Another day, another early start as we had another early excursion, we also had to tender today and had to be down in the theatre by 0815!
Our number was called and we headed to deck 2 to board our tender, this felt very “Disney”
We arrived at the port and had to get into a line before we boarded our bus.
We arrived at the Turtle Center and had a short talk about their conservation efforts.
We also watched the video before going for a short rest on the loungers near the turtle pool.
You could snorkel here but we didn’t want to as we are fussy - we need to buy our own snorkels. We then went to a shark talk which was interesting.
Then we had an early lunch in the restaurant as we were hot and we skipped breakfast.
This was really good, it was only about $45 and I had a virgin pina colada as well.
Next, we bought a magnet and a sign in the store before getting the bus back to the ship.
We bought some rum and rum cake before heading back to the ship.
Back on board we got a little snack, plus ice cream and then afternoon tea in the lounge (as if we hadn’t had enough food!)
We got ready for dinner, and headed up to luminae at about 1845.
We no longer order our own drinks - the sommelier brings Rob his Bourbon and Peaches and me a fruity mocktail (he has been randomly selecting them for me.)
I started off with pate and then had pasta.
Rob had a steak (and skipped a starter.)
I had the coconut dessert and Rob had another chocolate cake!
After dinner I considered going to a show but it was too late!
We were awake at 0630 (far earlier than we would have liked) and we were headed off the ship at just after 0810.
Originally we had a later excursion booked but when our itinerary was adjusted so was our excursion
We found our meeting point for our excursion to the Bamboo Beach Club, where we boarded a bus and it took about 25 mins before we arrived, we were given wristbands for our group.
We arrived at the location and were shown to the loungers, it was reasonably quickly identified that we had selected the wrong excursion for us.
We had envisaged something similar to Coco Cay as this was described as a VIP experience.
It also included “lunch” which given we arrived at about 0900 was a bit odd; our food started arriving, first spring rolls and then some crisp type items.
We then had some jerk chicken before Chin (our host) dragged most of the group to the beach to have shots.
We had struggled to get non-alcoholic drinks (oddly our allowance was max 6 alcohol and max 3 non-alcohol) but we only managed to get 2 over the time.
Rob briefly went into the sea to try it out, before we were taken back to the port at about 1130, we stopped into a store to get our magnet.
Back on the ship we got a second lunch and ice cream where we discovered our server from dinner - we didn’t realise they also work in the buffet in the afternoon!
We then went to the lounge for a drink before going to the gym (for what I think was the last time on the trip!)
After the gym we got ready and went to the martini bar before the show which was Arte, this was very entertaining and some of the performers were incredible.
Finally, we had a later dinner at luminae and I clearly forgot to take a photo of the menu! We skipped starters again and I had a different chicken dish.
I’m fairly sure Rob had steak and then for dessert I had a chocolate cake (one of the daily specials) and Rob had the old faithful chocolate cake and ice cream!
