Once unpacked we had an emergency drill practice which found our assembly point as the main Theater. Somehow Mum and Dad managed to be in the theater and not scanned in (can’t take them anywhere ) then it was off to deck 10 (from deck 4) to see the sail away party down on deck 9. There was a lot of stair climbing this vacation as the lifts didn’t seem to like us. At the close of the party they tooted the ships magical horn and we started moving.
We took a more peacefull stroll back down to the main theatre again for a preview show for the cruise and a welcome aboard by cruise director Clayton. This featured a short glimpse of one of the acts onboard, Pete Matthews comedy juggler. We were hooked by his act and caught all his shows whilst onboard.
We had been allocated the late seating times for the cruise which worked out great for us as I think if I had eaten before the shows I would have been snoring through them, Not that they were boring but I am getting old …
For those that don’t know dinner is at one of 3 main restaraunts and you rotate between them on an allocated schedule for the cruise.Your servers also move with you which is nice as you get to know them a bit better and they have a better understanding of your tastes/preferences as the cruise goes on.
First up for us was Animators pallatte. We had ;
Starters
Donna, Split pea soup
Me , Split pea soup
Main
D, Pennette Pasta with a Garlic chiabatta
M,Steak (i think)
Dessesrt
D,my note taking failed at this point
M, Sweet Temptation A three dessert sampler as It all sounded far too nice.
We also had a cookies and cream ice-cream between us as it was wrongly served to the table and it would have been rude not to try it.
There will be a lack of food pictures as eating is far more important than pictures.
After dinner we took a detour through the gift shops to see what was available before retiring for the night.
A short video of the party filmed from next to us
(What happens on a cruise ship, stays on a cruise ship . . .