Day Six: Nassau

We all woke up nice and refreshed. M was the first one up and I let her play Nintendo Switch from her upper bunk in order to let C keep sleeping. We didn't need the electronics much on the journey to Florida, and definitely not in WDW but they did come in handy and ultimately I am glad they were packed. 

By the time we woke up we were already at port in Nassau though we weren't really planning to get off the ship. 

We had breakfast at the buffet. That was complicated to find. It was nice to see a bright sunny day. This was the only part of the entire cruise where I questioned what we were doing. There were people everywhere. We couldn't find a table and... had I waited about 20 minutes it would have cleared out considerably as people went ashore. 

When we went to do our online check in, it was also the day you could book the Royal Gathering. What that means is a smattering of princesses are in one place at one time and booking this meant you could stand in the line at your designated time. It's kind of difficult to get but Husband and I stayed awake one night to make it happen. People in the cruise Facebook group were trying to find spots for their family. So I was thankful we got them. 

At our gathering was Rapunzel, Belle, Tiana, Moana and Cinderella. I'm just going to share one picture because you all can't really care about seeing my kids with 5 different princesses. 

After the Royal Gathering, we went to the Hero Zone for the Incredibles Obstacle Course. Do I think this was worth it? Absolutely not. They waited a long time in the line for about 30 seconds of fun. Did the kids have fun? Yes, they did and that's the point. Both kids wanted to try it and I am glad we made time for it! It was the only time we went to this specific area of the ship too so that's something I guess. 

Once they had done the course I went to collect our laundry. We pack light with the plan to do laundry. I figured doing it right away on Saturday morning would be ideal and it totally was. No one was in there. This laundry room was one deck down from our stateroom and I loved it. I just love to do laundry, clean clothes make me happy. 

Leave it to Disney to even make sure the laundry room is elegant and pretty. 

After the clothes were clean and folded, we were all in swimsuits and headed up to the pool deck. We all got in the line for the Aquamouse. The posted sign said it would take an hour but it didn't. I rode with C and it was pretty fun though I did get more wet than I expected. After we sat in one of the pools and watched Frozen. The kids went off to ride the water slide. (The yellow slide you can just barely see below.) I stayed and watched the movie but then moved to the shade for a while. 

We had a lovely lunch on the pool deck. Everyone picked something different which is the best part of the pool deck options: you're not limited. 

And after more swimming fun we went back to change because the boys were going to see a movie. Wish on the Wish... which was something C was very excited about!! 

M and I were heading to Arendelle for Olaf's Royal Picnic. And let me tell you, I am SO glad we lucked out and managed to get spots for this fun! 

Olaf's Royal Picnic is one of the hardest entertainment activities to book on the Wish. It is extremely limited and you must have a child under 12. Adults cannot go on their own. I thanked M several times for being 9 because I loved it every bit as much as she did. 

The picnic was meant to start at 2:30 but they had technical difficulties so the two of us waited for  over a half hour to start looking at this sign. We were among the more patient people waiting however.

Hang in there Joan. 

It was darling. Look at this plate. An actual china plate that looks like a cheapy paper plate. I have never ever wanted to steal dishware in my life but I would have walked out with this plate with no shame if they had let me. 

We had AMAZING seats. I honestly don't know how we got such good seats. But it was so special and sweet. It was a full dinner show, so there were characters on stage and even the waiters (each family had their own table and their own server) had choreography. As the show went on, the servers brought out picnic baskets full of special Olaf goodies that were exclusive to the picnic. 

I will tell you the only thing I am particularly salty about is that because of the technical difficulties the actual picnic portion was rushed. As such, when we went to take our picture with Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff our desserts were cleared before we had eaten most of them, even one bite. Other tables caught on and grabbed their plates, I wish I had done the same. 

I actually rationally understand that they needed to change Arendelle over for dinner service. But I wish they had bagged up the sweets is all. 

It was the ABSOLUTE sweetest and I am so so thrilled that we were able to go. While it was absolutely a one-and-done experience, because truly I don't need multiple Olaf's Royal Picnic picnic blankets and Rock Troll stuffies that turn into rocks among the other things, I loved every song and personal moment. 

Once we found the boys and dropped off all of the awesome things we received we went to Disney Songbook Live which was a trivia game based on Disney music. 

Our little foursome not only had a particularly good time, but we also WON! But I think even had we not won we would have loved it! There was a host, Ellie and a pianist playing snippets of Disney songs. 

Everyone contributed something that no one else knew. 

Husband knew one of the songs was from Home on the Range. 

M knew the Nothing Could Stop Us Now song from Runaway Railway. 

C knew that Belle was in Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also knew that Bashful is the dwarf that sings about a polecat in the Silly Song.

I knew Susan Egan was Belle on Broadway. (Though admittedly, so did my whole family but it was especially funny because I got this wrong on the bus trivia when it said who voiced Belle and I confidently answered "Susan Egan!") 

We got 30/40 possible points and were awarded the "coveted" Daisy Duck Medallions. We all got one and it was awesome. I think it was my favorite part of the whole cruise. Truly. 

We were having so much fun that we were even a few minutes late for dinner... and I am not someone who is late so I felt bad. Luckily I knew just exactly what I was going to order already. 

The best part was since it was the same characters we had just seen, they remembered M and said things like "Good to see you again" and it was the cutest. C also wore his Oaken shirt and pointed it out to Oaken. I love a good character interaction. 

The dinner show here was lovely, though slightly less thrilling since our dinner table was further away from the stage than our picnic table. But the live musicians were phenomenal. And I will sing along to any Frozen song if they'll let me. So I enjoyed it very much! And the food was delicious. I had the Swedish meatballs and the homemade egg noodles were SO stinking good. And we all picked a different dessert and liked that too! 

We conned M into going to see The Little Mermaid show with us. She was pretty grumpy about this because she just wanted to go to the kid's club. So the boys got beverages, and popcorn for us while I tried to convince her hanging out with us was fun. 

After the show, which M admits wasn't "that bad" it was time for the pirate party on deck. With fireworks. Disney is the only cruise line that can have fireworks at sea and I really enjoyed them. M did NOT enjoy the pirate party, I think mostly she was just tired. 

Her big problem was "she doesn't like rock music." Lol. It was awesome classic 80s stuff like "Come Sail Away" and "We're Not Gunna Take It." Not a big deal! Everyone else in our family not named M had no problem with the party at all. It was also cool to look out over the ocean and see nothing but black except for a few other cruise ships in the distance. 

Ice cream helped and after the pirate party was over, we headed back to our stateroom and went to bed. Please check out my sunburn! Sunburn! In January! Where we had two feet of snow at home. I loved it. 

We loved this pirate towel/blanket and the chocolate coins. Who doesn't love a good theme?! 

At this point, I was super convinced that this cruise was the best idea I ever had. I slept just as well on night two. I love that mattress! I will legit consider buying one when we need a new mattress.