Saturday our cruise ship was scheduled to leave NY harbor at 5PM. During our Mandatory boat drill we stood there waiting. We watched the other ship next to us depart port.We were envisioning the captain 'driving' the ship in reverse. LOL. It was moving pretty quickly. We found out the Disney is the only fleet that has yellow lifeboats, or rather the ones that started the trend. Most ships have Red or Orange boats.
Of course leaving NY we had to take pictures of lady liberty.
Dont forget the world trade centers. In August 2001 we took this same voyage on our very first cruise and I have pictures of the originals, If I remember I will upload them.
During our tour of the ship we found out the madness to the carpet patterns. Now when you go on a ship you will start looking down everywhere.They also explained that these three decks have various ceiling heights! On deck 5 they are lower then on deck 4 with deck 3 having the highest ceilings. The guide (Andy) explained that deck 5 is the 'kids' deck with the kids clubs mainly on this deck. The low ceiling gives kids the feeling of being 'tall' while they walk the deck. When you are standing in the lobby of deck 3 and look up it also gives you the illusion that everything is so much higher! Its amazing.
The sculpture in the center there is also made by a famous guy that made the ones in Atlantis in the Bahamas, check out those photos in another post. We passed the Buena Vista theater which is on deck 5. This theater shows movies pretty much all day. In our room we got the schedule for the week. The Friday before we left Brave came out in the movies, not sure if you can see it in the image but they showed Brave in 3D on our cruise! They also were showing the Avengers, Toy Story 3 and Reel Steel. What a treat!
The tour ended at Animators Palette. This restaurant is black and white and changes color as you sit there for dining. Its interesting for sure. This brings me to where do you eat on the cruise?
On our key to the world cards there is a code on the front in our case it said PLAPLLAP - what the heck did that mean? Well the first night our dinner was at Parrot Cay, the second night was in Lumiere's and third night was Animator's Palate. Then it repeated - Lumiere's is there two nights in a row because that was the day we were in Port Canaveral and were not eating on the ship. I think majority of people were off the ship that day. There is also a buffet on deck 9 and two other places to grab a bite besides room service. Eating times are posted on our cards, we had late seating 8:15PM which is kinda late, early sitting was at 5:15PM.
Our room: We had an ocean view room that fit 3, only 3.
Upon entry there was a small bathroom with a toilet and sink, then another bathroom with the shower and sink. Closet opposite the bathrooms then the room. There was a bed, queen size I think, and the sofa which flipped down into a twin bed. There are drawers next to the closet and opposite that sofa. The TV is also opposite the sofa with curtains separating the space into 'two' areas. In front of the bed is also a cabinet with shelves. There are nightstands next to the bed and a table in the room. This room also had a door to the room next door.
Since we had late dining we went to the early show every day. There is also 'in between' shows. The early show usually started at 6:30 and lasted an hour, dinner was 8:15, they constantly told us no need to wait on line since our seats were reserved. Our servers were fantastic and our dining mates we also very nice it made for a lovely week. Every show we attended was fantastic! Make a point to go you will love it.
