Our Anniversary Cruise, Day 3: At Sea

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Since we didn't have a port call, this was the perfect day to sleep in.  I wish I could say that I did...for some reason, I did not sleep well the entire cruise, though this was probably the best night's sleep of all since I wasn't worried we'd oversleep and miss a scheduled excursion.

C03 Morning View

We awoke to a lovely, albeit rough day at sea.  We took our time making our way up to the breakfast buffet, then proceeded to try and find a spot on deck to catch some rays.

It was during this time that I experienced my first negative of the trip: how folks act concerning the deck chairs and loungers.  There are signs posted every where that say that you can not reserve the loungers.  Of course, these go totally unheeded.

Rob and I made our way to the back of the ship first, the Horizon Terrace.  This is an adult-only sunning and pool area.  Of course there were no loungers so we grabbed a seat in the sun with a small bistro-style table between us.  It didn't take long for me to be reminded of that scene in Finding Nemo where the gulls are perched and waiting for a bite of something - anything - and at the first hint of chow....MINEMINEMINEMINEMINE!

Now imagine a couple dozen scantily clad adults perched on seats and benches, just waiting for someone - anyone - to need the rest room....

You get the picture.

We didn't stay in that area long, eventually making our way to one of the main deck areas and finding decent seating rather quickly.

During this time I didn't take a single photo.  Suffice to say we enjoyed just lolling about in the sun, bringing fresh fruit and yummy drinks to our seats and playing "Real/Not Real" as we watched many a youth-enhanced woman strut about the deck.

(Yes, we can be very mature that way.)

At about 2 PM, the captain came over the PA and announced that due to a hurricane making it's way toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, we would be having a change of itinerary.  You could almost hear folks holding their breath as he announced that we'd be bumping up our stop to Grand Turk to the following day, with new stops in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Grand Cayman the following two days.

There were some grumbles and groans, but a whoop of glee from Rob who'd wanted to go to Grand Cayman all along (but the cruise for the same week with GC as a stop was several hundred more per person, so we'd nixed that one).

I remarked that he must be living right because he was getting what he wanted after all.  He just grinned.

Once we'd had enough fun in the sun, we made our way back to our cabin, showered, and changed into comfy clothes.  We head out to the deck and once again tried to catch the sunset.

C03 Beautiful Clouds

C03 Horizon view

C03 Content

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C03 Trying to Catch the Sunset

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Not really digging the way that shirt made my back end look, but otherwise I like that photo.

C03 The Day Winds Down

We reluctantly made our way back to the room so that we could get all dolled up for the first formal night.  We had our photo taken professionally, but didn't end up buying any because I knew I'd want one from the second formal night when I'd be wearing my new black gown.

Our tablemates skipped out that night, so we had a quiet dinner for two.

C03 His Favorite Dish

Rob had the above every night, usually as an appetizer: Fettucine Alfredo.  It was seriously scrumptious.

C03 Nutella Icecream

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I took this photo for java janie because of her love for Nutella.  And yes, it tasted just like Nutella, only cold and creamy.  Yum!

After dinner we went up to the Explorer's Lounge.  I think I said that we saw Phil Tag on Monday night; I was wrong.  We actually saw Tony Laffan, a magician/comedian on Monday night in the same lounge - he was much funnier/entertaining than I expected.  Tonight (Tuesday) was Phil Tag, and he was hysterical.  As I mentioned before, it was standing room only, which was no small feet (pun intended) for me since I had on my favorite heels.

Since our tablemates went AWOL, we didn't have anyone to take a nice photo of the two of us with our camera.  A polite crew member obliged as we were heading back to our room after the show.

C03 First Formal Night

C03 Formal Night Closeup

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Can you see how tired I look in that photo?  Definitely tired, but most assuredly happy.

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At this point in our trip, I realized that for the first time in I don't know how long, my dear hubby was finally able to totally and absolutely relax...

C03 Unplugged