I Love Comedians with Guitars, a Magic Trip Report

[jenseib]

I'm sorry you weren't WOWed at dinner. I have had a couple magnificent dinners at Palo. Maybe it depends on the entree. I agree with you that the brunch is fantastic, and if you really love it that much, by all means, enjoy the brunch. But I hope you'll give dinner one more try at some point.

We have Palo dinner reservations for April 16. I'll let you know how we liked it when I get home

It wasn't bad, but I just wasn't wowed by it. I am sure in the future I will want to try it again though.

 

[jenseib]

Sept. 28,2012 Day 8

Navigators of the day.

I believe I actually tried to sleep in a bit today. Which might mean I slept till 7. I think by 7:30 this was the view from our balcony.

That Carnival Ship was still out in the distance

We still had a full sea day left, but it was kind of sad that we were heading home.

Lisa and I got some breakfast.

Rumor is that when the Magic goes in dry dock they are going to take this aft seating out or at least make it smaller. That saddens me. This was our favorite spot to eat every day. It was just beautiful and peaceful.

After we ate we headed to the adult pool area and just sat around and watched the guys work.

 

[jenseib]

We decided to head to the guest service desk and check our accounts. We both paid ours off with cash. I wasn’t sure if I would add anything more to my account, but it was nice not to have it all go on my credit card.

Then of course we headed to the shops.

Lisa was looking for something here, but I don’t remember what or if she found it.

We browsed around and I had been looking at a sweatshirt. It was on sale. Not screaming Disney, but did say Disney cruise line on it. I decided to get one for myself. I don’t have pictures of it. At least not that I remember taking. It’s blue and pretty basic with an Anchor on it, but I liked it and the price was good. I also found one in Claire’s size, also on clearance and grabbed it. Then I thought ….hmm , my niece Abby just had her b-day and her family party was going to be the day after I got home (Sunday). I hadn’t gotten anything yet for her besides a small purse in Cozumel, so I got one for her as well.
And I also had been looking at the frame. I bought a few prints last year on the Dream and some were on odd size and I have yet to find a frame to fit them. So I took the plunge and bought one that would fit the picture. I immediately framed it when I got home.

I also debated on getting Abby a Disney gift card. They had the cutest one with a DCL theme on it. But I only wanted it for $10. Just a filler gift. The minimum had to be $25, so I passed on it.
I got some candy and a few other small things for Claire and her cousins and added right back to the account I had just paid off.

We then headed back to the room and put away our purchases and went to the pool.

I sat under my favorite spot, the waterfall for a bit.

 

[jenseib]

The other gals were out there again too. The water was a bit cooler today, but still nice and not as high either. We bobbed around in the pool again for an hour or 2 and chatted away. This is the life. I am not a swimmer, but I don’t mind bobbing around and talking on a hot day.

After a while we got hungry so we headed off to Topsiders.

It was a seafood buffet today and also a BBQ on the back deck.

We headed back to our favorite spot and found a table.

MMMMMM! Crab legs!

We enjoyed our meal and as you know, when eating crab legs, it takes a bit to crack them, but it is so worth it. These weren’t the best I ever had, but they were still good.

We never got anything off the BBQ grill, but I did take a couple of pictures.

We then headed back to our room.

I got changed. I wanted to go to a towel animal class. No one else had seemed interested, which was OK by me. I think Lisa went back to the pool.

I found a seat quickly. I seemed to have a good view from what I could tell. We were given some towels and a sheet with some directions.

While I was waiting for it to start, a Mom came in with her 2 sons. They sat down in the row in front of me, but luckily they were not blocking my view. But I found them kind of annoying. Mostly because the Mom was a loud bragger talker. You know the kind, they talk really loud so you can’t help but hear every word they say and then it’s about things they are sort of bragging about and then you see them kind of look around to see if others heard and wanting a reaction. I really can’t stand those kinds of people. I can take them in small doses, but she just kept going on and on and on about things. Things that had nothing to do with the class.
So she bragged away and I played around with my camera and then all of a sudden the Dad of the family surprised them and walked in. Well she got even louder then. She was so excited that Dad chose to come to the class, and blah blah blah, but we ALL heard about it. And of course he sat right in front of me and his head was totally blocking my view, so I ended up moving my chair so I could see better.

Soon our host arrived and he brought up another helper who just kept making towels for show.

 

[jenseib]

He told the kids to go out on the floor where you would have more room and loud talking Mom went out as well, but she still never shut up.

We were instructed on a few towels. I thought it was fun.

My elephant.

My dog.

Working on a monkey.

I had the most trouble with the monkey, but I am sure with practice I could master him.

 

[jenseib]

After we were done, I went and took some pictures of some of the sample animals.

After the class I just went around and took more pictures on the ship.

I was trying to get Mickey from every angle.

A few more pictures around the Atrium.

 

[jenseib]

The port excursion desk was empty now that we were heading back to Galveston.

 

[jenseib]

And walking down the hallway.

I decided I needed more pictures of the Promenade Lounge.

 

[jenseib]

 

[jenseib]

The Lounge had a ton of these mirrors all over and I tried to get pictures of most of them.

There is also an internet café located here.

 

[jenseib]

I made my way out and took more pictures along the way.

 

[jenseib]

I headed out towards the pool. I think I found Lisa on the top deck catching some rays.

And look who else I found.

I went down and sat along the edge and chatted with them.

I took a couple of pictures while sitting there too.

 

[ChuckElias]

Rumor is that when the Magic goes in dry dock they are going to take this aft seating out or at least make it smaller. That saddens me. This was our favorite spot to eat every day. It was just beautiful and peaceful.

Aft on which deck? Can't be Deck 9, b/c that's Topsider's seating, right? You'd never be able to accommodate everyone inside Topsider's. That would be a disaster at mealtimes. I would not like to have to carry my tray out to the Mickey pool area for lunch.

 

[ChuckElias]

After the class I just went around and took more pictures on the ship.

I know I already said this, but these pictures really take me "home". It's great to see them. We'll be on the Fantasy in a couple months, but I wonder if I'll miss the Magic.

 

[5thGenTexan]

I know I already said this, but these pictures really take me "home". It's great to see them. We'll be on the Fantasy in a couple months, but I wonder if I'll miss the Magic.

We will be om the Magic at the end of April, I will let you know how she is doing.

 

[jenseib]

Aft on which deck? Can't be Deck 9, b/c that's Topsider's seating, right? You'd never be able to accommodate everyone inside Topsider's. That would be a disaster at mealtimes. I would not like to have to carry my tray out to the Mickey pool area for lunch.

Yes they are talking that they will turn topsiders into Cabanas and then making the inside part bigger, which mean using that aft eating area. I'm not to excited about this idea at all.

 

[jenseib]

I know I already said this, but these pictures really take me "home". It's great to see them. We'll be on the Fantasy in a couple months, but I wonder if I'll miss the Magic.

I am sure the Fantasy will be great fun though. you find things you like better and some thing you don't like as much.

 

[jenseib]

After chatting with the girls by the pool, I made my way back towards the room. We were going to meet a little later and go on the Art of the Theme Show Ship tour.
As I was walking I took a few pictures once again.

This totally cracked me up. This little girl was getting her hair braided and was sound asleep.

Toy Story was playing on the big screen.

I headed back to the room and freshened up. I believe Lisa came back for a bit too. She wasn’t in the mood for a tour, so she was just going to go off and do her own thing.

The tour was to meet outside of Palo. I was one of the first to arrive.

And while you wait, you take pictures ….right?

Brook and the others arrived. Brook took this picture. I have the stupidest look on my face. LOL

This was our guide. I believe his name is Andy.

 

[jenseib]

One of the last to come in for the tour was Jazzy! Remember her, the lady who can dance. We are such dorks, but we acted like we had a celebrity joining us.

Andy started up. He was really good. He was fun and informative. We learned about the book Palo has. Everyone who dines there is supposed to sign it. Something we did not know, and I had planned to go back later and sign it but I never did.

He also told us about the glass in Palo, and for the life of me I don’t remember its importance anymore.

We also learned about the guy that watched the ship being built and made this mask as a gift.

We moved on making stops here and there and learning different things like the carpets and how some have different meanings and the different signs on the ship. Many of it you notice, but not really, more subliminal.

 

[jenseib]

Andy made a joke about the wave phones. He said he had been with Disney since Feb (it was now Sept) and he still couldn’t figure out how to use the dang things. Which was pretty funny as they are horrid. I can’t figure them out to save my life.

While standing here Lisa comes walking down the hall. We tried to get her to join us, but she left shortly after. It was kind of funny as Andy had said something about Fluffy. I can’t even remember what, but I looked up and saw Lisa, and Fluffy is her nickname. Back in our bar days she always had a ton of fluffy hair and people just started calling her that.

We made a stop near the nursery. I didn’t know this, but originally the ship was not built with one. This was an extra kitchen area. After a few months of sailing they realized this was a must for Disney and they gutted it and converted it. The Wonder was built the same way and on her transatlantic crossing she was gutted and redone into a nursery as well.
Also I did not know the glass was on one way mirror so parents can come and look in, but the kids don’t see them.

We next made our way towards the atrium.

See the lady with the yellow tank top? That’s Jazzy!

Something I did not know was that the chandelier is made of plastic and not glass, as glass was too heavy.

And look who we spot! It’s always fun to see a character out.

I LOVE you Goopy!!!!!! (Claire used to always call him that and he was her favorite when she was about 2)

We checked out these pictures with facts about the ship. If you ever get a chance take a look at them. They are really interesting.