Mickey Boat Day 6

Wednesday October 10th, 2012

A Late Start

free range chicken

My morning view- Sheriff Woody

sailors 

Lulu and Momma

It took half the week but the kiddos finally got used to no alarm clocks and slept in- longer then even us.  Yay for that small victory- Daddy and I were more than ready to sleep past 6am on day 1 of vacation hehehehe.   So breakfast was late- we did our usual Topsiders buffet.  Annabelle and I reviewed the navigator (this is tv style guide to the days going ons) over our endless pineapple and watermelon and bacon and grapes, and scrambled eggs.  She found something listed for the club that she wanted to attend so after breakfast we took her down to play.  Jonathan and I had been wanting to get to the very front of the ship and get a picture- so we headed all the way up to deck 10 with the little kids, we reenacted the Titanic scene at the helm and snapped some pics.  By now it was noon and there was a Mickey and Friends dance party in the lobby- this is right up Lu's ally.  Sam crashed in the stroller- think he slept over half the trip!  Jammin music, lots of characters and plenty of small chickens all gathered around clapping, shaking booties, twisting, and jumping- flashes going off in every direction by the paparazzi parents and me.

Bustin a Move!

a step with Stitch  

a dance with Dale

a march with Mickey

A duo with Daisy

Here Comes the Rain

On to lunch- we all ate outside this sunny afternoon.  We had just arrived in Costa Maya, Mexico.  This is a tiny port in the jungle (not even really a town) and there is plenty to do for adults but its slim on the family selections of port adventures- we had already decided to stay onboard this day and forgo the travel required to visit the Mayan ruins -JP and I really would have loved to do this but its wasn't a good suit for the 3 littles.  After a quick bite the kids wasted no time and headed for the pools!  It was sunny and humid low 90s- what you'd expect of Mexico this time of year.  In less than 10 minutes the sky was overcast with those big heavy rainclouds.......annnnnd here came the rain!  After a mad 

(and wet) dash to get towels, stroller and shoes we went back to the room for plan B.  A present of the day and creative time was followed by a voluntary nap (crazy huh?! must be that sea air).  

 We ran into Snow White today- she was missing her dwarfs so these two stood in:)  All smiles there!  We caught a meeting with the Ducks as well- Donald and Daisy are sort of exclusive- they are not around at the same time as the Mice.

Dinner and Villains 
Tonight's dinner was served at Animator's Palate.  So neat- the walls are covered in sketches that come to life as you dine!  The servers even wore black and white vest with sketches that were splashed with color at the end of our meal.

Ava and Linley

Daddy and Princess Belle

 This evening the crew were out visiting- to the right of Linley is Peter the cruse director (the voice of the Magic I call him).  You hear from him each day- he introduces the shows, makes announcements and weather reports.  He was super nice, as were the other crew members- and as you can see this little girl can steal the attention of anyone- she's a cutie!  Villain's Tonight was the show this evening.  The bad guys had to join forces to fill the evilometer!  We grabbed seats and enjoyed the performance.  Then it was back to room 8076 for sleepy night for most of us- Annabelle and Daddy took a late night swim and watched a movie on the huge screen above the pool:)

baboons!