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This is the card that you will receive when you check in at the cruise terminal and it serves as your room key and payment method onboard the ship and at Castaway Cay. When we first started cruising, I had no idea what a lot of the information meant, so I thought I’d break it down for you. Here are 2 of our previous cards and descriptions of what everything means: The dining rotation is listed with the first letter(s) of each restaurant, in the order that you will rotate each night. Your lifeboat station will have a designated letter, and you can find the location of that meeting place by looking at the back of your stateroom door before the mandatory safety drill at 4:00 on the first day.

Here was our beautiful view of the Tortola harbor: We eventually started getting ready for the Pirate Night festivities. The first deck party was a semi-entertaining drama involving the characters (looking super-cute in their pirate outfits) and Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, and their villain pals. My husband was ready to call it a day, so my son and I made our way up to Deck 11 for the second half of the Pirate party: After the fireworks, the deck party continued with “Club Pirate,” which was some kind of dance party with a DJ.

This would be our first time dining at this adults-only venue; in fact, it would be our first time to ever do any adults-only activity on a Disney cruise, even though it was our third time on a Disney cruise ship. Brunch at Palo includes many options – you can order as much as you want from the à la carte menu, and you also can gorge yourself at the buffet: The food at Palo was definitely a step above most of the other food we have had in other parts of the ship. Speaking of Concierge, it was time for happy hour, so I grabbed a drink (or two) from the Concierge Lounge, and then we meandered over to Animator’s Palate for dinner. The hidden and not-so-hidden Mickeys in the restaurant’s décor (and even bread bowls) are also a favorite: Despite STILL being somewhat full from the biggest meal EVER at Palo, I had to try various items off the menu.

During my initial consultation with the massage therapist, I somehow was convinced to upgrade to the Deep Tissue massage (for an additional $11). So, going into this second massage, I thought that as long as the therapist didn’t have an object in her hands, that the massage would be much better. After the massage, I was STARVING, so I picked up some food from Flo’s Café, brought it back to our stateroom, and ate it on our balcony. My super-smart husband already did this very thing while I was off wasting money on the massage: he had dropped off our son at the Oceaneer Club and did his own relaxation by reading on the balcony, one of his favorite cruise activities.