"A Lazy Day at Sea”
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Morning
The focus of today was not to do as much as we
possibly could around the ship like we usually would but rather to do NOTHING
and relax because soon our glorious vacation would be over and we would be back to reality
and what has proven in the past to be the hardest 2 months of the school year. We woke up
at 7AM and Chris went jogging for 6.5 miles and I got ready to face this lazy day. I had hoped to be
able to catch the sunrise out of the Eastern decks but missed it by about 8
minutes. I was able to get a beautiful morning walk in and regain mind strength
as I witnessed once again God’s handiwork.
Chris was consistent with jogging each morning on the jogging track! Way to go, honey!
I met Chris at MDR for breakfast and mimosas then we headed
towards the pool on deck 11 to grab some deck chairs. There was a Itinerary
shirt sale going on so I decided to save our chairs with beach towels and go
get in line while Chris went up to deck 12 to get some waters. While he was on
deck 12 and I was in line we heard the outrageously loud noise. I was not sure
what it was at first and neither did the other passengers. In fact, I think some of the
old women around me wet their pants thinking it was some type of bomb or something. It
was just a naval fighter jet our of Key West, FL buzzing the tower/ bridge ("Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full").
Chris was able to see it from deck 12 and said it was AWESOME!
I was the 5th person in line for the t-shirt sale
and glad I was at the front of the line because at noon (2 hours later) the
line was still 20-30 people deep. These shirts are much better quality than that you would find in the ports and at 2/$20... a much better deal. Be sure to check it out next time you cruise as most cruise lines have this same type of sale at some point in the cruise.
After I got the shirts we took them back to
the room and changed to get into the hot tub. We were lucky to have an open hot tub and stayed in there talking with other guests and relaxing for nearly 1.5
hours. We decided it was time to go ahead and get out as the sun kept creeping
around the awnings and our delicate red-head skins started to get pink. We
changed quickly then headed to the MDR for lunch. While on the Navigator we
LOVED the MDR lunches and were even more impressed with the lunch menus than
that of dinner. That was not the case this time as the menu we had on Day 6 was
lacking and very un-fulfilling. We were not impressed at all and bummed out!
Afternoon on the upper decks!
Afternoon
After lunch we went to our room to get our hats and sunglasses to lay out
again and that is when I noticed we had
a voice-mail. Of course, I immediately thought something was wrong with our kids or
family and expected a call from shore. Well something was “wrong” but gratefully it was
not with our kids. We had nearly $400 of OBC to be spent on board and the phone
call was from guest services explaining that the missing $75 would not be
applied to our bill…Enter Kellie Davis. Unfortunately, I lost 50 minutes of a
cruise that I will never get back but after 7 transfers I got to the resolutions
department and they fixed it and the remaining $75 was applied to our OBC
account the following morning.
Frustrated and mad I trekked back up to deck 12 to find Chris
peacefully napping in the shade. We ordered an afternoon drink and got ready to
watch the hilarious Belly Flop Contest by the pool. Come to find out a kid
threw-up in pool so the belly flop was delayed by nearly an hour. After watching
the contest we then laid out more before going to shower and headed to The Royal
Suite for a cocktail party with our new friends from Cruise Critic. We went to the
cocktail party and lived it up in the Royal Suite with our new friends before
leaving to get ready for Formal and LOBSTER night in the MDR.
Evening
We got ready in record time, especially for a formal night,
went and took 1 professional picture and then headed to the MDR. Dinner was
amazing but took forever due to it being lobster night and unfortunately our
waiters were just not on their game. The evening was enjoyable nonetheless. During our dessert portion the wait staff came and sang "Happy Anniversary" us again with a Chocolate Sensation Cake as a gift as well. We got this at The Chef's Table the night before on our actual anniversary but I guess the Food and Beverage department in the MDR missed that memo! It was special and funny at the same time.
We were members of the Crown and Anchor Society on Royal
Caribbean ships so we had several coupons and money saving offers that we had
not used at this point of the cruise. One of these offers included a Buy One
Get One FREE option at Vintages so we concluded our formal evening there. These
were some of the best wines we have ever had and were a great value with the
BOGOF option.
We walked toward the Topical Theater to find the Vegas Tenors show
had already started and was a full house. We stood at the back for the last 30
minutes and I certainly am glad we did because that group was FANTASTIC! I only
wish we would have caught the whole show. We then relaxed before going to the popular and wild 70's Disco Party. We opted to watch for a little while before hitting the crowded dance floor ourselves. It was a BLAST and I just wish they would do an 80's party too!
The 70's Disco Party with Carly B., our Cruise Director.
Day 6 was amazing and I am glad we went away from our hustle
and bustle style of “wanting to see and do it all” on this ship and took a day
to relax. It was well deserved and well worth it… In fact, I think we need to
do this on all of our cruises in the future!
Stay tuned for Day 7 and our last Sea Day!
God is good… ALL the time!
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