Formal Day ~ Day Two

When you sail on a longer cruise, at least on Disney Cruise Line, there is a formal night. Formal Day for us was night two of the cruise. But, before we get to dinner we had lots of other things going on this day.

Remember that Facebook group I told you about, well we had a group that had organized a Pub Crawl. We have partaken on these on other cruises. It’s when you meet up at the various lounges and travel as a group from one lounge to the next, throughout the day. You are not drinking all day!!! There are breaks!

We actually started the Pub Crawl in the Cove Cafe which is the ‘coffee’ shop on the ship. So I started my day with a mocha latte and Dale had an espresso. 

There is just something fun about having a latte with Mickey on top. Most people in our group did start the morning with some coffee concoction. Oh, I forgot to mention that we started this as 6:30 AM!!! Yes, 6:30 in the morning after having just gotten on the ship the day before! Oh, since we were meeting at 6:30 in the morning we all opted to meet up in our pajamas, because we were going to have a Pajama Breakfast after we were done at the Cove! After everyone enjoyed their coffee we made our way to Cabanas which is the buffet on board for breakfast. Our group was not too big so we got a few tables together and all enjoyed breakfast and talked and got to know each other some more.

After breakfast, our next stop was the French Quarter, think New Orleans.  The French Quarter is an open area lounge where they have activities throughout the day. The bar is open though so you can enjoy a coffee or alcohol drink while you are there. There is a trolley car area that our group took over, in addition to several tables as our group grew at this location. We placed a couple games where the answers were either Halloween or Mardi Gras.  The theme of our pub crawl was ‘BWWITBHOTHS’ ~ Because We Want it to be Halloween on the High Seas! Our friends Malory and Sarah coordinated the pub crawl and they were disappointed (as were others) that our sailing was not an official Halloween on the High Seas sailing. They had the napkins in the lounge when we got our coffee, but nope, no special sailing. This is in part to Disney only sailing out of Vancouver for a few months. It’s not their home port. They’ve have to ship everything there. We have done one of these sailings and it’s pretty elaborate the decorations because that is what Disney does! This was our group at the French Quarter.

We then took a break until early afternoon. We met up at Signals, a bar in the adult pool area. Remember that we cruised out of Canada the day before. It is COOL on deck!!! Thank goodness Disney does Alaskan sailings so they have blankets on deck so Sarah was so kind to get me a blanket as I was freezing even though we were sitting in the sun. We played a crazy game here where we were given characters ‘Villains’ from Disney movies throughout the ages. We had to ‘wear’ the name of our character on our forehead and then ask yes or no questions to the group to try and guess who our character was. Well, if you aren’t a fan of villains you may not do well at this game, lol!!! So, guess who didn’t do well, lol! I did guess my character the one round but had no clue the next round. I didn’t even know who some of them were. We love Disney but we really need to brush up on our Disney movies to cruise with these guys! 

We were actually supposed to move from Signals on to two other locations but we had such a good time, we spent several hours hanging out there. Oh, and our time at Signals was supposed to be in costume. We had some great sports who did dress and got into each session! Dale and I wore Harley stuff, easy, lets me bikers! If you look at the one photo above you can see the cute couple who were decked out in their outfits from 101 Dalmatians! Also my friend Eddy and his hubby Raph were in their baseball outfits. So, some got a little more into the ‘costume’ than others.

We were breaking after this session for some down time which we used to relax in the Concierge Lounge where we were treated with some authentic Hawaiian music and dance. 

This was before we went to the Walt Disney Theater for the first of several shows during our trip. This was the Golden Mickey’s. One of the ‘perks’ of sailing concierge is being led into the theater before anyone else so you can have your pick of seats. We had never sat down close to the stage, except our last cruise with my broken foot because they escorted us in an area with no stairs. It was amazing to be this close. We brought a drink with us from the lounge and were supplied with fresh hot popcorn and water on the way in. We enjoyed the show and then went to dress for our formal night dinner. 

In addition to it being formal night it was also Captains Night in the atrium where you could meet all the officers and staff were walking around offering drinks to the guests. We found on this trip that the captain and officers were actually in the atrium most evenings if you wanted to converse with them. It was the most we had ever seen any officers on a sailing. So while in the atrium, we had to get our formal photos done, because, you know I need to get photos of the two of us.

Then it was off to dinner at Tiana’s. I had boo-boo’d. I wanted to be in Tritons on formal night but somehow we mixed up our rotation. It all worked out as you still have the same menus throughout the entire cruise. 

After dinner our Pub Crawl friends were meeting up in the Cadillac Lounge. This place holds a very special meaning to Dale and I as this is where we renewed our vows for our 25th anniversary on our very first Disney cruise.

When we found that we were becoming too large of a group for the Cadillac Lounge we moved over to the Crown and Fin Pub. There Dale and Celeste enjoyed the Irish Car bombs (that they had talked about on line for weeks). Malory passed out all kinds of bourbon treats, bourbon chocolates, bourbon balls, and more. Malory knows a bit about bourbon since she lives minutes from the bourbon trail. As someone who doesn’t drink bourbon, I just took some for Dale, who was busy at the bar getting a very dark beer, so he could enjoy them later. We spent some time here before finally deciding it was time to call it a night. We were so behind on sleep but thankfully, we were gaining an hour this night. It was a very enjoyable, but long day with a lot of amazing new friends!