9-night DCL Mediterranean with Greek Isles cruise - Day 6: At Sea

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At Sea

One of the things I like about cruising is that we can have a pretty chill day to rest and recharge from all the crazy sightseeing but still have some activities to do. With a land vacation, if you want to have a chill day, you’re probably just stuck sort of hanging about your hotel. Which is fine, but we like a little more than just a hotel pool. Though I say this and we are eyeing a land-only Europe vacation next year. Sometimes there are things you just can’t access from a ship. All this to say that we had a great day at sea. 

I got up at 7 AM, found an open washing machine, tossed in a load of laundry, went up to the gym and did a workout, went and moved our laundry to the dryer and then went to breakfast. After breakfast we folded and put away the laundry and I had a shower. Around 10:15 AM, I went to join Roger on the top deck for our passage through the Strait of Messina. It was fun to see some of our progress through the strait and after about 45 minutes there, Roger returned to the room to shower and Emmaline and I went and delivered some of our gift exchange gifts to the other staterooms in our group. We returned to the room to relax a bit. I typed up some trip report and made some notes and then we all went to lunch at noon. 


After lunch, Emmaline went off to find some crafts and other activities while Roger and I returned to the room to relax. I worked some more on my trip report before it was time for the ice cream social I had organized for our cruise meet group. We had so many toppings and it was a good time. I cleaned up from the ice cream social, slipping some of the leftover candy to some nearby housekeeping crew members. 


At 3 PM it was time for the first of three talks by Cesar Gallega, a senior archivist for the Walt Disney Archives. He gave a really cool presentation about the Walt Disney Archives, what they do and the kinds of work he does. It’s funny because I actually recently saw the Disney 100 Exhibition, which was curated by the Walt Disney Archives and I was wearing the shirt I got from the exhibition just by coincidence! It was a great talk and I was excited for the next two in his series onboard. We also got to watch this cute video that gives a little more insight into the work of the archives. 


After that we went back to the room to relax and regroup before attending the DVC Member celebration at 5 PM. We didn’t buy any more points, but we did get a cool pin. At 6 PM it was time for dinner and we were in Animator’s. The Crush show was extra loud and annoying but we muddled through. We didn’t really do much after dinner. It was formal night so we took a few photos. Emmaline didn't really get great photos of her prom dress this year so she brought it along for formal night so we could take some. People were already lining up for Aladdin at 7:45, which seemed crazy to me because doors didn’t even open until 8:15, but we got in line. 




Aladdin was fantastic (as per usual) and it was pretty packed. Somehow it seemed like there were a lot of first time cruisers on this cruise, which is wild to me. I don’t think I could have done a 9-night for my first cruise. After that we went down to The Tube to play Majority Minds at 10 PM. Emmaline went to Vibe. This particular game of Majority Minds wasn’t as good as the last time we played it, but we still enjoyed it and then we all met back up in the room and went to bed. 

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