Here is today's Personal Navigator and the final TV and Movie schedule of the cruise.
The ship was really rocking side to side last night. I had to take off my heels to walk back to the cabin! The performers on ropes last night were swinging 2 to 3 feet off plumb which made the whole show even more impressive that they could all even keep their feet.
This morning seems much calmer without the visible swells. Yesterday afternoon the ship slowed down from the 20 or so knots we'd been at pretty consistently to 15 knots. This morning we're at 16.5 knots. I guess that might explain how the October Hawaii cruise will be possible in 1 day less time.
It is cloudier today and 66 degrees F at 7am. I should mention the TV says the pools' temperatures are between 84 and 88 degrees F while the sea temperature is 66 degrees F. We move the clocks ahead again one hour tonight. Our 27th Anniversary will be a short day!
Tonight is Animator's Palate for us. Tonight's show in WDT is Lehua Kelima, the best-selling female Hawaiian vocalist. I think I will pass on that for the Funnel Vision movie 2010's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which I somehow missed. From 3 to 3:45pm they have Minnie's Fiesta Grande Mexican Party at the Pool Deck Stage. At 3pm in the Promenade Lounge, the Disboards Mascot Meet & Greet is scheduled. Bob is not really much of a joiner and doesn't wear costumes, but we'll see.
We had breakfast at BBB inside since it is raining hard this morning. We sat again in Outlook to wait for our cabin to be done. There is nothing going on for us this morning. We got the movie schedule for the rest of the cruise and I am sorry to say that The Avengers 2D will NOT be shown again.
The sun is out again by afternoon! It's still mostly cloudy, but no more rain. Clay wants to see John Carter 3D in BVT. So, I will go meet him about 11:15am with his keycard that he forgot in the cabin. Then we'll go to lunch. Clay did NOT like John Carter and really hated the 3D bit with the glasses! I know, right! They need to stop it with the 3D movies.
We had another pasta binge at lunch today at BBB with the Italian buffet. We did sit out back again, though it was windy and chilly. After lunch, we took our tip packet to the front deck and added to the base amounts for our 4 crew members that they had already charged us of $12 per person/per day. Then we went shopping again. They change things in the shops at least once a day and you do not know what you'll find or find missing. Clay really wanted the DCL Inaugural Hawaii hoodie, but hated to pay $60 for it. I reminded him that this shipboard credit was free money and he had paid real money for my 60€ Antarctica hoodie, so he should go ahead! He had to ask for an XXL, but they had some in the back. I got 2 collapsible travel hairbrushes with Mickey and Minnie on them and got Mom a present. Clay thinks we have about $10 of credit left now. We need to have his suit drycleaned before we leave the ship for $7.
So, we opted for Minnie's Fiesta Grande. It was not so grand! The schedule showed it from 3 to 3:45pm, but it was basically all over at 3:15pm and completely over and done at 3:20pm. Plus, it was so windy and cold up there! We remembered we needed wine glasses and went to our usual spot at the Promenade Lounge about 3:30pm. At least some of the Disboards Mascots were still there. Bob was a little travel worn and rough for that plushy and dressed up bunch, so we just passed through. The seas have gotten much rougher and I had to bump up from SeaBands to Relief Band. There are no more activities for us this afternoon, so we're going to lie down for awhile.
Tonight our 27th Anniversary Dinner is casual in Animator's Palate with the Master Chef menu. Clay had bruschetta and potato-crusted red snapper, which he really liked, followed by a rocky road sundae. I had, against recommendation, the cheese souffle (which was really nasty) and the beef fillet without lobster, followed by triple chocolate terrine. I didn't really like the dessert. Then, they brought us a 2-person serving sized flourless chocolate cake (I think that's what it was!) that had a chocolate Happy Anniversary sign. We each tasted it. They sang a song and clapped and gave us each a Minnie & Mickey Anniversary pin and took our picture with our camera. The bad news is that I was trying to rush the whole time to not miss the beginning of the Funnel Vision movie. When I got up there to Deck 9, in the freezing wind, it was not even the movie I thought it was but one we'd seen and not loved with Nicholas Cage. So, I really messed up! We went back to the cabin to watch the movie Tangled on TV with room service snacks of warm chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk with a Mickeyhead ice cream bar for Clay. Cocooning is our favorite thing to do anyway!
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