A New Ship | Little Paper Cabana

As we went forth from Rizzo's room to solve who stole the Muppet Show, we were glad to discover that there are different villains and clues, so if you see someone else solve the mystery, you can still enjoy the thrill of the game.

Our view for most of the afternoon.

After solving the caper and staying tuned for the grand finale, we headed back to our room, our free drinks, the view and some quality time reading my Kindle.
On a trip back in to grab some bottled waters, I noticed that the concierge left us a present.

Little Paper Cabana

A perfect little replica of our cabana!

A map of the locations of the new family beach cabanas?
How helpful.

Ben and I headed off to the Cove Café, since we had neglected to visit it so far. It was oddly empty for mid-afternoon. After poking back into the clubs to retrieve our kiddos for the concierge reception, we popped back into the lounge.

I can see my room from here!

With fruity beverages (and a non-dairy hot cocoa with Mickey head sprinkles) we headed up to the sun deck. Our concierge hosts mingled to check on us and hand out buttons.




Tracy assured us that they had cancelled Kylee's Stingray meet and greet (we decided to forgo that for more time in our cabana, the stingrays will have to wait to meet Kylee until our next trip) and that that was all squared away.



After visiting for a bit with our buds, we were pleased to meet our new best friend! He really quacks us up. We all hung around and watched a bit of Lion King in our suite, then it was time to head down to dinner.

Perusing her menu

Kylee and Chris ate considerably better when we forgot about the kid's menu, so we let Chris order off the adult menu. As for Kylee, she decided to "have some of mom's" since that had been working out so well on this vacation.



Never say no to indian food on a cruise ship. The chefs don't mess around. This is the good stuff.

Kylee dug into this delectable curry. Ben thought that the naan bread was a bit odd. He's traveled to India for work several times, so I'm inclined to believe him. Still, it was yummy and warm and perfectly sopped up extra bits of the spicy, sweet stew.

Chris wanted to return to the club immediately, sensing that with the next day being a port day, his opportunities to beat his personal best at Lego Pirates of the Caribbean were dwindling.

Kylee wanted to visit her towel animal before heading to the theatre for the evening.

On seeing her comfy cozy bed, Kylee decided she wanted to change into her pajamas and slippers. She still wanted to go to believe, mind you. Just in rather more casual dress than normal.

Oh, the drama.

Kylee loved Believe "best of all" the Disney shows. I loved that Genie came back for the show. He brings a certain humor and pizzazz to any scene. Kylee, too tired to walk back to the room, dozed on Ben's shoulder while I doubled back to Oceaneer's Lab for Christopher.

He wasn't thrilled to be picked up, but all thoughts of complaining soon disappeared. As we walked to the forward elevators on deck five, Peter Pan leapt around the corner of the hallway, weaving between other guests and yelling for his shadow. He stopped, whirled into a crouch next to Chris asking if he'd seen his shadow. Chris said no and off Peter, nearly literally, flew.

Five seconds of pure, unadulterated unscripted magic that I wouldn't trade for anything.
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This is Part 17 of an Ongoing Trip Report "A New Ship."
Additional sections will be found on the Trip Reports page after they are posted!