{"id":1619,"date":"2011-05-21T19:56:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T23:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_travel_adventures\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2022-05-05T00:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:26:43","slug":"1619","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/1619\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Cruise on the Disney Magic May 2011 \u2013 Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transatlantic Cruise on the Disney Magic May 2011 \u2013 Day 5 (3rd<\/sup> of 6 days at sea with NO LAND IN SITE)<\/p>\n

Cast of characters:<\/p>\n

Mic from The Magic for Less Travel<\/p>\n

Missy, from The Mouse for Less and of Minnesota mom\u2019s runaway to WDW fame, one of Mic\u2019s BFF\u2019s<\/p>\n

Ross, Missy\u2019s darling husband (aka DH)<\/p>\n

Still no mutiny, Peter the Cruise Director is keeping everyone tranquil with a combination of many activities and a steady supply of nap inducing food and alcohol.\u00a0 (Mic here, that\u2019s what is causing all the naps!!!)<\/p>\n

Day 5 was a late start for all including me \u2013 I woke up at 8:30 instead of my usual 6:30\/7:00.\u00a0 The ladies slept in another hour or so.\u00a0 We broke up our routine a little \u2013 Parrot Cay for a breakfast brunch.\u00a0 As always, awesome service and awesome food!\u00a0 Our initial waiter was bit stand-offish (aka \u201cShy-Guy\u201d), but he was soon replaced by another who was very funny \u2013 soon had Missy and Mic out of the morning grumpies and smiling away.\u00a0 Food was normal Disney Cruise line fare (much better than average).<\/p>\n

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The weather has been wonderful for an Atlantic crossing \u2013 about 75 degrees, sunny and it feels like we are crossing a lake instead of the stormy ocean.\u00a0 The seas are very calm with just steady swells to rock the boat gently.<\/p>\n

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Tonight\u2019s show was Once Upon a Song, a variety-type show with three male\/two female singers singing a variety of Disney songs.\u00a0 I thought it was pretty good \u2013 each of them were very good performers, although the harmonizing needed a little work.\u00a0 Others gave it a more critical eye.\u00a0 Saying the choreography and lack of singing complete songs, choosing the short compilation type of style was disappointing \u2013 preferring full songs.\u00a0 Like I said though, I liked it.\u00a0 However, I am a softy and am easy to entertain.\u00a0\u00a0 (Mic here, this was a show I am ambivalent about, could take it or leave it, will probably leave it in the future).<\/p>\n

Tonight was Palo night for Missy and me!\u00a0 After the show we got into our fancy duds and headed to the aft deck 10.\u00a0 We got there a bit early, but were seated right away anyway.\u00a0 We were able to get a table in the back by the windows \u2013 a perfect sun-set watching seat.\u00a0 Within a few minutes Mother Nature gave us a great show that only being in the middle of the Atlantic can give you\u2026.very cool!\u00a0 Soon our waiter (Mladen from Serbia) came over to give us the low down.\u00a0 Very descriptive and helpful, he made some great recommendations for dinner:\u00a0 Calamari and Shrimp for an appetizer; Lamb Chops and Beef Tenderloin for an entr\u00e9e.\u00a0 He came over with an anti-pasti cart, proceeded to put a plate together and we were off!\u00a0 It was a fantastic meal \u2013 very old school service, attentive and informative.\u00a0 A slight warning here:\u00a0 you do need to be in the right mood for Palo\u2019s.\u00a0 The service is very<\/em> attentive.\u00a0 If the hovering, overly descriptive type of service is not your style it may make you a bit uncomfortable.\u00a0 I personally don\u2019t like that type of service \u2013 preferring to be given my food and left alone, but I was expecting it and found it fun tonight.\u00a0 Missy got a nice little birthday surprise too.<\/p>\n

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To say the food was good would be a massive understatement.\u00a0 It was incredible.\u00a0 Everything perfectly prepared.\u00a0 After a desert of Chocolate Souffl\u00e9 and fruit with vanilla cream, Missy and I waddled out of there and headed back to the stateroom where we found Mic watching the \u201cLost\u201d channel.\u00a0 We settled in for a welcome night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n

Mic here, I went to dinner with all my new friends on this night and cannot remember what exactly I ate, but we laughed and giggled a lot, seems to be the norm for our group.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We were in Parrot Cay and had a special show with flamenco dancers and then Minnie came in dressed in a flamenco dress and did a quick spin across the floor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mostly a non event but cute.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I was using toothpicks to hold up my eyelids so skipped out on desert and headed back to the stateroom.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow:\u00a0 Day 5 – Day 4 at sea (with NO LAND IN SITE)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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