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

At Sea

On our cruise meet group I had planned a pajama breakfast for everyone in Royal Court at 8 AM. In the last cruise group I helped run we did this and it was a roaring success. Regrettably, this time there was a late night movie the night before and they were serving Mickey churro waffles in Cabana’s that morning so attendance was about half of those that had initially signed up. Those that came had fun anyway and some went up for second breakfast at Cabana’s to have the waffles (I think they are greasy and overly sweet, but people are nuts about them so I dunno). 

After that we returned to the room and got ready and I went to drawing class to learn to draw Daisy. Well, it was more of a refresher because I’ve drawn Daisy (and Donald who is basically the same but without eyelashes and a bow) many times. Between the last cruise and this one, I spent some time trying to practice my character drawing by watching videos on YouTube. After that we picked up an Anna’s Chocolate Chase scavenger hunt sheet and began that. I was actually bummed that we didn’t have the special daily scavenger hunt like we’ve had on previous long cruises, but that’s okay. I was excited to do this one again because we did it on the Wonder in Alaska and got a chocolate bar at the end! (Hence the name.) 

We returned to the room and I worked on some trip report and we all just relaxed a bit. At 11 AM we went for Cesar Gallego’s second talk in the Buena Vista Theatre. You may recall that he is an archivist for the Walt Disney Archives and gave a talk on the first sea day. This talk was entitled “Walt’s Great Adventures” and it was about how Walt’s travels inspired the projects created by the company. He was having a lot of technical problems but it was still a really good talk. 

We raced out of there and up to Cabana’s for lunch. We wanted to have a quick lunch so we could get a good spot at Jack Jack’s Diaper Dash. It didn’t work. We were sort of late and didn’t have the best view. It’s kinda okay because it wasn’t the best diaper dash. There were only a couple of qualifying heats and some of the babies just weren’t feeling it that day. 

After that we raced over to The Tube because four members of the Walt Disney Theatre cast were having a Q&A. Emmaline was particularly excited about this because she is just starting the process of applying to college for a BFA in Musical Theatre and eventually she wants to perform for Disney Cruise Line. Actually she had already met and talked to several of the cast just seeing them around the ship and we had met some on our meet and greet on the other sea day. Throughout the cruise they were all super nice and were excited to share their journey and give advice.

After that we went to Vista and got some coffee and snacks before returning to the room to relax a bit. I worked on my trip report while Roger and Emmaline completed the chocolate chase and turned it in to receive…nothing. They got absolutely nothing. So much for chocolate. Roger relaxed and I continued work on my trip report while Emmaline went to the crew pin trading, returning with a couple of really cool pins.

At 3:45 we all went to see Ian Knauer in The Tube. You may recall that Emmaline saw him perform on the first sea day. This was more of a talk about his journey to Broadway and the work he’s done. It was a great talk and he seems like a really great guy, in addition to being really talented. After that we regrouped in the room before going over to O’Gills at 5. Emmaline wanted to do the 18+ Broadway trivia there. Now the last time Roger and I went on our own to an 18+ thing during the day in O’Gills, we saw a kid there. I asked the CM about it and she said, “oh, he’s watching the sports. They can come in here under 18 if they are going to watch sports.” So at 5 PM Roger and I went to Broadway trivia and Emmaline went to watch sports. Funny enough, it was F1 and she actually knows quite a bit about F1 and did watch some of it. I don’t understand that policy, but whatever. We did okay but didn’t win. “That’s the story of my life. Oh ya!” (*Quiz! Name that Broadway show!)

After that it was time for dinner and we were back in Animator’s. After dinner Roger and I went to the room and Emmaline went to go listen to one of the musicians play Beatles songs. The show for the evening was Frozen and we went early again to try to secure some good seats. We were excited to see some of the cast members we had met at the talk earlier in the day! The show was fantastic. I don’t know if it was because we had talked with them outside of the shows or if this cast was just really really good but all the shows just seemed really great with really strong performers. Aladdin, Frozen and Believe were just so good on this sailing. 

After that it was late and we decided to get to bed to be ready for our next port day on the island of Rhodes the next day. 

*It's from Shrek: The Musical sung by Pinocchio.