THROWBACK SEA DAY AND A SLOTS TOURNAMENT

Sunday, January 14, 2018

At Sea

Sunny, 80F

What a lazy day today! Reading, brunch, more reading. We decided to have Sunday brunch in the dining room about 11:30 a.m. There were many choices but we settled on old standbys, steak and egg for TK and pancakes for me.

  After brunch, I read on the balcony overlooking the sea for several hours. I am the shade seeker.  TK decided to take part in a Slots Tournament and met me just before my enrichment class on the “Cloud” to tell me he came in 2^nd and that earned him a place in a $100,000 Slot Tournament on the Carnival Magic in May. He would get a discount for the cruise, but I sure was not counting on cruising for a week in May.

Tonight was another “Cruise Elegant” night and I could not believe that lobster was offered again. We have never been on a cruise during which lobster was served two different nights. Nice! We sat next to an interesting couple from St. Helena Island off South Carolina. Our snowstorms do not compare to their hurricanes, Matthew, Irma, and Maria in 2016 and 2017.

TK’s Takes:  1. Yesterday the water temperature in the main pool was 100F—he uses his watch to determine the temperature, just as at home with our pool. He mentioned this to an attendant. Today the pool temperature was 84F. Big difference. 2. Carnival has introduced the “Carnival Hub,” an app that allows passengers to communicate by text with each other via their cell phones. Cell phones are in airplane mode, but Wi-Fi is turned on.  The cost is $5/pp for the 13 days—not bad, but the service is also sketchy—although better than the Internet. 3. TK has sent out laundry twice already. Each time it was returned the same day!! (free for Platinum)

Random Thoughts: We were thinking about our friend Ann W. who is on a cruise now—hope she is having a good time in the Western Caribbean!

We hope that melting snow in Erie, Pennsylvania did not cause more damage.

We do not have much access to news and since the Internet is sketchy we have not been able to access Erie weather reports. 

Today was called Throwback Sea Day because the ship had 80s photo ops all over, there was a midnight buffet at 11:30 p.m. just like years ago, and the bands were playing 80s music.