Cruising - Sea Day #1

Kelly was up just around 06:30 and after checking the view from the deck, headed down on a coffee run. Tasted good but just not quite an Australian coffee :-)

I was scolded by my daughter Lauren for pocket calling her early in the morning her time. I am not sure how that happened as my phone seems to call her a lot on trips. All sorted. Sorry girl :-)

We checked over the cruise planner to come up with a plan of action for our first full day on the ship. 

There was an interesting series of talks about the use of forensics in crime solving so we headed out to the Palace Theater to listen. It was the setup to what will be several talks on Sea days about all sorts of crime stuff from blood splatter analysis to how to do a proper autopsy  .... not for everyone but it is interesting. :-)

A quick bite of breakfast then we headed to the Cruise Critics meeting in the Star Lounge. They raffled off a bunch of prizes and we had a bit of a meet & greet. We hung around the lounge and after being joined by another couple, played some Celebrity Trivia. We had to guess the actor (in costume in a picture) and for a second point, the name of the movie that he/she was in. Our group managed to get 29/30 possible points and won the highly coveted RCI Key Ring! 

Grand Supreme Champions with their prizes!!

 A quick stop at the Windjammer Buffet to replenish those lost calories from the trivia game then we watched some surf riding on the upper deck. Kelly said No! to any thought I had of competing.. maybe next week?? 

Cathy & Bryan came down for a visit on the deck as we enjoyed the intermittent blasts of sunshine and a great view.

Sun about to set from the balcony.

And another day ends!

Dinner at 8:00 pm this evening with formal attire on the menu. We have several Formal nights and most everyone was decked out in their best clothes.  We also met our fellow table people tonight at #420 which was right next to Cathy and Bryan at #421. They all seemed very nice and I think we will get along fine over the course of some 19 dinners together.

We left them after dinner as we now headed to the Headliner Show which featured a musical tribute to Queen. It was well done with very good singers belting out Freddy Mercury hits.

We stopped by the Roulette wheel and I managed to break even tonight but Kelly took it on the chin, giving back some of her winnings from last night. We are still on the plus side!!

Back to the show lounge to watch an adult comedy show and then it was off to the rack after a nice relaxing day on the South Pacific Ocean.

I also managed to fix my iPhone so I can now text again :-)  Changing sim cards can have it's challenges. All good now.