After dinner our group of six sometimes hung together...sometimes we divided up. Jim & Lowell enjoyed playing blackjack in the casino and although gambling isn't something we usually do, we enjoyed watching them lose their money! To be fair...Jim ended the week a little ahead, but Lowell went home with empty pockets. Nancy sometimes joined in, but preferred donating her money to the slot machines.
Each evening we all would go to the evening show in the Caribbean Lounge. Here is the schedule for each night.
Sunday – No show due to late sail away.
Monday (10:15) – Welcome Aboard Show. Pretty much the same as we have seen on every Carnival ship.
Tuesday (7:00 & 9:00) – (Elegant Night) “City Lights”
Wednesday (7:00 & 9:00) – juggler Victor Zuniga…included a lot of comedy as well
Thursday (8:15 & 10:15) – (Elegant Night) “Vroom”
Friday (7:00 & 9:00) – Magician Rand Woodbury
Saturday (9:00) – Singer Christina Alfred (the female half of the Carnival vocal duo)
Saturday (10:15) – Carnival Legends (guests impersonating famous singers)
The shows were all OK. I know we had seen Vroom before…can’t remember if City Lights was a repeat or not. I liked the juggler…a lot of his show was comedy based. The magician I could do without. Not necessarily because he wasn’t good…I just don’t like magicians in general!
A couple of nights we went to the Punchliner Comedy Club which was held in the Adriatic Lounge at the back of the ship on deck 5. The first time we saw Happy Cole. This was an adult show and I felt like Happy was going out of his way to inject as many four-letter words into his routine as possible. Many of the topics were not even “adult” in nature and he was pretty funny…but the constant barrage of swear words detracted from the humor (in my opinion.) Unfortunately we never did make it back for one of his family friendly shows. I can’t remember the name of the other guy we saw. It was one of the family shows but the guy was just not that funny.
We made it to karaoke a couple of times but I never did get to see Superstar Live (karaoke with a live band.) It was usually held pretty late at night and with the busy port schedule we just couldn’t stay up late! I was sorry I missed it.
The regular karaoke was held in the Red & Black Lounge and usually drew a big crowd. One night there was a very drunken girl who pretty much took over and made a fool of herself. I felt bad for those trying to sing because she was constantly running up on stage and grabbing the microphone away from them or trying to “dance” on stage. The karaoke host did very little to try and stop her and actually played along with her which just made the situation worse. Sorry Jessica…you were not funny or cute.
I really wanted to spend time in the piano bar but it was ALWAYS empty. We never stuck around long enough to find out how bad the guy really was. Also…according to the Funtimes, the piano bar was supposed to be non-smoking. However...the times we did go in there were usually 3 or 4 people total…and they were smoking…one more reason we avoided the place.
One night Bob and I finished the evening off in the hot tub. Our plan was to use the hot tubs in the Serenity Area…but the whole place was roped off with a sign that said “no entrance due to high winds”.
We made our way to the hot tubs on the Lido instead.
The last evening of the cruise we did check out the movie on the big screen. We didn’t stay for all of it, but how cool is it to be watching “Pirates of the Caribbean” when you are sailing on the Caribbean Sea??
Some of the activities that we normally attend on a cruise but not this time due to the heavy port schedule...tea time, the past guest party and the farewell party. This was definitely a go, go, go type of week and I missed some of the “down time” we usually enjoy on a cruise.
Lastly…there were some evenings where Bob and I took some time to just get away from the crowds. We walked on the open deck and also used the “secret doors” to stand at the front of the ship feeling the wind in our faces as we sailed through the darkness. The only thing that would have made our time better...a full moon!
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