple weeks ago, but for some reason the DIS only let me post on your other TR that night…

I agree, the new light fixtures are not as nice as the Chiluly one was. That was fantastic!

However I love the new kids clubs. They are completely different from when we were on the Magic 2 years ago… We are so lucky that DS loves the kids clubs. He spends most of the days there, leaving lots of time for us to spend at the adult pool! Hey, it's what he loves about the ships.

WOW! Claire is really looking like Skip. I love the sail away on DCL!

 

[KatMark]

Fun update; one of these days I'm going to watch one of those sail aways on my computer.

That was very sweet of Skip to get you the drink (even if you didn't like it). More nice pictures of the ship.

I do like the colors of that carpet.

Why won't they let you take pictures of the show without a flash? Or at he very end?

Can't wait to hear about dinner.

 

[MEK]

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We spent the night in Cape Canaveral after our cruise and stayed in that building you can see on the Beach (actually we stayed in one further back from the beach). Walking along that beach was lovely and watching the cruise ships go out was so cool. I never imagined how cool it would be.

Those carpets are beautiful.

The show sounds fun.

Cute selfie of the three of you!

And boo to the hidden coconut in your drink.

 

[vleeth]

I may have to stop following this TR. It's making me want to take a DCL trip and there is none in my near future. But we all know I'll keep reading and missing DCL.

 

[jenseib]

Hey Jen! I haven't had much time to comment, but I've been reading along. Your cruise pics are getting me excited for my cruise in less than a month now! The remodeled kids club looks amazing! The sail away party looks fun. Your Skip stories are always so funny! He does look like he is enjoying himself (how can you not!) and the family selfie is adorable! Can't wait to hear more!

The picture of your door reminded me to look into printing magnets for our trip.

Well let's just say...because of you...I was pricing out cruises for myself yesterday! I priced both Disney and Princess and I think if we don't go to DL this year I am going to take a cruise. My parents want me to go to their time share with them again this year but they are going to West Palm Beach this year. If we don't DL as a family then I will go down with them, but I don't want to stay there the whole time so I either will take a cruise out of Ft. L or go up to WDW for a few days. I need my husband to make a decision. my Mom is calling me daily and asking what we're doing.

I have a treadmill, so you are not the only one. I used it for a very long time. Then we got a dog, who was like a baby (she still is) and if I tried to run in the morning she would whine, cry and carry on like you wouldn't believe. Finally now that she is out of puppy hood and has realized how nice sleeping is, as of November I am back to running 5 to 6 days a week. I feel much, much better.

I love my treadmil. I am a walker though but I should work up to a slow run. I wish my new one would hurry up and get here. I knew it would take 2-3 weeks but it just seems like forever now. But I decided to get what I wanted it was better to order it than just take what the local stores had and get it faster.

My treadmill still works well, but selfishly, I want a better one! One with a wider running track, more incline capability and better speed controls.

this one is a bit bigger too and it's got something I can program to walk in different areas of the country. You use a table with it. I'll have to read all the directions to get it set up. I hope it's as cool as I hope it is.

I love all the spa pics. The spas are beautiful on Disney, but definitely too pricey in my opinion. I used to go, but I skipped it on our last cruise. Honestly, I didn't miss it really.

Clare looks very happy to have had her Dad there....nice to see.

I am not much of a spa person, but I would like to get a massage some day.

She was so happy to have him there.

Great updates as always. I had tried to post a couple weeks ago, but for some reason the DIS only let me post on your other TR that night…

I have been having issues with Dis off and on lately too.

I agree, the new light fixtures are not as nice as the Chiluly one was. That was fantastic!

It really was. So sad it's gone now.

However I love the new kids clubs. They are completely different from when we were on the Magic 2 years ago… We are so lucky that DS loves the kids clubs. He spends most of the days there, leaving lots of time for us to spend at the adult pool! Hey, it's what he loves about the ships.

WOW! Claire is really looking like Skip. I love the sail away on DCL!

Yes, Claire is looking like her dad. They have the same forehead I noticed too. They were in the pool together at one time and their hair was back off their foreheads and all you could see from where I was standing was their foreheads and I thought Claire was Skip for a minute. She didn't seem impressed when I told them, but he beamed!

Fun update; one of these days I'm going to watch one of those sail aways on my computer.

That was very sweet of Skip to get you the drink (even if you didn't like it). More nice pictures of the ship.

I do like the colors of that carpet.

Why won't they let you take pictures of the show without a flash? Or at he very end?

Can't wait to hear about dinner.

I often forget to watch the sail aways but it is exciting to watch when i do. I have a friend sailing the Fantasy this weekend so I should watch her go out.

I think with the pictures, people were abusing it. You could take them without flash on my first one, but i think too many people don't either know how to turn off their flash or just don't care and it ruined it for those of use who followed the rules.

We spent the night in Cape Canaveral after our cruise and stayed in that building you can see on the Beach (actually we stayed in one further back from the beach). Walking along that beach was lovely and watching the cruise ships go out was so cool. I never imagined how cool it would be.

Those carpets are beautiful.

The show sounds fun.

Cute selfie of the three of you!

And boo to the hidden coconut in your drink.

You stayed at the old Ron Jons right? What is it called now? I have heard good things about it and maybe someday I will look at staying there.

I actually liked our family selfie too. I usually look REALLY bad and I didn't look super bad in that one.

I may have to stop following this TR. It's making me want to take a DCL trip and there is none in my near future. But we all know I'll keep reading and missing DCL.

I totally understand. I am having the cruise blues too.

 

[jenseib]

We still had time to kill so we walked around a bit, kind of hoping we would bump into Skip.







It’s pretty dead up here.





We moved on.









We then made another stop back at our room and noticed our beds had been turned down.





This is when panic set in.



Claire sleeps with silky…the blanket…and Penelope…a doll, every single night. She also had been sleeping with her Figment and her Dumbo she got at the parks. As you can see, only silky and Figment are in the picture.

We did some searching and found Penelope right away but Dumbo was missing. Last seen he was on the couch. My guess was he got folded into the bed, and I kept trying to figure out how to unfold it to check and I just couldn’t get it to budge.
I found our stateroom host, who was a lady and asked her and she said to look around more as she never saw him. I am going to say it now……she was very nice but never seemed to want to do anything extra. I think she was probably one of the worst stateroom hosts I have ever had…though the one I had on our first Dream cruise was not that good either….I never saw him once.

We looked all over the place for Dumbo throughout the night and never could find him. Later in the evening I had to insist that she open the bed up to take a peek and she seemed to fight me on this still…..sure enough when she did open the bed, there was Dumbo smashed in between. Claire was so happy to have him back and I gave our gal a “told you so” look but I did thank her too.

We headed out to dinner (at this point we still had not found Dumbo and Claire was still worried).



Tonight our dinner would be in the new Carioca’s. We waited outside for Skip and waited…and waited.



He didn’t show up and I was not about to miss dinner so we headed inside.







They took us to our table…..where we found my husband already sitting. UGH! I told him how we had been waiting for him out front like we had discussed but he said he just felt like being seated. Ok then…..not good with directions….does not play well with others….to name a few…..

We met our servers and for the life of my I know longer remember their names. They were good, but not great or memorable like some in the past. I do remember they were a little harder to understand than some of our past servers though. But they were super friendly and I didn’t really have any problems with them. I just didn’t bond with them. On my last Magic cruise I really bonded with our servers….as did I with the ones on our first Dream cruise.
We took a look at the menus. I had been doing a little menu peeking before the cruise and I wasn’t sure how I would like it, but I figured I would try a few things and if worse came to worse I could get a burger up on deck later or order some room service.





Bread was served. I think it was a type of banana bread.



I tried to take pictures of the restaurant since it was all so new.

 

[jenseib]

We made our orders. I ordered a few things and 2 entrees. I kept telling Skip as he was looking over the selections that he could order more than one thing from each area if he wanted but he didn’t seem to get it. I think he was afraid they would tell him no.

Claire sat next to her Daddy as she was so excited he was along.



She got the soup…I think it was chicken soup…but whatever it was we had to scoop out most of the vegetables because God forbid one would touch her lips.



I got an Empanada.



It was very good….I could eat 3 or 4 easily.

I think Skip got the Deep Fried Lobster Croquetas. I actually think we both got it but I must’ve eaten all of mine before I thought of a picture.



I believe we enjoyed them.

Claire working on getting those horrid veggies out of her soup.



Skip had a tomato soup. The menu has changed a few times and I am not sure if it still being served or not.



Claire’s entrée was brought out fast since she planned to do the dine and play and head to the kids club soon.



She surprised me by trying something other than chicken nuggets.

Soon our meals came out as well.

I don’t see what I got on a menu but it sure looks like prime rib to me. It was good...I do remember that.



I think Skip got the Lobster, Shrimp and Mahi Mahi skewer.



I also got the Jose Carioca’s which is different skewers of meat.







They were good too but I did not like the rice at all. I liked some meats better than others and my friend has told me you can request them to be just of the meats you like instead of getting all the different types…I will do that next time.

Skip looked at his plate and then looked at ALL of my food and stated…You clearly made out much better in this deal…..um yeah. I told you that you could order more than one entrée. I did let him try some of my foods and I told him he could ask for another entrée and they would go get it for him, but he said he was ok.

We were approaching the time for Claire to leave the kids club and she still had not received her dessert so I reminded our servers and they quickly brought it out for her.



She ate about half since she was in a hurry and then I took her up front and had her checked into the clubs. She wanted to give it a try but she told me she didn’t want to stay too long so she wanted us to come after her soon after dinner.

Skip and I made out dessert choices then.

Skip got the sweet temptations with a trio of desserts. I think it was a chocolate torte, a strawberry cheesecake and a cream cheese flan.



I can’t remember what this is….I am thinking cream cheese flan….and I don’t remember if I liked it or not.



This was the strawberry cheesecake and it was good.



We left quite full, so that was a good thing. I still would like to try more things here. The menu is a little “wild” for us and probably not a favorite, but I still had a decent meal.

With that we left and headed outside to take a stroll together.





One thing I haven’t mentioned….it was quite rocky. I take bonine every day while cruising and it helps quite a bit. Tonight the waves were starting to get to me. I wasn’t sick, but I could feel it enough to make me uncomfortable. I also was super tired and the motion just made me want to sleep. Skip had big plans for the evening still and I told him I wasn’t sure how much longer I would last.

 

[KatMark]

I'm glad you found Dumbo, but not happy that your Stateroom Host was not more accomodating.

I love those fixtures as you walked into the restaurant. Shame on you Skip for not following the instructions.

Your meals look good. I would have been with Claire and picking out the veggies.

 

[jenseib]

I'm glad you found Dumbo, but not happy that your Stateroom Host was not more accomodating.

I love those fixtures as you walked into the restaurant. Shame on you Skip for not following the instructions.

Your meals look good. I would have been with Claire and picking out the veggies.

I am not sure why she wouldn't just humor me and take a look but she seemed to be fighting it. I had a few other issues with her later too where she acted like I was lying about something when I would ask her.

The restaurant does look really neat inside but I am not a huge fan of the types of food they carry. But I still would like to try a few more things just to see what they are like.

Claire only eats canned green beans and frozen lima beans (cooked and with lots of butter). She used to love corn on the cob but now she won't eat that either.

 

[jenseib]

We decided to walk around a bit. We took a walk through Shutters on the way.



And out towards the atrium.







And the clubs weren’t really happening yet.



Skip was bound and determined to hang out here tonight though because Andy said he had special stuff planned.





We then picked Claire up from the club. She was interacting with some CM’s. I think they were doing a dance type game and she looked like she was having fun. I was so glad she was giving it a chance.

We headed back to the room to change clothes. I think this is when I got our room host to find Dumbo for Claire.
At that point I just couldn’t go on. I told Skip I was getting pretty nauseous and I was just so dang tired. (We had been going pretty strong at the parks for a week). Claire wanted to go see the karaoke so Skip said he would take her while I took a rest. I think it was around 10PM and I just totally died in the bed. I woke a little later when I heard Claire talking. She chattered about the karaoke a bit, I asked her if she sang and she said no (she is very shy) and that’s the last I remember. I guess she got herself ready for bed.
I later found out she actually stayed up and watched TV for a while and then went to sleep and Skip went to the clubs and people watched and enjoyed whatever entertainment Andy had going on. I think he met a few guys to chat with as well. I never heard him come in. I did find several rum and cokes on our bill when I checked it the next day, so he must’ve had a good time. LOL.

I wish I could’ve stayed up later, but the lack of sleep and the motion was just too much for me and I am sure I needed to do a little catch up in the sleep department anyways.

 

[debjk4]

I'm having so much fun reading your trip report! We have never been on a cruise and your report and pictures are convincing me that maybe we should do this!!!

 

[jenseib]

I'm having so much fun reading your trip report! We have never been on a cruise and your report and pictures are convincing me that maybe we should do this!!!

Once you cruise it becomes very addicting!!!

 

[dizneeat]

Once you cruise it becomes very addicting!!!

Well said, Jennifer, and I am caught up here again. I just love your photos.

 

[MEK]

Can you believe I read your update last week from my phone but never replied. Than I didn't look for it this weekend. And now I am in my phone again. What a waste cause it's too hard to see your pics. Hey- some nights you just have to crash into bed. Glad skip and Claire had fun!

 

[jenseib]

Well said, Jennifer, and I am caught up here again. I just love your photos.

Thanks. I need to write more up on this so I can get moving again.

 

[jenseib]

Can you believe I read your update last week from my phone but never replied. Than I didn't look for it this weekend. And now I am in my phone again. What a waste cause it's too hard to see your pics. Hey- some nights you just have to crash into bed. Glad skip and Claire had fun!

I totally understand. I do some reading at times and just am too tired to even type a response.

 

[KatMark]

More pretty pictures of the ship.

Sorry you were tired and not feeling well and couldn't go out after dinner, but glad that Skip and Claire had a good time at karoke and that Skip obviously had a good time after he brought Claire back.