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- Oct 20, 2016
This is my first Trip Report, so hopefully I do a good job. I've been struggling with the pictures actually showing up so fingers crossed they do when I hit post. I've read many and they helped with my planning of my first cruise so I thought mine might help others as well
Some background information. This was my first Disney cruise and my boyfriend's third, but our first cruise together. It was a romantic trip with just the two of us and was an amazing time.
DAY ONE - MIAMI (DECEMBER 23)
I had been watching the countdown for months and the day was finally here! We live about an hour away from Miami where the ship was sailing out of and had a 12:30pm PAT. I am a little OCD about being on time so we ended up arriving at exactly 12pm. I had read on these boards that by 12:30 everyone was allowed to board and it seemed to be the case for us as well. I wanted to wait in line to meet Mickey before getting on the ship, unfortunately, his line was incredibly long and they made an announcement as we walked up that he would be leaving soon. So instead we decided to head straight onto the ship.
The ship was so beautiful all decked out in Christmas decorations. I was wondering how the ship would look since she had been built in 1998, but once on board it was like she was a brand new ship. I absolutely loved the lifesize gingerbread house.
There were little touches all over the ship to let you know you were on a Christmas cruise. I felt like the added charm really made this cruise feel special.
While waiting in line to meet Pluto I noticed that the top of the Christmas tree was anchored down, I guess incase of rough waves they wouldn't want it falling over.
We had a verandah room midship on deck 6. Compared to other cruise lines I had sailed on this room was huge. It was also my first time having a balcony and I could not be more excited. we went outside often and I felt the added expensive was completely worth it. Not sure I'll be able to sail any other way now.
We did a walking tour to get a feel of the ship with Jamezy, he was awesome and we saw him frequently around the ship. It definitely helped learning where everything was. Afterwards we went back to the cabin to relax then Muster Drill then sail away party. The only time it rained on the entire cruise was the beginning of the sail away party. It didn't last long, but it sent me indoors. We had first seating for dinner and I wanted to get ready for that anyway.
We had rotation LAACLAC. I was a little bummed that we would be in Animators Palate the third night since we were going to Palo's, but they did honor our request to have a table for just the two of us. I hadn't had high hopes we would get that with this being a Christmas cruise so I was really happy. Normally I like to sit with others and meet people, but this being our first cruise as a couple I wanted dinners to be just us.
I almost never drink soda at home, but since it was free on the cruise I seemed to go a little overboard drinking Coke every night. I really enjoyed this meal at Lumiere's. This first course was shrimp and lobster.
I decided to be brave and try escargot. Once I got past the fact I was eating snails it turned out to be delicious.
I've apparently reached the max number of photos allowed for a post so I will post the rest of the first day later.
Some background information. This was my first Disney cruise and my boyfriend's third, but our first cruise together. It was a romantic trip with just the two of us and was an amazing time.
DAY ONE - MIAMI (DECEMBER 23)
I had been watching the countdown for months and the day was finally here! We live about an hour away from Miami where the ship was sailing out of and had a 12:30pm PAT. I am a little OCD about being on time so we ended up arriving at exactly 12pm. I had read on these boards that by 12:30 everyone was allowed to board and it seemed to be the case for us as well. I wanted to wait in line to meet Mickey before getting on the ship, unfortunately, his line was incredibly long and they made an announcement as we walked up that he would be leaving soon. So instead we decided to head straight onto the ship.
The ship was so beautiful all decked out in Christmas decorations. I was wondering how the ship would look since she had been built in 1998, but once on board it was like she was a brand new ship. I absolutely loved the lifesize gingerbread house.
There were little touches all over the ship to let you know you were on a Christmas cruise. I felt like the added charm really made this cruise feel special.
While waiting in line to meet Pluto I noticed that the top of the Christmas tree was anchored down, I guess incase of rough waves they wouldn't want it falling over.
We had a verandah room midship on deck 6. Compared to other cruise lines I had sailed on this room was huge. It was also my first time having a balcony and I could not be more excited. we went outside often and I felt the added expensive was completely worth it. Not sure I'll be able to sail any other way now.
We did a walking tour to get a feel of the ship with Jamezy, he was awesome and we saw him frequently around the ship. It definitely helped learning where everything was. Afterwards we went back to the cabin to relax then Muster Drill then sail away party. The only time it rained on the entire cruise was the beginning of the sail away party. It didn't last long, but it sent me indoors. We had first seating for dinner and I wanted to get ready for that anyway.
We had rotation LAACLAC. I was a little bummed that we would be in Animators Palate the third night since we were going to Palo's, but they did honor our request to have a table for just the two of us. I hadn't had high hopes we would get that with this being a Christmas cruise so I was really happy. Normally I like to sit with others and meet people, but this being our first cruise as a couple I wanted dinners to be just us.
I almost never drink soda at home, but since it was free on the cruise I seemed to go a little overboard drinking Coke every night. I really enjoyed this meal at Lumiere's. This first course was shrimp and lobster.
I decided to be brave and try escargot. Once I got past the fact I was eating snails it turned out to be delicious.
I've apparently reached the max number of photos allowed for a post so I will post the rest of the first day later.