 I was up around 6am
so I headed
out to see the ship with camera and tripod in hand. Its a
great time to get pictures because most everyone is still asleep!
Spent a bit of time on the top deck, and then went to get the girls
around 9am. The pool was still pretty empty, and it would be a
good time to do some swimming without there being TONS of people.
The girls liked this idea, and we headed up to the goofy pool to get
started. Today we are moving along pretty fast and there is a bit
of motion, so the pool keeps getting 'waves' going back and forth every
so often. The kids acutally love the effect! Kristen
took Maddy over for some Mickey Pool and Slide time and I stayed with
Brinn. We only had about an hour because today is our Palo Brunch
so we have to get ready soon.
Headed back to the room after a little more swimming and got
ourselves
ready. The girls get to have lunch with the Oceanears Club and
then learn to be a pirate! We dropped them off shortly before our
reservation, and then headed up to deck 10. Palo is all the way
aft, and has a nice view off the back of the ship. We were
greeted at the door with a nice glass of champagne and quickly taken to
our window table. Very nice. Our server Louise was by
quickly and took us on a tour of the buffet areas. The center
section was wonderful with mounds of crab and shrimp along with MANY
other wonderful smoked meats, and gourmet selections. Another
area included many fruits and cheeses, while another contained
wonderful pastries. She of course, showed us the dessert area
(YUM!), and then the hot food selections. Specialty flat bread
pizza's, Breakfast times, and then lunch items. All looked
wonderful!
She left us with plates and sent us on our way. The shrimp was
wonderful, as were many of the other items. We tried to not fill
up too heavily because we ordered a flatbread pizza to share and then
our main course. Kristen opted for an omelet while I went for
lunch and the tenderloin. Both were delicious, but the tenderloin
was amazing! It just melted in your mouth! :-) The
flatbread pizza was very good as well. Kristen wanted to order
the dessert pizza, but while waiting for that we tried several other
desserts as well. We only each tried a bit of the dessert pizza
(very good!) before we could NOT eat another bite! Time to roll
on back to the cabin!!! Louise was wonderful throughout the
entire meal, and we hope to have her again on Thursday when we return
for dinner.
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Well, the kids are busy
being a pirate, so mom and dad had some free time to relax.
Headed
back to the cabin and enjoyed the verandah, and just relaxing in some
nice peace and quiet. Just before 2pm we headed down to get the
girls. They did NOT want to leave, but we talked them into it
since we
were off to see the matinee of Hercules the Museical. They were
getting so tired at night, that we wanted to do the show early if
possible. It was very cute, and I really liked it. The
girls decided
they were glad they left to see it. :-) Off to shutters to
checkout
more pictures. You could spend 10 fortunes on all
these! We are
trying to be choosy, but so many come out great! We whittled down
the
list as best we could. :-) 
Time
for Bingo and the whole family wants to play today. Well, be
there anyway! I'm only getting one pack at $35 a pop! But
the girls
loved playing on the 'old' cards by game 2 and 3. ;-) And
didn't
really know the difference. No better luck today, but I
left with the
solace that I spent $35 and brought free soda from deck 9. The
guy in
front of me in line bought $250 worth of bingo cards alone!!! And
I
did NOT see his table win. OUCH! 
We'll be missing our second
seating here
since we have
Palo reservations that night. Wonderful dinner followed by us
tracking
down a few character pictures. Back to the cabin fairly early and
in
bed before 9pm! The kids needed the sleep, and so did mom and
dad. We
were all getting tired by then! Tomorrow its St. Maarten!
Land
HOOOOOOO!