Day 4 - Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Today was the last full day of the cruise, and a day at sea.  After dinner at Palo last night (from which we were still full), we had brunch reservations there as well.  We were seating with our same server (Judy?) and shown the breakfast buffet options - lots of good choices!  We had a variety of cheeses, fruit, pastries, etc. before having our cooked portion.  Sarah had some type of eggs and I had pancakes.  We also had dessert - yay for chocolate covered strawberries!  When done we were once again stuffed full.

It was of course time to relax again.  We did some final shopping, looked at the pictures for sale (but didn't buy), mailed our postcards, decided on tips, and contemplated packing.  There was a nap in there as well.  It was a quiet day for us.

Before the show, we ordered a cheese plate from room service.  Yum.  The show that night was Disney Dreams, which was enjoyable.  I liked the snow :) 

Waiting for the show to begin.  Check out that sunburn...

It was also our last dinner with our new pals.  We finished off the rotation at Triton's.  Our dining selections:

Amy

Tomato Basil Soup

Market Green Salad

Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Olive Oil Smashed Potatoes and Bacon-Wrapped Green Beans

Triton's Sweet Temptations

Sarah

Chilled Jumbo Shrimp (but only 3, not 6!)

French Onion Soup

"Triton's" Seared Sea Bass with Mushroom and Herb Risotto and Sweet Onion Marmalade

Triton's Sweet Temptations

The funniest part of the meal, and perhaps the whole cruise, was when the whole dining room was asked to applaud if their serving team was the best.  Our entire table just sat there and then ended up bursting into laughter.  Thankfully, Joel and Marco weren't standing nearby.  All 8 of us were in hysterics about that (and about an interesting family sitting nearby).  I was a bit hesitant before the cruise about sitting with random other people, but it all worked out.  It's good there was one very social couple because they kept things moving along (and this was important given the slooooowwwwww service we had).

The Japanese couple got a Happy Honeymoon cake to honor them, just like Sarah's from earlier in the week.  We also got a group shot of the table.  Minus Joel and Marco.

Table 38!

We checked the store out yet again after dinner (overpriced boxer shorts, anyone?) and then finished packing and set the bags out in the hall.  We had the final breakfast seating in the morning, so thankfully we didn't need to get up at the crack of dawn the next morning, back in Florida.

Overpriced underwear