Happy Easter to Everyone!
The Easter Bunny actually visited our cabin last night, courtesy of Stephanie. The weather this morning was sunny, but a little more windy and cooler, as was expected from the weather forecast. We went to breakfast, and walked around the ship. The crew had been busy last night decorating for Easter.
There was a display in the atrium made by the chefs. It consisted of giant decorated chocolate eggs, and other works made from various decorated dough and chocolate items. There also were other decorations and balloons placed in most of the common areas and lounges.
It was a nice sunny day on deck, and we spent the afternoon lounging around the pool, eventually watching the Masters Golf Tournament on the big screen. We are now 1 hour ahead of Eastern Time, so the golf tournament did not come on until later in the afternoon.
It was humorous that the ship actually posted the incorrect time for the coverage of the tournament to begin, they themselves forgot about the time change, even after continuously reminding everyone the day before about the change.
Tonight was the first of three formal nights, and it was the Captain’s Reception, so we got dressed in our formal wear and went to the atrium area on the ship for the free champagne cocktails, and the champagne fountain display.
Stephanie went and poured champagne onto the fountain with the assistance of the Maître D. It seemed mostly to be a ladies participation event, but eventually couples started to go together, so we did that.
Afterward we went to Dinner in the dining room, and had a good table near the window, and found a waiter and assistant waiter that we liked. We are now reserved for that table for the cruise.
After dinner, we went to the Easter Ball, and Stephanie got dance lessons for the Waltz and Cha-Cha from one of the assistant cruise director’s staff. There we a lot of couples participating, and the cruise staff were giving out raffle tickets to the dancers for free bottles of champagne.
It was a nice evening, and we turned in early knowing we are in port in Bermuda tomorrow morning, and need to get an early start to our day ashore.