Cruise Day - Nov 2nd

Coffee service by Kelly then off to watch a lecture on technology and its impact on our lives. Turns out the average teen spends 10.5 hours in front of a screen per day!

Kelly was off to her beading class so after my event I headed up on deck to watch some flow rider action. The ship has two of these machines that create a fast moving wave that allows people to surf or body board on. It's fun to watch but you can crash pretty hard if not careful.

This is not me:-)

 I also checked out the aquatic show preparations as the water in the tank has been a problem. For some reason the water was discoloring and after several fix attempts the show was eventually postponed. Hopefully they will sort it out and we will see tomorrow. This shot is looking down from the Abyss level.

Abyss from the side.

From above on the aft deck 15

 We met up and headed to the dinning room for a sit down breakfast. My Eggs Benedict was made to order and tasted fantastic. Kelly opted for the optional buffet style.   Next on the agenda was the Principle Crew Q&A in the theater. The Captain, Head Engineer, Head of Food & Beverage and the Cruise Director, Abe Hughes all took turns answering various questions. It was lighthearted and provided some new insights on ship life and the duties of each person. We have attended these before and although predictable, always interesting.

Q & A

Captain goes all out!

 Some issues were addressed with the electronic soda dispensers not functioning well, running out of baked potatoes & chocolate ice cream  no "News" available mid Atlantic (Satellite communications) and no pool in the Solarium being the main concerns. All first world problems lol

The event finished off with the captain joining the band for a final musical send off.

We wandered the ship and checked out the promenade and Central Park again. Everyone is enjoying the ship and it's amenities. The duty free sales desk had a two pack of one liter bottles of Amarula for $20 US! If we only had room!!!

We also tried to get into one of the Specialty Restaurants that we missed yesterday but it had a huge wait list. This is apparently caused by many people waiting until the last few days to go. We did manage to get one at Izumi though.

Next on our agenda was the usual trivia game with early rock & roll music the topic. It was fun and many great tunes echoed through the Schooner Bar area. It was the biggest crowd yet and the bar area was packed. Once again our "crew" did pretty good but missed a few of the tunes names. Next time!!

Off to our dinner at Izumi and the sushi was great once again. I really like this place as we were seated right next to a huge porthole with great views! The Cruise Director Abe was also enjoying his dinner a couple tables over. Probably the quietest place on the ship for him to sneak away.

After dinner we strolled the promenade and then Central Park once again. Kelly found the Omega store and spotted a lovely diamond encrusted watch.... she decided against it as we could do a cruise for the price of that bauble :-)

Evening walk in Central Park.

We had plans to take in the 90's street party at 10:45 but with all the time changes this past week we were dragging our feet pretty badly. We enjoyed the star views from our balcony then retired for the evening.