What I Did For Summer Vacation (in February) #3

Day Three (Monday)

Cruising – On Monday, the cruise ship spent the entire day traveling south towards the Yucatan peninsula and our first port – Costa Maya.  Carol-Lynn was quite focused on getting us good deck chairs in a desirable location so she and Cassandra got up early to reserve our spots.  The idea was to spend this “day at sea” relaxing in the sun and reading.  After breakfast in the Blue Lagoon we found our reserved chairs and for about 5 to 10 minutes braved the 30 knot winds pummeling the ship (and us).  The crew eventually closed off many of the outside areas due to the “dangerous” conditions.  And guess what heavy winds on the high seas does to a cruise ship – yes, makes it kind of a wild ride.  Of the six of us, Cindy was most sensitive to the ship’s motion which is why Carol-Lynn hog tied her and forced her to wear a “patch”.  So at that point we realized we’d be spending the entire day inside the ship.  We first watched a presentation about how the ship is run with details on food and the staff – it was actually quite interesting.  My question about how an engine fire might disable the ship (like the Carnival Triumph) was not well received by the grumpy chief engineer.  We had a nice 2^nd and 3^rd lunch in the buffet area and then we attended a magic show in the main theater.  The magician, from England, was pretty good but at the end of his act he pitches us a DVD of his magic tricks that he’s selling in the lobby – sheeesh!  We ate dinner in an “upscale” restaurant, the Versailes, and then took in a “show”.  This one involved the ship’s dancing and singing cast singing music from the 70’s (Styx, Queen, Donna Summer, even one Eagle’s song) and was quite entertaining.  Cindy was still a little knocked out so we turned in early that night.  The rest of the group stayed out until all hours of the morning – you’ll have to read their blogs to see what happened to them.