Sorry I left mid-update last time. I was called in to work and it’s been so crazy I haven’t had a chance to get back on here.
I left off with us oogling the gorgeous rock formations while leaving Cabo San Lucas. It was very interesting to hear the captain make an announcement that the last guests were joining us on the tender boats while he was moving the ship around. I had no idea the tender boats could do anything while the ship was moving. When we were out of port we started heading down to the Promenade Deck to read our books, but when we got to our deck we decided to just go and read in the room. We relaxed for about an hour and also got cleaned up. I had Alice in Wonderland the cartoon on in the background while I got ready, and then we went to the Sean Farquhar show in the Walt Disney Theater.
The show was absolutely fantastic, I couldn’t believe some of the tricks he did! We enjoyed all the shows this trip, and I’m glad we made the effort to go to most of them. I think the only ones we skipped were the Disney ones that we’d seen several times before.
We headed to Palo for dinner about 6:55. I’m not sure if I mentioned that they had started a Frozen chocolate hunt today. They posted the clues in the Navigator and you had to go to the place the clues described to find a picture of something related to Frozen. It went on several days and when you had all the answers you were given a present. Today was the first day and we went past the places the clues directed us to on the way to Palo. It was cute.
Gonzolo welcomed us by name, that of course made us feel extra special. We were immediately taken to our table by Leo our server. He treated us like queens. He is from India and mom grew up in India, so had lots of fun talking to him about places they both knew.
I’m not sure what the refurbishment did to Palo but I’m looking forward to seeing what they did.
It was very empty that night, I think maybe 4 other tables the whole time we were there.
We had an amazing meal as usual.
Started with the antipasta, we leave off the meat and peppers
Mom had the usual bread service
And they kindly made me gluten free garlic bread, it was so yummy!
Mom had the caprese salad as her appetizer
Leo brought her the gnocchi as well since she had commented how much she liked them
And the chef made me grilled calamari. It was cooked a bit too long and was chewy, not to mention a gigantic proportion.
Then our lovely palate cleanser
Mom had the mushroom polenta which she says is absolutely amazing
Leo also brought mom the risotto, which she also loves
I had ordered the tuna, and specifically asked for no red, I don’t care for it undercooked. I know tuna is best eaten a little underdone but it’s not how I like it. Sometimes chefs have their own feeling of what should be done though…
I couldn’t eat it, the pink part was way too tough to chew.
I asked for potatoes from another dish and they happily did that for me. They were fabulous.
Leo saw I wasn’t enjoying the tuna and offered to recook it for me. I didn’t want them to throw it away but I think that’s exactly what they did because I got a whole new dish. Much better cooked and I ate almost all of it. So yummy.
For dessert mom had the new amaretto soufflé, she said it was amazing!
And they were able to make me a gluten free soufflé. This is the best soufflé I have ever had.
For the special drink they made mom one without apple because she’s allergic, and for the first time I tried the alcoholic one. It was unpleasant, much too strong.
We were not bursting for the first time ever and left thinking we’d probably book another dinner but didn’t know when. Dinner was done about 9:15, so still early in the evening. Peter the cruise director had been saying how funny the adult entertainment of the evening was, a man named Wayne Cotter. There were two shows, 9:45 and 10:45 and since we had some time after dinner we decided to check it out. I also wanted to watch Cool Runnings on the Funnel Vision which started at 10pm. If Wayne Cotter wasn’t too funny we’d leave early, but if it was then we’d go to Cool Runnings late. Well he was beyond our expectations and we were both laughing out loud the whole time.
We stayed until the end and then made the exhaustive walk up to Deck 9 to the Funnel Vision. Mom was the tired one and I’m the one who ended up falling asleep during the movie. Too funny. We've seen that movie countless times so it was ok.
We very slowly made our way back to the room and fell asleep almost immediately. I had to catch up in the journal the next day.
It was an awesome day!