The Godfather's Live Trip Report, photopass added post #442

[Tink2312]

Great photos. Love the FE gifts especially the Yorkshire pud recipe.

 

[buzz for boys]

Hi Wayne
Where did you get the POTC bandanas from?? My boys need bandanas to finish off the POTC costumes they have and I have looked everywhere it would be good if we can easily get them out there, or was it part of the cruise experience?
Thanks Louise xxx

 

[wayneg]

Hi Wayne
Where did you get the POTC bandanas from?? My boys need bandanas to finish off the POTC costumes they have and I have looked everywhere it would be good if we can easily get them out there, or was it part of the cruise experience?
Thanks Louise xxx

They leave them in your cabin on Pirate night. Never looked for them in Disney.

 

[juliebro]

Great trip report, Wayne, and fantastic photos!

I'll definitely have to work harder on mine next year!

We always forget and start tucking into the food before we realise we never took any photos!

 

[disneyholic family]

the cruise looks like so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[crabbie1]

All i can say is wooooowwwwwwww! Fantastic wayne. I cannot wait now after looking at CC. Looks so relaxing.The kiddies tube slide is it free? Where is it? Also how much is the snorklin? Not booked any excursions as our first cruise and want to enjoy the ship. Had a quick chat with mart but it was late so he will fill me in. Lovvve remy. My fav disney film. Great pics and cant believe the room service you can get.
If we like it wayne can we rebook onboard and then if we change our minds cancel? I priced up for 2 nd sept '12' and it was £989 for 3 of us. Not bad tht was for inside. Im sure as u say it will go up. If we do buy dvc and AP this time wanted to keep costs down but will see. Wld only hv flights to buy and food but end august flights will i presume b around £800 each. I will be emailin our dates wayne to get u on the case. Indirect would be fine just dont want longer then 13 hours total each way.
Thankyou for spending so much time and effort reporting. Matts blog was brilliant. He is def a mini me

 

[wayneg]

The kiddies tube slide is it free? Where is it? Also how much is the snorklin? Not booked any excursions as our first cruise and want to enjoy the ship. Had a quick chat with mart but it was late so he will fill me in. Lovvve remy. My fav disney film. Great pics and cant believe the room service you can get.

If you log into your booking you can see the excursions available, on all the cruises we have done we have only done 1 fishing trip at CC which was brilliant, others on the boat caught barracuda and sharks.
Many things on CC are free like the slides, snorkeling is free if you take your own gear or you can rent, the hi-vis top is free.

If we like it wayne can we rebook onboard and then if we change our minds cancel? I priced up for 2 nd sept '12' and it was £989 for 3 of us. Not bad tht was for inside. Im sure as u say it will go up. If we do buy dvc and AP this time wanted to keep costs down but will see. Wld only hv flights to buy and food but end august flights will i presume b around £800 each. I will be emailin our dates wayne to get u on the case. Indirect would be fine just dont want longer then 13 hours total each way.
Thankyou for spending so much time and effort reporting. Matts blog was brilliant. He is def a mini me

You can book now to guarantee the price and your cabin(if you want a specific cabin) then when onboard see the re-booking CM who will cancel your original booking and rebook at your 1st agreed price and apply the 10% discount and any onboard credit they are offering or you can wait and rebook onboard(just hope the price does not rise)
Yes you can cancel and get deposit back, see T&C's for exact notice you have to give without losing it.
I don't see the value in DVC myself but we when the 42% OKW & free DDP (and now $150 spending money) deal ends we are more than happy to go back to offsite. DVC to me would be OK with the yearly fee but add the upfront fee ontop I think its too high, just my opinion(I hate to tie money to anything) I know many others love DVC.

Not quite a Mini Me, he understands English, I can only post pics with a few words.

 

[wayneg]

After Pirate meal we went to watch the nightly show which was a ventriloquist who was better than we expected. Watched fireworks then back to room for room service
Next day was at sea and our last day, adults and children split, adults to Palo for brunch children went off to explore the ship and do midship detective agency, you scan a card into the pics around the ship to do various things (more info on Matt's blog)

Pic of our virtual porthole, we tried many times to capture the onscreen characters but they are gone by the time you get a camera.

Kids with Captain Henry

Nice pic of the atrium

Palo, another great experience but I feel they are trying to squeeze too many $'s out of you for it, now $20pp plus we left another $10 additional tip making it $50 for 2, almost paying for the meal rather than contributing towards it.
Restrooms

Decor

Dizzy

Table setting

Buffet

 

[wayneg]

Won't go into detail with all the food, we ate our fair share.
After the meal, they had run out of desserts so couldn't take any for the kids (as many do) the server offered to go get us some but we said it didn't matter, later in the day he delivered 3 plates of choc covered strawberries(1 for each family)

 

[RDP]

Great TR, can't wait to try out the Dream!

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

Great TR and pictures

Is Palo an upscale restaurant then on the cruise ship, as I have seen it mentioned on a few reports and saw people has to book in advance for it?

Thanks

 

[wayneg]

Great TR and pictures

Is Palo an upscale restaurant then on the cruise ship, as I have seen it mentioned on a few reports and saw people has to book in advance for it?

Thanks

Yes, on the older ships you just get Palo on the new Disney Dream you get Palo and Remy. Palo is an additional $20pp, Remy $75pp. Never eaten at Remy but talking to our CM friends who have they say the Remy experience is as good as V&A @ GF. We have no interest in eating at either Remy or V&A.


http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ships-activities/ships/dream/dining/palo/

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ships-activities/ships/dream/dining/remy/

 

[disney_princess_85]

Your Palo pics are great. We were unable to get a brunch reservation but we managed to get one for dinner. I'm in two minds whether or not to cancel it though, with it being our first cruise. Also, it's on Pirate Night and I'm anxious that we won't be able to enjoy our meal due to fear of missing the fireworks (the reservation is for 8.30pm).

 

[wayneg]

Your Palo pics are great. We were unable to get a brunch reservation but we managed to get one for dinner. I'm in two minds whether or not to cancel it though, with it being our first cruise. Also, it's on Pirate Night and I'm anxious that we won't be able to enjoy our meal due to fear of missing the fireworks (the reservation is for 8.30pm).

Personally I would not miss one of the evening meals for Palo, to me its not worth missing out on the great food thats free(included) to pay $20-30pp. Never had an evening meal in Palo, doubt we ever will but don't mind missing breakfast/lunch for brunch.

If you want Brunch then book it as soon as you board, they keep plenty of tables for the day you board, thats how we did it 2 years ago, could choose any day, any time we wanted, they only release a few for advance bookings. This time we ate a little later 11:30am, it was almost empty, not sure if the increased costs is putting people off.

 

[eeyorefanuk]

Your Palo pics are great. We were unable to get a brunch reservation but we managed to get one for dinner. I'm in two minds whether or not to cancel it though, with it being our first cruise. Also, it's on Pirate Night and I'm anxious that we won't be able to enjoy our meal due to fear of missing the fireworks (the reservation is for 8.30pm).

Hi, we have just come back from the med cruise - loved every minute of it.

I had booked Palo dinner beforehand and got the Palo brunch on board.

TBH I cancelled the Palo dinner as it was our first ctuise also and we wanted to experience all of the menus.

We kept the Palo brunch and loved it.

 

[wayneg]

Last pics from the cruise.
Anyone know who this is? we saw him(and his family) in Palo, then numerous times that day, he was everywhere we went and everyone seemed to know him.

We never saw our stateroom host but we saw this one everytime we went to and from our room, he called Matt his Big Brother, Matt called him Little Brother.

Last meal in Royal Palace again.

Tonights show "Disney's Believe" was back to Disney best(I really did not enjoy the Villains show)

Farewell show in the Atrium.

End of another fantastic cruise.

 

[Disney_Sarah]

Evening met Mart, Nigel & families at Mama Melrose, 14 of us, almost 40 min wait for a table, really busy.

After the meal we went on ToT a couple of times(we are all on the right with hands up)

We then raced around to Fantasmic, got there about 15 mins to the start.

Trying to catch up, only yesterday and today to do now but we are getting ready for Hoop, no doubt too many drinks to post tonight

I was the random who came and said hi when you were waiting for your desserts at Mama Melrose! hehe....i knew i recognised people was was too shy to say anything then i though right i am going to go over lol! We too had to wait ages for a table for the two of us....50 mins! lol. Hope you had a lovely holiday and am loving reading your trip report.

xx

 

[wayneg]

I was the random who came and said hi when you were waiting for your desserts at Mama Melrose! hehe....i knew i recognised people was was too shy to say anything then i though right i am going to go over lol! We too had to wait ages for a table for the two of us....50 mins! lol. Hope you had a lovely holiday and am loving reading your trip report.

xx

I didn't know who Nigel was talking to until after we went out, I thought you were someone he knew from home not the DIS.
I thought it was just because we wanted a table for 14 we had a long wait, never expected 2 having to wait so long, it was very busy though.
We had a fantastic trip thank you, all over too fast, now waiting for flights to be released for next year.

 

[heatherbelle]

Your Palo pics are great. We were unable to get a brunch reservation but we managed to get one for dinner. I'm in two minds whether or not to cancel it though, with it being our first cruise. Also, it's on Pirate Night and I'm anxious that we won't be able to enjoy our meal due to fear of missing the fireworks (the reservation is for 8.30pm).

As Wayne says, wait until you get onbaord. On the Magic you did the change of ressie at DJ rockin bar I think. Don't miss the pirate night whatever you do, its fab.

Wayne, Mama Melrose is now on my list to try for next summer too. Is it a 1TS or 2TS? Have you made any plans for next summer?

 

[wayneg]

As Wayne says, wait until you get onbaord. On the Magic you did the change of ressie at DJ rockin bar I think. Don't miss the pirate night whatever you do, its fab.

Wayne, Mama Melrose is now on my list to try for next summer too. Is it a 1TS or 2TS? Have you made any plans for next summer?

Its 1 TS, you get 3 courses if doing the Fantasmic package.
We are considering OKW again 21st July~ 11th August, depending on flights maybe 2 nights offsite 19th~21st July before the 21 nights onsite.