I woke up and went out to the balcony to journal about yesterday's events. Coming back into the room I realized that Megan had a touch of the brown-bottle-flu from last night. I let her rest up and went to the buffet for breakfast. I got some cold scrambled eggs, decent breakfast potatoes, and hard, stale toast. Some gems could be found in the buffet if one had the time to try everything, and I had the rest of the week to find them. I'd had to wait for a bartender to get around to me every time I wanted my commemorative cup refilled with soda, but I found a self-serve fountain soda tower in the buffet. Score!
Roaming the ship alone, I checked out the arcade. It cost .95 on your Sea Pass card to play Ms. Pac-Man. You've got to be kidding me. I went through a door in the arcade that took me outside to some secluded deck chairs in the sun at the back of the ship (the stern). The high temperature today was 81 degrees. I went and got Megan and we went to those chairs.
We sat in the sun and read for 3 hours. We went back to our room and Megan took a nap while I did more exploring of the ship. I looked into bingo. It cost $32 for 36 cards for one (ONE) game. Sure the prize was $300 for the game, but only one person would win that. I saw one lady buy three of the bingo packages for the one game. She paid $96 to possibly win $300. I didn't stick around to see if she won. These prices were disappointing. We love bingo, but never played the whole trip.
I watched a little more three-card poker, and almost played. Then I looked at the future if I played. I figured I'd either win about ten bucks, break even, or lose all the money I played. I decided it wasn't worth it and moved on. I went to a "digital camera scavenger hunt." I just wanted to see what it was about. The host gave out a list of 20 or so items around the ship, and we had 20-minutes to run around and snap photos of them. The prize? A Royal Caribbean keychain!
I almost walked. I would've, but there was another lady there by herself who noticed me and asked if I wanted to be a team with her. Twenty minutes out of my life. Why not? I partnered with 50-ish Carolyn and we went around the ship while she snapped the photos with her camera. We didn't win an illustrious keychain, but it was kinda fun. Carolyn took it way too seriously.
I went back to the room and woke Megan for our dinner reservation at the sushi restaurant onboard: Izumi. She ordered sushi, and I had beef and vegetables on a hot rock. A hot rock is where they bring everything to you uncooked; along with a rock that is 550 degrees. The dish was $15, and I cooked my dinner right there at the table.
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| Caribbean Queen |
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| Tempura |
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| Pay to cook your own dinner! |
After dinner we went to the theater to see the ventriloquist we happened to have lunch with the day before. His name was Ronn Lucas, and he was exceptional. He sang Row, Row, Row Your Boat in a round with his puppet. It was amazing, and the best show in the theater all week. The audience gave him a standing ovation.
We went back to our room after the show. It was about 22:15. All-inclusive included room service. Megan ordered room service for a late night snack. I asked for one of the desserts, and fell asleep before it arrived.
Up next: Day 4 - Falmouth, Jamaica
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