Kicked Off the Ship! Wrapping Up Our Disney Wish Cruise! [Ep.905]

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Just beyond the trees is the Walt.

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Disney World Golf Resort which lies in the middle of two 18 hole championship golf courses. Hey everybody, thanks for joining us. I'm Tim Scott joined by his lovely wife Dawn.

Dawn00:00:30

Well, it finally happened to the Scott family.

Tim00:00:32

It did

Dawn00:00:33

We got kicked off the ship.

Tim00:00:34

They kicked us off.

Dawn00:00:36

I was not real happy that we got kicked off the ship.

Tim00:00:40

No, I wasn't happy at all. Who knew? Who thought that was going to happen?

Dawn00:00:42

Exactly. I mean to us of all people.

Tim00:00:45

Right.

Dawn00:00:45

And it happened. Well, we got kicked off. They called it deem parkation some big.

Tim00:00:51

Word, I don't know but essentially it was the same.

Dawn00:00:54

They made us get off the ship,.

Tim00:00:55

They said other people are going to get on. We're like wait, wait, wait, we didn't sign up for that part.

Dawn00:00:58

I didn't sign up for the de embarkation. I only signed up for the embarcation.

Tim00:01:04

Right.

Dawn00:01:04

Or disembarkation. That's the word.

Tim00:01:07

Right. And four day cruise. Disembarking is a whole lot harder than it is on a seven day.

Dawn00:01:11

It really is.

Tim00:01:12

It's not easy on a seven day.

Dawn00:01:14

Done with your cruise at all.

Tim00:01:15

You're not.

Dawn00:01:16

Anyway. Well, let's talk about what we did.

Tim00:01:18

On our cruise and this is the concluding episode of our recent last minute wish cruise trip report. Yes, it's a lot of words in that but we're gonna talk about some very interesting things on here. The things that we've not experienced before.A couple things on there we haven't experienced before. We were picking up after our trip to. I always, I still want to call it Labadie, which is Royal Caribbean's island.

Dawn00:01:42

I know Lookout Key.

Tim00:01:44

Lookout Key at Lighthouse Point. There's a Lighthouse Point at Lookout Key. It's one of those. Oh, it's the new private island.

Dawn00:01:50

I think it's Lookout Key at Lighthouse Point.

Tim00:01:53

Sure it is. So we took the walk there, we took the walk back, we talked about that. Wasn't as bad as everybody's saying.

Dawn00:01:59

No, it was definitely less than 15 minutes even when we went back to the ship and we were tired and hot.

Tim00:02:05

Right.

Dawn00:02:06

And it was a very, very warm day when we were there.

Tim00:02:09

Yeah.

Dawn00:02:10

So. And there are water stations about halfway up the pier that you can stop and grab water.And if you're really just not feeling well because of the heat, they do have some, some golf carts that can take you back and forth or if you have a mobility issue. Yes, they have golf carts that Will take you back and forth, but set.

Tim00:02:27

That up beforehand with guest services on the ship and they'll. Yes, be happy to take care of you. I mean, a lot of people aren't mentioning there's a constant ocean breeze there too. So that.

Dawn00:02:35

Yes, it was. And the water is so beautiful to look at.

Tim00:02:38

Right.

Dawn00:02:39

I didn't mind. I really didn't mind the walk. People are saying, well, you need to wear good walking shoes. I didn't. Beach flip flops.So like the cheapy $1 Old Navy flip flops that I bought when they were going out of business.

Tim00:02:51

Right.

Dawn00:02:52

So around here. So that's what I did at it. And my feet were fine. And I don't even have great feet,.

Tim00:02:57

So your feet are fine.

Dawn00:03:00

So. Yeah, it was fine.

Tim00:03:02

So we got back after that excursion or a little trip to the island and we decided we were hungry.

Dawn00:03:07

Who knew?

Tim00:03:08

Who knew we'd be hungry?

Dawn00:03:09

I honestly, I am not a beach person. So if you truly enjoy the beach, do not go by our trip report because we are not beach people. I don't like the feeling of sand on my feet.I certainly don't like the feeling of sand anywhere on my body. And so it's just gritty. And then you try to eat. And that is not me. We needed to get back.I needed to get a shower and then we needed to get something to eat.

Tim00:03:35

Right.

Dawn00:03:36

In air conditioning, most importantly.

Tim00:03:39

But we did. We decided to go up to Marceline Market because I don't think we had eaten there before that, at least for.

Dawn00:03:43

A. I thought we ate there one other time.

Tim00:03:45

We probably did.

Dawn00:03:46

Yeah. I think we did. We ate there one.

Tim00:03:47

We did eat there one at a time. Because I remember the time before I didn't bypass on the charcuterie tray they had there at the charcuterie plate.

Dawn00:03:54

Right.

Tim00:03:54

And I got one this time. It was actually very good.

Dawn00:03:56

Yeah. So I just. I do appreciate that Disney tries to do a whole bunch of different type of cuisines that they do. I'm just such a picky person that.

Tim00:04:09

Right.

Dawn00:04:09

Just point me to the chicken strips and fries and I'm good.

Tim00:04:12

Right, Right. Not an adventurous eater over there. I'll. I get a little more crazy.

Dawn00:04:16

You do. You really enjoyed the food at Marceline Market?

Tim00:04:20

I did. There's a wide variety there, so.

Dawn00:04:22

Right. Yeah. Maybe if I would try some stuff, maybe I would like it. I just look at it and be like, yeah, I wouldn't like that.

Tim00:04:27

Okay. Remember, at Marceline Market, it's the same on both sides. On both sides were Open.

Dawn00:04:31

Yes.

Tim00:04:31

But you got to go all the way to the back to get the little seafood station there where they have some shrimp and crab claws and that kind of thing going on back there. So.

Dawn00:04:38

Right. And on port days, generally only one side is open.

Tim00:04:43

Right.

Dawn00:04:44

So on the sea day, both sides were open. But because we were in port and because there was barbecue and food being served on the island, the only one side was open, which.

Tim00:04:56

And it wasn't even dizzy. That's probably why they did it that way. It wasn't busy. We got.

Dawn00:05:00

Right. They want really, really tasty desserts, though. I had a really good fresh fruit cup. And then I had.I think it was a raspberry or a strawberry cheesecake bite. It was really good. Oh, yeah, very good.And I think one other time either was may or may not have gone back up and had a little bit of, like a lava cake, so.

Tim00:05:20

Oh, right.

Dawn00:05:21

Lava cake. Really, really good. Just saying it was delicious.

Tim00:05:25

There's a specialty coffee place there. I missed it when we were up there. I don't know if I would have got one then. I really wasn't in the mood.But there's like a kind of like the other cafes on the ship. Not just the standard Joffrey's drip, but an actual cafe if you want your mochas or lattes.

Dawn00:05:41

Yeah. So after that, it was pirate night. It was pirate night. ARR. ARR. God, I love pirate night. And I made us some cute shirts.

Tim00:05:51

You made us great shirts. Did we take a picture of us in the shirts?

Dawn00:05:54

I don't think we did.

Tim00:05:55

I was. I don't see. I'm looking through the pictures here. I don't see a picture, but maybe they're on your phone or something.

Dawn00:06:00

Nope. I don't have hardly any pictures from our vacation. You took them all? No, I think we forgot to do that. And I made cute shirts.

Tim00:06:07

You made great shirts. Maybe we'll have to take a picture and post it with the show.

Dawn00:06:11

We'll have to do that. So we did that. But our table mates. Oh, my goodness.

Tim00:06:16

They dress for every occasion.

Dawn00:06:18

She is such a sweetheart. Love, Bonnie. She came dressed as Tinkerbell. She looked darling.

Tim00:06:24

Yes. She even had the little pixie, the.

Dawn00:06:27

Little wing and everything.

Tim00:06:28

Yeah.

Dawn00:06:29

She looked absolutely darling. So pirate night menu. Not my favorite, you know what saying?

Tim00:06:38

And then I was like. We talked a little bit just before we started recording the show. I thought they had redone the menu. And I went back and looked.I think we had the new menu, and it didn't look that Much different than the old menu from what I recall. And it did had the jerk chicken, which I think people like the jerk chicken. I think maybe I had that once. Do I still have the menu here?Let me pull that up. Let's see, small plates. They had Swan's red and yellow beetroot carpaccio, which I think maybe they change the names of these things sometimes.Angelica's lime marinated shrimp, the calypso crab cake. Let's see, a vegetable samosa, a carrot and cilantro soup, a chilled mango soup. I'm not into chilled soups necessarily. Quinoa salad and a baby jam.Was that blue cheese? Oh, radish, tomato.

Dawn00:07:22

Yeah.

Tim00:07:23

Okay, so a little salt. You're going on.

Dawn00:07:24

I don't think I got an appetizer at all.

Tim00:07:26

I don't think you did.

Dawn00:07:28

None of them sounded good to me, so I just didn't.

Tim00:07:31

I always liked the crab cake and I liked the crab cake a lot.

Dawn00:07:34

Yeah.

Tim00:07:34

Although our table mates did not.

Dawn00:07:36

They're from Maryland though, so they know.

Tim00:07:38

What real crab cakes are supposed to be like. And. Yeah, they probably wouldn't have liked it. I thought it was totally fine. It was crispy, it was hot, it was good. The sauce is.

Dawn00:07:44

You enjoyed it?

Tim00:07:45

I did so.

Dawn00:07:47

And then I had the strip loin.

Tim00:07:50

King George's roasted Privateer strip loin.

Dawn00:07:52

Yes, I had that. That was very, very good.

Tim00:07:54

With thyme roasted potatoes, buttery savory cabbage, Yorkshire pudding and a red wine rosemary reduction. Yes, I do remember that.

Dawn00:08:01

I'm reading from the menu, so it was very tasty. It was good.

Tim00:08:05

I'm trying to remember what I had. Did I have the grouper? I think I had the grouper.

Dawn00:08:08

I think you did.

Tim00:08:09

I think I had a double seafood hit there. I remember the grouper was very good. It was very thick piece of fish. It was cooked nice. It was crispy. I do believe.

Dawn00:08:15

Yeah. You like to order a lot of seafood when we go out. Because of my shellfish allergy, we just pretty much keep it out of our house.

Tim00:08:22

Yeah, yeah. Do you remember what you had for dessert?

Dawn00:08:25

I don't think I had dessert.

Tim00:08:27

Oh, maybe not. I'm trying to think I, you know, I might not have dessert either.

Dawn00:08:30

I don't think we had dessert cuz we went up and had ice cream.

Tim00:08:33

Maybe that was our plan because. Yeah, the desserts, I mean, don't look fantastic to me.

Dawn00:08:38

Yeah, yeah.

Tim00:08:39

Is it orange chocolate cake?

Dawn00:08:40

Nope, I had that before. It was not good.

Tim00:08:42

The warm banana sticky toffee pudding, actually, that might be good. But I wasn't in the mood cuz it would have said coconut cake and I got to be in the right mood for coconut. And that wasn't the night.

Dawn00:08:51

Right.

Tim00:08:51

Or a caramel macadamia nut cheesecake tart.

Dawn00:08:54

Nope, we did not have dessert.

Tim00:08:55

And the pirate treasure Sunday, which had a coconut pineapple ice cream. Pineapple whipped cream.

Dawn00:09:01

So when we were done there, we did go up to stick out a spot for the fireworks because we always do that.

Tim00:09:07

Yep.

Dawn00:09:08

And oh my goodness, there were people that had. Were on those really comfy round loungers.

Tim00:09:16

Yes.

Dawn00:09:17

And they were facing the stage. So we were up. I don't know what deck it was. It was probably back toward where the adult area only is.

Tim00:09:24

Yeah, I think we're on the same deck. The were the to go to the COVID Cafe.

Dawn00:09:28

Right.

Tim00:09:29

So yeah.

Dawn00:09:30

So they could see. Had a perfect view. Our loungers were facing the ocean. So we would have to turn to see the stage.But we could do that until five minutes before the show began. And then people just lined up along that rail right in front of everybody who was sitting on the lounger, which.

Tim00:09:50

I knew was going to happen. But I don't really worry about the show. I like more of the fight.

Dawn00:09:53

Yeah, we've seen the show several times.

Tim00:09:54

We're seeing the show and we could hear the show fine. It was fine. Yes, the music was good.

Dawn00:09:58

Yeah, we could hear the music. We could hear everything. We saw our table mates.

Tim00:10:03

Yes.

Dawn00:10:04

And they were kind of like looking around and so we waved them over because there was a lounger next to you.

Tim00:10:09

Right.

Dawn00:10:10

And so she came and he stood. He had a really, really good camera that he was taking pictures with. But she made room for him to.

Tim00:10:17

Sit if he wanted to sit.

Dawn00:10:18

He Absolutely. Yeah, we had plenty of room. So. But we.I highly, highly recommend going up there if you don't care about seeing the show or if you've seen the show before.

Tim00:10:30

Right.

Dawn00:10:30

I mean I could have stood up and seen the show with no problem.

Tim00:10:33

We could have. But it was late. We had late dinner.

Dawn00:10:36

We did. We had late dining. So that was hard.

Tim00:10:38

We were on the beach all day.

Dawn00:10:39

Let me tell you, laying on that lounger watching the fireworks, that was just pure bliss.

Tim00:10:44

And who picked out the perfect spot?

Dawn00:10:46

Was that you or is that me?

Tim00:10:47

That was me. That was you.

Dawn00:10:48

Good job.

Tim00:10:49

These right here, I think I'm pretty sure it was me. I'm pretty sure Job.

Dawn00:10:52

I'm sure it was no. Good job, honey.

Tim00:10:54

So we took them. They were available because there were quite a few Loungers available when we walk up there.

Dawn00:10:58

Yes.

Tim00:10:59

So the AquaDuck was on the. Right. AquaDuck.

Dawn00:11:04

Did we talk about that?

Tim00:11:05

Aquamouse Aqua Mouse. Yeah, you did it.

Dawn00:11:07

Did we talk about that? I did the Aqua mouse.

Tim00:11:09

We did. We talked about that.

Dawn00:11:10

I can't remember. It was a first.

Tim00:11:13

Remind them. Remind them again about it.

Dawn00:11:15

I was going to say I've been avoiding it. You know, I have a weight issue and I just.

Tim00:11:22

I.

Dawn00:11:23

Yes, well, maybe not right now, but I certainly did in the past. I've lost a little bit of weight, but I thought. I just didn't want to embarrass myself by, you know, getting.Not being able to get out of the raft or like you always say, getting stuck as you're going.

Tim00:11:40

We did talk about this on the last show. I think I talked about me getting stuck like a Tidy bowl commercial.

Dawn00:11:43

Oh yeah, that's right. But I'm just gonna say it again.

Tim00:11:46

Say it again.

Dawn00:11:47

There's not a weight issue for the Aquamouse. Not even with two. You know, you could have definitely gone with. We would have been fine.And getting out wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. They were, the cast members there were so incredibly helpful.

Tim00:12:07

Right.

Dawn00:12:07

So that's our little side story right there. Just ride the Aquamouse. It was fun and I would 100% do it again. And at some point in time, I'm going to get you on the Aquamouse with me.Cuz you will be fine.

Tim00:12:21

I'm sure.

Dawn00:12:21

If I have to roll you out of the raft, I'll roll you out of the raft.

Tim00:12:25

Called a manatee rescue squad.

Dawn00:12:26

Exactly. And they will even like stop the little conveyor belt. Cuz like I said to the girl, I said, I don't know if I can get out of this.She's like, I'll stop it for you. So she stopped the conveyor belt. So I didn't. Wasn't still moving trying to get out. There's so. Cast members are so, so, so nice.Which is why we keep going back to Disney.

Tim00:12:41

They know what they're doing.

Dawn00:12:42

They do. And they've seen everything they've seen.I'm sure people tumble out of the raft and, you know, flop on their belly, whatever it is, but they're just helpful.

Tim00:12:52

Set him free. Back in the ocean. He's gonna die.

Dawn00:12:55

But anyway, all right, so back to Pirate Night. So we had the best spot. You did a great job.

Tim00:13:00

We said we watched the fireworks, which are fantastic.

Dawn00:13:02

They were so good as always.

Tim00:13:04

Yeah.

Dawn00:13:05

And they say that when the fireworks explode, the shell and stuff turns into fish food.

Tim00:13:09

That's what they say.

Dawn00:13:10

I hope they're right because that makes me happy.

Tim00:13:12

I mean, if they sheet paper, they were good. They're probably that way to begin with. I don't know. I don't know.

Dawn00:13:16

I hope so.

Tim00:13:17

I'm sure they are.

Dawn00:13:18

And then we called it a night.

Tim00:13:20

We did. We were tired, went back to our.

Dawn00:13:22

Room, listen to the door bang open and shut multiple times. I think it got a little bit better as the nights went on.

Tim00:13:30

Maybe a little bit.

Dawn00:13:32

I don't know.

Tim00:13:32

I don't.

Dawn00:13:33

Still wouldn't stay there. Would stay in that area. But about seven or eight cabins down.

Tim00:13:36

Yeah, seven or eight cabins. We were fantastic right where we were.

Dawn00:13:40

But anyway, so then the last day was our day at sea.

Tim00:13:44

Who doesn't love a day at sea?

Dawn00:13:46

I love a good day at sea. I. I just love our days at sea. Because you can be busy if you want to be busy, right. You can do pool time. If you want to do pool time.You can sit on your balcony and read a book all day. Or any balcony or any, you know, outside deck. You don't have to have a veranda to enjoy. You're the ocean and everything. There's loungers everywhere.

Tim00:14:09

Right.

Dawn00:14:10

Especially that adult area. I am. I'm not a fan of exactly how it's laid out on the Wish class ships.

Tim00:14:18

Right.

Dawn00:14:18

But I'm a huge fan of the rocking chairs, the padding on the lounger.

Tim00:14:24

Oh my gosh.

Dawn00:14:25

They have just regular chairs and tables to sit at. It is a. It's. I don't like the layout, but it's well designed with the furniture that they've included.

Tim00:14:34

It is. And you get your choice.And depending on the time of day, if one side of the ship is in pure sun and you enough sun for the day and go the other side and get. Be in the shade.

Dawn00:14:42

Exactly. So do I love the rocking chairs? They're so comfy and they're just nice and it's just very, very relaxing. Or you can be busy.So we decided to do the ship.

Tim00:14:54

Tour we did because we enjoyed it so much on the Treasure.

Dawn00:14:57

We loved it on the Treasure. And I think shout out to Taylor who did that tour on the Treasure.

Tim00:15:03

That's right. Taylor from Northeast Ohio.

Dawn00:15:04

That's right. Phenomenal. She did a great, great job.

Tim00:15:07

Yes.

Dawn00:15:08

When we were on the Treasure, we each had our own little earpiece and she talked into a microphone and then we all could hear her.

Tim00:15:15

Right.

Dawn00:15:15

But on the wish. He just. I think he had something that magnified his voice a little bit, but it was not. It was still incredibly hard to hear.

Tim00:15:25

He was not as clear.

Dawn00:15:27

No, he was not clear. It was hard to hear.So I would strongly encourage getting the little individual earpieces and I wonder if maybe they didn't do that because then you could have more of a crowd because you don't have to worry about each person having their own earpiece.

Tim00:15:45

Maybe.

Dawn00:15:45

I don't know. It was really hard. So we hung in there for a little bit.

Tim00:15:51

Right.

Dawn00:15:51

He had some really good things to say. Tell us a lot about stuff. It was great.

Tim00:15:55

Tell us a lot about the grand hall, the chandelier, the carpet.

Dawn00:15:58

Yes, yes. Lot of great information.We get to the Keg encompass and he's telling us a little bit about that and we hear there's going to be trivia starting soon.

Tim00:16:08

Right.

Dawn00:16:09

So we kind of snuck out, went into Luna for a little bit and the tour left and we went back into Keg and Compass to play trivia.

Tim00:16:16

We did trivia which was fun.

Dawn00:16:18

Kind of feel bad we ditched the tour but it was just difficult to hear. It was hard. But he was doing. He took a pretty good job. It was his fault. He had great information.

Tim00:16:29

Right.

Dawn00:16:29

And you know, knew. Knew a lot about the ship.

Tim00:16:32

Yep.

Dawn00:16:32

But it was just too hard to hear.

Tim00:16:34

Yes.

Dawn00:16:35

So. And other people were talking cuz you know, they're excited and.

Tim00:16:38

Oh yeah.

Dawn00:16:38

So it was just a little. Little tricky.

Tim00:16:40

He did a good job. We just had kind of done it.

Dawn00:16:42

And Yeah, I think I would try it again like on the Destiny or like if we did. Because I. Every ship is different. So we did rather enjoy that. But we did play trivia. Enjoyed that very much.

Tim00:16:54

Yes.

Dawn00:16:54

We did a lot of other things.

Tim00:16:55

We did a little. Some photo ops around the.

Dawn00:16:58

Yeah.

Tim00:16:58

Hop decks over a little bit.

Dawn00:16:59

Yes. Because where you work they were doing a little play on Flat Stanley. The book. If you don't know the book, Flat Stanley.Especially if you have young children. Get Flat Stanley and do it as a read aloud because it's just a really fun little book. There's a lot of Flat Stanley books cuz it's so popular.But you have to get the original Flat Stan Stanley and it's good. So the place where you work, we're doing flat anchors, those little newscasters. And so we had printed them out and we took them around and did some.

Tim00:17:30

Took some pictures, fun pictures. Some of those with the show also.

Dawn00:17:33

That'll be fun. Flat anchors.

Tim00:17:35

Yeah.

Dawn00:17:36

So had a good time doing that.

Tim00:17:37

So that was fun. And then we took this opportunity because we had not done it on the Wish the first time we were on it.We didn't do it on the Treasure we were on there. I was like, I have to make sure I do it this time.

Dawn00:17:47

Okay.

Tim00:17:48

We went to the COVID Cafe.

Dawn00:17:49

We did.

Tim00:17:50

We hoofed it back down to the adult area. We took a turn, went into the COVID Cafe. Code Cove Cafe. I got my. I think I got a mocha there.

Dawn00:17:58

Yes.

Tim00:17:58

It's just as fantastic as anyone I've had on any other ship.

Dawn00:18:01

Awesome.

Tim00:18:02

And I think it's like five something. I don't remember.

Dawn00:18:05

Yeah.

Tim00:18:05

Good size. Decent price for whatever other coffee places. The Seven Brew, the Starbucks.

Dawn00:18:12

Right.

Tim00:18:12

The human being. Anybody out there as a human being hear them or not. But yeah, it was comparable. I was happy to pay it. I was happy to get it. Would you.Was this your first time in the COVID Cafe? Or at least.

Dawn00:18:21

I know it wasn't on the Wish Class ship. It was.

Tim00:18:23

Would you. What was your impression of the COVID Cafe?

Dawn00:18:25

I. I thought the seating areas that they had there were a little bit different than the ones they had on the Fantasy or the Dream. Super comfy.

Tim00:18:33

Yes.

Dawn00:18:33

So there was a person in there that was working on his laptop. So I wonder if he maybe had vacation. But he had to get a little bit of work. Work done.

Tim00:18:40

Oh, I think so.

Dawn00:18:41

So. But he was working in there. It's nice and quiet. People are super respectful of that area. That's kind of supposed to be a quiet, calming place.

Tim00:18:48

Yep.

Dawn00:18:49

So it was good.

Tim00:18:50

They had like a full coffee menu there. Lots of liquor behind the deck, behind the counter there. Yep. There was a big fancy drip coffee thing going on there.I took a little picture or video of.

Dawn00:19:00

Yeah.

Tim00:19:01

It was very nice. I would take advantage of that space again.

Dawn00:19:04

Awesome. Yeah, for sure. So. And then we decided to try out Hyperspace Lounge.

Tim00:19:10

Oh, my gosh.

Dawn00:19:11

Because we had not been able to do that on our very first time on the Wish. And we had gone into the Haunted Mansion parlor on the Treasure and loved it.

Tim00:19:21

Loved it, loved it.

Dawn00:19:23

And then we. So we ducked in there. There wasn't very many people in there kind of looking around. We were like, womp, womp.

Tim00:19:31

It is the single most disappointing use of space on any Disney cruise ship.

Dawn00:19:36

It kind of is. Maybe we just hit it at the wrong time.

Tim00:19:40

There's no theming in there. There's like a couple things, almost weird Borgs or. I don't even know it's like a little cafeteria room is what it looks like.

Dawn00:19:48

Yeah.

Tim00:19:48

I mean, white walls. You got the big window that you're looking out over space in for the jump to hyperspace once in a while.

Dawn00:19:55

Yeah. Oh, we sat there for a little.

Tim00:19:58

Bit for this star cruiser. I don't think it's going to work on this ship. I wouldn't be surprised if they have to retheme it. Maybe get a haunted mansion parlor.Maybe just do better theming on here. It was just very disappointing.

Dawn00:20:10

Yeah.

Tim00:20:10

So excited to see it.

Dawn00:20:11

And we looked at the menu and we're not big drinkers, so if you do enjoy like a mixed drink or a cocktail or something, there probably was something good there that you would have enjoyed. But there wasn't a huge selection of non alcoholic drinks. And we're not against drinking. I just don't care for the taste of alcohol.

Tim00:20:28

No, it's just not.

Dawn00:20:29

It's just there's very, very few alcoholic drinks that I like and they don't generally have them. So like a peach Bellini. I'd have that in a heartbeat.

Tim00:20:39

If you're not a big drinker and they're giving you this Star wars themed drink menu. I don't know what the things are listed in there. No, I didn't what the equivalent of it would be.

Dawn00:20:47

Yeah.

Tim00:20:48

So did I get a dairy Coke or something that's kind of.

Dawn00:20:50

Yeah. Left.

Tim00:20:52

We did. We just skipped out.

Dawn00:20:54

We did.

Tim00:20:54

She brought us the menu. We looked at it and she didn't come back right away either. So we were just kind of like.

Dawn00:20:58

We weren't there that long though. She probably is just giving us. I mean you could tell that we were looking at it and stuff.

Tim00:21:02

That could be. But I'm looking at the pictures now. There's not a whole lot of people. There's a booth empty. There's like only three seats at the bar. It's. Yeah.

Dawn00:21:11

So yeah, it wasn't real big.

Tim00:21:14

Very disappointing.

Dawn00:21:15

Yeah. So. But for lunch we skipped over lunch. No, with the hyperspace. For lunch we went to 1923 and let me tell you, they had my most favorite.

Tim00:21:28

They did.

Dawn00:21:29

I absolutely love their meatloaf. Their lunch meatloaf. It is a small little portion. Cuts the mashed potatoes, green beans. That meatloaf. It's just phenomenal.I don't know what it is about it. It might be something to do with the tomato glaze they put on it.

Tim00:21:48

Oh yeah.

Dawn00:21:49

It's so yummy. I was so excited when I saw it on the lunch menu. I said this is where we're going for lunch. We're not doing Marcelli market.So if you enjoy meatloaf at a good meatloaf highly recommend.

Tim00:22:01

Very. If I don't remember what I had,.

Dawn00:22:03

I don't know either. But I had the meatloaf and it was so good.

Tim00:22:05

Yeah, yeah.

Dawn00:22:06

Loved it. So then it was our last dinner. And our last dinner. We were also in 1923 for our very last night and love the 1923. But I really do too.I like the nostalgia of it. I like looking at all the memorabilia. I. I just really enjoyed that restaurant a lot.It's not that I don't enjoy the shows I do, but I just really enjoyed the nostalgia of the 1920s.

Tim00:22:27

Yeah. I think every dining needs to be a full fledged show.

Dawn00:22:31

No.

Tim00:22:31

Supposed to be Avengers.

Dawn00:22:33

Exactly.

Tim00:22:33

Fix Avengers.

Dawn00:22:36

But anyways, we had a. I don't remember what we had for dinner, but it was good. I don't remember it not being good. It was tasty.

Tim00:22:41

Yeah. I think, I think I know I probably had the steak there. That, that peppercorn filet.

Dawn00:22:45

Oh that's. I did, I did. I had the peppercorn. Oh, it was yummy.

Tim00:22:48

Yeah, that was good.

Dawn00:22:49

That filet was so good. I did have that. I do remember that now and again.

Tim00:22:54

Our tablemates dressed up. They dressed up like was at the Roaring twenties.

Dawn00:22:57

Yep. They looked great. So were fun table.

Tim00:23:01

They were a fun table.

Dawn00:23:03

We were lucky. I hope that we get the same when we go on our next cruise. Cuz it's a longer cruise and.

Tim00:23:10

Yeah.

Dawn00:23:10

I just hope we have good table mates.

Tim00:23:12

I think that's pretty much the highlights there. The next morning was just, you know,.

Dawn00:23:15

A quick breakfast which was really unmagical.

Tim00:23:19

Yeah. Well this. Yeah.

Dawn00:23:21

I think you have to understand that the crew is trying to get the ship turned around.They want to say goodbye to you and get you off the ship as quickly as possible because they have very, very limited time when there's nobody on the ship before they start boarding again.

Tim00:23:36

Right.

Dawn00:23:37

And so they are in a rush. But I don't know that I've ever been treated like that. Like he came over and asked you if you wanted coffee and if I wanted coffee.I said no, could I please have a coke? And he was like, well it's going to be a while because I'm running around here. And I was kind of like, oh, okay, never mind.I'm okay with if you don't. It's okay. Just water's fine.

Tim00:23:58

That was a little uncalled for.

Dawn00:23:59

I. I was a little disappointed.

Tim00:24:01

And I will say there was a hiccup somewhere that we didn't get the option for the survey.

Dawn00:24:06

Right.

Tim00:24:06

Anywhere.

Dawn00:24:07

Right.

Tim00:24:08

It was the same weekend or this actually the same day they were having. They were upgrading the DC website and it was down for like a day and a half or whatever it was. I kept checking. Nothing ever came through.

Dawn00:24:17

Yeah.

Tim00:24:18

There was no announcement for it, but I did notice there was no encouragement from the servers to rate them very well on the survey.

Dawn00:24:26

Right.

Tim00:24:26

We've had times in the past where a couple times during the ship, they'll remind you, you know, you're going to be getting a survey. If you're going to give us anything less than five stars, let us know so we can fix it because we want you to give five stars.

Dawn00:24:37

Yeah.

Tim00:24:37

Our.

Dawn00:24:38

This was the second time that we.I mean, out of the nine cruises that we've had two of them, our servers have been adequate and that other times our servers have been beyond phenomenal. The servers that we had this time, I would not have given them five stars.

Tim00:24:56

No.

Dawn00:24:56

They were not very magical. He was getting ready to go back home within five weeks. So I think he was just like, whatever. He didn't really care is.I don't want to say he didn't care, but he didn't care. I don't think he did. And I. I don't know what happened there. But there have been, well, two now cruises that we have not tipped extra.We always give whatever the gratuity is at the automatic gratuity, but we always put extra cash envelope when we hand it to them because crew members work hard.

Tim00:25:31

Right.

Dawn00:25:32

And you know, I would never, ever encourage anybody to. To take away a tip, even if you've had less than stellar service. And our service was less than stellar.

Tim00:25:42

Right.

Dawn00:25:43

But I would never take their tip away from them because they still try to work hard. And I think they do try, but typically we give extra.

Tim00:25:51

And we did to our stateroom attendant.

Dawn00:25:53

Oh, we absolutely did. He was great. We loved him. Yeah. We gave him extra for sure.

Tim00:25:57

Yeah.

Dawn00:25:57

But, yeah, our servers didn't earn that, so. And they just didn't. I don't know. They were okay, but they weren't great.

Tim00:26:04

Great.

Dawn00:26:05

So sadly. But our. Our cabin attendant, he was so nice.

Tim00:26:09

He was.

Dawn00:26:10

Loved him. Shout out to Laurel. He was great.

Tim00:26:14

So if you get Laurel on your cruise, you'll be lucky.

Dawn00:26:16

Absolutely.

Tim00:26:17

He did a great job.

Dawn00:26:18

Yep. So then after that, we took the Disney transportation back to the airport.

Tim00:26:26

Right. We did not have an early flight.

Dawn00:26:28

No. We did not.

Tim00:26:29

We did something here that I knew was available to do. And we almost did it once before we ended up not doing it. We got a day rate at the Hyatt at the airport.

Dawn00:26:39

We did. And I'm gonna tell you, best decision we ever made.

Tim00:26:43

Oh, absolutely.

Dawn00:26:44

Best money after a cruise we've ever spent.

Tim00:26:47

Oh, yes.

Dawn00:26:48

We had talked about going to Disney and kind of doing like we did after Katie's wedding.

Tim00:26:52

Right.

Dawn00:26:53

You know, making a reservation and having lunch and resort hopping and stuff. But honestly, after a crazy cruise, I'm tired because we go, go. And I did. We didn't get a lot of great sleep.So I'm kind of glad we made this decision.

Tim00:27:08

Right, right.

Dawn00:27:09

So. But going to the airport, we had a great driver. He was fantastic.

Tim00:27:14

Yep. Bus was comfortable again.

Dawn00:27:16

Yes, it was. Until I fell off of it. Well, that was not good. They're like, watch your step. And then I did.

Tim00:27:23

Then you did.

Dawn00:27:24

I didn't. And I fell into the corner and I had two lovely bruises. One still. I still have it, but it's going away. So we get there. Checked into the Hyatt.When you do a day room, they are the interior rooms that look out over the atrium area of the airport.

Tim00:27:41

Right.

Dawn00:27:42

Generally, for a day room, you do not get a Runway view, so we couldn't plane watch from the balcony.

Tim00:27:49

The Runway room with a balcony and the interior rooms overlooking the atrium. Atrium are locked, but there's a great.

Dawn00:27:56

Food court area right there, so you can grab some snacks, food, whatever you want. Take it upstairs if you like. We decided we were going to go hang out at the pool for a while.

Tim00:28:06

We did.

Dawn00:28:07

And it says it's a rooftop pool. Technically, it's on a roof, but it's the sixth floor.

Tim00:28:12

Yeah.

Dawn00:28:12

So we had to go down to the pool.

Tim00:28:14

The top. Top.

Dawn00:28:14

It's not. Not at all. So we hung out at the pool.

Tim00:28:17

It was a lovely pool.

Dawn00:28:18

It was warm. The water was so warm. And it was nice. They have on either side of the pool a little bench seat, so you can just sit in the water and relax and enjoy.They had three little cute fountains there. It was great.

Tim00:28:32

You can't see the runways.

Dawn00:28:34

No.

Tim00:28:34

Which is fine. You can hear the planes leaving and kind of see some just maybe just coming in and just leaving. But I mean, that was fine.

Dawn00:28:40

It was. It was fine.

Tim00:28:41

It was delightful.

Dawn00:28:42

So we just enjoyed the pool for. We were there for quite a while.

Tim00:28:45

We were there for a long time.

Dawn00:28:46

Yeah. And then after that, we decided to go up, get showered and take A nap.

Tim00:28:52

Yep.

Dawn00:28:52

Which was great. The room itself, phenomenal. We had a king bed room.

Tim00:28:58

Yes.

Dawn00:28:58

It also had a couch at a coffee table. Nice tv. Yeah, very big tv. So we turned on the tv, watched.

Tim00:29:05

A little bit of tv and the room was quiet.

Dawn00:29:08

Yeah.

Tim00:29:08

For being at the airport, you might. It might be a little bit. Nope. Noisy of some kind. Or you hear the atrium.

Dawn00:29:13

Yep. It was very quiet. Although, fun fact, our room was exactly halfway from where the elevators were. Be if you make like a great big giant loop there.We had to go halfway around, then halfway around back there. So we got our steps in that day going to our room.

Tim00:29:30

There was no shortcuts there at all.

Dawn00:29:32

Nope, not at all. So after we got out from our nap, I said, let's have a little something something before we have to leave the room.

Tim00:29:38

Yep.

Dawn00:29:39

So I got a piece of Sbarro pizza.

Tim00:29:43

I got you pizza and a breadstick.

Dawn00:29:44

Yeah, that was pretty good. It wasn't bad.

Tim00:29:46

Yep. I got. Well, I got the same. I got a different piece of pizza, but the same breadstick. It was totally fine. Yeah, it was good.

Dawn00:29:52

Yeah, it sure was.

Tim00:29:53

But there was also like a McDonald's down there. I think there was a Chick Fil A.

Dawn00:29:56

Yes. There was a lot to choose from down there. The bathroom was really nice. Nice shower.

Tim00:30:00

Yes.

Dawn00:30:01

Nice vanity area to clean up in.

Tim00:30:04

So this would be maybe a new recommendation.Besides, if you don't want to take the time or the money to go to Disney and spend the night before your cruise, if you come in a day ahead of time, consider seeing that Hyatt right at the airport.

Dawn00:30:14

Yes.

Tim00:30:15

Because when you stay at the Hyatt, they actually, when you leave for the cruise, when you book at least through Disney transportation, you check in for the cruise there.

Dawn00:30:22

Yes.

Tim00:30:23

So you get to the port, you're basically like not the very first boarding group. You're definitely in the top five.

Dawn00:30:29

Yeah.

Tim00:30:29

Because they get you there early, they'll get you in.

Dawn00:30:31

I really highly recommend it. It was great. We had a great time. It was just a nice place.Because we got to the airport, it was a little bit before 10am when we got to the airport and we had the room from 10:00am to 6:00pm and our flight was at 8:30. So we left the room pretty much right at 6:00 clock and went down, checked in our luggage and then headed to the gate.And of course we're on breeze, so you don't want to be late.

Tim00:30:59

Don't be late.

Dawn00:31:00

They got us going.

Tim00:31:01

Although the plane was a little bit Late coming in because the storms in the area by like 20 minutes.

Dawn00:31:04

Oh, right.

Tim00:31:05

Yeah, it was a little bit late.

Dawn00:31:06

But maybe, let me tell you, we were not late getting into to Akron Canton.

Tim00:31:12

No, they.

Dawn00:31:13

The minute they said, as soon as the last person is off, you know, we're going to do a sweep of the plane and then we're gonna get. It wasn't five minutes from the last time that person was off the plane.But Breeze does ask you to make sure you pick up all the trash, anything that you've dropped. Get that they. No airport or no airline thoroughly cleans their planes between passengers.

Tim00:31:33

No.

Dawn00:31:34

But I'll tell you, Breeze one of the cleanest planes we've ever been on.

Tim00:31:38

Absolutely.

Dawn00:31:38

All the planes we've been on for Breeze have been clean.

Tim00:31:40

They have been.

Dawn00:31:41

I just took a quick little girls trip with a friend and I flew Breeze on Sunday. Came back on Thursday. Again, super clean. I think the kitten wanted out of her box.

Tim00:31:52

Yeah, she's out.

Dawn00:31:53

We're watching our daughter's kitten. She's seven weeks old and we've been keeping her in a large container, plastic container.

Tim00:32:02

We don't know why. Because she gets. Gets out of it.

Dawn00:32:04

Exactly. She now can get out of it. She was a runt that was rejected by her mother.

Tim00:32:09

Take a picture of her. Take a picture of her and I'll post it with the show.

Dawn00:32:11

Okay.She was a runt that was rejected by her mother and was speaking found by a mutual friend of mackenzie's and she still had the umbilical cord attached. So this sweet, sweet girl bottle fed this little kitten for four weeks and then we took her for a little while. Mackenzie's had her.Now she's back here while mackenzie moves. But yeah, I don't know why we bother with the container anymore because she can get out of it now. But she is a beautiful little girl.

Tim00:32:39

Yes, she is.

Dawn00:32:39

And of course, she has a Disney name.

Tim00:32:41

Oh, right, great.

Dawn00:32:42

Yes. Her name is Poppins, as in Mary Poppins, but we call her Poppy Popkins.

Tim00:32:50

Oh. Before we wrap up the show, I want to mention another thing we usually like to do on Disney cruise ships is go to a couple movies.

Dawn00:32:57

They have great, like first run movies. Or if a movie is coming out, they will often premiere it on the ship.

Tim00:33:05

Yes.

Dawn00:33:05

Sometimes even a day before the actual.

Tim00:33:07

Cruise premiere on land, which was our case.

Dawn00:33:10

Yes. We were so lucky. We got to see Moana live on the ship.

Tim00:33:15

Yes. The Moana Live action movie.

Dawn00:33:17

Yes. The day before that it actually came out. I think it also premiered at Disney Springs Theater as well. Oh, I thought I heard somebody say that.Okay, so. But it did premiere on our cruise the Thursday before the official premiere date.

Tim00:33:31

Yep.

Dawn00:33:32

And I loved.

Tim00:33:35

Was actually one of the live action ones I actually wanted to go see. Usually I'm like, nah, I'll just pass and maybe catch it later.

Dawn00:33:40

Exactly.

Tim00:33:41

But I was very excited to see it and I liked it as well.

Dawn00:33:44

I thought it was amazing. The whole thing. Amazing. The music, the acting, everything. Fantastic.

Tim00:33:50

It was a. This one was in the Walt Disney Theater. We are wearing our standard seats in the back. You've heard previous shows.We have very specific seats we like because they're very comfortable.

Dawn00:33:59

Yes.

Tim00:34:00

And enjoy it very much. I thought the movie. I enjoyed it a lot.

Dawn00:34:03

I enjoyed it very much as well.

Tim00:34:05

Apparently it tanked.

Dawn00:34:06

Sadly. That's what I heard.

Tim00:34:08

I don't know. Maybe we find the movies better on a cruise ship than people do on land.

Dawn00:34:12

I don't know. I. I just thought it was really good. I thought it stuck true to the animated movie.

Tim00:34:17

Yeah.

Dawn00:34:18

But I thought it was great.

Tim00:34:19

I thought it was just as good as Lilo and Stitch. And Lilo and Stitch made them like, almost a billion dollars or something. So I was shocked.

Dawn00:34:26

Right. I don't know.

Tim00:34:27

I don't know either. Lilo and Stitch was supposed to go straight to, like, Disney plus. Really. They initially.And then apparently they liked it so much they did a theatrical release and it blew up.

Dawn00:34:37

Wow.

Tim00:34:38

So it's just crazy how one movie.

Dawn00:34:40

I wonder if it didn't get promoed as well because Toy Story 5 was out the same time. Came out a little bit before, maybe. I don't know. I. They needed to promo it better because it was fantastic. I thought it was great.

Tim00:34:54

I mean, they were doing, you know, theatrical teases, going up to it, like Disney to do and.

Dawn00:34:58

Right. But we also got to see. Because we missed it in theaters. We did the Devil Wears Prada too,.

Tim00:35:05

Which actually did very good in the theaters.

Dawn00:35:07

Yes.

Tim00:35:07

I think that actually did better than what they were expecting. From what I remember hearing people talk.

Dawn00:35:10

About, I thought it was pretty good. Of course, I like the first one much, much better. But I thought the second one did a good job.

Tim00:35:17

The first one had more quick, funny lines in it and quick little funny scenes. This one.

Dawn00:35:22

Yeah.

Tim00:35:23

I don't know. They were trying to set up to the end a little too much. Not too much. But it just needed. It didn't have the same pacing as the previous movie.

Dawn00:35:29

Right. It was good, though.

Tim00:35:31

I did like all the callbacks. All the people they brought back.

Dawn00:35:33

Oh, that was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. So, but anyway, that we saw in. I forget if it was the Wonderland Theater or Neverland Theater one or the other. They're the same.

Tim00:35:46

They're the same theaters on, you know, different sides of the ships. Right Opposite each other and the theater. They're small theaters. They seat about 80 people.I would think, however, the devil versus Prada two, I would have enjoyed the movie a lot more. The seats were very uncomfortable.

Dawn00:36:02

I don't remember on any other ship them being that uncomfortable. Because we saw something in one of the theaters on the Treasure. Oh, Elio.

Tim00:36:10

Elio on the Treasure. No, it was haunted. Cuz I don't remember being uncomfortable.

Dawn00:36:13

I don't remember being uncomfortable. But it was awful, right?It was to the point where I was like, this movie needs to wrap up because I need to get out of this seat and I want to see the ending of this movie.

Tim00:36:22

I kept squirming. There was like some kind of weird bar under the seat going crosswise that the cushioning wasn't working. The seat. And we changed seats.

Dawn00:36:29

We did. Thinking it was just those seats right there.

Tim00:36:32

Right.

Dawn00:36:33

Did not help.

Tim00:36:34

So Disney wish. You need to do something about these theaters. And we were going to see Toy.

Dawn00:36:37

Story 5 and we sat down to see it.

Tim00:36:40

Yeah. It was in the other theater. Where it was in the other one.

Dawn00:36:43

And you went to get something. I forget.

Tim00:36:45

Right.

Dawn00:36:45

Probably my sweater. Cuz I always forget.

Tim00:36:47

Well, I think I was it. Yeah.

Dawn00:36:49

We were sitting there and it was.

Tim00:36:51

You said it was just as un.

Dawn00:36:52

Just as uncomfortable. Nope. I said we'll just see Toy Story 5 when we get home. And we did. So. Yeah, we just. We couldn't do it.

Tim00:37:01

So dcl Disney Cruise Line. I don't know what's going on with the Witch Theater seats, but you need to take a look because those are very uncomfortable and very un Disney. Like.

Dawn00:37:10

Exactly.

Tim00:37:11

So I just want to get that out there. But the movies. I loved watching the movies on there.

Dawn00:37:15

Fantastic.

Tim00:37:16

Disney. If it's in the Walt Disney Theater, you're good to go. The other. And I think it's gonna be. They're gonna be fun like we said it was.Finally the Treasure. I imagine the Destiny's probably fine, right?

Dawn00:37:24

I wonder.

Tim00:37:24

I don't know if the seats are going. We should go try. I don't know. Those seats are going to be due for a replacement and then dry dock whenever that's going to be.Because what hasn't been quite out five years, right?

Dawn00:37:33

No, I don't Think so. Not yet.

Tim00:37:34

They getting pretty close. Close.

Dawn00:37:36

We'll see.

Tim00:37:37

They got to be something about those seats like. So we tried a couple different seats in a couple different theaters and Wonderland, Neverland, they were the same.

Dawn00:37:42

Yeah, just not so good.

Tim00:37:44

So moving on.

Dawn00:37:45

So we made it back home pretty much on time.

Tim00:37:47

Yeah. Good flight, good trip.

Dawn00:37:50

It was a great trip. Glad we went. Looking forward to the next one.

Tim00:37:53

I was happy to see Lookout Key at Lighthouse Point.

Dawn00:37:56

It was very, very good to see beautiful, beautiful island. So it was excellent.

Tim00:38:01

Excellent. So we're still waiting for dates to be announced and again, by the time you hear this, maybe they're going to be out.

Dawn00:38:07

We're waiting. We're so excited about the.

Tim00:38:09

Excited to announce the next group cruise. Love to have you with us so you could experience these hijinks with us.

Dawn00:38:15

Yeah, we just enjoy the company and enjoy meeting new people and having old friends rejoin us.

Tim00:38:21

Dinners are so much fun. We have a whole bunch of stuff to talk about.

Dawn00:38:23

It is, it is. So please come and join us. We would love to have you.

Tim00:38:27

We would love it. Cuz our table mates, when you're on Disney ship, everybody's Disney fans. So you always have that to talk about.

Dawn00:38:33

Yes.

Tim00:38:34

And they were going to Disney after the cruise. They told us about all the stuff they were going to do and.

Dawn00:38:37

Yes, yes. So.

Tim00:38:39

So we hope you join us for that.

Dawn00:38:40

Shout out to our table mates. Thank you for making our cruise and our dinners so fun. You guys were great.

Tim00:38:46

Anyways, we should probably wrap up the show. Okay. I'm Tim Scott. Thanks for joining us@resortloop.com joined by his lovely wife, Don.If you like the book with us, look us up@resortlooptravel.com you also find us@resort loop.com for any past shows. Any other information you're looking for. I'm running out of breath. It's been a long recording.

Dawn00:39:03

If you need anything, send an email.

Tim00:39:05

Send an email, comment on anything. We're happy to hear from you. We're happy to help.

Dawn00:39:08

Absolutely everybody.

Tim00:39:09

You've been listening to the Gateway to the Magic.

Dawn00:39:11

See you everybody.