Monday, December 22, 2008

Cruise Day 4 - At Sea






















December 18th – Thursday:

Day 4 – Day at Sea: Sandy & I slept late and joined Long and Sarah for a late lunch, also met with Dorothy and Tony who joined us at the Lido Deck, we invited them back to dine with us for the last evening of the voyage which to our delight they were happy to agree.
This is when the ship makes more money by offering cruisers bargain sales of really high end items in time for Christmas giving. Sandy bought a gold earring and I was content in just looking around that might interest me.

As the afternoon progressed, we hit rocky seas, everyone seemed to be walking like they have balance problems as if we were all drunk. We had a great time hunting for all the pictures taken by the cruise photographers, from the embarkation to our dining. Sandy and I decided to purchase 4 of the 5x7 pictures that seemed reasonable for $33.

In the afternoon, I lost Sandy to shopping and I sat with Tony to watch the cruise version of the “Newly Wed Game”, and the participants were hilarious especially the couple who has been married 55 years. The show ended, and we sat around the theater for this evening, we as late diners had to see the 6PM musical show “Shout”. When the show started, everyone in our group watched this live performance that lasted 1.5 hours, and boy if you have ever seen a Vegas show, this show tops all the other shows we’ve seen so far. Costumes’ and musical numbers were great, the dancing and choreography could compete with any Broadway musicals.

After the show, we headed down to our dining room, this time, we were all together and enjoying the evening’s meal, I ordered both the flat iron steak and the short ribs, topping it again with the Melting Chocolate Cake.

After dinner, we all headed for the Leonardo Lounge to hear Long and the band singing and jamming the night away, we danced till midnight. The best thing about being in this cruise is that, everyone in the ship was just having a great time, we danced with total strangers, some were in their 20’s and with us seniors trying to keep up with their energy. Indeed, the night was a very festive and filled with high energy. The best part about this whole party ship is that you don’t have to be drunk to have a great time.

Let me give my personal reviews with Igal and Dorothy’s pair dancing techniques, they move in perfect synch and seemed effortless in waltz and the tango, I admire couples who share the same energy and passion for dancing, Sandy and I danced with everybody on the floor. When the band played their last song, we all moaned because the end of our vacation was at hand, but smile in our lips we all parted exchanging emails and telephone numbers.







Dorothy invited us to join tony & her for the New Year’s party, which we are seriously considering because they are such a fun couple.

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