The Tale of the Grow Walk ….Hunh? DCL Magic and WDW Review

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Skip never showed up, so Claire changed into her swim suit and we went back up top to find him and to let her swim….She had this vision of swimming with her dad and he was ruining it.

 

 

 

We found him and he said he didn’t need to go to the room and figured we would find him eventually. UGH! He took Claire to the pool and found a chair to watch her.

 

 

 

In case you wondered…there is a smoking section between the adult and family pools…and it extends into the adult pool area…on the starboard side.

 

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I went out to find them and Claire was having some fun in the pool.

 

 

 

This next picture cracks me up. It looks like this girl is going to smack Claire. I asked Claire what was going on and she said the girl had been splashing someone she knew and then accidently splashed Claire and was apologizing here.

 

 

Skip said he would keep an eye on Claire and I decided to walk around and take some pictures.

 

First stop, the Vibe….which is the teen club. I never got a chance to check it out last time I sailed the Magic.

 

 

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A look back as I came up the stairs.

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a beverage counter. I am not sure, but they might serve snacks too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It looks like a nice place to “hang”.

 

 

I then headed back outside.

 

 

Another ship in port.

 

 

A look down at the adult pool.

 

 

 

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I must’ve cut through here for some reason.

 

 

Sports deck

 

 

 

A look out at the tugs.

 

 

 

I wanted to head to the Spa. It had a new name and a little bit of sprucing up since I last sailed the Magic.

 

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I walked through Senses, peeking in here and there and taking pictures.

 

 

 

I am a licensed hair stylist….though I don’t practice anymore I keep up my license…as you never know…so I like to check out the salons.

 

 

 

 

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I moved on to check out the different treatment rooms.

 

 

 

I love the way they decorate the tables during the open house.

 

 

 

Good to see the tub fixed. Last time the panels were coming off.

 

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Getting artsy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I really enjoyed taking pictures in here.

 

 

The spa leads into the gym. They were doing a demonstration in there and the CM looked at me and said I took a bad picture of her. LOL. I told her she looked fine.

 

 

I love looking at the treadmills…..I just ordered a new one for myself at home. My old one was dying fast and has been pretty worthless for the last 2 years so I haven’t used it much and my body shows it. Skip said I could get a new one for Christmas and I can’t wait till it comes.

 

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My oldest daughter Paige says I am the only person she knows who owns a treadmill and actually uses it. But like I said, the last 2 years it’s been on its last leg, starting with a badly slipping belt…to basically the motor starting to burn out after a few minutes walking now. Let’s just say it’s a fire hazard now.

 

 

I also own a cheap exercise bike….which I do not use as much….and should.

 

 

Banana anyone?

 

 

Or perhaps and orange?

 

 

Back into the spa.

 

 

This is the women’s locker room and it did NOT get a refurb…I think it needed on…to get rid of the awful peach colors in there.

 

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I believe this was a sauna.

 

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The heated tile loungers that so many people love.

 

 

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This is like a sauna type room too (I am not very spa savvy so I am sure I am not calling things by their proper names) and it’s hot.

 

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Back out to take a few more shots before leaving Senses.

 

 

I love this next picture.

 

 

 

 

And back out on deck to check out some more of the ship.

 

This place changed names….and I can’t for the life of me remember off the top of my head what it was called before.

 

 

The Cabanas sign.

 

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I then took a walk around deck 4, working off some of that lunch.

 

 

 

I then went and found my family and we got Claire dressed again. It was getting time to do the muster drill. Our station was in Animator’s Palete.

 

 

 

They had freshened up this place and it looked nice. I can’t wait to see the new show.

 

 

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Skip is doing his creepy smile here. He thinks he is funny when he does this.

 

 

 

As we waited, Skip’s phone rang. I told him to just ignore it and call whoever it was later as you weren’t supposed to be talking on the phone during the drill…..did he listen? Nope! I did give him the evil eye and he didn’t talk for too long.

 

Once the drill was over we headed out with the crowds and tried to make our way up to the top decks so we could watch the sail away show.

 

 

Claire and I found a spot near a railing and Skip wandered off. He did that a lot! She was worried about him but I told her that he is a big boy and I couldn’t worry about where he was every single minute.

 

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Andy came out and got the party started. Skip LOVED Andy. He hung on every word he said…and I think he had a guy crush on him. All through the cruise he would say…. ”Andy says this is fun to do”…or something along those lines. If Andy recommended it, Skip thought it should be done.

 

 

Andy was on the last cruise I took on the Magic too and he is pretty cool.

 

 

Let’s get this party started!!!!

 

 

 

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Brent was our cruise director.

 

 

I had never had him, but he is always in the promotional videos for DCL so it was kind of neat to have him. I know some people really are particular about who the cruise director is…..me not so much. I really don’t care, though I tend to have liked some of them more than others. Brent was one of my favorites so far. Actually of the 4 DCL cruises I have taken, there was only one I didn’t care for and I can’t even remember his name now, but he was on our cruise on the Dream in Nov. 2012.

 

 

 

I love that the characters are part of the party.

 

 

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No one does a sail away party like DCL!

 

 

 

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Oh no!!!! Donald lost his hat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As the party was winding down we were starting to move so we went in search of Skip. I found him towards the back of the ship. He had gotten some sail away drinks. I asked him what they were and he didn’t know but thought they were strawberry daiquiris. He had gotten one for me and I took a sip. It tasted like it had a touch of coconut in it and I just cannot stand coconut. I sipped it off and on as I didn’t want to hurt his feelings too badly, but in the end I gave it to him because it just wasn’t good to me.

 

We decided to do a family selfie to post on facebook before we got out of port.

 

 

Good bye PC!

 

 

 

 

Lots of well-wishers sending us off.

 

 

I was also messaging some of my friends and they were watching us on the webcam as we sailed away.

 

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There was the mystery drink.

 

 

Skip parked himself at that table and Claire had to use the restroom so we went inside and used the one outside of Palo.

 

 

Yes I took a picture of the tampon machine. If you may remember….I have a running joke with a group of friends. When we see free tampons we report it to each other and take pictures. It started for the most part in Feb. when I found free tampons in the Disneyland Hotels. I took a picture and posted it in our facebook group and since then we joke about it all the time. Well the Magic has free tampons too. I actually knew that from last time when my friend who sailed with me and I discovered it and had a good laugh then. It’s still true for the reimagined Magic as well.