Wednesday night and Thursday

Wednesday night -

After Cori’s nap, we all met up for dinner in the Golden Dining Room. It was Beef Wellington night - yummy! After dinner, we all went to the shows (the kids did not go to Camp Carnival tonight, as they had been in all day.) The first show we saw was in the Ivory Lounge, and it was like a revue of songs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Cori danced along to the music. Angie used this time to finally take a peak into some of the ship shops! The second show was a magician and a comedian. The magician did a lot of slight of hand, which I enjoy, and the comedian was really funny - he had gotten on the ship in Cozumel the same time that we had!

After the second show, everyone went to bed except for me - imagine - even Grant went to sleep! I went to check out the midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show! It started out well, with people really getting into the show and calling things out - but after a while, people sort of stopped and just enjoyed the movie. I only watched about half before calling it a night.

Thursday - At Sea!

We all needed a Sea Day. We all slept in, and then the kids went to Camp Carnival for an hour while Angie worked out. We met for lunch in the Red Sail. After lunch, we went swimming on the back pool again (seemed the least crowded - the pools are small!!!) Andrew and Angie got out about 45 minutes before we did because Andrew was getting his hair cut on the ship! Cori and Grant and I swam for a while longer, and then went back to our cabin so Cori could take a nap.

Angie called at about 3:30. While Andrew was getting his hair cut, they found lice. FUN. SO Angie had gone down to the infirmary and bought some lice treatment and put it on his hair. Then Andrew came up to our room because Angie had made an appointment to get her hair done for Formal night. Andrew took a shower in our room and watched cartoons. We checked Cori’s hair while she was sleeping and didn’t see anything - We also checked Grant’s hair and mine, but didn’t find anything. Before leaving for dinner, we talked to the Cabin Steward and asked them to change all of the sheets and pillowcases.

It was a formal dinner, as I mentioned - and my first opportunity to wear my new black dress, plus some blue topaz jewelry that Angie had bought. I had Lobster Bisque and Shrimp for dinner - Angie had some sort of fish, and Grant had beef tenderloin. Andrew had shrimp like me - and Cori had, hmmm, what was it? Oh yeah, fruit and a hot dog. Oh - and Baked Alaska for dessert.

After dinner, we took some pictures and then went to watch the last production show - Rock Down Broadway. I knew it was a good sign when we walked into the theater and they were playing “Rent.” as part of the entrance music. The theater - by the way - sucks. The seats on the first level are not elevated for each successive row, so it is hard to see. The seats on the second level curve around in a horseshoe shape, so they don’t always face the stage. Plus, if you are in any row but the first, the guard rail had a gold bar that cuts directly through your line of vision. Annoying.

Anyway - we got seats on the second level in the first row all the way to the side. As a result, we couldn’t see all of the sets, but the dancing was right in front of us. This was an awesome production show! I knew a lot of the music, of course, and yes, they even did a Rent song (can you guess which one?)

After the show, we went back to our cabin (Angie and the kids stopped and changed out of their formal clothes first) and we put the lice treatment on Cori’s hair just to be safe. Then I checked Angie’s hair and she checked mine, and again we didn’t see anything.

Finally, we went to check out the Grand Gala Buffet and take pictures. Angie and the kids went to bed and Grant and I swung back to the buffet for a midnight snack before going to bed ourselves.

Friday - Nassau

One of the first things I heard this morning was the Disney Ship horn playing “When you Wish Upon a Star!”