Kaoru woke up early and went for a wander around the ship about 5.30!\u00a0 She got to see the sunrise along with a small number of other people.\u00a0 She came back, and we got out of bed a bit before 8.\u00a0 Off to Waterfront for breakfast, where we met a few other passengers and had a nice social time.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 This certainly isn’t relaxing!\u00a0 The whole day has felt like we’ve been busy!<\/p>\n
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).\u00a0 Then I had some relax time before a 4.00 “rock climb” up the chimney!<\/p>\n
I bumped in to Dad and Darren; Dad gave the coffee a try and I had a lemon, lime and bitters.\u00a0 We left there and bumped in to Kaoru, fresh from her day-spa and complementary (very full) glass of champagne.\u00a0 So we changed our shoes and went to the Edge desk for the climb.\u00a0 We booked a couple of activities for tomorrow while we were there.<\/p>\n
The rock climbing was quite challenging.\u00a0 They certainly weren’t basic holds.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 There was an automatic belat, so it didn’t need somebody else to support you in the activity.\u00a0 We spent about half an hour there, and then it was back to our room for a shower and dress up night.<\/p>\n
We met Mum and Dad in the Connexion Lounge for pre-dinner drinks.\u00a0 We then all moved in to the Waterfront for Julie’s birthday dinner, followed by a “music of the Naughties” show in the Marquee.\u00a0 Izzy was hypnotised by the dancing and we all had a laugh at how intensely she was concentrating.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Kaoru and I left about 8:50 as “The Pantry” closes at 9.00 and Kaoru wanted a snack.\u00a0 So we got a couple of burritos to keep us going for the night.<\/p>\n
To finish the evening, Kaoru, Julie, Darren and I went to see Garry Who do stand up comedy back in the Marquie lounge.\u00a0 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!\u00a0 It was then time to finally go to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kaoru woke up early and went for a wander around the ship about 5.30!\u00a0 She got to see the sunrise along with a small number of other people.\u00a0 She came back, and we got out of bed a bit before 8.\u00a0 Off to Waterfront for breakfast, where we met a few other passengers and had … Continue reading