This morning we had breakfast at the hotel (they have a pancake machine! cute!), packed up our things and drove the 20 minutes to Port Canaveral.
This is our first cruise as Platinum with Disney and we started enjoying the perks immediately! We were able to get through security and check in LIGHTENING fast! We went from parking the car to onboard the ship in 20 minutes! First thing we did was go to Guest Services to reserve extension cords for our CPAP machines.
The line was not short, but it moved quickly. Then we went to lunch at Animator’s Palate.
It was so nice to be able to sit down and have a relaxing lunch while we waited for our room to be ready. The buffet in Cabanas is open for lunch too, but I prefer a sit down lunch. Your room is ready by 1:30 pm so after lunch we went to our room and our luggage was already waiting for us! Disney Cruise Line is on FIRE!!!
We unpacked then went for the muster drill.
I don’t know why Disney insists on still doing in person muster drills! UGH. It’s the worst part of a cruise. Luckily it had just rained so it was nice and cool out on deck. Once the muster drill was finished we went back to the room to call home before we set sail and put our phones in airplane mode. Our room was 5150 on Deck 5.
Disney Cruise Line gave us a large tote bag, 2 platinum lanyards, a wet/dry zippered bag, and a huge beach towel.
It’s a standard verandah room, but with a secret HUGE oversized balcony!
There were 7 chairs on our balcony! Plus a table! Check it out:
By now we had set sail. We went up to Quiet Cove (the adults only section) and the Cove Cafe for snacks and drinks. Fun fact: you can ask the baristas at the Cove Cafe for any of the snacks in the display case without having to make a purchase! I took my reusable tumbler to the beverage station and filled it up with Vitamin Water. Pro tip: bring a reusable tumbler on your cruise so you can take a bev to your room or the movies, shows, etc.
Next we went shopping at the gift shops onboard. We always get a magnet with the year on it for our fridge. Plus we had to get a present for our in-laws who are taking care of our pups while we’re gone.
Back to the room to freshen up and change for dinner. We met our room steward, Maha from Indonesia. He’s so sweet and friendly! I’m mad I didn’t get a photo of Maha.
Dinner tonight was at Royal Court.
Our servers are Darma from Indonesia (assistant server), and Sheldon from India (main server). I totally forgot to take their pictures too! Immediately we noticed that Royal Court doesn’t have the Cinderella’s carriage bread baskets anymore! I loved those!!!
Tonight CSP enjoyed the calamari, salmon, halibut, clam chowder, and for dessert, a Mickey bar with Mickey sprinkles.
I had the couscous salad, chicken bastilla, spicy shrimp arribiata penne pasta, and for dessert, the sticky fig and pecan pudding. SO yummy!
After dinner we go back to our room and to bed.
Tomorrow we have to get up early because we’ll be in Nassau and have an excursion in the morning!
Bless Your Heart 