And the Character chasing continues this morning. Last cruise C didn’t get to see Rapunzel EVER. And she’s C’s leading lady. The Navigator said she’d be at Preludes at 8:45 AM. Whew a little early, but whatever it takes to make dreams come true right. So C and I decided to have a girls breakfast together. Parrot Cay was closed for a character breakfast so Tritons it was. It was delightful to have a sit down with my princess. We ate and then rushed off to get in line. The rest of the morning raced by. Here’s a recap. Picture with Rapunzel then we had to wait a half hour for Cinderella so we went back to the room. Now you’ll NEVER believe me especially because I don’t have pictures to back this up, but when we were in the room we went out on our veranda and I saw a whale. I know old news right? Wrong. I saw the whole whale jump out of the water. I mean the whole thing. I tried to grab the camera, but I missed it. Dan would be heartbroken. But it was cool and totally burnt in my memory. I could have stayed there all day, but Cinderella couldn’t wait. We got her picture then met the boys in Treasure Ketch. I took both D and C to Promanade Lounge to make the door hanger craft and Dan went to take pictures. The door hangers were the perfect space filler until Belle made an appearance. She happens to be my favorite princess so I had to hop into the photo.
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Then the kids ran off to the Lab allowing Dan and I to nature watch on the balcony. We instructed them to come back at noon so we can find some lunch. I’ve heard rumors about the BBQ on deck and Base Camp for the kids. Dan and I enjoyed watching out our balcony for whales which were in abundance. Dan got tons of pictures of whales waving their tails at us. I’ll have plenty to look through. Right on time the kids were back and hungry for lunch. We went up to Beach Blanket to find some grub. The BBQ was outside in the sitting area of Beach Blanket in the aft. They offered venison sausage, salmon, steak and marinated chicken breast. I got salmon and steak. We sat on deck 9 to eat and then went to the Wide World of Sports on deck 10 to see if Basecamp was open. It doesn’t open until 1:30 promptly. So we ran back down to see Dan and what he wanted for lunch. Somehow we miscommunicated cause Dan thought we were bringing it down to the room. Ahh we suck at communicating. We put the kids in their snuggy hats and gloves for boot camp and then headed back up. I got the kids checked in. For any concerned parents the Base Camp is in the netted in area of the Wide World of Sports so the kids are secure and locked in still. I went to Cove Café to get a hot beverage and then grab Dan a burger and fries. Then back to my perch on the veranda. Where I stayed for the next 2 hours.
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Here’s my honest opinion. Please no one hate me. I found Tracy Arm super underwhelming and a little anticlimactic. Ahhhhh I hate myself for typing this. It was most likely my fault and I’m probably contributing to this epidemic by writing this trip report. But I had read so many reports and planned and everything. In my mind I assumed we’d get right up to the glacier, a chunk of glacier would break off and crash into the water and cause a huge wave that bobbed the boat and then seals would on cue flop up on ice berg chunks and make adorable faces. Since it was so early in the year the ice chunks hadn’t melted down very much which kept us from getting very close to the actual glacier. And we didn’t see one seal. Well maybe we saw one, but it was super far away and could have been dead. . . or a log. All that said, it was BEAUTIFUL! The mountains and the icebergs and everything was so calming. Dan and I spent a super enjoyable afternoon together just relaxing on our veranda. I would imagine as the summer progresses the Wonder will be able to get back farther and the seals will be more willing to preform.
So towards the end of the Tracy Arm viewing I needed my afternoon nap again. Sorry folks it’s vacation and I need to sleep too. I napped for an hour. Then got up and redid my hair then it was time for some family character pictures. We got just about everyone. Donald, Chip and Dale, goofy, and Minnie and Mickey all in their Alaska gear. I even convinced Dan to hop in the shots.
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I was about time for our evening show. It was the Adam Ace comedian again. He was super hysterical last night so I figured his family show would also be great. It wasn’t. It was terrible. He bombed so badly. I was super confused. He was supposed to be a comedian, but he kept doing circus type tricks and not telling jokes while doing them. I just couldn’t figure it out. One of our Facebook/Dis friends said she saw him at the bar after the show so clearly he wasn’t impressed with his performance either. We went to Diversions to play The Wheel gameshow, but they were having technical difficulties and we headed to book our next cruise. We ran into some friends by the deck 4 elevators, so instead of going to the future cruises desk to book #3 we stood there talking until dinner. We still have 4 more days. Dinner was in Parrot Cay. This is one of my favorite meals. I love the crab Martinique and mixed grill. Dom asked if people could ever talk to the Chef. We asked Lito and he said sure. So after dessert the Chef came out. I feel horrible, I can’t remember his name but he was from Jamaica. We thanked him for the wonderful food and service. He offered to give us a galley tour sometime this cruise. We said sure and he promised to call and set one up. After dinner we came back to the room, showered and hit the hay. We had an early morning to participate in Liarsville Gold Panning. Thanks to everyone reading!