Disney Cruise: Day 2 {Day at Sea}

Today was a day at sea and we kind of just chilled because we were kind of worn out from the day full of traveling/go-go-go busy day on Sunday. I woke up around 10:30 (totally did NOT mean to sleep that late, though haha!) and then went to eat at the food places up on the pool deck. They had Donald's duck-in and Pinocchio's Pizza on one deck and then on the other they had Daisy's Delites and Cabana's.

For lunch that day we ate from Donald's/Pinocchio's. Cheeseburger and fries from Donald's and the best slice of BBQ chicken pizza from  Pinocchio's. We kinda just chilled by the pool until later that afternoon and watched the movies they had on the Funnel Vision (which was the big movie screen above the pool). We were able to see the border of Cuba as we sailed by.

Then, we went to play Disney movie trivia in the Promenade Lounge (got 16/20 correct!) and then watched Jack Jack's Diaper Dash which is where they race babies as they crawl across the floor in the lobby of the ship. Usually the babies take off crawling but this time 5 out of 5 babies cried! Haha! 

After that, we went to watch Mary Poppins Returns in Walt Disney Theater. I LOVE that movie!

As we were walking across the ship after the movie we ran into Mickey and the gang dancing through the ship. :-)

Afterwards, we headed back to the room to get dressed for the show and dinner.

Tonight, the show was Tangled: The Musical! If you know me at all, you know that Tangled is my FAVE movie, Rapunzel is my fave princess, and Flynn is my fave prince!! I was PUMPED about the show and dinner following at Rapunzel's Royal Table. Click HERE to watch Tangled: The Musical.

The entrance to the restaurant was amazing too because it looked like you walked right into the movie!

Y'all, my dreams came true when we ate at Rapunzel's Royal Table. haha. The restaurant was beautiful and I got to meet Rapunzel and Flynn (for the first time.) We were walking through and I totally caved in to my inner child for a moment when I saw Rapunzel because I elbowed Brianna and squealed "THERE'S RAPUNZEL!" hahaha.

For my appetizer, I ordered the Ravioli Tiroler which was "Filled with pulled beef and portobello mushrooms tossed in a Red Wine Thyme reduction served with roasted carrots and pearled onions.

For my soup/salad I ordered Potato Cream Soup (y'all, I'm ALL about some potato soup haha) and it was delicious. Loved it!!

For my entree I ordered Captain of the Guards Prime Rib of Beef which was with a "Double Baked Potato, Broccoli, Sweet Roasted Carrots, and a Red-Wine Veal Sauce." This was super good too. The potatoes were super cool looking and it was all delicious!

For dessert, I ordered Rapunzel's Fry Pan Sweet Bread, and tbh y'all I saw that it came in a frying pan and was like "I want that!" It was delicious too but I was honestly pumped that it came in a frying pan haha. 

While we ate, Flynn & Rapunzel and some of the guys from the Snuggly Ducking sang/performed. They apparently wanted us to sing along and dance but I missed the memo and kept eating and "got in trouble" by one of the Snuggly Ducking guys haha. He said "So, that's the girl who'd rather keep eating than participate in our songs." hahaha.

this day was probably my favorite because I love love love Tangled and this was like a dream come true honestly. :-) 

Disney Cruise Day 1 {Travel/Embarkation/Sail Away}

So me and one of my best friends decided to start a yearly "Girls Trip" and for the first one we decided on a Disney Cruise!! :-) Word on the street is that Disney cruises are super expensive and are way more in comparison to other cruise lines. I DISAGREE. Once you pay for your trip in full, you are DONE. Your food is paid for. Your room is paid for. Your tips and gratuities are paid for. You are done paying (except souvenirs and excursions) and can just relax and enjoy your vacation (and unlimited snacks, breakfast and lunch every day, and 4 course meals each night, plus a nightly show!)

Day one was travel day/embarkation day! Our flight left out of Nashville at 5:30 am on Sunday. We left for Nashville around midnight, arrived at the airport around 2:30, and flew out right on time. We flew into Ft. Lauderdale, FL and had to take a shuttle from FLL to the cruise port in Miami. The shuttle was about a 30 minute drive and only cost $15 per person! SO simple and worry-free! I totally recommend SAS Transportation if you ever need a shuttle in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area!

We arrived at the cruise port between 10:30 and 11:00 and our embarkation time was around 12:30. This allowed us plenty of time to go through security and get checked in with plenty of time to spare.

While waiting to board, we were able to meet Goofy!! So fun!!

We got on the boat in time to head to eat lunch before checking into our stateroom and getting ready for the show and dinner.

We ate lunch at Cabana's (the buffet style restaurant on the boat) and sat next to a couple and their two kids. Their little girl was the CUTEST and she leaned over and tapped me on the shoulder and said "Ma'am??? Where's your kids??" LOL!! I told her I didn't have any kids and her response was "Well who did you bring to Disney then??" hahaha.

After lunch, we walked around the boat and checked everything out to kill time before we could check into our stateroom and change clothes for dinner.

We watched the Sailing Away Party on the pool deck. Super neat and exciting!

After we checked in, we got ready for the nightly show and dinner. On Disney cruises there are two showings of the nightly show and two dinner seatings. If your assigned dinner time is 6:15, then you watch the 8:15 show. If your dinner time is 8:15, you watch the 6:15 show. Our dinner time was the second seating so we always watched the show before dinner each night. The show on the first night was "Twice Charmed" which was a different outcome of the Cinderella story--the show reminded me a whole lot of the plot of the Cinderella III movie. It was a super great, Broadway-style show. {To watch the show, click HERE!}

On the Disney Magic, you dine at a rotation of three restaurants for dinner: Animator's Palate, Rapunzel's Royal Table, and Lumiere's. On the first night, we ate at Animator's Palate. This was an awesome awesome AWESOME restaurant. The walls were decorated with black and white drawings and cartoon pictures and the ceilings were paint palates. It was all black and white until dessert time, and then there was a show with lights and colors and featuring Sorcerer Mickey!!

For dinner, you get your choice of 4 courses: Appetizer, Soup/Salad, Entree, and Dessert.

For my appetizer I ordered the Black Truffle Pasta Purseittes which was "pasta purses filled with truffle-scented cheese and coated with a delicate champagne sauce."

For my soup/salad, I chose the Baked Potato and Cheddar Cheese soup which was described as . It was delicious!! Probably my favorite dish of this meal!!

For my entree, I ordered the Pennete Bolognese which was "Pennete pasta mixed with a rich Bolognese sauce garnished with shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano and toasted garlic ciabatta. I liked it okay but this was the "safe choice" for me because I was a tad intimidated by all the fancy words and knew pasta would be "safe" haha. Next time, I believe I will choose chicken or steak, but this was very good.

For dessert, I chose the cookies and cream sundae. It was super good, but I was SO full by this point! Haha.

This is where the show starts. The lights lit up and the black and white drawings on the walls came to life in a colorful, animated, movie-type show. Super super neat!! My favorite part, of course, was when Sorcerer Mickey made his appearance and the Fantasmic! song played!!

After dinner, we pretty much went back to our room and went to sleep because we were super exhausted from traveling!