After being tossed around in the sea, he is guided by Athena in a protected "mist" so his identity is hidden. While he going on his way, finds his way to the Kings palace and he is overcome by its beauty.
"For a kind of radiance, like that of the sun or moon, lit up the high-roofed halls of the great king. Walls of bronze, topped with blue enamel tiles, ran round to left and right from the threshold to the back of the court." (Page 114)
When he approached this area, he had forgotten everything that Athena told him about the King and Queen and just walked right into the palace. When he arrived, he laid down at the Queens feet and wept. Then after the feast, Alcinous has a private conversation with Odysseus where he interrogates him as to why he came. He was so impressed by the answers that he was happy to give him his daughter. There is another feast and Odysseus is given a boat to take back to his home. One of the common themes it seems like is feasting and celebrating. The people in the story are generally really happy and they feast for almost anything.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SDG/is_2_73/ai_n13493393/ This article shows how I was not the only one that thought feasting was a common activity in the book.
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