I left the room and decided to explore the ship since it wasn’t really worth it to go up to the pool and not have a chair to lounge in. My favorite part of the ship just has to be the atrium. It was the place to be before our dinner. I really liked the entertainment that they had. They often had live music with the “June Gypsies” and they were just stellar. I also enjoyed all the character meet and greet opportunities that were offered there. I did not go to Vibe since I wasn’t really interested in it to begin with and a lot of the teens in there seemed to be around 14-15 and were immature and loud. I wasn’t really interested in mixing with that so instead I took in all the adult opportunities onboard (other than drinking of course).
Before I knew it, it was time to head back to the room for the assembly station drill and then it was time to head up to deck 11 for the Sailing Away party! It was a lot of fun! After Sailing Away we went to change for dinner and then headed over to the Walt Disney Theatre for “A Fantasy Come True”. It was entertaining, but the show really didn’t have much of a purpose other than to introduce you to the ship. I still enjoyed it though!
After the show we decided to check out Mirror Mirror in the D Lounge. I did not like this at all. The highlight of it for me was seeing Dopey (one of my favorite characters). It was a nice time killer though. It was almost time for dinner, so we headed down to the atrium so we could go to the Royal Court. We were at table 100 and our dining team was Ronald (server), Sachin (assistant server), and Faisal (head server). They were all a great dining team and gave us excellent service throughout the entire cruise!!
For dinner, I did not get an appetizer, but for my entree I got the Baked Farm Raised chicken breast. It was stuffed with escargots, raisins, and pine nuts, served on rice and topped off with a red wine reduction. I am probably one of the most pickiest eaters ever so this was far out of my comfort zone, but I thought it was absolutely delicious! I am so glad I tried it! For desert, I had the Tahitian Vanilla Creme Brulee with an almond biscotti. It was also great! I didn’t really care for the biscotti though. Overall, it was a fantastic first meal onboard!
*I left the restaurant at one point during the meal and the atrium was empty so I snapped a quick picture on my phone*
After dinner I decided to hang out in the atrium and listen to the June Gypsies while I waited for Goofy to arrive. I hopped in line to see Goofy and then got to see Captain Mickey! The character meet and greets here were so organized and the lines were so short compared to what you would deal with at WDW (although there are only 3,999 other people onboard so).
It was getting somewhat late, so I went back to the room to change and then went up to the pool deck to get a few slices of pizza and to fill up my mug and then went back to the room for the evening. I ran into Nigel (Finding Nemo) along the way at Cabanas!
It was the beginning of a wonderful vacation. It was great that we had to leave our real life at home while we were in this fantasy life onboard!
