Monday, March 9
Even after
losing an hour with the belated switch to daylight savings time, we were up
early and sitting by the adult only pool by 7:30 am. Good thing…by 8 am most of
the chairs were occupied or at least “saved” with a towel or flip flop marking
someone’s territory for the day. Bob walked/ran on the jogging track, but then
joined me for a lazy sea day.
I’m still not
sure why, but frequently during our two weeks, the aft pool was a nasty green
color…and not at all clear. That was the case that morning until a crew member
proceeded to spread a net over the pool and then we watched as the water
magically drained. The pool stayed empty for most of the morning and then
just as it emptied, the pool filled itself again…this time with sparkling clear
water! This photo was taken the previous week, but you can see it was a “green water”
day.
Bob and I
started a conversation with the couple sitting next to us and it turned into
one of several “small world” moments on the cruise. The couple lived in the
same Chicago suburb where Bob grew up…and in fact the husband said he drove by
Bob’s old house every day on his way to work. Throughout the week it was fun to
run into them and some of the other people we got to know and say “hi”!
Bob and I took
turns grabbing lunch and eating poolside. Eventually I felt like was getting a
little too “well done” so we moved up a deck to where we could find some shade.
The wind was horrendous on the upper deck however and almost a little too cool.
After all of that
strenuous work of sitting (at least that was all I did) we went back to the
cabin for afternoon naps. For a change, I was ready early for dinner and we were
able to wander through the casino where the meet & greet was being held with
the captain and officers. I felt just a tad important when the hotel director
(that we referred to as Mr. Malta) recognized me from our conversation on
Saturday. The captain had announced earlier that our scheduled arrival in St.
Thomas (at 10 am) would be delayed due to our backtracking the previous day, but
Mr. Malta was pretty sure we would arrive by 11 am.
Not wanting to be
forced to wait for a table, we arrived early at the Golden Dining Room and waited in
line until the doors opened at 5:45 pm. The tactic paid off and we were seated
immediately at a table for two by a window. The table was in the extreme corner
of the dining room and once again there was another table for two right next to
ours. (Basically a table for four with a tiny gap in between!) The couple that
sat next to us was dressed to the nines and celebrating their 20th
anniversary. They were probably hoping for a private, secluded dinner but we
did enjoy having a conversation with them.
The early
performance in the Amber Theater was the show, Motor City, which we had seen
the previous week. Instead we found seats in the Ebony Cabaret lounge for one
of the PG comedy shows. As we came out, the line for the next “adult” show
stretched about half the length of the ship. I’m pretty sure a lot of those
folks did not get seats!
We finished our
evening sitting in the lobby listening to a guitarist singing songs from our
era…Jim Croce, Neil Diamond, etc. There was a little girl (about 5 or 6 years
old) sitting near us and the singer invited her on stage to sing “Frozen.” She
knew EVERY word of the song and reminded me a bit of my granddaughter. By the
time she got to the chorus, there were people on all three decks of the atrium
leaning over the railing and singing along! What a great memory that will be
for her!
After three
straight days on the ship, we went to bed looking forward to the first port day…St.
Thomas!
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