Today Matt and I both slept in a bit. We both had semi sore throats today but nothing too bad (yet) so we were excited for our first day on the ship. I got a text around 7:30 that the kids were up so Matt and I both quickly go ready and we met up with everyone in the hall (there were 2 doors separating us) at 8:30. Sarah and the kids were going to head up to the buffet and Matt and I were on our way to the adult only coffee bar/lounge. We all walked up together though to deck 9 where I snapped a cute pic of the kids.
Matt and I sat having coffee for about an hour. It was so quiet and nice to just talk and relax for a bit. We also poured over the navigator for the day (see pic below- it’s like a daily newsletter you get delivered the night before with all the daily activities- I know it's hard to read but you can see how much there was to do! Each day there are different activities onboard and the cover highlights the shows that night as well as the dress code. Inside is the guide of things to do and the back has the hours of everything that day as well as shopping promotions. Pretty cool!
Around 10:00 we headed back to our room to get ready for brunch in Palo. Today it was just Matt and I going. It was great! Palo is set up with different food stations that are served like a buffet (station pics in the next blog entry) and then you can order hot entrees as well. You could easily come a few times and still not try everything. Our server was Mladden from Croatia- he was great to talk to. Very excited about the ship coming to Seattle in a couple months so we spent a bit talking about our home:)
Matt and I each had a plate like the one pictured (with assorted things from the station), we shared the pizza (half goat cheese and sun dried tomato and half gorgonzola and grape- very good!) and then a dessert plate. We also got a cute little Happy Honeymoon plate:)
The table next to us at brunch was a group of entertainers from the ship (from what I could gather from their conversation). They were all young, cute and very bubbly personalities (men and women). Throughout the cruise I spotted them in the nightly Broadway scale shows so that was fun:)
Meanwhile (while we were at brunch), Sarah took Aidan to the kids clubs and her and Piper went to an animation class on how to draw Mickey. And then took them both to lunch:) Afterwards they passed some characters in the lobby just finishing up a dance party.
Matt and I left Palo around noon and then headed to the spa to enjoy the rainforest room. Even though it was a sea day it was completely deserted, which was really nice. We explored the room a bit, trying all the different showers and rooms (dif steam rooms and a sauna) and then relaxed in the heated tile loungers for about an hour before we headed back.
At around 1:45 we all met up in the family lounge around to do a Disney Trivia game. The kids played games on the floor mostly since the questions were a little tough (they have board games you can take off the shelves). We didn’t win:)
After our little trivia session, Sarah and I had to get ready for high tea in Palo. I was still stuffed from brunch so I wasn’t sure how this was going to go! Aidan went back to the clubs and Piper stayed with Matt in our cabin to rest a bit (Matt wasn’t feeling great). Tea was fun- little sandwiches and tea and then a dessert tray to share. There were only 3 other tables filled which was a little weird. Not sure if it is always that dead for tea (supposedly it is hard to get reservations for it).
We came back from tea and I found Matt burning up with a fever and a sore throat that was getting worse. No tummy issues of any kind though which is good. We suspect he caught something on the flight from Hawaii or at Disneyland (which we heard a LOT of people complaining about being sick there). Not to spoil the rest of the report or anything, but Matt never really recovered (he was good for about a few hours each day and then back to bed).
So, back to the day- Matt was sick so he stayed in bed the rest of the night. Tonight was formal night though so I wasn’t going to ditch Sarah with the kids for dinner/show even though I was feeling pretty lousy emotionally about the start of our cruise. I helped get the kiddos dressed after I got ready and then off we went to dinner. Oh- forgot to mention, during the day we got a phone call that our request for private dining was met, so now we all had our own table:) We also had new servers though, which was fine. Our head server though was the same and he was the highlight of our dining experience for the whole week. He was great!
Dinner was good- we ate in Animators Palate tonight which is a restaurant that is black and white with sketches everywhere, paintbrush pillars, etc. Normally you get a “show” in which the paintings turn color but since it was formal night we didn’t get that (we eat there again tomorrow though so that is coming up!).
We all skipped dessert tonight since Sarah and I were full from Palo earlier and the kids wanted candy at the show instead. I had crispy ravioli to start and then a ginger lime swordfish as my entree. Sarah had spiced citrus asparagus to start and then oven roasted duckling as her entree. We also ordered a dish of the pesto and pine nut cream gnocchi. Yummy:) The kids ate off the kids menu tonight so no fancy pics of chicken strips and fries. lol.
After the show I checked in on Matt (who was still feverish) and then went to help Sarah with finishing homework with the kids (who were missing school this week so we had to do some work each day with them). At around 7:40 we headed down a couple decks to the theater and wandered through the gift shop to get the kids candy before the theater opened at 8.
The show tonight was Golden Mickeys- an “award show” themed Broadway scale show that highlights the best of many categories “friendship, heroism, love, etc with musical numbers. This is the third time that the kids and I have seen it and it was good as always:) Piper started to fall asleep so after the show I helped get the kids settled in Sarah’s cabin and ready for bed. Then I went to my cabin where Matt was still sleeping, read for awhile (finished the 2nd Hunger Game book) and then crashed myself.
Up next- another day at sea, Matt still a little shaky and we won something!
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