SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I forgot to mention last time that the servers in the restaurants “follow” those whose tables they serve from restaurant-to-restaurant each evening. That’s a really nice aspect of the Disney ships – you get to know your servers, and they get to know you. For instance, once we asked for Ginger Ale to drink that first night, Ginger Ale was waiting for us on the table every night after that – without us having to ask for it! If we had wanted something else, they would have brought it to us.
Here is our main server – Amit – from India. He brought our bread, took our order, and brought our food each night.
And here is Roman – from Indonesia. He mainly brought our drinks and kept us supplied with whatever we wanted/needed. They were delightful young men.
Following the meal-change, the next endeavor was to get into our stateroom. Now this was quite an adventure, as they had assigned us probably the last room on the ship – as it was at the very VERY back of the ship!
And not only that, but it was a “handicap” room. The normal “Oceanview” room (which is what we usually stay in) has about 204 square feet of space. Because the room they assigned us was handicap accessible, it had about 246 square feet of space. Considerably larger!
We didn’t have access to a veranda, but we had two very large port holes, lots of space for walking around in. Here are the “key” cards we were issued – they were to be used to get in our stateroom, as well as to be presented whenever we left the ship or returned to it.
One of my most favorite parts of the Disney ships is the split bathroom. One side has a sink, mirror, and the toilet. The other side has a sink, mirror and the tub/shower…with a wall separating the rooms, and separate doors for each room. Consequently, Fred and I can both get ready at the same time, with our own sink and mirror. However, because this room is handicap accessible, it does not have the split bathroom; it only has one sink, and only a shower that is level with the floor. I thought that would result in a very wet floor, but there are drains all around. In that respect, very convenient. But I really missed that split room!
I had said that I could probably eat anything I wanted because of all the walking to and from the stateroom! Fred says it was about 1,100 feet from front to back – and we walked it many times during each day! Here’s a shot of one of the long hallways – and this is only from mid-ship to the rear of the ship. There was another one just like it from the front of the ship to mid-ships!
Something I’ve enjoyed – but never attempted to duplicate – was the way some of the passengers decorate their stateroom doors. Here’s an example of that, and one that caught my eye. They were very creative, I thought.
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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