CARIBBEAN SUN!

Thursday, November 1, Friday, November 2. At sea.

Thursday—another day reading by the pool, sunny and warm. Truthfully TK is looking forward to Miami.  I haven’t done a transatlantic crossing since I was 20 years old, and TK crossed on a U.S. Navy cruiser from 1968-1972, so we did not know what it would be like at a different time in our life. I have enjoyed the Azores and St.Thomas, but I thought I would be happy reading for hours and hours on end.

Tonight we saw Legends in Concert (reservation—no cost). The featured “Legends” were Jimmy Buffet, Donna Summer, and Michael Jackson. The show was entertaining and the performers not only looked like the “Legend,” but they also sounded like them. No lip syncing.

Friday—Since this is our last full day on the Epic (20 days total), we had breakfast in “Taste.” I think we would have liked the passage better if we didn’t have to make reservations for any show we wanted to see. I understand the process because there are 3500-4000 people on the ship, but there is always a line to make the reservations. You can also make reservations on the TV, but the remote batteries are probably 2 years old and that makes for another slow process. TK made our reservations for Cirque Dreams (cost $35/pp) and Blue Man Group (no cost) before we left home, but we did not know what the other shows would be like.

I finished reading Shadow Zone by Iris and Roy Johansen.

Our cruise is certainly winding down. The Mediterranean cruise was exceptionally port intensive, but worth it. The transatlantic cruise was much lazier with endless days of sun and warmth, as well as extra hours (we set our clock back six hours over several days, so we really got extra sleep).  I don’t think we will do a transatlantic again.

We had dinner in the “Taste” dining room to say good bye to our favorite waiters, Kerwin Bucaya and Christian Lee. They are such nice young men.