It's our first full day at sea. Weather was good and seas were calm. There are so many activities on this large ship. We started with Sudoku but got there a little late. We didn't realize it was "speed sudoku" and it was a hard one. One guy finished in 3 minutes! Then we played Dingbats with another couple that was a lot of fun and really made you think. At the last trivia we met a couple from the UK who have been on the cruise for 28 days! They sailed the Canary Islands and then stayed on board for the transatlantic cruise. They are doing their third cruise to Florida. You meet so many nice interesting people.
At breakfast this morning the couple beside us got a call from their recently married daughter. They just returned from their honeymoon on a Princess cruise and they won another cruise at "Deal or No Deal"! They booked it for Christmas!
Today is Halloween and we will be in Orlando for the day. When we looked at shore excursions there wasn't anything to the Kennedy Space Center. Then we found out there is a launch that has now been delayed until November 1st. Apparently we may see it from the ship!
There are 603 children on board. All well behaved and there is so much for kids to do, they are not bored. Yesterday they had a Halloween Party. We saw many all dressed in costume with bags full of candy. Lots of passengers decorate their doors and I took a picture of this one that actually had candy you could help yourself to.
We've eaten at Onyx, a great steak restaurant in White Rock. The manager was a hotel manager for RCCL and Celebrity for years. They've asked him to return, offered him a huge salary and he may leave Onyx. His wife won't be too happy, but they get great money and lots of vacation time. He knows the hotel manager on this ship, sent him our name and this is what he sent us today;
We took the wine to the steak house and had it with crab cakes, Caesar salad (Cec had lobster bisque), rack of lamb and key lime pie! To top it off we had a Bavarian coffee. It was an incredible dinner, We tried to make another reservation for our anniversary but it's all booked up. I don't doubt it, it's the best restaurant on this ship.
Today we are in Port Canaveral. Happy Halloween!
