I am glad you felt better. I think it is a bit of a tradition to pick up a cold on a Panama Canal cruise. I got a really nasty one in 2011, but managed to avoid it this time. I did the same presentation on our Hawaii cruise in 2012 and really enjoyed it.
Corinna
Oh Jeff would have loved loved loved that presentation! How fascinating. So glad you felt better.
The dreaded cruise cold. We both got one as well. For me I truly don't think it's so much picking stuff up from others but all that recycled air and AC which my system is just not used to. Mine turned into a sinus infection but luckily didn't really hit hard till we got home.
Love the comment about no one being drink enough over the age of 9 to dance. Too funny!
Forgot to mention I loved your Panama magnet, how fun is that.
That presentation looked fascinating! Glad sleep helped you feel better...I hate getting sick in vacation.
Jill in CO
I like the view from deck 10. it "looks" quiet compared to the pool.
And waht a funny effect of someone swimming in the windows!!!
I was wondering, why none of you chose the Rasperry Tartlet, it had Mango Coulis... So you don't really stick to your own rules?
How nice that Daisy came to hang out at the adult pool. That Drink of the Day sounds delicious. The show that evening was the only show I went to all cruise and I absolutely loved it.
Corinna
The talk about the building of the ship looks so interesting! I have seen a DCL special on TV where they talk about it a little, but I'm sure the captain went into so much more detail. And so cool that people could ask questions, too.
Seeing the signs that your trip is coming to an end is always so sad...
He was one of the three main dining room head chefs and he told us about the whole process of how they make meals and how they stage them etc. I found it quite fascinating. But I found looking around inside the kitchen even more fascinating!
He talked about how the technology in the galley on the Wonder is actually quite old and that the Fantasy has much better galleys. He said that it makes working on the older ships much harder and that it also affects food quality to a certain degree.
We watched a beautiful sunset over the Pacific...
Not feeling so well the day before I decided that I would just sleep as long as I could the next morning. Luckily, this night sleeping had the curing effect I hope it would have and I woke up feeling much better!
The two people in white at the front were Captain Fabian and the Chief Engineer Steven. They were both in the team that was on site in Germany for the whole time while they built the Dream and the Fantasy at the Meyer Werft. And that was the topic of their talk. It was announced on the Navigator under the category Fun for All Ages and was titled Captains Ship Building Presentation Join the master of the Disney Wonder, Captain Fabian, as he shares inside details on ship building at this unique presentation. I was expecting far less than I got out from it. I was thinking it was going to be some general explanations. But in stead I got a first hand report on the experience of the whole process from contract negotiations to Maiden Voyage for the Dream class Disney ships. And not only from the Captain, but from someone else, who was on the team! Sometimes the Navigators hide the really good stuff far too well!
The funny thing is that the watermark Seite 1 is German and means page 1.
One of the new requirements is to have two of every vital element of the ship. These includes the bridge. So both ships actually have two fully functioning bridges. But they did not answer the question where the second bridge is!
Since I was feeling better I could get a drink of the day! Todays drink was called Ooh La La and it was explained to us that it was like a mojito with elderflower in it. Sounded great to me and I convinced Michael to get one, too. Thinking back, I wonder whether I had two This was a very tasty drink!!
Michael chose not to get the Bernaise Sauce, but asked to get some Worcestershire Sauce and Renato was so happy that he asked for it again as he had kept that bottle and moved it from restaurant to restaurant every day to have it handy when Michael wanted it again!
Michael saw that and absolutely fell in love with the idea of swimming with a sea lion!
In the time before our cruise I told quite a few people that we were going to swim with sea lions and nearly everybody here in Germany was making a comment about whether I was not scared that they would bite off my face. Of course I was not! I have no idea why biting a face off was so commonly associated with sea lions, it was really bizarre!!
So, dear readers: Dont make the same mistake as I did! If you use the ships wifi, go through your apps and disable everything that you dont need! Otherwise it will eat up your data!!
So we ended up buying the DVD with all the pictures. Yes, typical tourists! But how often do you get to pose with a sea lion and look good in those pictures???
Our trainer had fun picking on Michael and kept teasing him that Cassandra had a thing for him. For the kiss and the hug, the sea lion holds onto you with its flippers and Cassandra did not want to let go of Michael. It was really funny. But Michael was rather smitten by her as well!