As the boat sailed away from Miami, Wendy, Sadie and I were in the spa, getting some WONDERFUL pedicures. I don't have pictures from that, because we were too busy relaxing. :) I usually get the Fire and Ice pedicure the first night on the ship, as it's a great way to get in "vacation mode"!
After pedicures, we went to our rooms to quickly change into dinner clothes, and then headed to our first sit-down meal on ship!
The Magic has three restaurants that are part of your nighttime dinner rotation: Lumiere's, Carioca's and Animator's Palette. Your dining rotation is printed on your room card, and is also delivered to your room in the form of tickets. Also on your room card (and the tickets) is your table number - that will be your same table number for your entire cruise.
On the first night, you also meet your servers! Your waitstaff travels with you to the restaurants each night, so you have the same team of people with you the whole cruise. We had GREAT servers; they were both fantastic!
The first night, we went to Lumiere's. This is the "fanciest" of the rotation. I saw some pictures of the dining room before we left, but they didn't do it justice - it was BEAUTIFUL.
I was able to come back the next day, and get pictures during the day with no one else in the room.
When I was taking pictures, a cast member came up to me and pointed out that the light fixture above this mural, with the rose in it, lights specifically so it illuminates Belle and the Beast. Gotta love those Disney details!
I did a bad job this trip of taking pictures of the actual food I ordered. I did remember to grab a few, however:
I LOVE a french onion soup, and this one did not disappoint. I chose the soup for my appetizer, and it was delicious.
I don't have any more food pictures until dessert, but I do remember that for the main course I chose the lobster mac and cheese. That was also very good.
I managed to remember to snap a few pictures of the dessert menu:
I chose the Souffle and let me tell you - YUMMO. If you've been to Palo, this is not unlike the souffle they serve there, but in a vanilla form. VERY good.
After dinner, everyone parted to do their own thing. The boys (Noah, Sam and Jacob) left to play cards in one of the lounges, and then Noah and Jacob went to the 18-21 mixer and then to karaoke. I can't recall what we did - Sadie and I might have wandered around taking pictures, as the movie didn't start until 10:00PM. Wendy and Scott thought they'd go to see Saving Mr. Banks with us that night, but when we went to their room they were already getting ready for bed, so three of us went to see it.
Sam, Sadie and I went to Saving Mr. Banks and it was as wonderful as the reviews I'd read. I will do a more detailed review later, but suffice it to say - this is one NOT to miss.
The movie was over after midnight, and after saying good night to the kids I got ready and went to bed. I always get a good night's sleep on the cruise, as the gentle rocking of the boat puts me right to sleep.
Next: Our Day at Sea!
