The Inevitable Happened and It’s a First For us

We all had a great sleep overnight and woke up around 7:00am. These rooms are nice and dark on the interior which I thought might help the kids sleep in. That didn’t happen. It must be the excitement for a day at Adventure Ocean.

There’s Never a Lack for Food

We decided to go to the Windjammer again for the buffet breakfast. We got up there around 7:45am, snagged a table and off we went. Dan took the big little to get her ‘volcano’ egg and the little little and I waited. This was an amazing breakfast. I had an egg white omelet cooked to order (from one of our crew buddies: Nowar), my favorite apple danish and crispy bacon. The kids had their eggs and pancakes and Dan’s favorite today? Cocoa Krispies. We all said ewwwwwwww in our best Jimmy Fallon impersonation.

Then the inevitable…..

Big little said she didn’t feel well. She went back to the room with Daddy to get some medicine. Little little and I went to get in line for Adventure Ocean. Line? Yes, there is always a line to sign the kids in for the camp program. On this particular cruise there is a cap of 15 kids in the 3-5 age and 25 in the 6-8.  There are over 100+ kids onboard. So, yep,  third in line.

Just as we were about to sign both kids in, big little said she didn’t feel well. The inevitable…..you get me yet? Yes, our sweet girl threw up right outside Adventure Ocean. Big little she is brave, scared, shaky, and sad.

This kid has been on eight cruises and this is the first time EVER she has gotten sick and thrown up. And guess what? This awesome travel blogger didn’t follow all the steps in that packing list. So, off daddy went to the infirmary for medicine, bar for ginger ale and buffet for crackers.

Within an hour of having the medicine she was “starving” and ate all the crackers while sipping on ginger ale. She was well enough by 2:00pm to go Camp for the first time and was so happy.

With her being under the weather and the seas still a little rocky we decided it was best to just have a picnic in our room. We took turns going back to the Windjammer and brought lunch to the room. There is room service don’t get me wrong and that includes a $9 service charge. No thank you.

 

Invite Only

We had no plans today at all except to attend one program. I just wanted to sit in the Centrum with a cup of coffee reading. Due to a frontal system it’s been rough weather today. Off and on rain storms and high winds. So much in fact the outdoor pool was closed as was the top deck for walking. They did allow kids to swim in the solarium, usually for adults only!

The event I went to was invite only to a Top Tier welcome. This is for all those who belong to Royal Caribbean’s loyalty program, Crown & Anchor, at Platinum level and above. You are rewarded based on number of nights cruised. I have been to one before and won a free spa treatment so I’m all about the free. Plus I knew I’d get a free drink! Yep, I got the free drink and nope I didn’t win anything. Matter of fact, they didn’t do any giveaways. They introduced the key staff members, had a singer from the entertainment staff do their thing and the jazz quartet played music.

What do you want to do?

When 2:00pm hit and both kids were dropped at Camp that’s what we said to each other. We say this all the time. Part of us wants to sleep and rest and then the other part is like what can we do without the kids. We didn’t have our Cruise Compass on us that would have told us what was going on so we ended up where we always do. The casino.

As quick as we entered we exited down $40.00.

We strolled through the onboard shops. We checked on the price of liquor in the onboard shop so that we could compare when we get to the islands. Duty free shopping means we’ll find some good deals and don’t have to fly home with it!

Guess what time it is again?

Yep, time to eat! Go figure. I think that’s why everyone thinks that’s all you do when you cruise. Though I have to say I haven’t once felt stuffed! I’m also not ‘watching’ what I eat right now. Tonight is a formal night. They usually offer 1-2 on a 9 night cruise. Formal is anything cocktail attire to black tie.

Dinner took about hour and half again. The moment our girls sat down our waiter, Sherwin, had their fruit cups ready and big little’s separate plate of bread! Once we were done we went straight to the photographers for our family picture. Took a cool behind the scenes look but if I put it here then it would spoil the holiday card! This particular formal night the Captain spoke to everyone, gave out free champagne (SWEET) and there was a small performance from four of the entertainers.

Okay, so get this. The Captain. His name is Captain Thor. So, seriously I feel super safe!

Those who know me know that I love to dance. Tonight we took the girls dancing after dinner. The showtimes in the main theatre start at 6:30pm and second show 8:30pm. We wanted tonight to be an earlier night since tomorrow we have a full day. So, we did dancing in the Centrum and family game night.

Kids were in bed and asleep by 9:45pm. We are all packed and ready to go tomorrow off the boat when we arrive at our first port, Port Canaveral. The kids have no idea what we are doing so another surprise is in store. As I type this we are off the coast near Savannah, GA and the seas have definitely gotten calmer.

It was one of those days where it didn’t seem to go as planned and it was ok.

p.s. if you’ve read this far do me a favor? will you leave us a comment and tell me an embarrassing moment you’ve had in life? I am going to read them to big little so she knows that everyone gets embarassed once in awhile!