Wednesday, February 6 - Day 3
We got up
earlier this morning and had our breakfast in the Neptune Lounge. We read for a while on the balcony while they
cleaned our room and then headed up to the Crow’s Nest for the Cruise Critic
Roll Call Meet and Greet. I believe there
were over 160 participants so it was very crowded, but very well organized by
Roger who put the whole thing together and kept track of everyone on an amazing
spreadsheet he made. We talked
to a few people and touched base with a couple we had talked to about doing a tour
with and then headed back to the room.
Val had her
trivia at 1:30 so we went up to the Lido Buffet to get lunch. After lunch Val was off to her trivia and I
returned to the room to work on the blog.
I didn’t make much progress as I had to set up a space for my computer
and there were several interruptions from our room steward and a supervisor
checking out a possible maintenance problem (which I didn’t know anything
about). Finally, everything settled
down, but by this time Val was back and it was time to head for the showroom
for a talk on our next three ports, the ABC islands.
The ABC
islands are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao and they are our next three ports, but
not in that order. It was an interesting
talk and we are looking forward to our visits to these ports. After the talk it was back to our room for
our usual afternoon relaxation. After a
while I decided to go for a walk and did four laps around the Lower Promenade Deck
(1 mile). I hadn’t had much exercise
lately so it felt good to get out and walk.
Right now, the temperature and humidity is pretty mild, but as we sail
further south the heat and humidity may preclude much outdoor exercise.
Tonight is
a Gala Night (formal night) in the dining room, so when I returned to the room
it was time to start getting ready for dinner.
We were soon off to trivia and dinner. Tomorrow is the
second of our three sea days so it will be another relaxing day.
Thursday, February 7- Day 4
We didn’t
have anything planned for this morning. Not sure why, but there don’t seem go be the usual
lectures that we enjoy going to on a cruise.
After our breakfast in the Neptune Lounge we spent the morning relaxing and
reading. We went to lunch a little early
as there was a slot tournament today and Val and I wanted to try our luck before her
trivia started at 1:30.
After lunch
we both bought tickets for the slot tournament and were in the first round of
payers. Val did very well and was
highest in her round and atop the leader board.
The leader board consists of the top six point getter's so I did end up
at number six since we were part of the first six to participate, but I won’t be
there at the end of the day.
After the
opening round of the slot tournament, Val was off to trivia and I went back to
the room where I downloaded the pictures we had taken so far (not very
many). When Val came back from trivia we
made our way to the showroom to hear a talk on more of the ports we will be
visiting. Today’s presentation was on
Trinidad, Tobago, Saint Vincent and Barbados.
After the
port talk we went to the excursion desk to inquire about a snorkeling tour we
were scheduled to take on the island of Curacao. We had heard that there wasn’t enough people
signed up and it might be cancelled and sure enough it was. That’s a disappointment for us as we were
looking forward to our first snorkeling experience in the Caribbean, oh well
there will be others coming up. We
didn’t see anything else of interest so decided we would just walk around the
town for our visit.
Before
returning to the room, we decided to check out the slot tournament leader
board. Val had dropped from number one
to three and sure enough, I was off the board entirely. There are two more rounds before the finals
so I still have a chance. We returned to
our room and finished off the afternoon reading and relaxing. I did take another four laps around the
Promenade Deck before getting ready for dinner.
We finished
our day with trivia in the Ocean Bar, dinner and the casino. I got back to my normal self and had a
terrible night in casino, but Val did very well and is now even for the
trip. When we returned to our room, we
were disappointed to see that the clocks would be moved ahead and we would be
losing an hour of sleep tonight. We are now four
hours ahead of California time. We
called it an early night because of the loss of an hour and went to bed. Tomorrow will be our last sea day before we
get to our first Caribbean port of Curacao.
Friday, February 8 - Day 5
Despite
trying to get to bed early last night because of the time change, we still
slept late and by the time we had gotten up and around, the breakfast items had
all be removed from the Neptune Lounge.
Oh well, we weren’t really hungry anyway. We spent the rest of the morning reading on the balcony and then were off to lunch.
After
lunch, Val went to her trivia and I returned to our room to pay some bills
online and then catch up on the blog.
When Val got back from trivia we decided to see if the future cruise
consultant was busy as we had some questions about another cruise. Unfortunately their desks
are near the casino and since it was open on a sea day, we couldn’t resist
dropping a few dollars. I was hesitant
because I figured I’d lose my daily allowance and wouldn’t be able to visit the
casino after dinner tonight. It turned
out to be a fortuitous visit as both Val and I came out ahead and now have more
money to spend tonight.
After the
casino it was back to our room to relax until dinner. After trivia and dinner, it was back to the
casino where amazingly we both did well again.
I did very well in fact, and am now ahead for the trip, a very different
situation for me. Because we were having
a successful evening we stayed in the casino later than usual so when we
returned we went straight to bed.
Tomorrow we visit our first port of the cruise outside of the U.S,
Curacao.
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