Here is today's Personal Navigator and our tip letter. The tip letter came with tickets and envelopes attached to it that are not shown. Tipping is automatically charged to your onboard account now and this letter explains it.
The seas are getting a little rougher and the air a little cooler now. We'll start losing an hour a day tonight. Tonight is Formal, Golden Mickeys in Triton's for us.
Some followup. We did get our same broken Wave phone back from Alain on day 3 The buttons were still broken off phone 1 but it seemed to charge now. But, we never did use these phones. Given the chance we've signed up for of a $250 per phone charge down the line for our breakage, loss or other misuse of them, it might have been wiser to just refuse them.
Breakfast this morning back at BBB. Probably the last day we'll be able to eat out on the back deck as it's gotten very windy and cool. Chairs were blowing over back there this morning. and it was bordering on uncomfortable. We had a lazy morning. We cooled our heels after breakfast yesterday in Diversions. Today we went up to Quiet Cove to the 2nd story of Outlook. It was quiet there. Baristas did not come on duty until 9am.
Clay went to another Glen Dolberg lecture and is still unimpressed. The subject was the Pacific Ocean. The lecturer seemed unaware that James Cameron had set the Pacific depth record in March of this year, though it was broadly covered in the news and on television even. Dr. Dolberg cited a depth record from the 1950's. With the strange subjects covered in the destination lectures and factual errors, I won't waste time attending his lectures. That's unfortunate. It leaves a paucity of adult activities or entertainments for the past 2 sea days. We enjoy lazy sea days, so it is OK for us, but we honestly expected more and better from Disney Cruise Line given the reputation of the Disney name in entertainment.
Given the fierce laundry room competition, we're trying to make do through the final days without washing any colors!
I checked the onboard account today and Clay saw he paid $15 for the Hawaiian beer tasting and just about went ballistic. He said it wasn't worth it. Oh, well. The good news is all the onboard credit we had was free money anyway. After tips being applied, we still have $209 left, so we may end up with some refunded. We'll see.
It is nearly lunchtime and there is nothing on the afternoon schedule of interest either. Naps? Strangely, I have not seen any exercise classes scheduled. When I went up to the gym in the spa, I didn't see any exercise class space. I did not go to the spa orientation, so maybe I am missing something.
We still didn't see anything on Triton's lunch menu to tempt us. So, back up to BBB for Asian buffet which we liked and ate out on the back deck. No rice!?! Only noodles in beef, chicken, shrimp, salmon or veggie stir fries. They had some tasty pork pot stickers, but they were served cold. We both really liked the saffron rice pudding served warm. It was the only rice on the Asian buffet. Weird.
There is nothing on the afternoon schedule for us until Formal night dinner and the Golden Mickeys show. So, a restful afternoon!
The day we boarded Wonder we were right behind a couple with a woman in a scooter and a big yellow service dog. We had never been on a cruise ship with a service dog before and thought it would be interesting. But, we have never even glimpsed them or the dog again since!
Dinner in Triton's. Clay had salad and duck followed by a sundae. I had crispy cheese raviolis and a steak followed by Golden Mickey Temptations and a bowl of raspberries. They are getting a lot of mileage out of one request. That's OK. I love raspberries.
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