Friday, March 21, 2025
I woke up really early, just after 6am. Everyone else was still asleep. I tried to lay in bed for as long as I could, but I decided I might as well go for a run. Around 8 o’clock I started, and then by the time I finished, Erik and Ian were already awake and ready to go to the dining room for breakfast. Elisa and Gabe were still sleeping. I showered and went with Elisa (who was up by the time I was done) to the Windjammer for breakfast. I don’t like going to the dining room because it takes too long to get my food. Also, I like picking out my own portions and trying a little bit of everything.
After breakfast, we found Grandpa watching the Armed Forces parade and joined him for a bit. We found Gabe too, but he ran off in the middle of it, and we stayed to watch mostly to the end. We found Erik just after the parade. Elisa ran off with Ian, and Erik and I at some point went to the Windjammer for a little bit of lunch. I grabbed some seafood, ribs, and roast beef. I tried not to eat too much but it’s hard when there’s so much yummy food! There was also a dessert area they had set up special (I don’t know the reason— maybe there isn’t a reason). There were all sorts of cakes and even a fondue fountain. I chose strawberry cheesecake; it was pretty good. Erik wasn't interested in any of the desserts.
The kids weren’t interested in doing much else the carnival had to offer; besides, it was closing just after we got cotton candy. At 3:00, Ian and Elisa went to a candy sushi making class at the Izumi restaurant that Erik had scheduled for them. They seemed to enjoy the class, and they sure came back with a lot of candy sushi!
Erik and I took Gabe (Grandma and Grandpa came too) to general trivia. We won thanks to Gabe’s help! The prizes were crappy keychains, but we were happy to get them. We had just enough time to go back to our stateroom to get ready for dinner. The special at dinner was the lobster tail, which everyone at our table got except Gabe and Grandpa. For an appetizer, I got the onion tart, which was basically a quiche, but it was pretty good. I didn’t care much for the dessert I ordered, which was some strawberry shortcake—it was bland and dry. I ate the middle out and left the rest. The warm brownie was good though, so I ate the rest of Erik’s. I probably should have skipped dessert since I had some at lunch, but oh well.
After dinner we went back to our stateroom for a bit. We tried to convince at least one of the kids to come with us to the ice show, 365 Seasons on Ice, with no success. It was a pretty neat show; I enjoyed it even if a few of the skaters flubbed up their landings aka fell. The kids missed out. Erik and I were irritated with them because they don’t seem to want to do anything on the cruise ship; they just want to lay in the stateroom bed and watch TV. Because of that, we decided against booking another cruise for next year.
After the show, Elisa, Ian, Erik, and I wandered around some shops. The kids wanted to buy some stuff, but everything is double the price and none of it was necessary. Elisa wanted to buy a swim cover and bottoms, but they were $80 yikes. Erik said we’d think about it, but we never went back. We looked at/smelled a bunch of perfumes and then went over to the Bionic Bar where Elisa designed her own drink. There’s not a lot of options unfortunately, but she picked out something with sprite and cranberry. It’s fun to watch the machine make the drink, but I didn’t like that there was a good inch left on the cup. So, not much drink for your money. I guess you’re just paying for the novelty of it. Erik and Gabe went to watch some of (about an hours worth) the movie Back to the Future while the rest of us got ready for bed.
Erik, Gabe, and Grandpa went to the Aqua Theater to watch the first half of Back to the Future. They left early since we had to get up early the next day.
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