Laura1123
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 29, 2016
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Today was Tracy Arm day, although it ended up being Endicott Arm day (which was lovely). We all slept well and readied ourselves for our character breakfast at 8am in Animators Palate.
I knew from other reports to keep my expectations low for this. Our experience was similar to others. Food was not the hottest, you feel a bit rushed, etc., but it was still fun to do and worth the $0 price tag.
Next was a quick meet and greet with Tinkerbell (only DS6 would amuse me with being in the pic). DS6 ran off to the kids club after this while I went to the beginning of the naturalist talk on Ice Fields and Glaciers by Doug Jones. He was very interesting and my parents went to all of his talks during the week and really enjoyed them.
I escaped a bit early to hit another Disney Trivia with DH and DS9. At several of these trivia’s DS9 was very helpful. He has watched the Disney movie and TV shows countless times and does a pretty good job remembering character names, etc.
From a stroll on deck 4 during the morning.
We had Princess Meet and Greet tickets for 11:45am and I got there a bit early to get in line and ended up being first. My boys don’t talk much to the princesses, so this way we got through really quick since no one was ahead of us.
Back upstairs for lunch at Cabanas. It was raining so I don’t think they did the BBQ. I did see pea soup be offered in bread bowls out on deck though.
The kids were informed that most of the afternoon would be spent looking at nature as we approached the glacier. They could hang with the adults, or go to the kids club. They both chose the club, so we snagged a table in the Cove adult area and played some Qwirkle while watching the scenery go by. We took picture breaks as well and bundled up a bit to stay warm. We were only cold because of the rain. Once the rain stopped, it was quite comfortable (with our jackets on).
As we got closer to the glacier we grabbed the kids from the club and brought them upstairs for some ice cream so they would be with us for pictures. Since it was raining, they hadn’t opened the basketball courts for the kids club yet.
Thankfully the rain stopped as we approached the glacier. Once there everyone on ship was on deck and fighting for a spot to take pictures. We waited a few minutes, but if you just wait about 30 or so until after arrival, the ship will be turned allowing the full length of the boat to have good visibility of the glacier and there will be easy access for picture taking.
After family pictures we checked the kids into the sports courts kids club and continued to walk around and enjoy the scenery while also checking in with Donald.
More to come...
Today was Tracy Arm day, although it ended up being Endicott Arm day (which was lovely). We all slept well and readied ourselves for our character breakfast at 8am in Animators Palate.
I knew from other reports to keep my expectations low for this. Our experience was similar to others. Food was not the hottest, you feel a bit rushed, etc., but it was still fun to do and worth the $0 price tag.
Next was a quick meet and greet with Tinkerbell (only DS6 would amuse me with being in the pic). DS6 ran off to the kids club after this while I went to the beginning of the naturalist talk on Ice Fields and Glaciers by Doug Jones. He was very interesting and my parents went to all of his talks during the week and really enjoyed them.
I escaped a bit early to hit another Disney Trivia with DH and DS9. At several of these trivia’s DS9 was very helpful. He has watched the Disney movie and TV shows countless times and does a pretty good job remembering character names, etc.
From a stroll on deck 4 during the morning.
We had Princess Meet and Greet tickets for 11:45am and I got there a bit early to get in line and ended up being first. My boys don’t talk much to the princesses, so this way we got through really quick since no one was ahead of us.
Back upstairs for lunch at Cabanas. It was raining so I don’t think they did the BBQ. I did see pea soup be offered in bread bowls out on deck though.
The kids were informed that most of the afternoon would be spent looking at nature as we approached the glacier. They could hang with the adults, or go to the kids club. They both chose the club, so we snagged a table in the Cove adult area and played some Qwirkle while watching the scenery go by. We took picture breaks as well and bundled up a bit to stay warm. We were only cold because of the rain. Once the rain stopped, it was quite comfortable (with our jackets on).
As we got closer to the glacier we grabbed the kids from the club and brought them upstairs for some ice cream so they would be with us for pictures. Since it was raining, they hadn’t opened the basketball courts for the kids club yet.
Thankfully the rain stopped as we approached the glacier. Once there everyone on ship was on deck and fighting for a spot to take pictures. We waited a few minutes, but if you just wait about 30 or so until after arrival, the ship will be turned allowing the full length of the boat to have good visibility of the glacier and there will be easy access for picture taking.
After family pictures we checked the kids into the sports courts kids club and continued to walk around and enjoy the scenery while also checking in with Donald.
More to come...
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