Mitsugirlys graduation getaway cruise

[mitsugirly]

After everyone was done with the ropes course it was my turn to go up....WAIT!!! WHY ARE THEY PUTTING THE HARNESS EQUIPMENT UP??? Sigh. They were closing the ropes course. Of course, just my luck.

 

We decided to head over to the kids bounce/climb area. They had already shut down the line for the bungee trampoline bounce and they would only allow the kids on the "Spider Web".

 

Sakari and Brayden headed off to do that. Sakari was struggling a little bit for some reason. I think because she was in the middle trying to make her way up and she kept falling back down. She got frustrated. So Courtney went over and gave her instructions on going to the side where it was more sturdy and being able to use the side net to put her foot in to help get up to the next level. It worked and she made it to the top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After she got the hang of it, she did it over and over and was loving it.

 

 

 

 

We headed to the gift shop to check out our pictures so far. I will post them as we did them even though we didn't buy them until the end of the cruise.

 

 

If you wait toward the end of the cruise when you have a bunch of pictures to pick from, you get a better deal. They offer 10 pictures (any picture/size printed) for $129 or you can get 20 pictures for $199. I ended up picking 10 pictures for the $129 and with my latitudes discount, I paid $104. So not too bad especially since they charge $19.95 for the embarkation pictures and usually $12.95 for the regular pictures.

 

 

Here's us boarding the ship pics:

 

 

 

 

 

...and of course the entire clan

 

 

 

 

 

Our Illusionarium pictures from the night before:

 

 

[mitsugirly]

Oh, geez. So, basically, like any set of platforms at any playground for 2-5 year olds, and DOESN'T require a safety harness. But with a harness. And without slides or swings or anything that actually makes a playground fun. :rolleyes: I say, don't waste time with the harness and let them run around.

 

 

Yea pretty much but you weren't allowed in the area unless you had the harness on. At least it gave her the opportunity to learn how to hold on to the harness and pull it along while making it go different ways in the little "turn-around" areas on the platforms. Maybe she'll be better prepared for when she gets big enough to do the real deal. :)

[medicalma'am]

I think it is great that they have the mini course for the kidos. It makes them feel like they got to experience the same thing as the adults and is a 'training ground' for the real thing!

[Tyskie]

You are correct the baths are on Virgin Gorda but right now the only way to get there is via Tortola. NCL has an excursion on the 9 day Gem.:)

 

Love the rope pics

 

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Edited May 29, 2014 by Tyskie

[mitsugirly]

It was almost time for the buffet to open up and I DID know that they now did the Lobster at the buffet instead of the MDR. So we decided we (not really "we" since I did nothing but walk around taking pictures) worked up an appetitie on the ropes course that we would head off to the buffet. We had already missed the Nickelodean arts & crafts at 4pm because we (again, using this term lightly) were on the ropes course.

 

I picked up 2 lobster tails and went in to total shock when I seen them. They were the smallest things I have ever seen. Really? At least when they had them in the MDR they were bigger than this. This was like a few bites and they were gone. I honestly think they gave some jumbo shrimp some steriods, a little lobster flavoring and proclaimed them to be lobsters or something. You can tell by the size of the cheese squares and my noodles that they weren't big at all. Very disappointed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kendra being Kendra

 

 

 

 

 

I did not find any shrimp on the side we were on, but Kendra came back with skewers of shrimp. I was off to find my own.

 

 

I have to admit, they weren't the best either. The ones I make on the grill with seasoning were better than this.

 

Kendra gets this "look" when she's dissatisfied and she had that look after eating. Not at all what we were use to.

 

 

Sakari enjoyed her meal and man did she look like a hot mess after playing all day and getting sweaty.

 

 

[mitsugirly]

I think it is great that they have the mini course for the kidos. It makes them feel like they got to experience the same thing as the adults and is a 'training ground' for the real thing!

 

I agree. At least it gives them the opportunity to feel like they are doing a mini version. However' date=' kids that have experienced some of the things that Sakari has done in the past in ports, it left her disappointed. She has always done whatever us adults do (remember the 2 story deck at LFK that some adults wouldn't dare jump off but she did?) and she just looked at me like "I'm not a baby mommy". LOL But it's all good. They played and they had fun. It gave them something to do while the big kids played. :)

 

You are correct the baths are on Virgin Gorda but right now the only way to get there is via Tortola. NCL has an excursion on the 9 day Gem.:)

 

Love the rope pics

 

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So I will need to find a cruise that visits Tortola to do it. (Making notes). :D

[medicalma'am]

My son had a crawfish boil a few weeks ago and his crawfish were that size. Maybe they were passing off crawfish as lobster. :eek:

[mitsugirly]

As we were walking out, the munchkins insisted that I take their picture by the carved watermelon. I obliged, but refused to do one by every watermelon like they wanted.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the new wine stations that they have on the ship. You put in your key card and pick the wine you want (prices varied).

 

 

 

Some time during our snack, I managed to piss Courtney off and she cried and stormed out. (This is a normal practice for her. She is very emotional and can cry at the drop of a hat). So the rest of us left after that.

 

I dropped Sakari off at the kids club and headed back to the room. The hubby wasn't back at the room yet and Kendra headed back to her room to "take a nap" that lasted the rest of the evening.

 

I decided to take this alone opportunity to head out with the camera and start taking some pictures as I walk along the decks. I usually do this on the last day of the cruise and fairly late. But for some reason I wanted to do it now. Something was just telling me to get a few done now. So the pictures that I posted earlier pretty much came from me doing this tonight.

 

I took the elevator down to deck 6 and was going to start there. Low and behold when the elevator opened, there was the hubby standing there. I swear we read each others minds. He had left the casino and something told him to go down to deck 6 to take the elevator back up to deck 9 to our room. We now know why.

 

We walked around taking pics for awhile.

 

Once again we stopped by Bliss and it was pretty dead if I say so myself.

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, no one was dancing.

 

 

 

 

This is the day we managed to find the pin bowling alley. I didn't even realize this other side of O'Sheehans existed until this night. I told the hubby I at least wanted to remember to do the bowling some time this cruise.

 

We later met up with Kolin & Courtney and decided to head up to the buffet and eat some pizza as our late night snack. I guess she had forgiven me at this point, but still wasn't talking.

 

I immediately headed for the crape station...my absolute favorite. The only fillings they had this time was pineapple, blueberry, peach and of course the heavenly whipped topping cream. I chose pineapple.

 

 

 

 

We all decided to head to the casino to play more of our slotplay. I sent the hubby over to the bar to get us some drinks to get us started. What do you think happened? OUR CARDS DIDN'T WORK AGAIN!!! Geesh really? I was assured the last time they would. A trip back down to the customer service desk to get them activated again and once again we were told they should all be working.

 

Back up to the casino for a little fun. I ended up finding one of the flashy bright lights seizure machine that I liked and it was treating me well. I wasn't winning a lot, but it kept me playing forever. The hubby had already used up his money and was standing behind me at this point (which ALWAYS gives me bad luck), so I sent him away to get me another drink.

 

I'm setting there playing and all of a sudden I feel something hard in my mouth. WTH? I quickly spit it out and this is what I found...

 

 

 

 

My entire fricken tooth fell out...screw and all. Heck, I didn't even know that tooth had a screw in it. Sigh. I quickly cashed out, ran to the bar where the hubby was standing, ask him if he had ordered my drink yet and he shook his head no. I said "LET'S GO!" He had no clue what had happened and had that worried look on his face. When we got to the elevators, I showed him the tooth. OH EM GEE! So now I had a huge spot in my mouth that felt like I had just had a tooth pulled that I couldn't keep my tongue out of and a hole in it that obviously goes up into my jaw. I was so worried about what this night might bring for the rest of the cruise. Only I have this type of luck when cruising.

 

We picked up Sakari from the kids club and ran into a fellow cc cruiser that we had cruised with back in December. I feel bad because my mouth was hurting and I was barely talking. I hope she didn't think I was stand-offish that night but I was just a mess. I also found out that night from talking to her that I had missed the meet & greet. Oh just great! My days were totally screwed up. All the meet and greets were held on a sea day and on Monday. I kept forgetting that we actually left on this cruise on Saturday, therefore the M&G was held on a Sunday. Sigh. Things just aren't going well at all.

 

When Sakari came out of the kids club, one of the counselors at the desk said "Did you guys happen to cruise on the Jewel last year?" I replied "Yep, we were on it the week before Christmas." She said she was Sakari's counselor on that cruise and remembered her. (I'm sure the name Sakari is probably helpful when remembering a child. How many Sakari's do you know after all?) hehe

 

 

When I got back to the room, I headed for the massage shower. I could really need some comfort as I just wanted to cry about losing my tooth.

 

After my shower, I headed out to the balcony to do some writing about our day, trying really hard to remember everything that took place. My husband looks over at me and says "Make sure you write on there that I just said I love you." Giggle. He's such a romantic and funny all rolled up into one. My response was, "Well you're not telling me that until right now and I'm just waking up on my paper this morning." Big grin.

 

 

I finished my writing and decided to come in for the night and get ready for bed. This was after stepping in the water puddle on the balcony that was still there. Sigh. The hubby was watching tv and it had a special on it from making the Epic and the Breakaway. It was pretty interesting to watch.

 

I did want to mention that I noticed a bit of a whistle in the room. It always came from the wall above the bed. I have no clue what it was (and it wasn't due to the wind between the cabin door and the sliding balcony doors...that's a different type of whistle that happened when you shut the doors). I also want to mention that man this new room creaked and cracked during the night. I don't think I have ever had a room that made so much noise.

 

 

It was time to turn in to our hard bed and try to get some rest. Tomorrow was another sea day, so I was glad I didn't have to get up early. I set my alarm for 9:30 since I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss breakfast (after all, it is my favorite meal).

[mitsugirly]

One last thing...

 

 

This was our towel animal for the night. Sakari loved that he had sun glasses on. But when she took them off, she yelled "Oh my gosh mommy, he has no eyes!"

 

 

 

[Lovex4]

We were disappointed in the "lobster" as well. They were the same size as the shrimp we get at the NC coast. My son had 10 as an appetizer.

[mitsugirly]

My son had a crawfish boil a few weeks ago and his crawfish were that size. Maybe they were passing off crawfish as lobster. :eek:

 

 

Haha maybe. But they really weren't "that" (crawfish) small. :p

[mitsugirly]

We were disappointed in the "lobster" as well. They were the same size as the shrimp we get at the NC coast. My son had 10 as an appetizer.

 

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one to think this. There are significantly smaller than the ones they served in the MDR right? I mean it's not my imagination right?

[theump]

Yea, after this cruise my husband was saying how much he was looking forward to our November cruise with just us 3 and how each time it gets worse on every cruise when the daughter and her family come along. Now with the grandson cruising, it's even worse.

 

Then I had my sons girlfriend, who stayed in the room with my daughter swearing never to cruise again in a room with Kendra (because all they heard about 30 times a day was Brayden crying) and then Kendra swearing to never cruise again with Courtney (the sons gf) in the room because all she did was whine and complain...sigh. It was never ending.

 

Sorry to hear about your issue with the awards John. I guess you just never know what could happen.

 

The weird thing is, when we cruised back in the 80's and 90's, our TA would book our entire cruise and flights and we always flew in hours before having to be at the port. I would never dream of doing that now.

 

They didn't do anything about the luggage. I didn't think to say anything to anyone. Is there something that can be done with the airline? Or is it only with the travel insurance company?

 

 

 

Nope, I stopped purchasing it several cruises ago. I always try to give myself a lot of time for the "what if's" and figured if something ever happened, I would just be forced to use the cc for any purchases needed. :o

 

I'm almost tempted to start coming in 2 days ahead of time just to give us some relaxation time a day before the cruise.

 

 

once we put a claim in to the airlines about some dammage. Got a little back one some things. But if the damage was done by the airlines (Broken suitcase) they should be able to take care of that.

 

The Ump

John

[Susie51]

Thanks so much for all of the ropes course pics. So sorry about your tooth.

[mitsugirly]

Continuing on with DAY 3.

 

As I said, this was another sea day (it felt weird to have 2 seas days in a row, plus the day we left at sea). I had set my alarm for 9:30am so that I wouldn't miss breakfast. Once again, I was up by 8am. What the heck is wrong with me this cruise? My times are so messed up. I usually go to bed around 3am or later and get up around 11am.

 

 

I checked the tv and it said it was still in the high 70's (78.8) and the waves were a little over 4 feet. You could still feel the rocking of the ship. We looked like we were getting closer to St Maarten. Woo Hoo.

 

 

 

We decided to get ready and head up for breakfast...just the 3 of us. I didn't text the rest of the fam and thought it would be a nice relaxing breakfast. I don't know why, but instead of heading to the buffet, I walked up the steps. We ended up at the Flamingo Grill and it was open for breakfast. (Oh course if I had done my research, I would have known they served breakfast). But it was a nice find.

 

 

I'm not sure if most people don't know about this place for breakfast, but there were plenty of seats available and NO line for food. It was kind of a buffet/help-yourself meal, which everyone knows that I like this, but it did have other types of food that I didn't find in the buffet.

 

They had several different types of breakfast sandwiches and I decided to try the sausage, egg, and cheese on a muffin. They also had the regular scrambled eggs, hash-browns, bacon and other various items.

 

I filled my plate and headed for the table. Hmmm, there's so many to pick from. I decided to sit away from the buffet area and more out toward the deck, but something told me not to get too close to where the roof overhangs.

 

 

 

I also managed to get something that said "cheese filled _______" something. I had no clue what it was, but I love cheese. They also had ham and cheese ones just like it.

 

It ended up being an awesome danish that reminded me of a cream horn outside, and a cheese danish on the inside. It also had some type of sugar sprinkles on the outside and it was so yummy. Yes, I did go back for a second one.

 

Before we were done eating, I looked out toward the slides and oh my....it was POURING!! I mean really coming down. People laying out on the loungers were running for cover. I had no idea and didn't even hear it, but now know why my internal instinct told me not to sit at the edge of dining. The wind was blowing hard enough that it pretty much soaked the first 2 rows of tables by the entrance.

 

As soon as we were done eating breakfast, the kids called and said they were at the breakfast buffet. HA! Dodged a bullet this time around. wink wink. Just kidding. The rain had completely stopped by the time we finished. Lucky us.

 

We decided to head over to the ropes course so the hubby could try it out and I was finally going to get to do it as well (since the day before when the girls did it, they closed right when it was my turn). Sakari also wanted to try to trampoline bounce that was closed the day before. We already knew that we needed tennis shoes for these activities and came prepared this time. HA!

 

We arrived at the bounce and the guy tells us that Sakari would need pants on to do it. He said "no short shorts". Sigh. Ok, maybe I thought I was a step ahead this time, but I guess not. That meant another walk back to the room to put pants on her. The weird thing was I sat there and witnessed tons of kids with not only shorts on, but short shorts on bouncing. Really? I think it was just their way of trying to let me get my exercise in during this cruise.

 

FINALLY, Sakari got to bounce. She has never been on one of these before and really didn't know what to do. She has been on trampolines, but not something with lines to it.

 

 

 

 

Once she got going, she was getting good at it and going pretty high.

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe next time I can talk her into a few flips? Snicker.

 

 

Sakari decided that she wanted to show daddy her new climbing skills with a bunch of "watch this daddy" as she climbed all the way up.

 

 

 

 

 

Her skills and speed were improving and she quickly made it back up to the top.

 

 

Edited May 29, 2014 by mitsugirly

[mitsugirly]

 

 

After several rounds of watching her climb, we convinced her it was time to move on and we were going to do the ropes course. I explained that mommy didn't get to do it the day before and I was sad and stuck out my pouty bottom lip. She quickly agreed. She doesn't want to see mommy sad.

 

There were a few people in line and I was getting Sakari ready to let her go on the mini-ropes course again and daddy jumped right into a harness. Well, I guess that means you are going first? So be it.

 

So here I am again, just like the day before, standing around taking pictures and running back and forth between daddy and Sakari.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you get out to the end of the plank, there is a rope there. When you pull it and look at the camera, it takes your picture. Now, it takes a picture of you from the front and it also takes a picture of you from the side as well (standing on the plank).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

So now it's time for me to do the ropes course. No wait, wait a minute, where are you going with the harness????? What do you mean you're putting them up? Sigh. Not again. Will it ever be my turn??? I guess it's just not meant to be for me to do the ropes course.

 

 

Well, let's make the best of it and go do some putt putting with the family. We headed over and Sakari decided to play some golf instead.

 

Would you look at that swing? I feel the need to yell "FORE"

 

 

 

 

 

Daddy showing her how it's done. (She's putt putted plenty of times. It's just been awhile.)

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, obviously that did not go as planned. You are supposed to go up and over the pirate ramp, not around it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

We were done with our game and it was getting hot out. We decided we would make this our official "swim" day. Time to head back to the room and get our bathing suits on.

 

As we are walking across the deck toward the stairs, Sakari decides to do an immediate STOP and step BACKWARDS and rams me in the toe with her tennis shoes. I had flip flops on, so this did not go over well. I immediately felt like someone had dropped a car on my toe. Gosh it hurt so bad. Sakari was almost in tears because she knew she had hurt mommy and she hates to see anyone in pain.

 

I gathered my strength and limped slowly back to the room. I was determined. We were going swimming. This wasn't going to spoil my day and it didn't. After all, I'm the one that broke my hand on the Epic cruise and continued to snorkel in St Thomas and Nassau at the next 2 ports when you couldn't even tell that I had knuckles anymore and I was so bruised on the top and the palm of my hand. I must go on. I have a high tolerance for pain and I tried not to let the pain show to Sakari.

 

However, by the end of the night, I was limping pretty bad and in quite a bit of pain. Thank goodness I always come prepared with my pre-made first aid kits on every cruise and one of them happen to be some heavy duty medical tape. I know from working in the ER that there's nothing you can do about a broken toe but buddy tape them and let them heal. So, my 2 toes were about to snuggle for awhile and become best buds on this cruise.

 

This was about an hour after it happened. It only got worse with the swelling and bruising. I'm still nursing it of course and it still hurts by the end of the day. But it's healing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We arrived at the kids splash area and immediately Sakari insisted on having her picture taken with every single character.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

 

 

 

Take a look at squidwards face, then look at Sakari's face. Yep, she was doing a little bit of mocking.

 

 

 

 

I think Patrick sprung a leak.

 

 

 

 

Brayden came along, and of course Brayden is a climber, so this was his beginning pose.

 

 

 

 

Which evolved into this (as my heart pounds from working in the emergency room and seeing how so many little kids get hurt...I was imagining every bad situation of him falling from here at this point).

 

 

 

We found that the munchkins were allowed on the bigger slides (just not the drop slide), so off we went to check it out. Then once Sakari went the first time, there was no stopping her. Her and Brayden did it over and over again.

 

 

[mitsugirly]

 

 

I guess Brayden had already been up on the huge slides (higher up) before we had arrived. So he took Sakari up there to try it out. She had a blast.

 

The ending is kinda in a weird spot and ends on the deck above (where the Flamingo grill is) but it's closed in with glass. There's also no one there to tell you where to go when you get out. I'm standing on the other side of the glass pointing for Sakari of course.

 

 

 

 

We headed to the family pool for awhile. Sakari insisted on getting in the pool and swimming. I didn't bring her puddle jumper, so that meant that I needed to get in with her even though she knows how to swim. I just don't feel comfortable with her in there alone for several reasons...it's salt water and that alone kinda seems to throw her off. Then with the ship moving, it's not calm water either.

 

So in I went and the water was cold, but refreshing. Yes, the water is salt water. She swam over to Kolin and Courtney all the way across by herself.

 

 

 

Then back again.

 

 

 

One more time across the pool

 

 

Then all of a sudden she lunged at me. I grabbed her and she let out a blood curling scream and started crying like someone had just cut off her leg. I kept asking what was the matter and she just kept point to her belly and chest. I couldn't figure it out and she was in such a panic that I couldn't understand what she was saying.

 

I took her over to daddy and he took her to a lounge chair. We never did figure out what was wrong. She laid there for a good 1/2 hour and daddy was calming her. He thought maybe she needed to poop and tried taking her to the potty with no luck. She still complained but it was getting better. The only thing we could figure out was that she got some type of muscle cramp in her stomach while swimming? We still are not sure.

 

 

When she had recovered, she decided she now hated the pool and wanted to just go back and play in the splash area. As soon as she left, she was back again with the same pain, but not as bad. Daddy made her lay with him for awhile until it went away.

 

After the last time, it never returned and she was off to play in the water. Her, Brayden and a few other kids came up with a sliding game. There were these sprayers coming out of the walls at the back of the splash area and they would run and slide across the floor into it. I knew that someone was bound to get hurt and told her several times to stop, but obviously it was just too much fun and she went back to doing it after awhile. By the time we left, she had a red belly and a few marks on her knees and the top of her feet from rubbing.

[mitsugirly]

Here's a random video of the hubby ziplining (it wasn't done downloading when I posted the ropes course pics earlier).

 

 

 

 

Going on the drop water slide. I have to tell you, this is THE most FUN thing EVER!! Seriously. We did it over and over. The anticipation of hearing the countdown 3-2-1 and knowing that you are going to drop, but it's still unexpected each time. What a rush. BRAVO NCL for coming up with this. It was simply amazing.

 

Just know...you CAN NOT have anything on. NO jewelry (including wedding rings), no earrings, no belly button piercing, no nothing! You can not have any hair clips in or anything. No cells phones or cameras. NOTHING. They will make you take them off and either leave them there and walk back up or take them to someone else to hold down below. So you have been warned.

 

You can chose to wear the foam on your back or not. A lady in line said she overheard someone say they make the girls with 2 piece bathing suits that have a tie in the back put them on because the slide can make the suits come undone. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I wore one just because I wanted to save my back from getting red.

 

The last time that I did this, I actually got stuck at the top after the drop. I made it right within a foot or so of the hump before you drop again and go down. We did witness several people that this happened to. They have a ladder spot and landing with an opening in the tube for those that this happens to. You come back down and have to crawl out of the hole and walk down the steps. I was determined to not have to do this. I sat up and scooted until I made it up over the hump before it took me back the other way. Woo hoo. It was still a rush, but that was the last time I did it. haha

 

It was getting late and we decided to head back to the room to take showers and get ready to eat some lunch. We had a busy day today and the sun was draining us. I limped back to the room. My toe was hurting a lot by now from climbing all the steps over and over.

 

 

I did a little packing for tomorrows arrival in St Maarten. I knew we would be busy tonight and I wouldn't feel like doing it then. Then we headed down to the buffet for a little lunch.

 

After lunch, it was my turn to try the ropes course. I checked my iConceirge and knew that it was about to open back up and I WAS going!!! We went back to the room so that I could get my tennis shoes on and I was in so much pain from putting them on. It was a big mistake, but I was determined. I double wrapped my toes good and limped my way to the ropes course.

 

As I took off up the stairs, I told the hubby "I don't know how this is going to work out with my foot hurting this bad and I hope I don't get stuck in too much pain to make it, but I'm going for it."

 

Up I went.

 

 

 

 

Look at me...1 handed.

 

 

 

I have to say it was pretty easy to do. I actually did several of them without holding on to anything. I must have a pretty good sense of balance because I didn't find anything too difficult and it was a lot of fun.

 

The hubby headed up to the basketball/soccer court and managed to get a picture of me from the same level. I wish I would have done that earlier. It made for a better picture without having to look into the sun.

 

[mitsugirly]

Walking with 1 hand again.

 

 

 

 

Ok, I don't admit this, Kendra does not get her goofiness from me, I swear.

 

 

 

 

I made it out to the plank...woo hoo. I felt like I needed Leonardo behind me at this point. I was flying. Well, not actually. There was a clip that prevented me from going out. WTH? Um ok. I wasn't able to go past this point (below). I went over to the zipline...the same thing. There was a clip preventing you from going that way. Grrr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My toe was not hurting at all doing the ropes course. I think because you are not using your toes for balance on this, I was walking on the middle of the bottom of my foot and it actually relieved the pain because there was no pressure on it. Go me!

 

I made it back to the ending and ask about the plank and zip line and they said that it was just too windy to let anyone do it. I will admit that it was VERY windy the day I was up there compared to earlier when the hubby did it or when the kids did it. I was still walking those ropes with no hands though so I think I could have managed. hehe

 

Once I was done, I found the hubby and Sakari up at the basketball playing soccer. I think Sakari has found her calling. She loved it.

 

 

 

Sakari decided she wanted to play with her friends now, so it was time to drop her off at the kids club.

[Bgem75]

Here's a random video of the hubby ziplining (it wasn't done downloading when I posted the ropes course pics earlier).

 

 

 

 

Going on the drop water slide. I have to tell you, this is THE most FUN thing EVER!! Seriously. We did it over and over. The anticipation of hearing the countdown 3-2-1 and knowing that you are going to drop, but it's still unexpected each time. What a rush. BRAVO NCL for coming up with this. It was simply amazing.

 

Just know...you CAN NOT have anything on. NO jewelry (including wedding rings), no earrings, no belly button piercing, no nothing! You can not have any hair clips in or anything. No cells phones or cameras. NOTHING. They will make you take them off and either leave them there and walk back up or take them to someone else to hold down below. So you have been warned.

 

You can chose to wear the foam on your back or not. A lady in line said she overheard someone say they make the girls with 2 piece bathing suits that have a tie in the back put them on because the slide can make the suits come undone. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I wore one just because I wanted to save my back from getting red.

 

The last time that I did this, I actually got stuck at the top after the drop. I made it right within a foot or so of the hump before you drop again and go down. We did witness several people that this happened to. They have a ladder spot and landing with an opening in the tube for those that this happens to. You come back down and have to crawl out of the hole and walk down the steps. I was determined to not have to do this. I sat up and scooted until I made it up over the hump before it took me back the other way. Woo hoo. It was still a rush, but that was the last time I did it.

 

I loved these on the breakaway...We did it over and over again...adrenaline rush is right....

We never got stuck though..although witnessed people who did. Those that did that came back to do it again were given the back board that was harnessed on them... And it helped...

I loved those sides..But..the epic plunge still my favorite...come on with our two epic cruises we did the plunge well over 100 times!!

 

 

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We headed back to the room to change into something nicer because we wanted to see the Burn the Floor show and I wanted to go out to eat somewhere nice tonight.

 

 

 

The hubby trying to be serious and I didn't notice until I uploaded this picture to post...what the heck is wrong with my skin on this picture? I have no idea why it turned out like that. Could it be the flash? I was holding the camera in my other hand. It just looks weird in the coloring. There's a weird mark on the hubbys neck and kinda across his shirt. Maybe the camera had just had too much sun today as well. ???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The theater was just like the rest of NCL's theaters. Not much room in front of the seats forcing people to get their feet stomped on when others wanted by or having to stand up every time. I really wish NCL would get a hint from Carnival and make room in front of the seats and even add tables to put drinks and stuff on. It would just be so much nicer. Each chair had the normal a/c in the backs of them, but I still think it felt a little warm in there. It's usually freezing cold inside the ships, but not this time. I was extremely warm inside most of the venues on the cruise. Weird.

 

 

The show had some amazing and talented dancers. Man they wore me out just watching them. However, I felt like the show went on and on forever. It was the same dancers and looked like most of the same moves to different music and backgrounds. This is were I started to realize the "latin" theme and I guess maybe what Miami is about? There were a few times at the end were we (along with others in the theater) thought the show was over and stood up to leave, only to find out they weren't done and started the music again for another routine. They even ended with introducing the dancers and where they were from...and again, we thought it was over and people started to leave only for them to start yet another routine. I enjoyed the beginning of it, but toward the end, I couldn't wait for it to be over. I don't know how long the show was supposed to last, but it was over an hour. Maybe an hour and 15 mintues? Just too long at that point.

 

Once we were done with the show and it finally ended, we headed up to La Cucina for dinner. We did not have reservations, so they told us it would be a little bit of a wait. It was about 8:45 and they said to return at 9:15pm. No problem, off to the casino we went to spend some money (I mean time).

 

We both were doing pretty good on the slots and hadn't lost any money, but it was time to go so that we would make it to our reservations. Although it wasn't a far hop from where we were, it was still a slow journey for me.

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Ok, I think I'm burned out now. I will try to finish a little more tonight. I think I need to go shopping or something. :D Maybe I can talk Courtney into going with me. She's always up for spending money...except on this cruise. :p

 

I will come back later and start out with dinner at La Cucina.

 

Maybe it will give everyone a little time to catch up from today's postings. It seems a little quiet around here today.