ukintheus
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Day 4 - Tuesday, February 26th – At Sea Day #1
We had a good night of sleep and I woke up at about 8 am. Ahhh…better. I went and sat outside on the veranda and Scott slept until about 9. We went to Cove Cafe for a coffee and discovered the cute machine they have now to add a picture on top.
There were a couple of chairs free outside so we sat for a while watching the waves and Cuba go by.
Deciding that we needed a bite to eat we went up to Cabanas but ate light this morning. Finally! I got muesli but I'm not sure what Scott got.
Mum and Maureen had gone to the first presentation in the Walt Disney Theater by Capt. Puckett. Mum and I had both read his book before we came on board, which was a good read. We all got finished at about the same time and met down in our cabins. Today 75% of the ship had been invited to the Platinum and Gold reception at 11:15 am so we left a little early anticipating a big crowd, and we were not mistaken!
Everyone was offered a glass of prosecco, mimosa or non-alcoholic sparkling wine on the way in.
We were introduced to some of the crew, and then we were shown a behind the scenes look of Dreams. It was really interesting, no pictures of course, but basically you got to see how they run the show in the background vs. the show we see as the audience. We all enjoyed it and it was nice to see something different. We all had things we wanted to do at 1 pm so we went to deck 9 and found some snacks to tide us over.
It was a picture perfect day and you could see a lot of the Cuban coastline.
The camera saga was still continuing and I had bought another internet package so that we could try and find somewhere on Grand Cayman that might be of use to Scott to fix it. In the end, after much gnashing of teeth and discussion, it was decided that it would probably just be easier to buy a new camera. To be fair, he’s had that once since about 2012. So, Scott and I went to our first ever shopping presentation to see what we could find out.
The shopping presenter told us that he would try and find some stuff out for us, and that he would have the information for us if we went to the Shopping Desk that evening. While we were doing that, Mum and Maureen went to the second Capt. Puckett presentation, which they said was very good. Scott and I ended up watching the repeat of the Captain Puckett presentation from this morning, which was showing on TV. After it was over we joined Mum and Maureen on the verandah to watch the waves. It was now about 5 pm and a perfect time to get a drink. Maureen and I both got the drink of the day, which was a High Tide, and Scott got a beer.
We sat outside until the sun started to come around and it got too warm to sit there any longer. Scott and I went inside to watch the second Capt. Puckett presentation. I may have taken a nap. There was also a really pretty sunset tonight. I wish that we had this view every night!!
We got ready for dinner early and went down to play 50's and 60's music trivia in the Crown and Fin. Scott stopped off at the shopping desk to see what the guide had found out. Unfortunately, the information he had was all very vague and not particularly helpful. With hindsight, I think that he found that none of the stores that he had connections with had what Scott needed, so he just punted.
Jo from the UK was the club host in Crown and Fin, she is our absolute favorite, and we really enjoyed her humor all week. We did horribly on the quiz of course! I tried to get everyone to have some photographs taken in the atrium but it was an absolute zoo so we gave up and went on to dinner at Animator’s Palate.
I had the Prosciutto, the walnut and arugula salad and the beef tenderloin.
Scott also had the salad and the chicken.
Maureen had potato soup and beef tenderloin, and Mum had the potato soup and the beet salad.
As it was the first of the two formal nights the photographers came around and took some photos.
It’s a nice idea but it’s hard to juggle getting all of you in one photo without it looking awkard, as you can see.
We all shared desserts tonight. Fig pudding, ice cream sundae and some kind of chocolate cake that wasn’t that great. It doesn't look all that great in the photo!
Charlie had another puzzle for us to solve, and we busied ourselves with that while we waited for the show to begin.
We had a good night of sleep and I woke up at about 8 am. Ahhh…better. I went and sat outside on the veranda and Scott slept until about 9. We went to Cove Cafe for a coffee and discovered the cute machine they have now to add a picture on top.
There were a couple of chairs free outside so we sat for a while watching the waves and Cuba go by.
Deciding that we needed a bite to eat we went up to Cabanas but ate light this morning. Finally! I got muesli but I'm not sure what Scott got.
Mum and Maureen had gone to the first presentation in the Walt Disney Theater by Capt. Puckett. Mum and I had both read his book before we came on board, which was a good read. We all got finished at about the same time and met down in our cabins. Today 75% of the ship had been invited to the Platinum and Gold reception at 11:15 am so we left a little early anticipating a big crowd, and we were not mistaken!
Everyone was offered a glass of prosecco, mimosa or non-alcoholic sparkling wine on the way in.
We were introduced to some of the crew, and then we were shown a behind the scenes look of Dreams. It was really interesting, no pictures of course, but basically you got to see how they run the show in the background vs. the show we see as the audience. We all enjoyed it and it was nice to see something different. We all had things we wanted to do at 1 pm so we went to deck 9 and found some snacks to tide us over.
It was a picture perfect day and you could see a lot of the Cuban coastline.
The camera saga was still continuing and I had bought another internet package so that we could try and find somewhere on Grand Cayman that might be of use to Scott to fix it. In the end, after much gnashing of teeth and discussion, it was decided that it would probably just be easier to buy a new camera. To be fair, he’s had that once since about 2012. So, Scott and I went to our first ever shopping presentation to see what we could find out.
The shopping presenter told us that he would try and find some stuff out for us, and that he would have the information for us if we went to the Shopping Desk that evening. While we were doing that, Mum and Maureen went to the second Capt. Puckett presentation, which they said was very good. Scott and I ended up watching the repeat of the Captain Puckett presentation from this morning, which was showing on TV. After it was over we joined Mum and Maureen on the verandah to watch the waves. It was now about 5 pm and a perfect time to get a drink. Maureen and I both got the drink of the day, which was a High Tide, and Scott got a beer.
We sat outside until the sun started to come around and it got too warm to sit there any longer. Scott and I went inside to watch the second Capt. Puckett presentation. I may have taken a nap. There was also a really pretty sunset tonight. I wish that we had this view every night!!
We got ready for dinner early and went down to play 50's and 60's music trivia in the Crown and Fin. Scott stopped off at the shopping desk to see what the guide had found out. Unfortunately, the information he had was all very vague and not particularly helpful. With hindsight, I think that he found that none of the stores that he had connections with had what Scott needed, so he just punted.
Jo from the UK was the club host in Crown and Fin, she is our absolute favorite, and we really enjoyed her humor all week. We did horribly on the quiz of course! I tried to get everyone to have some photographs taken in the atrium but it was an absolute zoo so we gave up and went on to dinner at Animator’s Palate.
I had the Prosciutto, the walnut and arugula salad and the beef tenderloin.
Scott also had the salad and the chicken.
Maureen had potato soup and beef tenderloin, and Mum had the potato soup and the beet salad.
As it was the first of the two formal nights the photographers came around and took some photos.
It’s a nice idea but it’s hard to juggle getting all of you in one photo without it looking awkard, as you can see.
We all shared desserts tonight. Fig pudding, ice cream sundae and some kind of chocolate cake that wasn’t that great. It doesn't look all that great in the photo!
Charlie had another puzzle for us to solve, and we busied ourselves with that while we waited for the show to begin.
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