Ok so I am going to come out and be totally honest here. I did not take any pictures this day other than food for dinner. I don’t know what happened. I guess I was getting close to the end of the cruise and got a little lazy. At least I know for my next cruise what not to do. So I will do my best for this day as I do have the daily to try to remind myself what I did. If all else fails I do have the food pictures at the end and this will be a short post.
Ok so looking at the daily, I don’t remember doing anything on it. So this is going to be an interesting post. I will try to do it from memory and if I get something wrong (which I am sure I will) my family I am sure will correct me.
So I do remember my wife and I slept in this day. It was one of the few times on this trip I could actually sleep in. I believe we got up around 9:30-9:45, got our selves somewhat presentable (which is shorts and T-shirt for me since, hey I am on vacation) and headed up for breakfast.
We got to the buffet in time for the late breakfast and I am sure we had our usual, eggs benedict, bagel and lox, that sort of stuff. I remember us just sitting there and people watching. We had an older couple sitting beside us who knew the staff by name, and even had the head chief come out and say hi to them, and take a picture. They were all excited because they were doing a back to back and had missed everyone on the ship. Not sure how much they cruise, but I wish I had the money to be on the ship that much.
After a little while I believe we came across Jeniffer in the buffet and she told us she was sitting on the other side. We were going to leave but decided to go over and join them.
They had taken the big table by the window and entrance to the buffet, which holds I believe 10-12 people. They supposedly had been there for a few hours now because they had come up for breakfast and were just waiting for lunch now. They were also having fun because there was a large Asian family at the table next to them which wanted theirs since it was large enough for their whole family.
We stayed with them for a little bit and talked and then decided to head to the casino.There was a James Bond game where you drop quarters to knock more of them down. I knew there was not way to win it but it kept me going for a while. In the end the machine won.
After we headed back to the room and I ended up going down to look at the watch sale. I took Jordan with me to see what we could find. We ended up going down a couple of times and in the end I got a watch and he got two. There were on sale for $20 so couldn’t complain.
I then headed up to the room to find my wife was watching the new Hunger Games movie. She was half way done it so little point in me watching it but I did. We also ordered room service since we were both hungry. We got a little too much food but it was all delicious. We also ordered lemonade, 4 cups of it, and room service called to ask if a pitcher would be ok instead. We said of course so that was a nice to have.
I believe after the movie we went for a quick dip in the solarium, and then relaxed on a couple of chairs. I remember going to the crush bar to get us both a drink. As we headed back my wife mentioned she hadn’t seen the kids area so I took her up there for a look. We were at the forward elevators so it was not hard to get there.
After getting a quick tour we headed back to our state room.I remember the cheese plate being there and we enjoyed that as usual. We then had our little afternoon nap. I then believe we started watching Hotel Transylvania 2 while we got ready for dinner.
I know I am missing more from this day, I will have to remember to make sure I take more photos and find a way to take notes each day. Anyways on to the food. It was formal night so we were all prepared.
Here is our menu for the night. Everyone was excited for the lobster tail.
Sabrina’s Caesar salad for the night.
I had the Scallops Rockefeller. It was absolutely delicious. Three of us had it at the table and Jordan kept all the shells as a souvenir.
The Shaved Prosciutto and Arugula Salad. My wife said it was very good.
Jordan eating his bread. He loves his bread. We would go through at least three baskets a night at our table with all the family.
The Creamy Smoked Tomato Bisque. I am not a huge fan of tomato soup but I did really like this one.
The Beef Wellington. I did have to take off the layer of mushroom that is between the meat and pastry as I hate mushrooms, but other than that it was fantastic. My vegetables also seemed to disappear when I wasn’t looking thanks to my wife. She likes to sneak food off my plate.
My grandmother had the Herb Crusted Haddock Filet. She ate it so it must have been good.
And then of course everyone else had the Broiled Lobster Tail. They all said it was very good. My wife even wanted to have another but she didn’t for some reason.
Now on to desserts where I did something I probably shouldn’t have.
This was dessert 1 for me. It was like a fruit bar with different fruit and vanilla ice cream. This was the sugar-free option that night.
This was dessert 2 for me that night. It was like a swiss roll with strawberry sauce and cream. It was very delicious.
And last but not least dessert number 3 for me. Yes I had all three desserts this night. I know I am diabetic and I shouldn’t but I just couldn’t resist they just looked so good. This by the way was the Baked Alaska.
So after dinner we decided to get a family photo since it is one of our traditions on formal night. Our waiter Glorio was going to take the picture but as he was going to the maitre D came by and took over for him.
So these are the pictures we got, but it got better.
He decided he felt left out and took a selfie with us in the background. Not the best picture but you can see we were all having fun. Our waiters even made it into the picture. If there is one thing I can say about my family it’s that we know how to have fun with the wait staff and get them laughing and joking around with us.
So then I started taking pictures of the family. My beautiful wife and sister.
That handsome devil with that gorgeous woman. He must be one lucky guy.
And then us again with Jordan, Sabrina, and Jeniffer, playing with my camera modes.
After this I believe we went back to the room. I let my wife get settled for bed while I hit the casino with Jeniffer, Mom, and Grandma. We played the wonder woman game as my sister is in love with it. I know grandma headed back to the room after a little bit and we were there until at least 1.
I then quickly grabbed a drink at the bar and headed back to the room. Got settled in and waited till tomorrow which was our last port, Grand Cayman.
Thanks for reading. Sorry about this one I know it is a little short but I do what I can. Any comments or questions please feel free to ask.
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