nancy drew
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2005
Day 1 continued:
Back to the daytime, after you pass the pool area, heading toward the aft end of the ship, you'll pass the soft serve station on your way to El Loco Fresh.
They have chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. You can do a chocolate/vanilla twist, and a strawberry/vanilla twist. There are identical machines on the other side of the ship and NO ONE uses them. This side? Always a line.
El Loco is included in your cruise fare. We ate here a few times and it was good. I recommend the quesadillas. The nachos were fine, nothing special. I didn't try the burritos or the tacos. They have these hand washing stations nearby, and outside of several of the dining locations. Most people just walk on past them.
It is really funny to me that there is only one bowl of chips here. I must have taken this when they were closing. Usually the counter was full of bowls of chips.
There is also a condiment bar, which has everything you would expect to see on a condiment bar for this type of food: salsa (different varieties), shredded cheese, sour cream, and the most important: guacamole.
Oh and dessert. There is a chocolate dessert that is usually out that is much better than the other two, IMO.
Deck 15 has the zipline over the Boardwalk (the aft end of the ship), and you can see the Sport Court behind it.
Keep going aft and you'll reach the 2 Flowriders.
Go even further aft and you'll reach The Abyss.
So, DS did go down The Abyss. There was no line whatsoever, so we did not use our priority status to jump the line. They show you how to sit in the mat thingy (kind of like those potato sack things for slides at carnivals). You really do need to sit and hold your arms the way they show you, because DS said (and others have said) there is one part with a kind of sharp turn and you can bang your shoulder or elbow.
As you walk up the stairs, if you look down you are on a glass (?) platform overlooking the Aqua Theater 10 floors down, and the ocean. It is kind of terrifying. They let me go up and take photos.
On the opposite side from the sport court is the mini golf. DS played a few times with his friends.
Deck 15 has the Solarium, but I'm going to wait and do that one later.
Back to the daytime, after you pass the pool area, heading toward the aft end of the ship, you'll pass the soft serve station on your way to El Loco Fresh.
They have chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. You can do a chocolate/vanilla twist, and a strawberry/vanilla twist. There are identical machines on the other side of the ship and NO ONE uses them. This side? Always a line.
El Loco is included in your cruise fare. We ate here a few times and it was good. I recommend the quesadillas. The nachos were fine, nothing special. I didn't try the burritos or the tacos. They have these hand washing stations nearby, and outside of several of the dining locations. Most people just walk on past them.
It is really funny to me that there is only one bowl of chips here. I must have taken this when they were closing. Usually the counter was full of bowls of chips.
There is also a condiment bar, which has everything you would expect to see on a condiment bar for this type of food: salsa (different varieties), shredded cheese, sour cream, and the most important: guacamole.
Oh and dessert. There is a chocolate dessert that is usually out that is much better than the other two, IMO.
Deck 15 has the zipline over the Boardwalk (the aft end of the ship), and you can see the Sport Court behind it.
Keep going aft and you'll reach the 2 Flowriders.
Go even further aft and you'll reach The Abyss.
So, DS did go down The Abyss. There was no line whatsoever, so we did not use our priority status to jump the line. They show you how to sit in the mat thingy (kind of like those potato sack things for slides at carnivals). You really do need to sit and hold your arms the way they show you, because DS said (and others have said) there is one part with a kind of sharp turn and you can bang your shoulder or elbow.
As you walk up the stairs, if you look down you are on a glass (?) platform overlooking the Aqua Theater 10 floors down, and the ocean. It is kind of terrifying. They let me go up and take photos.
On the opposite side from the sport court is the mini golf. DS played a few times with his friends.
Deck 15 has the Solarium, but I'm going to wait and do that one later.