Sea Day June 14 2015

This is our first sea day for cruise #2.  The sun is out shining, but there is a cool breeze in the air.  We have lots going on today.  Note: once again we are in the Baltic and the internet is slow when trying to download pictures, so there are fewer pictures posted today.

First, I thought of a couple of more questions that I have been asked:

Have there been stateroom upgrades at the port?  No, Mickey has reported that his ship is full.  No upgrades thus far.

Are the seas rough?  Well, I get motion sickness pretty easy, and I have barely noticed any movement at all.  The ships has had a couple of creaks at night, due to the seas, but they haven’t bothered me.  The shows have not been altered in the Walt Disney Theater, so I would say they have been pretty mild.

The Castaway Club bag update.  I found out today that Gold Castaway Club members also got an umbrella in their backpack.  So I just need to find out what the Silver Castaway Club members got.

Passport stamps from Guest Services?  No, they do not have them for these cruises.

This morning, Natalie, our cruise director, made the announcement.  She talked a lot about layering your clothes for this cruise.  She compared it to an onion.  She said to dress warm, and then you could peel off layers as you didn’t need them, thus peeling like an onion.  It is definitely still cool outside.

We first have tickets to see Anna and Elsa and Olaf this morning.  I took Anna and Elsa some chocolate, since they requested some last week, because they love chocolate.  We had a good visit and even Olaf joined in for the fun.

Then we visited with Olaf and took pictures.

Next we headed to use our tickets for the Princess Gathering in the atrium and saw Belle, Cinderella and Rapunzel.  Rapunzel was as beautiful as ever!

Then it was 10:30, so time to head to the Castaway Club Celebration.  There are 2450 guests on board.  500 platinum and gold and a total of 1,800 return cruisers on board!  Wow.  Commodore Tom talked about Norway (even though we aren’t going there this cruise).

We then had to hurry off to the Adventures by Disney Welcome Reception.  We have 42 in our group.  2 didn’t make it because one of them had a passport issue (I think her passport expired within 90 days and the airlines would not let her fly internationally.)  James and Dusty are the ABD hosts.  We meet everyone in the group.  We have just about 5 younger cruises (8-12 years of age); about 6 teenagers and the rest adults.  We are from all over the country, Canada and even the U.K.   We get our first pins for our ABD lanyard.  Tomorrow will be our first official tour together.  We are meeting at 9:45 a.m. in Animator’s to disembark the ship.

For all the ports on this cruise you have to have your passport to get off.

Then we stop by the room to change, as we have Palo reservations for brunch.  Alvin is our server in Palo this morning.  Brunch is wonderful, as always.

Next, it is off to get more pictures taken with Captain America, Thor and Spiderman.

Next, it is off to visit Chip n’ Dale in their formal attire.

Then, I head off to change for the Captain’s Reception and formal night.  Get pictures with Minnie, Donald, Mickey and Daisy.

The sun is actually setting and we can see the sun.  Beautiful, but cool evening.

Here we are with our ABD guides, James and Dusty.

Then our final picture for the night before dinner is with Goofy.

Dinner is in Lumiere’s tonight, rotation menu.  Strawberry shortcake for dessert which was yummy.

Then we head off to the room to get things ready for tomorrow and head to bed.

We will be in Tallinn, Estonia.