Day 7 Cruising Day

We had a nice relaxing day on board the ship as we head back to San Juan and the end of week # 1. After a nice custom made omelet at the Windjammer Buffet we headed out to check on our next cruise. We get an $200 onboard credit just to sign up so our Mediterranean cruise is that much closer to a reality in 2014!

We met up with our Cruise Critic gang down in the Casino for our group Slot Pull. Everyone chips in $15 and they loaded a couple machines with the cash. Mary #1 was the organizer and she had everyone take their turn in hopes of a big payday. After all was said and done we made back $12 so a bunch of us threw $10 each back in and we went at it again.  No big winner but it was the most entertaining $15 I have ever spent in a casino :-)


The “Street Fair” was on... code for sidewalk sales from all the “vendors”. We looked at some rare yellow emeralds but decide to wait for the next shade to come out. Next up was the Continuous Cruiser meeting where they brief all the cruisers that are staying aboard for the next week. We got the low down on ship and shore procedures and enjoyed several glasses of champagne.  We also arranged to meet fellow cruise critic cruisers, Dan & Vicki and Jules & Martin the next morning to share a cab to the old town.

Critic's Corner

More Critics at the Sky Bar

We had a final meet & goodbye with our Cruise Critic folks at the Sky Bar at 3pm and enjoyed the music, sun and camaraderie. Numerous rum drinks later (Kelly missed her Bingo game.. oh darn:-) and we finally broke up the party to get ready for dinner. We missed out on seeing numerous friends as some did not attend (Lisa, Arlene, Paula & Mike ....)  We heard that Bob (JustTrippin) was under the weather from too much... er... sun. Ya that’s it :-) Hope he had a great time and it was good to meet both him and his wife Sue.  In a final salute we decided to meet at the Sky Bar on sail away for week #2.... and it’s ground hog day all over again!

Dinner tonight was casual as most all formal wear was packed into suitcases.. not ours though! Then it was off to the Farewell Showtime presentation. Incredible gymnastics, comedy and music! Our whirl wind tour continued as we then took in the 80’s Music Trivia in the Schooner lounge. picked out some photos, blogged and now we are signing off after another great day.

Tomorrow we celebrate Kelly’s 40something birthday with a trip to Old San Juan and a lunch date at the place that invented the Pina Coloda... Barrachina.