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Animator's Palate
Feast your eyes on the magic of Disney animation at this restaurant that serves up a unique dinner show starring Disney characters.
A Storied Spread
A savory fusion of Pacific Island foods, Asian cooking and fresh California fare paints a delicious culinary picture nightly.
Your dining masterpiece begins with a gallery of tantalizing appetizers, including smoked salmon tartare, wild mushroom risotto, black truffle pasta purseittes and creamy butternut squash soup. Hand-drawn specialties such as the taleggio cheese flatbread and a polenta cake topped with Roma tomatoes and Portobello mushrooms are sure to animate and delight.
Artfully prepared main course selections include Pacific black cod, lemon-thyme marinated organic chicken breast, angus beef tenderloin and white shrimp pennette pasta. Stir fry vegetables and black bean chipotle cakes are just some of the vegetarian offerings on full display, while a children’s menu is sure to inspire the pickiest of “palettes.”
Have an eye for something sweet? Add a finishing touch to your meal with a curated collage of decadent desserts such as crème brûlèe, peanut butter mousse or a classic ice-cream sundae.
For an additional cost, Guests 21 years of age and up can pair their entrées with a selection from the extensive wine list—many of which are available by the glass—in addition to a robust assortment of after-dinner liqueurs, dessert wines and specialty drinks.
All menu items are subject to change without notice.
A savory fusion of Pacific Island foods, Asian cooking and fresh California fare paints a delicious culinary picture nightly.
Your dining masterpiece begins with a gallery of tantalizing appetizers, including smoked salmon tartare, wild mushroom risotto, black truffle pasta purseittes and creamy butternut squash soup. Hand-drawn specialties such as the taleggio cheese flatbread and a polenta cake topped with Roma tomatoes and Portobello mushrooms are sure to animate and delight.
Artfully prepared main course selections include Pacific black cod, lemon-thyme marinated organic chicken breast, angus beef tenderloin and white shrimp pennette pasta. Stir fry vegetables and black bean chipotle cakes are just some of the vegetarian offerings on full display, while a children’s menu is sure to inspire the pickiest of “palettes.”
Have an eye for something sweet? Add a finishing touch to your meal with a curated collage of decadent desserts such as crème brûlèe, peanut butter mousse or a classic ice-cream sundae.
For an additional cost, Guests 21 years of age and up can pair their entrées with a selection from the extensive wine list—many of which are available by the glass—in addition to a robust assortment of after-dinner liqueurs, dessert wines and specialty drinks.
All menu items are subject to change without notice.
State-of-the-Art Dining
Enjoy an innovative dinner show celebrating the art of storytelling where Disney characters come to life before your eyes.
On the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder
Be drawn into a spacious yet stylized dining room that recalls a real-life, hand-drawn environment in black and white. Animator’s Palate boasts a fantastic architectural design, where proportions bend and slant suddenly and sketches showcasing characters and scenes from Disney and Disney·Pixar films adorn the walls around you.
Dinner shows include:
Enjoy an innovative dinner show celebrating the art of storytelling where Disney characters come to life before your eyes.
On the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder
Be drawn into a spacious yet stylized dining room that recalls a real-life, hand-drawn environment in black and white. Animator’s Palate boasts a fantastic architectural design, where proportions bend and slant suddenly and sketches showcasing characters and scenes from Disney and Disney·Pixar films adorn the walls around you.
Dinner shows include:
Rotational Dining
Animator's Palate is a Main Dining restaurant within the innovative Rotational Dining experience on board all Disney ships. Each night of your cruise, you and your personal wait staff will "rotate" to one of the 3 distinctly themed restaurants on board the ship, ensuring you enjoy a delicious meal catered to your liking in a unique setting nightly.
Each night, there are 2 seating times for dinner. In general, the earlier seating begins at 5:45 PM and the later seating begins at 8:15 PM. Seating times are subject to change by 15 minutes.
No matter when your assigned dinner seating is, you’ll have ample time to eat and attend either the early or late performance of any live stage productions that evening.
Once on board the ship, check My Plans in the Disney Cruise Line Navigator app for your assigned seating time, restaurant schedule and table number. Please note that you are invited to select a seating time, depending on availability, when you book your cruise.
Animator's Palate is a Main Dining restaurant within the innovative Rotational Dining experience on board all Disney ships. Each night of your cruise, you and your personal wait staff will "rotate" to one of the 3 distinctly themed restaurants on board the ship, ensuring you enjoy a delicious meal catered to your liking in a unique setting nightly.
Each night, there are 2 seating times for dinner. In general, the earlier seating begins at 5:45 PM and the later seating begins at 8:15 PM. Seating times are subject to change by 15 minutes.
No matter when your assigned dinner seating is, you’ll have ample time to eat and attend either the early or late performance of any live stage productions that evening.
Once on board the ship, check My Plans in the Disney Cruise Line Navigator app for your assigned seating time, restaurant schedule and table number. Please note that you are invited to select a seating time, depending on availability, when you book your cruise.
Drawn to Magic
Behold the evolution of animation—from pencil test to ink-and-paint. Follow a hero's storytelling journey through Disney and Pixar animation, where wishing upon a star paves the way for happily-ever-after. In an emotional finale, the black-and-white interior of the restaurant is transformed with splashes of vibrant color. Join Sorcerer Mickey as he leads the fun!
Behold the evolution of animation—from pencil test to ink-and-paint. Follow a hero's storytelling journey through Disney and Pixar animation, where wishing upon a star paves the way for happily-ever-after. In an emotional finale, the black-and-white interior of the restaurant is transformed with splashes of vibrant color. Join Sorcerer Mickey as he leads the fun!
Animation Magic (available on 7-night and longer sailings on the Disney Magic)
Try your hand at drawing your very own character—and then watch in wonder as your creation becomes part of the show, dancing alongside some classic Disney characters. You won't believe your eyes!
Try your hand at drawing your very own character—and then watch in wonder as your creation becomes part of the show, dancing alongside some classic Disney characters. You won't believe your eyes!
On the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy
Step inside a colorful restaurant filled with everything you would expect to find inside an animator's studio. Character sketches, maquettes, light boxes, paint brushes, colored pencils, computer work stations and other tools of the animation trade delightfully decorate the venue, and scenes and characters from popular Disney films adorn the walls—creating a one-of-a-kind ambience sure to captivate the entire family.
Dinner shows include:
Step inside a colorful restaurant filled with everything you would expect to find inside an animator's studio. Character sketches, maquettes, light boxes, paint brushes, colored pencils, computer work stations and other tools of the animation trade delightfully decorate the venue, and scenes and characters from popular Disney films adorn the walls—creating a one-of-a-kind ambience sure to captivate the entire family.
Dinner shows include:
Undersea Magic
Immerse yourself in the underwater world of the Disney·Pixar film Finding Nemo. As you dine, enjoy a visit from some of your favorite Finding Nemo friends, via spectacular digital animation and puppetry. You may even share in a conversation with Crush, the totally tubular turtle from the hit movie!
Immerse yourself in the underwater world of the Disney·Pixar film Finding Nemo. As you dine, enjoy a visit from some of your favorite Finding Nemo friends, via spectacular digital animation and puppetry. You may even share in a conversation with Crush, the totally tubular turtle from the hit movie!
Animation Magic (available on the Disney Fantasy)
Try your hand at drawing your very own character—and then watch in wonder as your creation becomes part of the show, dancing alongside some favorite classic Disney characters. You won't believe your eyes!
Try your hand at drawing your very own character—and then watch in wonder as your creation becomes part of the show, dancing alongside some favorite classic Disney characters. You won't believe your eyes!