Kaoru woke up early and went for a wander around the ship about 5.30! She got to see the sunrise along with a small number of other people. She came back, and we got out of bed a bit before 8. Off to Waterfront for breakfast, where we met a few other passengers and had a nice social time. Then it was off for laser tag at 9.00, followed by a 10.00 “shore talk”, to give us more detail about the excursions. 11.00 it was the family lego building competition, so we all went to that (the kids can let themselves out of the day care – not Ethan though). Then it was all 9 of us at Waterfront for lunch, followed by a dance lesson for Kaoru and I (which Julie and Darren were at too) at 1.30. This certainly isn’t relaxing! The whole day has felt like we’ve been busy!
Kaoru went for her first day spa, and I had noticed a few work issues I had to resolve, so I got that done sitting in the casino lounge (the closest place with internet access). Then I had some relax time before a 4.00 “rock climb” up the chimney!
I bumped in to Dad and Darren; Dad gave the coffee a try and I had a lemon, lime and bitters. We left there and bumped in to Kaoru, fresh from her day-spa and complementary (very full) glass of champagne. So we changed our shoes and went to the Edge desk for the climb. We booked a couple of activities for tomorrow while we were there.
The rock climbing was quite challenging. They certainly weren’t basic holds. The kids (David, and the others in the group) had no problem climbing but I barely made it half way up, and Julie and Kaoru were the same. There was an automatic belat, so it didn’t need somebody else to support you in the activity. We spent about half an hour there, and then it was back to our room for a shower and dress up night.
We met Mum and Dad in the Connexion Lounge for pre-dinner drinks. We then all moved in to the Waterfront for Julie’s birthday dinner, followed by a “music of the Naughties” show in the Marquee. Izzy was hypnotised by the dancing and we all had a laugh at how intensely she was concentrating. We got changed in to more comfortable clothes, and then all the adults met in the casino for a drink, while the kids were back at kids club. Kaoru and I left about 8:50 as “The Pantry” closes at 9.00 and Kaoru wanted a snack. So we got a couple of burritos to keep us going for the night.
To finish the evening, Kaoru, Julie, Darren and I went to see Garry Who do stand up comedy back in the Marquie lounge. We were pretty worn out though – Kaoru was falling asleep during the show, and I’m sure if it wasn’t so funny I would have been too! It was then time to finally go to bed.