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Caribbean Cruise Trip Report: Day 7

3/9/2015

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Day 7: 

Thursday was the first of two sea days and my second to last day on the ship.  I had planned on sleeping in because I didn't have anything specific I wanted to do but I ended up waking up earlier than expected anyway.  I looked at the calendar of events and made a list of everything I wanted to do.  Here's what I came up with:
  • Breakfast at Wipeout Cafe (8:30am)
  • Hang out at the pool (9am)
  • Watch the Belly Flop Competition (1:30pm)
  • Lunch at Sabor (2:30pm)
  • Wine Tasting (4pm)
  • Dinner in Main Dining Room (5:30pm)
  • Come Fly With Me show (8:30pm)
  • Fountain Show (10:35pm)
  • Quest Game Show (11:30pm)

So much for not having much to do!  
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I guess you could call this my "pre-breakfast", coffee and pastries from the Promenade Cafe.
First, I went down to Promenade Cafe to get a coffee and then went back to my room to get ready to go to the pool.  I had gotten too much sun the day before so I knew I wanted to find a good spot in the shade.  I found an awesome spot in a cabana type area and got situated there.  I left my stuff and went and got a custom made omelette at the Wipeout Cafe and brought my food back to eat in my chair.  I relaxed for a while and then decided I was done laying around so I gathered up my stuff and made room for someone else to take the great spot I had been hogging.  

I started the afternoon by going to the Men's International Belly Flop Competition.  I had already planned on getting a spot on the upper balcony so that I could sit in the shade and get a good view for my pictures and videos.  After the competition I was hungry for a late lunch so I went to the Mexican restaurant, called Sabor, on the Boardwalk.  I had tableside guacamole and a cheese quesadilla along with Yucca fries that were actually really good even though I didn't know what to expect.
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Waiting for the competition to start
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They call this the "Hurt Box" because you have to belly flop from three feet above the water. Ouch!
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Mexican lunch on the Boardwalk, including a great margarita
After lunch it was time to head to Vintages for my wine tasting. There was a large group of people that had signed up for the wine tasting but I got a great spot right in front of the guy who did all the talking so I had a great perspective of the whole thing.  We didn't just taste wine like I had expected, instead he told us quite a bit of information about the regions in Italy of the wine and some of the history of winemaking.  Altogether it was very informative and I actually really enjoyed the wines even though three out of four of them were reds which I typically don't like.  My favorite part was that they had a cheese plate in front of us and had us tasting cheese along with the wine which really enhanced some of the flavors.  It was a really cool experience and definitely unique to have my first wine tasting on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean.  
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My first official wine tasting!
After wine tasting it was time to head to dinner.  I went to my room and watched sunset from my balcony as I got ready.  I went to the dining room and was seated with two older couples who had known each other for a very long time and had an enjoyable meal with them, talking and enjoying our food.  I went to the casino after dinner for a short while and not long after that it was time to head to the theater for the Come Fly With Me aerial show.  I really enjoyed the show and got some really great pictures and videos that only capture the basics of the show, it was much better in person.  
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Another gorgeous sunset!
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Come Fly With Me aerial show
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The ship was rocking so much that they cut out some of the stunts I had seen in YouTube videos of the show!
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Headed towards the grand finale
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Getting ready to take a bow
Once I left the theater I headed to the Boardwalk for the fountain show at the Aqua Theater.  I got there early enough that I had a great spot and chatted with the woman who sat next to me while we waited for the show to start.  The show didn't last for long so once it was done I headed to the casino for a while. The last item on my list for the day was the Quest game show.  They describe it as an "adult scavenger hunt", but other than that it is hard to describe if you haven't been to one.  By the time Quest was done I was ready for bed, so I headed to my cabin and found a towel monkey hanging out waiting for me.  I added him to the group of towel animals on my couch.
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Not quite the fountain show at the Bellagio, but still pretty!
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They say "what happens in Quest, stays in Quest"…so I'm going to limit my pictures to only the sign
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My last towel animal of the cruise...
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The three amigos

Tomorrow will be a combination of my last full day on the ship along with my trip home the following day.  Stay tuned for this last segment!
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