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Fantasy Round 2: Cruise Day 3!
Cruise Day 3 [part 2]: Second Day at Sea… AquaDuck, Dinner at Enchanted Garden, Bit of Shopping!
Here are some very random photos from apparently my lone walk around the ship while mom and dad were napping, and Michelle and Glendon were still at Mixology…
Apparently random mirror photos were a thing for me??? I think I was surprised to find myself in an empty elevator haha:
Tile work:
(Yes.. for those that recognize… from the inside of one of those individual toilets by the Europa area LAUGH EMOJI. WHAT! You don’t realize just how nice it is when you’re sitting doing your business and it’s a gorgeous wall around you and privacy of an individual toilet so no one can tell you’ve been sitting there staring at the walls and mirrored ceiling)
Here is a random photo from this day when I was alone in the Stateroom and I put on Cinderella (my favourite princess movie). Our stuff basically exploded all over the room, which means all of it was basically on the desk ahaha:
We had all decided that we would meet up at around 5:45 so that we could all ride the AquaDuck for the first time together! We chose 5:45 because that’s when the first dining seating starts and we knew the ship was going to quiet down like crazy. Plus the sun is still out hehe. My mom had been watching riders the past couple of days and she’d been getting super excited as well as nervous (she always gets nervous anything water-slide related even if you’re sitting in a tube haha!).
Here is a photo of mom and dad just before we loaded our stuff into cubbies!
(Mom died herself laughing when I showed her the picture because the wind blew open my dad’s shirt to reveal his big beer belly right as I hit capture and that’s all she can see.)
We partnered up! Dad with Michelle and Mom with me! (I think mom wanted to sit with me instead of dad because she was slightly nervous and because I’ve been on it before she felt a little bit more comfortable than with dad hahaha). The entire time we were walking up the stairs mom was worried it would be too fast. Dad and Michelle went first. And dad being dad, he screamed and shouted as loud as he could to make it sound scarier than it is to tease my mom ahahaha. Mom was soooo nervous when we sat down she gripped the handles so tight ahahaha. BUT after entering the slide she was good! It’s fast but not terrifyingly fast! She screamed during the dips but oooh’ed at the long runs when you can see the view and the ship haha. All in all, everyone had fun. I’m a huge water slides thrills fanatic, and I still love the AquaDuck! It’s different than a waterslide in that you’re going thruogh clear tubing! And you’re above deck on a ship. In the middle of the ocean. HOW CRAZY IS THAT REALLY haha! Too much fun!
(Glendon didn’t ride. His stomach was still doing minor flip-flops from being on the ship. Not terrible, but enough that he was uncomfortable. Plus mixed with the alcoholic beverages from mixology he just thought it was best for his body to not go swooshing around haha)
After our ride on the AquaDuck, mom and dad went to change and wash up. Michelle and I sat in the hot tubs for a bit, then we also went back to our room to get washed up. Perfect timing because mom and dad were done. We had planned to go to Buena Vista Theatre to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Mom was wanting to watch it because she heard so much about it. Dad didn’t want to watch because he knew he wouldn’t be able to follow along. Which we told mom, you probably wouldn’t understand what was happening either aha. She got Glendon and I to explain the movie and she was like “that’s what Star Wars is?” LOL silly mother, what did you think it was! So she decided to hang out with dad. Michelle was curious as well since it had been so popular. Glendon and I just wanted to see it again because who doesn’t! (Apparently my family ahaha)
BUT FIRST! We wanted to quickly run up on deck and catch the sunset!!! (Glendon went to go save us seats in the theatre)
Our photos were terrible haha:
The clouds were so low you couldn’t really see the sun:
This was my mom’s photo she took through a window (you can see the reflection of lights behind her haha)
Unfortunately that was all we were able to photograph. But at least Michelle finally got to see the ball of inferno plop over the horizon!
When we got to the theatre, luckily we were only a couple of minutes late so we didn’t miss too much. Glendon had also chosen a row that was easy for us to get to so we didn’t have to disturb too many people by popping in late. Poor Michelle, I have no idea why she decided to come and watch with us. She leaned in to whisper to me a few times for clarification of characters and I tried to do my best for her haha. When Kylo Ren came on screen she whispered to me “I know this one! Darth Vader right?” ahahaha. Eventually she just fell asleep.
After movie… Dinner at Enchanted Garden!
I love this restaurant. The theming and decor are just so cute. I especially love the ceiling flower lamp things haha
Here is a photo of dad and mom sitting at the table already when we arrived
(I love when dad goofy grins haha. For a long time his smiles used to always look like a grimace)
The flower lamp thing closest to us:
Menu!
(Soooooo I took a photo of the front of the menu but forgot to take a photo of the actual menu inside so I don’t remember what everything is called or who ordered what ahaha. Sorry!)
I had to start one of my favourite things ever: A tuna stack! Mmmmm I love tuna stacks. I can’t NOT order one!
Looks like mom and dad had a spinach salad with blue cheese (I think?) and raspberries with I’m going to assume a sort of raspberry vinaigrette and… pine nuts?:
(I’m just guessing by what I see haha.)
Michelle had what looks like a romaine hearts salad thing:
Glendon also had a tuna stack! (and looks like he got himself some camomile tea as well)
I also had this cucumber salad roll:
OH. MY. GOODNESS. I LOVED this one. Even more than my beloved tuna stack! MMMM I want to try and make this at home, but I can’t remember what is all in it!! It looks so simple but it was so fresh and tasty
Ahahahaha and it looks like Michelle and mom ALSO ordered a tuna stack:
(I have no idea why I decided to post all the tuna stacks. I totally laughed out loud when I saw how many photos os tuna stacks I had.)
Glendon had this ravioli dish! I think it’s a lobster ravioli
Mmm that does look yummy though. (He didn’t order an entree in case his stomach still wasn’t the greatest)
After appetizers came our entrees. Poor Michelle, after eating her salad she realized that her stomach definitely wasn’t better yet. At least, not ready for heavy entrees. (She also ordered the ravioli, as well as fish for entree) SO she left early to go lie down in bed in our room. She felt so bad when she had to tell our server Jimi that she still wasn’t feeling well and had to leave. Since her food was already ordered and already plated, Jimi said that he could cover it up and we could take it to our room for her later! In case she got hungry and wanted to try her food in the room.
Entree I had the scallop dish. Five GIGANTIC scallops =O!!!!!
(I see in the back that dad also got the scallops)
So here is dad’s scallops
I don’t SEE a difference in my dairy free one and dad’s normal one other than that I got 4 fat asparagus pieces and 5 fat gigantic scallops while dad got 5 skinny asparagus pieces and 6 slightly smaller but still pretty large scallops ahaha.
Good to know that they portion out not just by number but actual portion size!
Mom had this creamy fish dish:
Mom LOVED this! (Michelle also ordered this so she was really hoping Michelle would be well enough to try it later)
EDIT: I have been told by Glendon that this was sea bass. No wonder my mom liked it so much!!! She LOVES sea bass!
Part of the reason why I think this restaurant is so neat? The lighting gradually changes from a almost daylight-setting at the beginning to a beautiful dusk. But it’s gradual like if you were in a real outdoor garden. Plus those ceiling flower lamps? They bloom!
So pretty!
I think we were all pretty happy with our meal this day, and I don’t think any of us ordered any dessert? At least, no one had any photos of any dessert haha. Either way we had a big day and very satisfying meal.
On our walk back to the room… another view of the very beautiful chandelier in the atrium:
(Hehe the Mickey details though!)
We also stopped in the shops real quick on our way back to pick up some Pepto Bismol for Michelle. Dad and Glendon brought the food back for her first.
When we got back to our room, we found this animal from turn down service! Mom thought it was the funniest thing that they used my sunglasses:
(Haha in background is Michelle’s food trays)
Mom also loves the sleepy time chocolates so she decided to pose them together for a photo…
After leaving the Pepto Bismol for Michelle, Mom Glendon and I decided to go back to the shops and really take a look around. Dad decided he was pretty tired and stayed behind.
Here is the giant mural of Walt at the Walt Disney Theatre
Some cute stuffies we saw in the shop included a Cruise Director Duffy:
A Darth Vader Duffy:
(Can you tell Glendon and I like Duffy the Disney Bear? I got very very very sick on our very first trip to Disneyland together… threw up in a washroom type of very sick… and I was feeling really down. He decided to get me a Duffy with the remainders of our cash for that trip to make me feel better. Duffy did make me feel better, even though we ran out of cash on that trip because of it ahahaha. But now every time we see Duffy it’s a fun memory!)
And very cute cruise ship Chip and Dale!
And to end this day… our last adventure before heading for bed…
Remember when we decided that face swapping was a thing this trip?
Eww! Sorry Mr Disney…. My face definitely makes yours look like a demon of some sort. I think you can keep your face!
To come… Cruise Day 4: Finally our first port day! TORTOLA!!!!! With our tour to Virgin Gorda excursion!
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I tried to see sunrise and sunset on our cruises and was mostly not successful, but did get to watch some spectacular ones.
