A MAGICal Adventure WBTA / Day 4 I See The Sea - 09/09/2014

[NatsyNoo]

So waking up today was fab knowing we now had two sea days ahead of us! As the clocks went back, we woke up 'early' at 8am, so we got up at 8.30am and headed to Lumiere's for breakfast at 9am.

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I started with a Mango Mountain Hike (like a mango version of Palo's strawberry soup) and then had the French Toast and Pineapple Stack, and Matt had the Express with a side order (which ended up being a bowlful!) of Heinz beans. He also had a cinnamon whirl. They also brought around small smoothies, today's was banana and lemon. I enjoyed it but Matt wasn't so keen.

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Fed and watered, we were at the pool by 9.45am, but the adult pool area was already full, so we headed to the Goofy pool where we could watch the Funnel Vision. We caught the end of Sleeping Beauty, and watched A Bug's Life. I bought a MuuMuu (I think that's what it's called) as I thought I'd make good use of it throughout the cruise (and I did!). That was $39.95.

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At 1pm, we headed into Cabanas for lunch. Highlights were beef short ribs, lamb, chicken and shepherd's pie. Matt enjoyed a mint choc chip ice cream cookie sandwich, and I had some profiteroles for pudding. Whilst at lunch, the Cruise Director announced that there was a pod of dolphins swimming alongside us but I didn't manage to get any decent pictures.

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Today Matt thought he would demonstrate to me what a shark looked like...this will (unfortunately ) repeat itself later in the cruise...watch this space!

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For the afternoon, we headed up to deck 10 near to the AquaDunk splash zone where we watched Mulan and Toy Story on FunnelVision. We also headed off to check out the AquaDunk for ourselves. OMG I screamed so loud! Scarier than any ride in Orlando, in my opinion! We also had a little splash about in the AquaLab.

We headed back to our room at 4.30pm, where a card was on our fish. On our first night, Victoria had had a card to give us for our anniversary but had lost it somewhere. Well, someone had found it, and traced us with just our names, and left it for us! Magic or what?!

And then, as we left the room, another gift had been left on the fish...this time it was from Joa & Mick in celebration of their wedding. Thanks guys! It was a lovely touch and a lovely surprise!

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The show this evening was The BeatleManiacs. Now, neither of us are huge Beatles fans, and I'm ashamed to say that I know very little of the Beatles' music, but I have to say, I thought this show was very good. We enjoyed the music and thought the impersonations were not bad either.

After showtime, we headed over to the Promenade Lounge for a cocktail and to watch one of the music acts which were on board. There were two guitarists, and two duos, from memory, and The Dreamers were by a long way our favourite. We enjoyed a few nachos and some cured meat and cheese, and I had a Mango Mojito (a bit minty for me) and Matt had a Coke, which came to $10.06.

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Dinner tonight was at Animator's Palate for their rotational menu. Here was what we had:

Sliced Serrano Ham

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Black Truffle Pasta Purseittes

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Baked Potato and Cheddar Cheese Soup

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Lemon Thyme Marinated All Natural Chicken Breast

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Heal Crusted Veal Chop

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Sweet Temptations

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White Chocolate Fudge Cheesecake

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The 'Drawn To Magic' show was absolutely fantastic. Scott, who has never been a Disney fan before, was mesmerised, and when Sorceror Mickey came out, I shed a few (ok, a lot) of tears...he walks out to the music from Fantasmic which holds a lot of memories for me, and was also our recessional song at our wedding.

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After dinner, we headed to the Walt Disney Theater to watch tonight's adult show, which was Los Locos Ole again. While it wasn't as good as the family show the previous night, it was still very entertaining and worth watching.

We hit the sack at 11.45pm, and arrived back to the confirmation that our next cruise (WBTA 2015) was booked and deposit paid...yay! Tonight's towel animal was an elephant.

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[Eeyorefanuk]

I love what you chose for breakfast. That is something I would have

What is a muu muu please

What a shame you missed the dolphins

I adore the passport and bag from Joa and mick

[NatsyNoo]

Originally Posted by Eeyorefanuk

I love what you chose for breakfast. That is something I would have

What is a muu muu please

What a shame you missed the dolphins

I adore the passport and bag from Joa and mick

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Yes breakfast was yummy!
A MuuMuu is a white zip up towelling dress used as a swimwear cover up, modelled in the next day
We saw the dolphins play, which was great, just not quick enough for photos!
Yes Joa & Mick's pressie was a lovely surprise! The bag is dead handy!

[caj]

Can't see your photos I was hoping to find out what a muu muu is too!

[NatsyNoo]

Originally Posted by caj

Can't see your photos I was hoping to find out what a muu muu is too!

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Oh dear! They are showing ok on my iphone, iPad and laptop?!
The muumuu is pictured in the next day's report if you can see that?!

[M M]

Love sea days great pics, it sounds like you had a lot of the same acts as on the Eastbound

[Lisa29]

Great day and a lovely present waiting for you.

I have said it every day I have commented but the food looks sooo good! x

[Chilly80]

A very relaxing day

[orlandosgr8]

Sounds like a nice and relaxing day and how lovely that someone took the time and effort to return your card

[NatsyNoo]

Originally Posted by M M

Love sea days great pics, it sounds like you had a lot of the same acts as on the Eastbound

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They were fab weren't they?! The pictures of the variety acts are so naff and cheesy but they are just wonderful! We love sea days too...6 consecutive next year!

Originally Posted by Lisa29

Great day and a lovely present waiting for you.

I have said it every day I have commented but the food looks sooo good! x

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Yes we were lucky with deliveries this day! The food really is so good! And there is nothing they won't do for you! I didn't write it in my notes but one day he just bought fish and chips to us (proper battered fish!) and another was an Indian curry cooked by our Head Waiter. We didn't ask for it, he just brought it to us! Wonderful service!

Originally Posted by Chilly80

A very relaxing day

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It was a lovely day! Thanks for reading!

Originally Posted by orlandosgr8

Sounds like a nice and relaxing day and how lovely that someone took the time and effort to return your card

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It was a lovely day and yes, we were stunned about the card. Someone obviously handed it in or a cleaner found it and Guest Services somehow found us with just our surnames! Amazing really and I don't think they would have gone to that effort anywhere else!