My First Disney Cruise and Eating Vegan Onboard: Day 3

Today was our changeover day between our back-to-back cruises. We went down to Rapunzel's Royal Table for a leisurely breakfast around 8:30. Still feeling full and not wanting any fuss this morning, I went low-key and just asked for Rice Crispies! I had it with almond milk — sometimes it's just nice to have something simple. 

Simple vegan-friendly cereals are available

We had to go to D Lounge at 10am for our Covid tests. It was very well organised — we weren't queuing that long and I was chatting to the guy at the door about my pin collecting. I don't like to trade them, I just buy them all to keep to myself. He said he was the same!

Prenetics staff scanned our vaccination QR codes for our 2nd reservation, and we were given the LFT tests to administer ourselves. There were refreshments provided, and while getting a tea I spotted a lovely lady called Dawn from the Disney Cruise UK Facebook group I'd been following. It was great to meet her and her daughter, and I could personally thank Dawn for all the work she's put into the page. I'd picked up lots of useful tips for a first-time cruiser, and it's a super-friendly group. 

Now, this was the truly magical part of the cruise, as most guests had disembarked and we were free to wonder around. It makes doing B2B cruises worth it, not to mention the extra "cruise credit" towards Castaway Club status! We saw the cast of the shows chilling on the deck, and a cast member jogging around the ship. It was so peaceful. 

We virtually had the ship to ourselves between cruises

Cove Cafe was open to "B2Bers", so we went in for a coffee. We spoke to an officer lady - I wanted to know what she did but felt rude to ask! I ordered a lovely chai latte made with almond milk. 

Cove Cafe offers vegan milk alternatives

Our stateroom was ready after being cleaned (we stayed in the same one), so we headed back for a while. The balcony walls were all open, so you could see all the way down to the end of the section which was quite interesting to see. Waiting in the room for us was our Castaway Club bag, and our silver Castaway Club lanyards — we'd made it to silver level!

You get some free gifts on your 2nd cruise

The sun just about made an appearance, so we went to sit by the pool for a bit. Our intention was to get a few waters from Signals, and the CM offered a deal where you get cans of water with a cool-bag included. I thought it was a really good deal and we'll definitely use it again.

The cool-bag with water was available at the adults-only Signals bar

I had preordered a vegan burger from Cabanas, so we headed there for lunch. This was one of my favourite meals. There wasn't any vegan cheese (fair enough this time as I hadn't asked for any when I preordered), but the burger tasted amazing. The fries were really good too.

The vegan burger at Cabanas was one of my favourites

After more chilling and enjoying the violinist at the Promenade, it was dinner time at Animator's again. This time I had a tortilla wrap with spicy black beans. It was good and I wished I could have fit in another one! Dessert was a chocolate cake with strawberry and it was moist and delicious.

My tortilla wrap came with black beans and vegetables

Anything chocolate and vegan is a winner!

The Mickey Mouse Trivia quiz was next up, and we primed ourselves with some non-alcoholic cocktails as we arrived early. We failed miserably. I thought I knew enough to stand a chance, but hey-ho it's a Disney ship so we were bound to have competition!

We prepared for the quiz with fruit-punch cocktails

Oh my; now it was time for whiskey tasting. What did I let myself in for? The lady next to me said she wasn't usually a whiskey drinker so I didn't feel too out of my league! Benita, our host for the tasting, was amazing. I could have listened to her stories all day. Then it came to the tasting and most of them blew my head off. I'm not a huge drinker, so although I enjoyed exploring the flavours I just couldn't finish them. The shots were rather generous. My husband helped out, but even between us, it was a lot. Some of them usually go for $50 a shot so we did our best!

It was interesting hearing about the whiskey-making techniques

We walked, *ahem*, stumbled, out of Cove Cafe and went to Keys to listen to the piano player. When we said we wanted non-alcoholic cocktails, the server jokingly asked if something was wrong. We explained we'd just done a whiskey tasting session and it was a LOT for us. I had a nice virgin mojito to wind down the evening. The atmosphere here is beautiful, as the bar pays homage to a classic and elegant Walt Disney meets art-deco design, with wonderful live piano music in the background.

Keys bar was absolutely stunning with impressive live piano music

Non-alcoholic cocktails are available on request

Then back to the room to drink a lot of water to wash the whiskey down. We thought this evening's towel animal was a Turkey, but as usual, that was up for debate!

Day 4 coming soon!