Saturday 27th April – Day at Sea.
The weather was a little
calmer (but not much!) so after breakfast we sat in Scott’s Lounge again and
played cards.
Tonight was supposed to be
the Formal Night (our ninth, and this time real, Captain’s Farewell Party) but
at midday it was announced that because of the bad weather it had been
postponed until Monday as a better weather forecast had been received.
Well – what an effect a
simple announcement like that had!
People immediately began
complaining to the Cruise Director and Reception…Examples of complaints were: -
How were they supposed to have their packed suitcases outside their cabin doors
by midnight if they were in their tuxedos and posh frocks until 11-30? How
could the photograph with the Captain and the cruise DVD be produced in time
for an 8am arrival at Portsmouth? And, more to the point for us, eleven of the
fifteen “lifers” had booked into the posh Explorers Club Restaurant for a final
night meal…and the Explorers is closed on Formal Nights!!
Suffice it to say - after
many discussions/negotiations with Paul (Assistant Cruise Director), Ben (Food
and Beverage Manager) and Martin, Austin
and Sue & Wally – we have managed to arrange for the Explorers Club to be
opened - so this means we can go to the Captain’s farewell “do” followed by
Martins cocktail party AND have the posh meal…Phew!
In the evening we went to
support Kelli-Ann, one of the entertainers, who was doing her first ever solo
singing spot and then went in for the quiz but unfortunately it was too hard
for us and we were unable to add to our collection of prizes.
Sunday 28th April – Day at Sea.
The sea was a lot calmer this
morning (hooray!) and we both went to the church service at 9-45am.
A long time ago (I think it
was in Barbados) we noticed Paul and the entertainers rushing off ship and
getting into taxis. When we enquired, they explained that the first thing they
ever did in port was get to the nearest burger bar!
Apparently rich food every
day can become tedious after a while…
Regular readers of our blog
will know that Bill arranged for us both to have a burger and chips meal in our
cabin one day, so we asked why the entertainments team couldn’t have burgers on
board. Apparently, this was not possible as the ship does not possess a “burger
making machine”! To cut a long story short we have been trying to arrange for
them to have such a meal ever since and today was the day! After the main
restaurant closed at 1-30pm a table for 10 was laid and Nesta and Ian joined
the eight entertainers in their own very special double cheeseburger and real
chips meal!!
In the afternoon we packed
our cases and then went to the Captain’s Farewell Party… Latest joke from the
captain: - What is the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An
optimist looks forward to the future – a pessimist is a well-informed optimist!
After that we had champagne
in martin’s suite and went into the Explorers for our final evening meal. The
food was good, the wine plentiful and the company great. We will miss our
fellow “lifers”.
Finally we went to the quiz (in
which we were terrible again) and watched the entertainments team’s “best of”
show and then to bed… L
Finally - the team get their burgers!!
Monday 29th April – Portsmouth, England.
147 days after leaving
Portsmouth, we return to it.
It’s been a fantastic trip
and we have met lots of nice people and seen places neither of us thought we
would ever see.
Thank you for following this
blog – we have really enjoyed reading your comments and hope you’ve been entertained
along the way.
Cheers,
Nesta & Ian
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