Yikes! This ain't gonna be goodANIMATORS UNPALATABLE
Wow, that certainly looks like no painting I ever want to be a part ofAllie didn't like anything on the regular menu either,
and ended up ordering off the kid's menu as well.
Behold,
That must have been some menuAnd since this seems to be the theme of this dinner,
my mom didn't like anything on the menu either and just ordered a salad...
Oh how cool! I hadn't seen this before.When we sat down for dinner, we were handed a paper to draw on and some markers.
Eventually our servers collected them and during dessert,
our drawings came to life on the screens all around us!
but it had been a long day and my mom and I went back to our stateroom to relax,
but someone beat us to it.
Where was that chair? I have never seen it!April 7, 2019
DO-NOTHING DAY
This was our first full day and we were at sea.
I find these days to be the perfect, "do nothing days"…as you'll see from this next installment…
eat…lay around…eat…do something that I don't remember because there are no pictures…eat…
you get the idea.
These days are nice in small doses.
I was the first one up so I got ready quietly and headed up to the Cove Cafe.
I had heard so much about this place and for some reason had never tried it on any of the other ships.
I was excited to try these great coffees for the first time.
However, I am not a fancy Coffee-person, I usually brew my own coffee at home,
and when I got up there I had no idea what to order.
I kind of looked at the menu and was still perplexed
until a woman came up next to me and I started chatting with her.
She ended up giving me advice about what to order and I took it.
I don't even remember what I ordered, but it was very pretty..
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I just didn't like it very much at all.
This ended up being my first and last trip to the Cove Cafe,
as I stuck to the regular coffee up on deck from then on.
I'm glad I tried it though, it just wasn't for me.
I took my coffee and was lucky enough to grab one of my favorite,
round lounge chairs with my book to sit and enjoy it.
The sun had already come up, but it was still so pretty...
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Here's what the chairs look like without me in it.
This became one of my favorite places on the Fantasy
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A little while later I got a text from Nicholas…a teen that wakes up early…a strange phenomenon, I know. He's been that way since he was a baby.
We texted that we would meet in Cabanas for some breakfast so I headed over there.
On the Wonder last year, I fell in love with the Greek Yogurt bar they had out every morning.
I was really looking forward to that on the Fantasy, but they never put out the yogurt,
which was disappointing. Instead, they had pre-made little yogurt parfaits that didn't interest me,
but because they had those, I knew they had Greek yogurt somewhere. I ended up asking at one of the counters for a scoop of yogurt and they were happy to oblige.
I ended up doing this most every morning of the cruise.
I would then take my bowl of yogurt over to the fixings and make my own concoction...
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I didn't get a very good picture of it, but Nicholas' breakfast consisted bacon and pastries...
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On the way back to the stateroom, I took a photo of this picture.
There's a hidden surprisein the picture…do you see them?
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We went back to the room and met up with my mom and Allie.
The kids headed off somewhere and my mom and I headed up to the adult pool...
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All that relaxing must've made us hungry because for lunch we headed back to Cabanas...
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I think that little square thing was polenta but it wasn't very good.
I love these little bite sized desserts.
Sometimes I just want a little taste of something but not a whole big dessert...
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We went back to the pool for some more relaxing after lunch
and pretty much that was all we did until we had to get ready for dinner!
See what I mean by a , "do-nothing day?!"
Our dinner that night was in my favorite DCL restaurant…Animator's Palate! That's up next!
Where was that chair? I have never seen it!
Ooooohhhh, that's smart. I was browsing the FL Tours site and the timing on post-cruise gave me some anxiety (having to be out there at a certain time). I like the idea of just using the bus to get back to the airport!
Yikes! This ain't gonna be good
Oh how cool! I hadn't seen this before.
I wonder if it's deliberately planned that way, or if it's just because of the way they sail?I loved how the days were spaced out on this cruise.
After two port days and days spent in the sun,
it was kind of nice to have a relaxing day before we spent our very last day at Castaway Cay.
Your mom is not the mascot!!!!We took the opportunity to take some pics with the ship's mascot,
Thanks for posting that. I got a lot of info from reading that.and then went and booked our placeholder for our next cruise.
Well... poop. But totally understand.Well, for various reasons, I doubt we'll be taking that cruise now
First, since we cancelled our trip this March,
we're already thinking about how we want to use our DVC points
and it looks like we'll be going to WDW in April 2021on the kid's spring break.
Also, I think I mentioned this, but I am a nurse in a children's hospital
and strangely we have been super slow due to this stupid pandemic.
I'm not complaining about that…this just doesn't seem to be affecting kids as much.
But for the last few years, I've been picking up all kinds of extra shifts
and doing overtime and that's just not happening right now so money is a factor.
Tortilla chips stuck in it??? Really???I have never seen a Mexican pizza before and had no desire to try it,
but kudos to them for their creativity
Can you tell that I love it in there?
I wonder if it's deliberately planned that way, or if it's just because of the way they sail?
Your mom is not the mascot!!!!
I had to enlarge the pizza picture to figure out what the heck was on that thing. Taco chips, funny!
When you own your own island, I guess you can decide how many ships you want in port.I'm sure part of it has to do with avoiding the Dream and maybe, at times, the Magic and Wonder at Castaway Cay. But it seems to work out nicely for this itinerary
You didn't know??
You'd think they'd let their mascot sail for free, wouldn't you??
I must not be very observant.. we have sailed on the Fantasy 3 times and I have never noticed them! LOLThere are a few of them right outside Cove Cafe, and I hope they never take them away
she seems to get turned around,
I did get a cocktail for the party...
we all went off to check out VIBE.
pics outside VIBE...
I think this area is so cool for teens, I know mine loved it and spent a LOT of time up here!