We had seen the Golden Mickeys show before, but it’s been a few years so we decided to see it again. It’s not the best show that the ships have, but it was still cute and entertaining. A lot of song and dance….right up my alley! Speaking of which, one of the things I love about the ships is that wherever you are walking they are always playing Disney music! Step out of your room at 2am into the hallway and you’ll hear A Whole New World. Run up and down 10 flights of stairs to Under the Sea. Take your dirty clothes to the laundry room humming A Pirate’s Life for Me. I wish my house was wired like this! Yes, it’s a dream world for a crazy person like me.
Here’s a picture of the lobby chandelier. Can you spot the hidden Mickeys?
There’s always something going on in the lobby atrium, especially between dinner and shows. There is usually character sightings, formal photos, etc. It’s also a fun time to just people watch from the upper balconies. We had what was called late seating which means we go to the show first at 6:15, then have dinner at 8:15. Less kids at dinner this way. I mean, kids are great and all, but at dinner time, not so much. What’s also great about the late seating is that if you do have little kids, the counselors will come to the dining rooms at 9pm to pick them up and take them to the various kids clubs so the adults can finish their meals in peace. Or they don’t have to come to dinner at all and eat at the clubs!
Anyway, our first dinner of the cruise is at the Royal Palace. It’s princess themed, but it’s not pink and frilly. It’s elegant with hidden touches of the various princesses like Cinderella’s shoe intertwined in the gorgeous chandelier. Or the rose from Beauty and the Beast on a wall sconce. Gorgeous! Here’s a picture of us in the Royal Palace with our servers Grace and Setia.
Here are some items that we ordered…
Wild mushroom soufflé:
Pan seared tofu and eggplant: this was really delicious!
Lamb chops with mint jelly. Todd lives on lamb chops on the cruise ships. They are so good though!
Grand Marinier soufflé:
Strawberry short cake sundae. 
Our table consisted of 4 couples roughly the same age. Two of them had just done the Disney Marathon at WDW so that was a big topic of conversation. One couple had worked for Disney before, and another couple currently works for Disney. Why do they always seat us with people who work for Disney?! It happened on our last 2 cruises too! It was neat learning about the latest plans and happenings with the parks. I’m sure they probably didn’t want to talk about work, but they were at a table full of Disney freaks so….sorry!
After dinner we were beat. It had been a long day, but we were peer pressured into going to the adult version of a magic act with another couple. So we headed over to Evolutions, a club/lounge. The magicians were surprisingly good….left me scratchin’ my head! After the show they went right into an 80’s dance party and by this time I caught my second wind and begged Todd to stay and dance, but no go. Next time. We headed back to 8682 and crashed around midnight.
Tomorrow: Nassau, Bahamas!
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