Florida + West Caribbean Cruise 2016

Day 4 – 28/03/2016 – Relax, take it easy!

Today was going to be a relaxed day. It has been very long since we had a vacation like this. We had set our alarm to 8.30am.

Around 9.15am we went to the Main Dining Room for breakfast. And it looks like everyone slept a little longer. There was a long line. Everyone has a dedicated table for dinner, but breakfast is first come, first serve. We were seated at a large table, together with a family from North Carolina and a mom with her daughter from Chicago. Also for breakfast there is a menu. We chose the pancakes with a glass of apple juice. We also got a little croissant.

After breakfast we returned to our room to check the Cruise Compass. We decided to go to the World’s Sexiest Man Competition, the Ice Dancin’ Spectacular and Production Showtime.

At noon we didn’t go to the Main Dining Room for lunch. We went to Johnny Rocket’s, a famous hamburger franchise. For starters we got french fries and onion rings. Jelle ordered a burger and Heidi took a salad with chicken. We had just finished our entree when the servers suddenly shouted ‘SHOWTIME!’. They lined up an started dancing to a song that was played. Cool!

Meanwhile it was time to go to the ‘World’s Sexiest Man Competition’ at the swimming pool. A jury of 5 women was picked and all men could apply to join the competition. There were 6 participants. We tought it was going to be a macho show, but it turned out it was more like comedy! Too bad for the young girls in the jury, it were mostly older men.. It was very hot and crowded at the pool, so we decided to go back inside.

Heidi wanted to go running today, so she headed for the gym. Half an hour later she was soaking in sweat. We aren’t used to this weather in Belgium. Time for a shower.

After we had showered, someone knocked on the door. It was our room attendent. He came to introduce himself and told us that he was responsible for our room. He does this for all rooms.

It was time for activity number 2: The Ice Dancin’ Spectacular’. On deck 3 there is an ice skating rink. It was a short show with 11 skaters. Jelle had read in a review that this was a must-see show. Jelle liked it, but Heidi didn’t..

After the show we returned to our room to change cloths. Tonight there was a formal night, so there was a dresscode. All men had to wear a suit and women should wear a nice dress.

We had a reservation at Giovanni’s Table, an Italian restaurant. We were placed at a table of 2 and had a server from Ukraine. He was very nice. For starters we had mozzarella with ham on a toast and mozzarella-tomato salad. We wanted to order a pasta for our main course… But when we ordered the pasta, the server asked us what we wanted for our main course. He told us that the pasta is kind of a side dish. So Jelle also ordered a steak and Heidi stuffed chicken. In the end the server came to our table with a small cart filled with desserts. We could chose whatever we wanted from the cart. We both chose the chocolate cake.

We had eaten too much and were only just in time for Production Showtime. This was a show with songs from Broadway productions. Much better than the ice skating show.

After the show we spent some time in the casino.

Back in our room we prepared our backpack for our excursion on the Cayman Islands. We had booked the Jeep Safari and Beach Snorkel in the afternoon, but when we got our tickets we were told the excursion was moved to the morning. This meant we had to get up very early. Our alarm is set to 6.20am because we have to be at a rendez-vous point at 7.30am. No time for breakfast tomorrow, so we ordered room service between 6.30am and 7am.