At Sea

Today we awoke to sunny skies and fairly calm seas.  After visiting the buffet for breakfast, we sat out by the pool for most of the morning and afternoon.  We are trying to take advantage of the warm weather while it lasts, knowing that as we cross the Atlantic, we are likely to see much cooler temperatures, and possibly rougher seas.

In the afternoon, we attended Easter Vigil Mass in the Explorer’s Lounge.  Mass was done by a priest from Houston that is traveling on the cruise.

We went to dinner in the dining room tonight, and the service was good and prompt.  Since the cruise is only about half full, there was no line to get a table.  We are doing “Personal Choice Dining”, which gives us the option to go at whatever time we want, similar to going to a normal restaurant.

After dinner, we happened upon the comedy show in the main theater, it was absolutely full.  We had to stand to watch the remainder of the show.  I think all of the passengers on the ship were there, we hardly saw anyone else walking around before we got there!  The comedian was from Great Britain, and was very good.

We are expecting to run into a little bit of weather tomorrow as we approach Bermuda, the Bermuda weather is calling for winds gusting to 35 knots, and unfortunately, a cold front will be passing through on Sunday, and the high temperature for Monday is only expected to reach 65 degrees.  We were also informed that the bus drivers on Bermuda are on strike, and this limits the availability of public transportation to explore the island.  We will most likely have to take taxis to visit the beaches since the main mode of transportation is the buses.

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.