Day 6

Connie and Kumi- Our newly adopted Davidson sisters

Maribeth in her robot costume.

I don't get what Mom's problem is with this picture

Our waitress is in the background. Where she remained all night.

Here we are discussing our new Disney contracts with Panda, our head chef.


Today we were in the middle of the Atlantic. We're the farthest away from land we have been at any point in the cruise- over 260 nautical miles. At the speed we are at now, it would take close to 30 hours to reach. We saw a freighter today, so at least we know we did not disappear going through the Bermuda Triangle.

Mother started today by jogging/walking. After all, the cruise cannot stop her training. Maribeth and I started it by sleeping in, with MB sleeping an hour or so later than I did. At 10:30, Mother had to go pick up her super special Transatlantic pins. We also had a continuation of the whodunit mystery that started the other day. I don’t think I’ve ever been more confused by anything in my entire life. They keep talking about clues, but everyone I talk to that is also doing it doesn’t have any. It seems like it is more lame skits than putting together clues. Tonight we were supposed to go up to a DJ and say “Hey man, my mouse is feeling goofy.” None of us could follow through.

Also this morning, Mom went and got the series of special pins. Luckily she didn’t have to camp out in the halls like they did that year on the Panama Canal Repo. Later on, we went on the galley tour. Panda, the chef for Lumiere’s, was our guide. We saw the pastry place, along with the galleys for Lumiere’s and Parrot Cay. It was okay. All the stainless steel and food safety talk reminded me of my Sonic days though. We got some chocolate chip cookies that were good as always. It maybe wasn’t the most exciting thing you could ever do on a Disney Cruise, but it’s something everyone should do at least once, just to see it. We were also lucky enough to finally get my picture taken with Connie, the other concierge host (in addition to Kumi).

Before dinner, we went and had our picture taken with Captain Mickey. Mother was upset because she stood in the middle. Since she is shrinking, Mickey and Minnie’s ears covered half of her body. Needless to say, the picture was ruined. We then went to eat at Palo’s. We split the Lucana pizza (Mom called it barbeque chicken pizza when she ordered it- apparently she belongs back in Mississippi). Mom had the shrimp salad and I had the grilled Portobello mushroom. Both were good. Our server (she was absolutely awful- left for ten minutes before even taking our orders) then brought us lasagna for no reason. Only mom tried it since MB hates fun and I don’t eat beef. I then had the tortelloni filled with crabmeat, and it was really good. Mom had lobster, which she describes as “not all that great”. MB had lamb. She seemed to enjoy it. Afterwards, we all ordered the chocolate soufflé. Our server said it was taking a while and decided to bring us two more desserts. She brought the Panna Cotta, which mom ate and described as though it tasted like milk. MB ate the chocolate ice cream, and I ate the raspberry portion, as well as whatever chocolate I got to before she did. MB and Mom finished up the dinner with booze. My mom calls it “some kind of after dinner thing”. It’s lemon flavored drink, sort of like an icee, with alcohol in it.

After dinner, we all put on sweatpants. I wandered around so Ida could do the turndown service. MB did something- I don’t really know what, and Mom went to the show. I will now allow her to tell of her opinions of the show, and the Oceaneer’s Lab last night. As I said earlier, she had that drink at Palo’s, so who knows what she will say.

Last night MB and I went to the adults only session in the Oceaneers Lab. One would think there would be some racy stuff going on, but other than the dude that brought in his own rum and coke, it was pretty tame. MB colored a picture of Dory, while I made a bead bracelet for Molly. We then joined the group in watching an experiment with balloons and liquid nitrogen, and then the group made flubber, which was supposed to be green, unless you got the wrong food coloring, which of course, we did, so ours turned out pink. After all that, we tried the computer games, which I couldn’t figure out, so we stood in the robot thing for pictures, and decided to call it a night.

Tonight I went to see the new show, “The Art of the Story.” I thought it was excellent. Basically, it highlights the different elements of telling a story the Disney way, using classic Disney stories and music. It ended on the song “He Lives In You” from the Lion King, so it was really great. An added greatness was seeing the American Sign Language people down in front doing their thing - it was very neat.

Molly’s forgotten items: Connie and Kumi brought by a signed lithograph from Ducky Williams depicting the Transatlantic Crossing; concierge brought by a cheese tray; and disboards left bracelets.

Molly
High: picture with Connie and Kumi
Low: Palo server
Maribeth
High: not as windy
Low: lack of sleep
Mom
High: Night Show
Low: Mickey Picture