Saturday morning, we started our last day at sea with breakfast in the Universe Dining Room, where I had eggs benedict, grits, orange juice and coffee. The dining room breakfasts, which we only took time for twice on this trip, were always excellent with great service.
After breakfast, we lounged around until the debarking seminar, which our cruise director Greg
turned into a comedy while he gave us necessary information.
Afterwards, we played movie trivia, where we were shown excerpts from movies and asked questions about them. I won a coveted gold plated plastic ship on a stick first prize trophy.
For lunch, we combined Mallay chicken and lo-mein from Happy Valley with stir fried rice and teriyaki chicken from the Lido Deck buffet.
The leisurely afternoon included more reading and water sliding. We also attended the Mr. and Mrs. Show and the Ultimate Game Show, which are quite similar to Chuck Barris' TV offerings like the Newlywed Game. They are open to anyone who has the guts to stand up and be counted but we weren't quite ready for that level of humiliation.
At dinner that night, we watched the sun set over the ocean, and we saw a magnificent green flash, as bright as a neon light that seemed to hold for quite a long time. For dinner, I had grilled salmon, but I didn't remember to write down everything else. Julie had a French chicken dish, memorable not only because it was delicious but also because it was the only time that chicken was offered as one of the selections for dinner in the dining room during our trip. Other nights, they had duck, turkey or some other types of fowl, but never chicken. This was a four star meal, made more special by the green flash. After dinner, we went night club hopping to revisit our favorite spots and entertainers.
Sunday morning, we arrived in Puerto Rico, where everyone seemed anxious to depart, sitting around in the halls smoking cigarettes instead of relaxing and waiting in public areas or on deck where they'd enjoyed most of their vacations.
We enjoyed a nice breakfast of all the usual foods and then read as we waited for our chance to debark. I relaxed reading, but Julie was very anxious to take a taxi to the beach one last time before catching our plane, which was really rather a futile hope.
Instead of waiting to get off the ship, we had the option of signing up for a tour of El Yunque, the rainforest on the other side of Puerto Rico, and getting off the ship early while our baggage met us at the airport. I would highly recommend this approach, although we did have a nice flight back to San Diego, arriving at a reasonable hour.
I should also mention that throughout our trip, our room steward kept our cabin immaculate and didn't bust us for keeping an open bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream in our room for mixing with coffee from the galley. When he folded down our bedding at night, not only did he leave chocolate mints but also animal sculptures made out of fresh towels.
After breakfast, we lounged around until the debarking seminar, which our cruise director Greg
turned into a comedy while he gave us necessary information.Afterwards, we played movie trivia, where we were shown excerpts from movies and asked questions about them. I won a coveted gold plated plastic ship on a stick first prize trophy.
For lunch, we combined Mallay chicken and lo-mein from Happy Valley with stir fried rice and teriyaki chicken from the Lido Deck buffet.
The leisurely afternoon included more reading and water sliding. We also attended the Mr. and Mrs. Show and the Ultimate Game Show, which are quite similar to Chuck Barris' TV offerings like the Newlywed Game. They are open to anyone who has the guts to stand up and be counted but we weren't quite ready for that level of humiliation.
At dinner that night, we watched the sun set over the ocean, and we saw a magnificent green flash, as bright as a neon light that seemed to hold for quite a long time. For dinner, I had grilled salmon, but I didn't remember to write down everything else. Julie had a French chicken dish, memorable not only because it was delicious but also because it was the only time that chicken was offered as one of the selections for dinner in the dining room during our trip. Other nights, they had duck, turkey or some other types of fowl, but never chicken. This was a four star meal, made more special by the green flash. After dinner, we went night club hopping to revisit our favorite spots and entertainers.
Sunday morning, we arrived in Puerto Rico, where everyone seemed anxious to depart, sitting around in the halls smoking cigarettes instead of relaxing and waiting in public areas or on deck where they'd enjoyed most of their vacations.
We enjoyed a nice breakfast of all the usual foods and then read as we waited for our chance to debark. I relaxed reading, but Julie was very anxious to take a taxi to the beach one last time before catching our plane, which was really rather a futile hope.
Instead of waiting to get off the ship, we had the option of signing up for a tour of El Yunque, the rainforest on the other side of Puerto Rico, and getting off the ship early while our baggage met us at the airport. I would highly recommend this approach, although we did have a nice flight back to San Diego, arriving at a reasonable hour.
I should also mention that throughout our trip, our room steward kept our cabin immaculate and didn't bust us for keeping an open bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream in our room for mixing with coffee from the galley. When he folded down our bedding at night, not only did he leave chocolate mints but also animal sculptures made out of fresh towels.
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