Cruisin... Friday 15 December 2012





Lift carpet

A low key day with Rebecca and I agreeing to just meet up at the Schooner bar  at 10:15 for the first trivia quiz.  Luckily she knocked on my door at 10, as my phone was still on Mexico time, not ship time – so I was still reading in bed.  After the fastest shower in the Universe we managed to get there in time. Still didn’t do brilliantly in the quiz itself.



One of the neat little touches that the cruise does is change a patch of carpet in the lifts to read the day of the week.  So it was with some sadness that we saw it read Saturday – the last day of the cruise.  It’s quite strange, part of you doesn’t want the magic bubble broken and many of the guests talked about having to go back to reality.  Another part of you just longs for home.

Melon and butter(?) carvings



Dolphin ice carving

Most of the day was spent fluffing around between trivia quizzes, working out how to get off the boat the next day and end of cruise activities.  These included sales of mainly jewellery, plus various “ship items” including T-shirts, carvings and cookbooks.  Oops, did I a ship cookbook was for sale? But I got it signed.

 

 

 

Main dining room

We ended up doing the galley tour, not realising that many others (I suspect regular cruisers who had made it to Diamond plus status) were also booked.  We met initially in the main dining room and had some interaction with the the head chefs.

 

 

 

In the galley

 

We didn’t see as much as we would’ve liked on the tour, but some of the numbers were amazing.  800,000 pieces of cutlery/crockery washed per day, 1100 litres of ice cream per day and approx. 12,000 courses per day.  All food is made from scratch (including all baking) apart from the ice cream.  The logistics are absolutely staggering.

 

 

How to lay a bread basket

 

And, everything is prescribed with such precision including how to lay a bread basket!



We tried hard to win an IPad 3 and a another Caribbean cruise at bingo and only just missed out.



Air hockey at the arcade

 

 

 

 

 

After a delicious dinner (it was a bit sad to say goodbye to the waiters) we went to th arcade where we played various games.  Then onto a game show (Blankety Blank) which was mildly entertaining.

Eventually bed.