Mediterranean Day Three

DAY 3 – Disney Cruise Line

We woke up this morning and had some breakfast. We encountered some really rude surgical infections doctors – every time I reached for a tong the guy would huff and sigh so of course I took three times as much stuff as I would have liked just to annoy him further. Hey, I’m not perfect. Unfortunately almost all of the food that was supposed to be hot was cold and all the stuff that was supposed to be cold was room temperature. Hopefully didn’t get a bug.

So we went by the Disney Cruise Line desk and had to fill out this ginormous questionnaire about our physical health which we said was fine and we got a blue we’ve already checked in card. So we went back up to the room and I did crossword puzzles and Tom listened to books on tape until it was time to get on the bus to go to the cruise terminal. When we got there we got to bypass every single line there was because we had already pre-registered. If you have the chance to go to a hotel pre-cruise I highly recommend it because it literally saved us an hour or two of time. We got to take a picture with Spanish Mickey Mouse and then we got on the ship.

Our room was not ready so we dumped off our carry-ons at the Adventures by Disney suite at the Suite Sea and got to see Robyn. It was so nice to see her and to dump all our cares and concerns and planning inadequacies on her. It was so nice to see her. Of course she did refer to the Rome day as the Rome Death March so you’ll have to stay tuned to find out how that turns out.

They had the sail away party at 4:30 PM. We were sitting on our balcony and it was all blue and sunny and by the time we got to Deck 9 (we are on Deck 7) it was pouring rain. So the sail away party was delayed about 15 minutes and we went to that and I danced around like an idiot and Tom stepped way back so that they couldn’t tell we were together. Just kidding. And then we went to an Adventures by Disney reception and they introduced everyone and they gave us a way awesome backpack and some daily pins.

After that we came back to the room and we spent some time on the balcony however someone in our vicinity smokes and so it was short lived until we went back into the suite and shut the door. That is so irritating. So we went to the welcome party at the Buena Vista Theater and that was very entertaining. We then went to dinner at Lumiere’s. About half way through dinner the ship just pivoted around in its space and took off the opposite way. At least I think that’s what they were saying. Anyway we had spicy calamari and blue crab and lobster chowder and seafood risotto. Do you sense a theme here? All seafood, all the time.

So we are now underway and on our way to Malta. We have a sea day tomorrow but I’m not sure what we are going to do – maybe spend some time on our smoke filled balcony. We paid for it after all. BAH!! We are still quite jet lagged so going to bed relatively early however it is 10:30 PM the only problem with late dining.

Today’s towel animal was a stingray with eyes of chocolate.