Back to Port Canaveral

Yesterday we had a beautiful day at CocoCay which is a private island owned by Royal Caribbean. At 8:30am we took a tender to the island and stayed there until 1:30pm. There were lots of activities on the island like snorkeling, water park, children’s area, and lots of chairs and hammocks. We walked along the beach to one end of the island and then took a tram back to our lounge chairs. While we were in the water we saw a small shark, lots of jellyfish and stingrays swimming around us. Some people got stung by jellyfish and the snorkel shop was putting vinegar on the stings. After seeing the jellyfish, I decided not to spend too much time in the water.

When we came back on the ship, we went to the movie The Proprosal with Sandra Bullock and it was a funny entertaining movie. After the movie, we went back to the cabin and packed our suitcases.

The Farewell show for second seating was at 7pm and then we had dinner at 8;30. At 11pm, we went to the adult comedy show by Miguel Washington.

Today we arrive back in Port Canaveral and our reservation at the Hilton for the night. Tomorrow we leave on the Carnival Glory.

(Will update with pictures tonight when I’m in the hotel room. I left my camera in the cabin and it is only 5:30am so I don’t want to wake my hubby up to get it!)

Wednesday’s prompt: In high school were your classes geared more for college or starting work right out of school?

I was definitely working towards college because I knew I was going to be a teacher. I had wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl in elementary school. Since I had always known my goal, I never imagined that my life would ever turn out differently. I applied to a private out of state school without even knowing how I would pay for it. When I got accepted on early admission, I just knew that God would take care of me and the funding would fall in place. I don’t know if I was just naïve or stupid, but I didn’t worry about the financial aspect and with scholarships and loans, everything went according to plans.

Nassau

Yesterday we arrived in Nassau where we have been many times but it still is exciting to visit. After we ate breakfast we walked around town. We walked to Fort Charlotte and then went in the opposite direction to the Queen’s staircase and Fort Fincastle. By that time it was really hot and we were tired and hungry so we headed back to the ship for lunch.

After lunch we went to the movie The Soloist showing in the Show Lounge. It was a very deep and strange movie to show on a cruise ship. It was about a cellist who was schizophrenic. Don said he didn’t like it and didn’t come on a cruise ship to be depressed. After the movie we walked around the ship until it was time to get ready for the show and dinner.

The show before dinner was a comedian and juggler who was pretty funny. I enjoyed the show and dinner. We would have liked to go to the 11pm game show but we were too tired so we ended our day.

Today we hope to go to CocoCay if the weather is good enough. This is Royal Caribbean’s private island and there will be an island barbecue for lunch. Tomorrow we will be back in Port Canaveral.

Rough Day at Sea

Now you are probably thinking that the weather was bad but it was an absolutely gorgeous day outside. In my life things happen in threes and yesterday was the day for threes. I got up at my usual 5am, played in my computer for my allotted 35 min. (150 min. for $55) and then had tea while I watched the sun rise. So far, so good. When Don woke up we had breakfast and sat out on the deck waiting to arrive in Nassau at 8:30. Don said to tell people that he is such a bad driver that he drove this seadoo right out of the water on to the deck!

Around 7:30, the captain came on board and announced that we would not get to go to CocoCay because the winds were too high at the island and the waves made it treacherous for the tenders to get us there (#1 rough thing). We went to a talk by the captain and two of her staff which was interesting. We have the only female captain in the whole cruise industry! The captain rearranged our itinerary for us to arrive in Nassau around 7pm instead of the next morning so a lot of people were happy. She will attempt to take us to CocoCay again on Thursday.

At noon we had lunch in the dining room which was really good and then watched the men’s belly flop contest. At 2pm we watched a movie in the show lounge called Imagine That with Eddie Murphy and it was really cute.

After the movie we decided to walk and get some exercise so I didn’t look like a cow by the end of the cruise. It felt wonderful to get some exercise but then at 5:30pm I wanted to go to the Who Am I trivia contest. Don decided to go outside and watch the other cruise ships go past us so he ended up coming to me at the contest for the camera but I didn’t have it and he had to go back to the room to find it. I almost won the trivia contest with 10 out of 13 correct answers but someone else had 11. (#2 rough thing).

When I arrived back at the cabin, Don was in there looking disgusted because he couldn’t find the camera. We tore the cabin apart and still no camera. After retracing my steps, I realized that I probably left the camera in the show lounge after the movie (#3 rough thing). I asked tons of crew members and finally reported it missing at guest relations. Don was so wonderful and was not angry with me but I was kicking myself. I could not believe anyone had not turned it in. Still upset, we got ready for the Captain’s reception at 7:30 and our formal dinner at 8:30. As I walked around the ship, crew members stopped me and asked me if I had found it yet but I sadly told them no. I was just sick to my stomach and Don had to keep telling me not to let it ruin our cruise. So after dinner we went to the show and then finally sleep.

Only I couldn’t sleep and finally got up at 5am again this morning. As I went to the internet café, I stopped at guest relations one more time and asked about the camera expecting nothing. I was so thrilled when the man came out with my camera! Someone had returned it yesterday (but I don’t know why they didn’t call me since they had my cabin number but oh well). I now have my beloved camera in hand and all is well again!