Disney describes Palo’s menu as classic Northern Italian cooking “with a modern twist.” Palo serves brunch and dinner for an additional charge of $45 per person. The brunch consists of a la carte items (the buffet is currently not offered). A version of Palo is found on all the Disney Cruise Line ships. The Fantasy and Dream have matching layouts.
We recently went on the Disney Magic in April 2023 and were able to enjoy Palo Brunch twice while on board. Here is a picture of the menu as well as various food items we enjoyed on this cruise and previous sailings. We also have our full story on Palo Brunch if you would like to read more.
Disney describes Palo’s menu as classic Northern Italian cooking “with a modern twist.” Palo serves brunch at a price of $45 per person (this fee is waived for Platinum Castaway Club Members and above). The brunch consists of a la carte items (the previous buffet is currently not offered). A version of Palo is found on all the Disney Cruise Line ships. The Wonder and Magic have matching layouts and the Fantasy and Dream have matching layouts.
Our friend Chris (@CHRIS_MAGIC_DCL) went on the Disney Magic for a 9 night Greek Island Cruise and was kind enough to send us an updated menu for Palo Dinner.
Our friend Chris (@CHRIS_MAGIC_DCL) went on the Disney Magic for a 9 night Greek Island Cruise and was kind enough to send us an updated menu for Palo Brunch.
Our friend, Sarah Coggins, recently went on the Disney Wonder in May 2022 for an Alaskan Cruise. She sent us a picture of her brunch in Palo. We have an extensive article on Palo Brunch, but wanted to show these fantastic pictures that Sarah took. Follow Sarah Coggins on twitter or check her awesome blog. She has a great article about her trip as well.
Here are her pictures:
Now that you’ve seen the wonderful food, head over to our Booking Palo Brunch post to see how to experience this meal for yourself!
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Disney describes Palo’s menu as classic Northern Italian cooking “with a modern twist.” Palo serves brunch and dinner for an additional charge of $40 per person. The brunch consists of a la carte items (the buffet is currently not offered). A version of Palo is found on all the Disney Cruise Line ships. The Wonder and Magic have matching layouts and the Fantasy and Dream have matching layouts.
Today was the only sea day that we had on this seven night cruise. We had managed to get a coveted Palo brunch reservation, but that was the end of the planning we had done for the day. We woke up at a respectable 9 am. Since our brunch wasn’t until noon, we decided to head up to the pool deck to relax in the warm weather.
The family pool area was very crowded, so we eventually ended up on Deck 10 to to get a good spot to watch Funnel Vision. We had a fairly decent spot and spent the next few hours enjoying the warm weather.
After a fantastic lunch, we left Palo and returned to the room to change back into our pool deck attire. We wanted to return to the family pool area and lay in the sun to enjoy the fantastic weather while we could. We went back up to find our spot on Deck 10 unoccupied, so we sat back down to spend the afternoon watching funnel vision.
The ship spent most of the day going in circles between the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands. I don’t think we had that far to go in order to return to San Juan. The weather was fantastic.
We spent most of the rest of the afternoon on Deck 10 enjoying funnel vision. As the afternoon went on, we eventually left the pool deck. We took a quick look through the shops again to see if we wanted any additional souvenirs we wanted before the end of the cruise.
We then headed back to the room to pack up. Unfortunately, we had this letter waiting for us in the room. We were planning to take our bags off the ship with us, but we didn’t want to have to worry about packing after dinner when we would probably already be tired.
Nancy continued to pack while the girls and I got ready for dinner early. We headed to the D Lounge to try our hand at Disney Tunes Trivia (which we did not win). Nancy finished packing the bags, and met us at Tiana’s for our last dinner of the cruise. The dinner theme for tonight was Tiana’s Place Mardi Gras. Dinner was great as always, and our serving team took special care of us. Our waiter even spent some time showing the girls how they put the food orders into the computer so they all came out correctly. Once the meal was over, we handed out the tip envelopes and strolled out of the dining room.
Nancy and I went out onto Deck 4 to look around and discovered we were right off the coast of San Juan. Our cell phones had a full signal, so we took advantage of it to catch up on emails and other things. Nancy didn’t linger too long, she headed back to the room to finish off the last of the packing. She sent me this picture of our towel animal for the night, which was the best one yet.
I spent about 30 minutes getting caught up on emails, then I returned to the room to get ready for bed. Tomorrow, we would be leaving the ship for a tour of San Juan before heading to the airport and flying home.
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Day 2 started out unlike any other vacation we’ve taken over the last 6 years…in silence. No 6:00 am wake up calls from tiny humans. It felt quite strange. As hard as I tried to sleep in, my kids have my body conditioned for these early morning wake-ups, so I was wide awake around 6:45. I got up and started moving around the stateroom, being careful not to wake up my wife. I headed out on the verandah while we sailed into the Nassau port channel and Captain Andy flipped the ship around and backed her into her berth. My wife would inform me later that I made a lot of noise and didn’t allow her to sleep in as much as she would have liked. Whoops!
We also began the day with another first – a morning workout! My wife headed off to the gym to use the elliptical while headed down to deck 4 to get in a run. If I weren’t training for a half marathon in February, you would NEVER catch me working out on vacation! I made it four laps around before my run got cut short due to a “safety training”. They were, in fact, doing some power washing, but I guess they don’t have a sign for that.
This trip was much about trying new (to us) things, so I headed up to the Vista Café to grab an iced coffee. In my opinion, the free coffee on the Disney Cruise Line is almost undrinkable and I’ve been meaning to try something from one of the cafes onboard. As I read through the menu, I was disappointed to see that there was no iced coffee option, but the barista gladly offered to make me one. He stamped my coffee card and I headed back to the stateroom to meet back up with Alyssa. As I took my first sip, I wondered why I have spent so much time sucking down that other poison they call coffee. It was excellent!
Once cleaned up, it was off to Cabanas for breakfast.
The weather was exactly what we were hoping for – sunny and hot – and we spent the rest of the morning doing exactly what we wanted to do on this trip…NOTHING. We spent time going back and forth between reading on lounge chairs and relaxing in the Satellite Falls fountain in the adults-only area on Deck 13 Forward.
The next activity was something I had really been looking forward to. I wanted to watch a movie on funnel vision, and it worked out perfectly that Tangled would be playing! Normally we can catch clips of the movies while the kids are splashing in the pool, but that usually doesn’t last very long. I wanted to actually watch the movie. Before it started, though, we waited in the “45 minute” line for the Aquaduck, which extended all the way down to the bottom of the stairs. I timed it on my watch and it ended up being closer to 30 minutes, but still a long time for a day in port. Worth it, though!
After the movie, it was off to another “first” for us – I pre-ordered single-day Rainforest passes in the Senses Spa. My wife and I were joking leading up to it that we had NO idea what to do in there (and I would probably tell you that we still don’t). When you check in, they put a sticker on your Key to the World card indicating that you can come and go throughout the day as you please. They give you a robe and then escort you to the Rainforest area and to the locker rooms to change. You also get a rubber wrist band that will unlock the door to the Rainforest room. I didn’t take pictures inside because I wasn’t sure if that would be allowed. The first area that you come to are the themed showers. Each shower has different settings and the spray is different depending on which option you choose. Each shower had three different options, and I thought it was a pretty cool experience. My wife did not enjoy it as much because most of the options had cold water. Near the showers there were two types of steam rooms and a more traditional sauna. We spent about 3 minutes in one of the steam rooms and my wife said the other one smelled like wet socks.
Around the corner was a long room with a dozen or so hot stone loungers and through a set of glass doors there were two jacuzzi tubs that were double occupancy. The jacuzzi tubs were situated on what I would describe as being similar to an open-air verandah and looked out over the side of the ship. Both tubs were occupied, so we spent some time on the hot stone loungers, which I really enjoyed. I was wishing I had my book, but I didn’t want to go out and get it. Once a jacuzzi freed up, we climbed in and spent 15-20 minutes in total relaxation. After that, we left the spa and didn’t return, but we both commented that we felt very relaxed afterward. We enjoyed the experience, but I can’t say for sure if we would do it again. We’re not really spa people.
After the spa, I wanted to go ashore just to say I did. I was off and back on in less than an hour and then it was back to our verandah for some more reading and intermittent napping before our dinner at Palo.
One of the best perks about being a Platinum Castaway Club member is the complimentary dinner in Palo. We haven’t taken advantage of this perk in the past because we haven’t wanted to leave our kids in the kids clubs while we eat, so it was really nice to be able to enjoy the experience.
I wish I had taken a picture of the menu because I can’t remember exactly what each of our courses were called. I ordered the tomato, basil, and mozzarella appetizer (which I will order EVERY time it is available on a menu), and my wife had an arugula and pear salad. I had the scallops entrée, which might have been one of the best meals I’ve ever had. It was fantastic. My wife ordered the butternut squash ravioli, which she will also order any time she sees it on a menu. She very much enjoyed it, as well. For Dessert, our waiter, Katia, basically told us we were having the soufflé because it’s their signature dessert. She said she was making one for each of us and if we still wanted to look at the dessert menu afterward, we could. Turns out she was not wrong and we both devoured the soufflés. We were too full afterward to think about eating anything else.
Another thing we were REALLY excited for on this trip was the performance of Beauty and the Beast in the Walt Disney Theater. The show debuted two weeks after our last sailing on the Dream, so we barely missed out. And let me tell you, the show DID NOT disappoint. It was fantastic! We were in awe the entire time of the costumes, the effects, the puppets, the set…everything about it. I would say it’s easily the best show offered on Disney Cruise Line.
On embarkation day, we visited White Caps and noticed that many of the items in the store were on clearance. What luck! We found a few things we liked and vowed to be back to take advantage of the sales. Turns out there was a reason for it – White Caps transformed overnight into a Christmas shoppe, complete with new Very Merrytime merchandise. I’m not going to post all the merchandise pictures, but you can head over to my Twitter account to see them.
It was pirate night, so we headed up to deck 12 to catch the fireworks. We watched from the other side of the forward funnel where it was much quieter. We could still hear the stage performance and the music, but it was much more muffled. As always, the fireworks show did not disappoint – one of my favorite experiences at sea.
After that, we called it a night. We wanted to be well-rested for our day in Castaway Cay.
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After our prior day of getting up early to board the ship, we had very few plans for our first sea day. We took the opportunity to sleep in late. Nancy and I planned to enjoy Palo Brunch, so we decided to skip breakfast. The girls got dressed and headed off to enjoy the ship while Nancy and I got ready and headed up to Palo. We’ve talked about Palo many times, including how to book your reservation. It goes without saying that we had a fantastic lunch.
After stuffing ourselves at Palo, we checked in on the girls. They wanted to head to the main pool to watch funnel vision. I went back to the room to change to join them.
We sat with the girls on the pool for quite some time. The problem was the temperature was so nice, maybe on the cool side. I neglected to put on sun screen because of the nice weather. I discovered later in the evening that was a huge mistake. I definitely got a nice sun burn. Luckily, at the time, ignorance was bliss. We all watched a few movies on the Funnel Vision and had a great time. After we got a few movies in, we decided to go back to the room. We were all a bit tired, so we decided to sit on our balcony and get in some nap time. As I said earlier, our balcony was fantastic.
After a couple of hours at the pool, while the rest of us were burning ourselves and being lazy, Nancy took the opportunity to hit the gym to exercise.
While we were enjoying the balcony, our Platinum return gift was delivered to our cabin. Last time, we had selected the box of chocolates. This time, we decided to try a fruit tray. In hindsight, I don’t know that more food was what we really needed on this trip. Either way, it looked nice but I don’t know if we ate any of it.
Since we really only had one bathroom, I decided to get ready early for dinner to free it up for the ladies. Once I was done I headed down to guest services in the atrium while the ladies got ready for dinner. I wanted to add a gift card to our on board account. I took the opportunity to get a picture of Ariel while the atrium was less busy and I stopped at guest services.
After getting a few pictures, I headed off to the Promenade Lounge to read until dinner time. Once the ladies were ready, we all went together to enjoy dinner in Triton’s. Dinner tonight was with the traditional Triton’s menu.
In addition to our dinner, we received another awesome dessert from the pastry chef. We headed back to the room ready to sleep the night away. The girls captured this beautiful photo before we settled in.
Waiting in the room for us was this awesome elephant!
Next up, we get to explore the fantastic port of Cabo San Lucas!
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