Ok, here we try again.
Good Morning (now afternoon) from the Beautiful Disney Magic!!
This has been a weird cruise. We have never been on a cruise where we had a port on the first day. Today is our first day at sea, but since we have already been in port, it feels like the middle of the week. Can't believe it's only day two!! We have been glad to meet some of the DISers cruising with us. We'll be joining some of them for the Martini tasting this afternoon, then it's the Captain's reception and then Palo!! The Golden Mickey's are Tonight!!
After I posted yesterday we went to Palo for brunch. The food was great!! Luckily we didn't over eat, but we did eat a lot. They are doing the desserts differently so we tried more than usual. Little individual serving sizes. Works great!! Tiramisou, White chocolate mousse, dark chocolate mousse, chocolate petite du pot, orange cheesecake, I could go on and on... but I won't torture you
We waited behind Christink and her mom (Chris and Pat) and they asked us to join them for the brunch. Great company!! This made brunch even nicer. Also we had a beautiful view of the Magic pulling into Key West
After brunch we realized we all had the same plans for Key West so we went together. While waiting for Chris and Pat, we talked to some of the entertainment staff (who wished to be unnamed). They informed us that Disney was blocking Skype from the computers used on the ship. That means you cannot call home from your laptop on the ship anymore! This really sucks!
We got off the ship and started down Duval Street. Before we knew it, we were walking into Margaritaville! Had a drink there and then started on down the block. We saw a Walgreens and I had to stop there for a surprise later in the week. Chris and Pat waited outside and ran into Seedoken and Boozgirl on their Duval Krawl. We all joined them at Willie T's for another drink then they continued back toward the ship on their Krawl and we continued down Duval Street towards the Southernmost point. I was told that the Green Parrot was close to the Southernmost point so we went there first and started back on Whitehead. Let me tell you, the Green Parrot is NO WHERE NEAR THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT. Good thing they make a killer Rum Runner! While we were at the Green Parrot, the Trolley came by and who was on it but Sarangel and her DH (Sara and Mike). Bill ran out and said hi while they were stopped. After spending some quality time at the Green Parrot, we made our way back to Duval Street and Margaritaville to shop, then the Harley store. After that, Chris and Pat needed to get back to the ship for early dining. We went to get our Key Lime Pie on a Stick and some wine at the Key West Winery shop. Once back onboard we hit the pool again!!
We skipped the show again last night. It was Gary DeLena. Have seen him many times before and just didn't want to spend the time. Took some pictures of the sunset and then headed to dinner in Lumieres. That is my favorite restaurant but the creme brulee was lumpy! and the topping was very thin and almost non-existant. I did say something to the server and head server. Since I haven't said it before, our serving staff is Zaldy, Sonia and Ronald. They told me that on Tuesday, since we'll be at Palo tonight, they will get us another creme brulee
When David DiMuzio joined us for dinner last night, he told me that he called a friend in New York, which reminded me to tell him that I was supposed to say hello from New York from WebmasterRegina's DD. What a small world!
We promised David we would come to his show at 10:45. We were laughing so hard at times it hurt!! Not long after that, we went to bed. Luckily we set the clocks back so it was only 11:30
Got up at 7 am and missed the sunrise. I'm a little disappointed with the Cat 11. I like to keep things organized and I don't have nearly enough space for that. I was going to ask Bill if we could change our next cruise to a cat 10 at least and he said he prefers the balcony. Don't know if that will happen, but we'll see.
We made it to the Rainforest Room again and the pool but had to go get changed for the Castaway Clubhouse party at 11. It was ok, some kind of neat things that they did, but nothing spectacular (and no free alcohol). We did convince the Assistant Cruise director to give us something special though
Had a little lunch, now Bill is sleeping. So I'm catching up on work and the boards
We have martini tasting in a couple hours, so maybe I better rest
