That night we had dinner at Animator's Palate, which is another amazing themed restaurant. There's detail in everything, from the bread knifes which look like paintbrushes, to the artist sketches everywhere. Again we were with the same group as the night before, but missing two of the guys as they had dinner booked at either Palo or Remy. This is the most fun restaurant to eat, at one of the other tables the server was encouraging them all to draw on the table cloths with crayons! I was completely stuffed after dinner again, so we tried to walk it off a bit before catching up with everyone else who were watching an illusionist show at one of the adult only bars. We only really caught the end of it and then we went for another walk around before calling it a night and heading back to our room to watch more Disney movies on tv while falling asleep.
The next morning we woke up at Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. We went for breakfast and then came back to the room to get ready. It looked pretty cloudy at first but it turned out to be a really hot and sunny day. We got our stuff ready and then got off the ship and walked over to get the shuttle to the far side of the island first, which is the adult only area. I was far too excited to get my feet in the water at the beach! We walked along until we found some sun loungers and then ordered a couple of cocktails from one of the attendants walking up and down the beach. We started off trying to sunbathe on loungers but there was a lot of sand mites so instead we grabbed some chairs and took them down to the water where we sat in the water while sunbathing. The water was amazing! It was a bit chilly but you quickly adjusted to it and you could see tiny fishes in places. After sitting there long enough to get a decent amount of tanning done, we went to get lunch at one of the BBQ buffet spots that were set up. Charlotte really wanted to rent bikes, so that was the next thing that we did. That was a lot of fun! There's bike trails set up and you can just leisurely cycle around, the island is flat so it's a nice journey. We stopped off at various points for photos and then headed to the front to drop the bikes back off and have a wander in the shops. It started to get really cloudy and was getting later in the afternoon so we headed back to the ship. Just as we were lined up to get back on the ship, the heavens opened and it properly rained hard! By the time we had got back to our room though, it had died off and then stopped completely.
This night was the pirate party and our room attendant had left pirate scarfs in our room when servicing our room that day. We got ready and went down to watch the show that night which was amazing, but I still preferred the show from the first night. Then we went back to the room to get ready for dinner. There was a lot of families that take the dressing up thing really seriously and there was lots of pirate families walking around! We had dinner again at the Animator's Palate, however instead of the same images from Finding Nemo being on the screens as the night before, there was more of a Pirates of the Caribbean theme. When we finished dinner we headed up to find spots to watch the Pirates show. There was a Pirates of the Caribbean show, featuring Jack Sparrow which was finished off with fireworks set off of the boat which was pretty cool to see. Afterwards they make the pool deck into a family friendly dance floor. We were exhausted and I was a bit burnt so we headed back to the room for a bit... we kept saying we would go to one of the bars but we were just too tired and full from dinner to move.
The next day was our full day at sea. Sadly it wasn't hot enough for sunbathing which I would have gladly done all day! We went for breakfast and then had a chilled out day. We walked around more of the ship taking photos and then went to the cinema to watch Saving Mr Banks which I hadn't seen yet. This was definitely a lazy day but I was really tired and would have to go straight back to work the next morning. Dinner that night was at the Enchanted Garden which is beautiful and some people said it was their favourite but I preferred the other two. At the end of the meal we took group photos and then went to the lobby area to watch the little show with different characters. It was basically a quick meet and greet set up in different spots and was pretty cute. Our large luggage was getting picked up and had to be packed and outside our room before we went to dinner so anything else had to go into hand luggage. Again, we were just exhausted from doing not a whole lot that day lol. We had to get up really early the next morning so we went and paid for everything we had used our keys for and then went to bed.
The next morning we packed up everything and went back to the Enchanted Garden for breakfast. I was getting really anxious as I had to be at work for 11:30am and still had to go back to my apartment first. Myself and Charlotte got off the ship but then had a bit of a wait for the others we were travelling back in the taxi with. Eventually we set off but I was still worried! It was a complete rush, I stopped by Chatham to get my form signed off so that I could go back to work (later found out that wasn't a big a deal as they make out!), then practically threw myself out the taxi at the Commons and ran to my apartment with my luggage. As I got in my apartment I phoned for another taxi to get me to work, threw my costume on and ran back out the door. I ended up only being a tiny bit late for the pre shift briefing but at least I made it!
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