4-night Disney Destiny Maiden Voyage - Day 3 Lookout Cay

We woke up early. Me, because I was in the wrong time zone. I considered going for a workout, but we had planned to take the nature trail and there’s a long walk down the pier from the ship so I decided that was my workout and I would just skip the gym. We had originally wanted to do a sit down breakfast but we were sitting in the room hungry and ready to go at 7:30 AM so we just went up to Marceline instead because it was open, and sit down wouldn’t open for another 30 minutes. 

We returned to the room and finished readying ourselves for the day. I wanted to meet Maleficent at 9:15 so we got in line around 9:05 which was already far, far too late. As long as you were in the line by 9:30, you got to meet her. By 10:45 I was finally meeting her. It was a long wait, but I made friends with the folks in front and behind me and Heather contented herself with taking some photos around a less-busy ship. Maleficent was a fabulous meet and well worth the wait. However, if I had it to do over again, I would have waited and done the meet after her little show in Saga the next day, but I didn’t realize it was a meet and greet.

We went back to the room and got our stuff to disembark. Upon leaving the ship we made the long walk down the pier (it’s about a half mile) and went directly to eat lunch. We disembarked the ship much later than we anticipated because of the long Maleficent wait so we were already hungry. Then we went over to check in with the rest of Heather’s Storybook Destinations crew who had Cabana D over at Serenity Bay. It was a nice Cabana location for sure! We walked down to the water and surveyed the view before heading over to the nature walk to the lighthouse. 

It was getting really hot. I didn’t remember it being that hot the last time we went down there, but I think it was earlier in the day the last time I made that walk. It’s worth the walk though, the beach and rocky outcroppings at the end of the trail are beautiful and peaceful and hardly anyone goes there. I highly recommend it. We walked back down the beach along the beautiful teal water and went straight back to the ship because we were tired and sweaty by then! 

Heather was ready for coffee and I was ready for a shower so she enjoyed a latte while I showered and then we switched and I grabbed coffee while she showered. After my coffee, I continued to play the Haunted Mansion scavenger hunt (Heather played vicariously through me because the whole time her stupid MagicBand wouldn’t charge properly). After that we went to our one and only trivia of the entire cruise: Disney Food Trivia. We lost. Badly. 

Then we got in line to take Haunted Mansion Magic Shot photos. They came out cute, but we both felt they were a little dark and the photographer should have posed us facing the other direction or forward. It’s a Maiden Voyage, they are still sorting things out. It’s a great idea and I’m sure they will get all the kinks worked out. 

After that it was time for dinner, which I was very excited about because it was the new Pride Lands: Feast of the Lion King restaurant. The food was great and the show was wonderful. The moment the performer walked out and started those opening notes of “Circle of Life” I was covered in goosebumps. All the performers were absolutely incredible. 

After dinner I returned the Maiden Voyage t-shirt I had pre-ordered because I didn’t like the way it fit. Then we lined up early for the show. The evening’s show was “Heroes and Villains” and was a group of six different Broadway/Disney performers including the aforementioned Susan Eagan and James Monroe Iglehart as well as Jordan Fisher, Olivia Donalson, Lissa deGuzman, and Adam J Levy. Wow, what a show. This performance was truly one of the highlights of the entire trip. (Yes, they let us take photos and video. There are a number of videos online if you'd like to see some clips.)

It wasn’t just each performer or group coming up to sing a song; they had choreography, lights, costume changes and the songs flowed with a story and theme to the performance. It was incredible and clear that these performers had put in a lot of work to create this show that they only performed on that evening. It was definitely a pinch-me moment.

After the show, we went back to the shops so I could buy myself a new shirt that I liked better. It didn’t have “Maiden Voyage” on it, like the other one did, but I liked the style and fit much more. I crashed into bed after a really lovely day.