Caribbean Cruise - Day 4 - Falmouth, Jamaica

We woke up on day four, and it was kinda neat to see land from our balcony for the first time in four days. We had breakfast in the main dining hall. I had my usual omelet and french toast, and I think today was when Megan realized that it would be hard to screw up oatmeal, and got oatmeal for every breakfast here for the rest of the trip. We arrived to the Jamaican port at 9:00 and debarked around 9:30. 

We didn't have an excursion planned in Jamaica, so we just looked in the many souvenir shops in the port. We could check our cell phones for the first time since boarding the ship. I tried to check us in on Facebook, but the service wasn't that good. A lot of the shops sold the same items for the same high USD prices. 

Pot pipes in Jamaica? 

There was a street vendor selling Jamaican meat-stuffed patties for $3. We wanted to try the local cuisine, and got one. It was a delicious snack in the warm Jamaican sun. We bought matching Jamaican shirts for Ozzie and Nerd Dad. There was a trolley trip we could've taken around the town of Falmouth that was $22/person. The next one didn't leave for 40 minutes, so we just got back on the ship to enjoy the near empty pool deck.

Our ship had a basketball court and mini golf course outside on the 14th deck. Since everyone was in Jamaica, we played mini golf. Usually mini golf courses have obstacles, and bumpers to make the game kinda fun. The ship's course didn't offer any of these options. The most we got were a few holes that curved right or left. But hey, it was free. 

We went back to our room to get ready for dinner before the Ice Dancin' show at the ice rink on board. Oh yeah, there was an ice rink on board. We were walking to our room and went by the Mexican restaurant, Sabor. We asked if they had any open reservations, and the only one they had was in 40 minutes. We booked it and ran to our room to shower off the sunscreen. 

We made it back to the restaurant just in time for our reservation. Sabor was a $25 cover charge each, and then we could order whatever and how much we wanted off the menu. Megan had a margarita made table-side. Then they came out and prepared guacamole right at the table too. This was the best food we'd had on the ship so far. Well worth the extra money. After dinner our server brought out a plate with every dessert they offer. We didn't even ask for it (or think to get a picture of the plate). He just brought it, and we just ate them. One was a chocolate crepe that tasted like a wallet. In a good way. In the best possible way that something can taste like a wallet. 

After dinner we saw the Ice Dancin' show. It featured teams of skaters figure skating. I like watching figure skating during the Olympics, but for some reason this show did nothing for me. It was fine (and free), but I didn't care for it. The show in the theater was at 22:00 and it was The Love & Marriage Game Show, hosted by our charming cruise director, Elise from Australia. They had three couples on stage. One newlywed couple, married for 5 days, one couple married for 7 years, and a couple married for 61 years. They had the spouses go into a sound-proof box while they asked the one's who stayed Newlywed Game questions. 

What annoying habit does your husband have that drives you crazy? 

Where's the strangest place you've made whoopee? 

The show was fun, and cute. It may not have been if someone other than Elise had hosted. She made the show what it was. We went to bed at 23:40, setting an alarm to wake up at 5:45 to get ready for our snorkeling and Sting Ray City excursion the next morning in Grand Cayman. 

Another delightful towel animal tonight

Next up: Day 5 - Georgetown, Grand Cayman