Day 10, Part 2
After lunch I joined Jen & others for Disney Tunes Trivia. It was pretty tough but fun. I had to laugh because Jen got the name of a song from Bambi called April Shower and well, since I hadn't seen Bambi in like 35 years or more, I hadn't remembered it at all. Well, oddly enough, I heard it about a dozen times all over the ship for the rest of the cruise
And now every time I hear that song, I think of Jen
When I was done with trivia, I went back to the room.
Okay, so this is the part of the report where I am going to be sharing a story about our lovely neighbours down the hall. Actually, they were Jen's neighbours (lucky her!
) but they caused trouble for everyone down the entire hallway.
They were three staterooms all travelling together with about 4 or 5 kids I think. The parents were the kind that thought that since they were on a cruise that they could just stop being parents.
If you have ever cruised, I am sure you have run into these kind of people. The kids ranged in age from about 5 to maybe 11 or 12 I would say and they were ALWAYS running and yelling down the halls. They were playing frisbee in the hall, playing ball, playing tag and hackey sack, wrestling, screaming and slamming into walls and doors.
This went on ALL day and ALL night!!! Most mornings it started at about 7 or 8 and it went on past 11pm every single night.
If you've ever sailed on a cruise and heard someone running down the hall, you will know that it's VERY loud! And because of the steel structure, you can feel it too, even when we were sitting on the verandah, we could hear and feel them running. Since we were somewhat close to the Forward elevators and their rooms were forward from us, they were constantly going past our door.
At first, I chalked it up to kids being kids, it sometimes happens, I get it! My kid ran when she was younger and even though I quickly corrected her behaviour, it still happened, so I can totally relate.
I am not one of those old grumpy people who scream "Stay off my damn lawn" (okay, well, I'm a little grumpy, a little old and I don't have a lawn
) and since I choose to spend most of my vacations at Disney or on a
Disney cruise, I expect that there's going to be kids running around. I get it. I really do.
But, this was an entirely different matter. This was beyond rude, beyond kids being kids. This affected every single room down that long hallway and it went on all day and all night for the entire cruise.
Up until now, I kind of ignored it. That is, until today I did. When I got back to my room, the kids were at it again playing frisbee in the hall but this time the adults were playing with them!!!
What the heck??? No wonder they kids were jerks, they learned it from their jerk parents!!!
I was livid!!
It was time to head to Guest Services, this was getting too much for me! I was getting headaches from all of the thumping down the hall, it was stressing me out and I had asked the kids on multiple occasions to please stop running down the halls but they had just rolled their eyes and kept on running even more.
Kira came with me and we went down to tell GS about these idiots.
I was calm and polite but made my point and I felt better just getting it off my chest.
I found out later that others had complained too.
Since we hadn't really been down here much, I decided to grab some pics of my kiddo.
It looks like one of these mice is being very rude
Kira then wanted to show me a "secret" hiding spot where all of the kids go...it's under these stairs
Sure enough, there were hordes of kids crammed under there
Kira wanted to see some characters so I joined her in the lines.
I totally didn't think she would want to do this again as the last two of our cruises we spent a lot of time visiting with characters but seeing as she was not enjoying the clubs and was on her own, this was going to be her jam.
She's a patient kid and for the rest of the cruise, she spent a lot of time waiting in line for the characters. I joined her as often as I could to keep her company.
After we saw Pluto, we got in the very long line to see Mickey & some other mouse.
And that's when Rob found us!
People were starting to get their pics taken in the Atrium now before early dinner.
See the entertainers down there? Kira ended up getting to know them well because she spent a lot of time in that Atrium for the rest of the cruise as that is where a lot of the characters meet up. She also appreciates music and singing and she loved hearing them.
We headed down to Preludes for a quick photo op with some crazy chipmunks.
And then it was time for the show, Wishes.
We sat with our group and enjoyed the show.
It was funny because Stitch was in this show and every time he came on stage, Kira was hootin' and hollerin' and her face was just beaming. It was entertaining because everyone in our group was watching her enjoyment of her watching Stitch
We were going to go to dinner with our group but we felt like we needed some more family pool time. The food was definitely not a reason to
not skip dinner and the serving team was just okay. The only thing I missed was the company but I knew that Patty & her family would take our place so that made me feel a little better about skipping dinner.
We then decided to hit up Cabanas because Rob and I didn't feel like eating at Flo's. Kira actually joined us but when she looked at the menu and didn't see anything she wanted she asked if she could just go eat at Flo's and watch the movie on Funnel Vision. That was good for us, a nice quiet dinner just the two of us? Heck ya!!
She wanted to go in the pool but the rule was that she's not allowed in unless one of us is there. She wasn't happy about this rule but she knew why we had this rule. Plus, it's actually Disney's rule too as the sign posted said no one under 12 should be unaccompanied, even though some parents ignored those rules.
So, we got a table for two and had a wonderful, quick dinner at Cabanas.
For those of you who have never done dinner at Cabanas, this is where the serving staff go to train before they work in the main dining rooms so don't expect top notch service. We actually lucked out that night as we got great service and it was super quick, just what I like!
Also, it's not a buffet at dinner, it's a set menu and there's not a lot of choices. Also, they don't post the menu until just before dinner. We had asked many times at Cabanas earlier in the day, on many days, and they said they still work on the menu right up until the late afternoon so it's rarely posted before 5 or 6 and they usually open at 6 or 6:30pm.
We had drinks within 5 minutes, bread even quicker than that and it was all delicious!
A huge plus was the atmosphere. It was quiet, I loved the lighting in here and there were (fake) palm trees
Plus I could wear a tank top and shorts and still feel comfortable
This was my steak and it was the best piece of meat I've had on the cruise so far! It was seasoned perfectly, it was tender and delicious!
We skipped dessert in order for Kira to have some extra swim time.
This is how we found her
Rob stayed with her while I went to change into my swimsuit.
She really enjoyed doing this. This was her favourite part of the cruise I think.
Swimming, chilling in the pool, watching a movie, getting ice cream.
Honestly, it was one of my favourite parts too.
I also enjoyed that Rob stayed with Kira while I got some alone time at the Quiet Cove Pool
There was no one else in the adult pool or hot tub that night and I took turns swimming in the pool and relaxing in the hot tub.
Yes, indeed, one of my favourite things to do on a cruise
After I had my fill of alone time, I rejoined my family until they closed the pool at 10 or 10pm, I can't remember now? I know it was open most nights until 10:30 but one night it was closed at 10pm and nobody was happy!
Again, I don't get it? There were a couple dozen of us enjoying the pool during that time!
There isn't much to do as a family after late dinner so it just infuriates me that they close the pool so early! We are all on vacation, it's summer so it's very warm out, they only ever had one lifeguard at each pool so I know it wouldn't kill them to keep those 2 guards on for an extra hour or two.
Sigh.
After they kicked us out, we headed back to the room. Kira hit the sack while I perused the Nav for the next day.
St. Kitt's and Independence Day is up next!
Such a cutie.
