Ahoy!

This is yet another post ramping up for our upcoming cruise on the Disney Dream. These photos – and their captions – show my experience with Animator’s Palate for dinner. Photos are presented in random order.

Enjoy!
-ADA
@AtDisneyAgain

Our tablemates got engaged the night prior.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Ginger-teriyaki dusted angus beef tenderloin

White chocolate brownie cheesecake.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Lovely view from right outside the door.

It’s a crowded, but fun dining room.

Dining room looks somehow less crowded when it’s full of people.

Incr-edible lobby art.

The restaurant goes through color changes throughout the dining experience.

Love the door pulls.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The screens around the room are animator workstations. I’m sure there’s a real term for them.

Menu exterior.

Celebratory chocolate cake for the newly-engaged couple.

Butternut squash soup.

Keep your wine cold…

The screens around the room are animator workstations. I’m sure there’s a real term for them.

Buzz and Woody rescue the lobby.

The screens around the room are animator workstations. I’m sure there’s a real term for them.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Sweet temptations sampler.

Non-HDR version of the lobby :)

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Love this lobby.

Helpful hints inside the menu.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Film flourish on the sugar caddy.

The restaurant goes through color changes throughout the dining experience.

Love the art tools laid into the tile.

Black truffle pasta purseittes

Trio of veal

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Dessert?

Playing with a new lens. Pardon the absurd DOF here.

The tables are numbered in the most creative way.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Paintbrushes and pencils hold up the ceiling.

Trio of veal

I love the costuming.

The tables are numbered in the most creative way.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Grab shell!

This hallway connects to the atrium and Royal Palace.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Wild mushroom risotto and porcini twist

Dinner… is served!

The screens around the room are animator workstations. I’m sure there’s a real term for them.

I want these chairs so badly!

Genie lobby art.

Look at this butter knife!

Paintbrushes and pencils hold up the ceiling.

Baked potato and cheddar cheese soup.

They have a bit of a mouse infestation.

Table set up.

These chairs!

Whipped, seasoned butter.

Menu looks like a book that a new animator would receive to learn how to draw important characters.

The restaurant is full of animation tools, storyboards, sketches, models, maquettes, and plenty of other items to keep your eyes entertained.

Mickey’s still upset about the changes at MGM.