Day 5 – At Sea

Just like the day before, we had a hearty breakfast of pizza. Most people were sitting inside, close to the buffet lines. We took our food out to the rear deck. It was beautiful outside. We went to an art auction, but only stayed to view the pictures. The cruise director had a talk about how to disembark from the ship. After that, we went to the buffet line for lunch. They were having a special “International Cuisine” lunch. The featured country: the USA. We again ate out on the rear deck. I was surprised that there were only a few people outside. Kim remarked that it looked like Ryan’s with all of the people huddled around the buffet. I started calling the ship, “the Ryan’s of the Sea”.

We took a short nap and went to the Fantasy Lounge for the “Newlyweds Game”. They got the newest married, longest married, and one couple in the middle. They asked them ten questions. The answers were hilarious. The audience had to judge them.

We then went miniature golfing. This was quite a chore given that we had a rocking ship and high winds. Sometimes the wind would blow the balls back to the starting point. Whenever a ball would stop, it would roll to one side or the other. The rocking of the ship made it roll to the sides. I got the only hole-in-one.

  

Before dinner, they were having a special on margaritas. They were good. I had a few before dinner. Kim finally got her Lobster for dinner. We had dinner with Tom & Cheryl again. My prime rib was good. Having prime rib seems to be a weekly event for me the last few weekends. Before we went into the casino, it was another round of sushi. I won again at the casino, just enough to buy a few more margaritas. The slot machines have been good to me on this trip. (I made sure I had my own money tonight!)

The previous two days we had been good about eating the right amount. We never really ate too much. That changed today! Anytime we took a walk, we would graze through the buffet line. We wanted to go in the hot tub at one point. There were signs all over the hot tub stating that they were for adults only. Everytime we went by, there were many kids sitting in the tub. I was afraid to go in. I figured the Pee content would be very high. Our skin would probably have turned yellow. We never went in.

  

  

There was a show after dinner on the music of the 80’s. I didn’t know half of the songs. The scantily clad dancers helped block out the 80’s music. We went up on deck for the last time at night. We then went and got some pictures that the ships photographer took. You couldn’t move around the public spaces without a ships photographer snapping a picture. When we got back to the room, we packed.