7:40 am
Rise and shine! Up a bit later than I hoped for but still plenty of time to eat before my next seminar.
8:15 am
Back to the Windjammer Cafe for breakfast. Today’s selections of choice are scrambled eggs, bacon, corned beef hash and french toast. Mmmmm.
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Seminar at Sea session 2 today.
12:15 pm
Today some of our group decides to go to Johnny Rockets for lunch. Johnny Rockets is a specialty dining venue (cover charge of $4 per person) styled like a 50’s diner complete with table jukeboxes and dancing waiters. Food is included as any other venue on board and you can always order as much as you would like. Milkshakes are the exception as there is an additional charge for their delicious milkshakes. You can sit inside the diner or outside overlooking the ocean and enjoy some fresh air while you dine. We select outside and really enjoy our meal.
1:30 pm
There is an ice carving demonstration on the pool deck today. The gentleman that carves the watermelons and ice sculptures is showing off his skills by carving a huge block of ice. He does not use any power tools or anything fancy, just 2 chisels - one short and one long. Very impressive and he carves this massive eagle in less than 15 minutes.
Ice Carving Demonstration
2:00 pm
Ok, time for a shuffleboard rematch. After a back and forth match, I lose again. Once more, Horse must have cheated but I cannot prove it. Maybe that is what he has been doing in his retired life, practicing shuffleboard. Well, there will be another match sometime to claim my first victory!
3:00 pm
A special treat for our travel agent group, a tour of the bridge!! After clearing many security measures, we are lead to the bridge and met by one of the officers. He is Scottish and we have to resist the urge to ask him the question; “ Have you ever said to the ship’s captain, I'm giving her all she’s got captain!” Sorry a little too much Star Trek as a kid!
The tour is really great and we get see to the radars, mapping systems, computers to control all the water supplies on the ship for ballast purposes, the cockpit where they drive from and the wings that hang over the sides so they can steer into ports and see the front and back of the ship at the same time. The question about fuel comes up and we are told that this ship carries more fuel than some oil tankers and cost approximately $9 million every 2 weeks.
Tour of the bridge
4:15 pm
We decide to go play a little mini-golf today. I cannot win at shuffleboard so hopefully I can do better at mini-golf. Up on deck #13, sports deck, is the 9 hole mini-golf course, in-line skating track, basketball/soccer/volleyball court and the rock climbing wall. With winds approaching 40 mph, it is a real challenge to play mini-golf. You hit the ball and it changes directions 3 times before it stops, if it stops. Horse hit one and the wind kept it rolling across a completely different hole. After fighting the wind gusts and a ball that doesn’t stop, I am able to secure a 2 stroke victory!!
Voyager Dunes 9-hole mini-golf course
5:15 pm
We head back to our cabin to get cleaned up and ready for the show and dinner. A little mini-golf victory nap never hurt anyone. Hey, I am sure Tiger Woods takes a nap after he wins the Masters tournament.
6:30 pm
The show tonight is at 6:30 pm so we can enjoy it before dinner at 8:00 pm. Tonight’s entertainer is a very, very funny female comedian named Etta Mae. She has appeared on tv before and has a special coming out on CMT soon. One of the better entertainment pieces of the week.
8:00 pm
Dinner time!! Tonight I start things off with a crab cake, follow that up with shrimp dumplings finish and with a lemon tart for dessert. The shrimp dumplings have a formal name that I cannot pronounce but amounts to shrimp in a sauce stuffed inside dough. Think of ravioli with shrimp inside. Very, very good.
10:15 pm
The Royal Promenade turns into a dance party central some evenings. Tonight’s theme is 70’s disco inferno complete with John Travolta wanna be and the Village People make an appearance too. Guests dance on the “street” of the Promenade while the singers stand above them on a bridge across the street. Sometimes the singers and dancers meander through the street dancing with the crowd. We don’t get involved in the party up close but watch from a distance. Don’t realize how many 70’s songs I really know. (Also brings back memories of my childhood when Horse would play his records of the Village People and dance around!)
70's Disco Inferno Party
11:30 pm
Tomorrow is our first day in port, Falmouth Jamaica, so we go to bed a little earlier to make sure we are rested.
Sad to report on the ice cream cone-a-thon; not one single cone was consumed today. I need to average 4 cones a day to break my record and I am well short of that. I have had 2 cones through 3 days!!
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