The way dining works on the Disney ships is very different from other ships. You have three different restaurants, and depending on your itinerary and your "rotation" will depend on how many times you end up at different dining rooms. I'll explain more as the report continues. Our first dinner location is in the Animator's Palate.

The dining room is VERY different than anything you'll see on any other cruise line! No typical "round tables", no windows to see outside, the focus on this dining room is the "experience" you're about to have.

Everything starts off mostly in Black and White or muted colours when you first arrive in the dining room.

The theming inside the restaurant is absolutely amazing!

I'm told this is not as "Black and White" as on the older Disney ships, but this room will start to transform and change colour soon enough!

Let's take a look at the menu for Animator's Palate!

The menu items are very high end! It's much like a Disney fine dining restaurant with "fun" atmosphere.

The one thing I will say is that the food on this ship was exceptional! But be prepared for it to be a bit "exotic" - if you're a picky eater, or like really basic food, you might find yourself eating from the kids menu! lol

More detail in Animator's Palate.

These are actually very high definition screens that will eventually turn into the Animator's Palate version of Turtle Talk.

These screens also stay in theme for what night you're at this dining room. On the second night, when they do a different show, the screens display different artwork reflecting the theme for that evening. It's touches like these that just make the ship that much more "magical."

Here's what the table looks like before people wreck it!

Our server in his cool costume!

Animator's Palate's first colour change! It reflects being underwater, because look who's about to appear...

Crush comes out and gives us all an intro to Animator's Palate.

The pasta purse was amazing!

Bruce reminds us all that fish are friends, not food... which is funny because many of us are eating fish! lol

Animator's Palate changes colour again!

Random underwater stuff appears on the screen from time to time...Here the fish playing ball with the pufferfish.

The cheddar cheese soup is VERY similar to the one at Epcot!

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