Saturday, February 18, 2023

ALL PACKED, MORE EUCHRE, AND BAKED ALASKA!

Carnival Celebration
At Sea—headed to Miami
Saturday, February 18, 2023
82F, Sunny


Server holds the Baked Alaska

We started the day with arepas for breakfast—that is a Colombian food I love, and I would describe it as mozzarella cheese melted within two slices of fried corn patty (another version of a grilled cheese sandwich). The first time we found arepas was at Renniger’s Antique and Collectors Extravaganza in Mt. Dora, Florida at least eight years ago.  (Over 800 vendors selling antiquities, collectibles, vintage, and more outdoors, indoors, and tents.)      https://renningers.net/ 

 


The rest of the day was exactly like yesterday, after we packed (at separate times).  Guy’s Hamburgers, euchre with Donna and Lawrence, and enjoying the sun and warmth as long as we could!

The highlight at dinner was Baked Alaska—the portion was huge. I think the Chef read my blog yesterday about the tiny little lemon torte and said, “I’ll fix her.” Huge. Luckily the restaurant did not catch fire—we have not seen flaming Baked Alaska in forever. Donna actually saw a servers hair catch on fire while doing the Baked Alaska parade on a cruise some time ago.  Fortunately my favorite firefighter could have saved the day from any mishaps.



One more thing, the casino on this ship is huge and always busy (when we weren’t in port). My guess is that it is double the size of our house (both floors), with over 180 slot machines and 18 Gaming tables (like Blackjack, Caribbean Draw Poker, 3 Card Poker, Let it Ride). We each got $25 free play—I ended up $.60 to the good and TK did better than that. There are so many things on this ship I did not see like the 800 foot long rollercoaster and the Waterworks Waterpark.  It is a big ship!

Anyway, this cruise is a wrap. We are grateful we were with Donna and Lawrence who made it so much fun.  The bags are in the hall, ready to be picked up by the crew for tomorrow’s pick up. Our adventure continues!

 

This darling towel elephant and heart greeted us in our room today
Dian, our room steward, was super.


TK's Takes:  It would take a two week cruise to be able to easily navigate such a big ship.


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