Day 3: The Ship Search, Ship Showoff, and Ship Sickness
So you know that little rolly ball thats in the bottom of spray paint cans? When you shake the can it clanks and rattles and makes all kinds of ruckus. Thats how I was starting to sound about mid afternoon once we got back to the room. My chest was starting to feel tight, and every breath I took caused my internal rolly ball to rattling (you gotta shake me to keep me mixed and fresh, you know).
My head started aching, I started coughing, and my eyes started to burn out of my head (which is my true sign of fever). Day 3 and I was getting sick.
I napped for awhile hoping that Id wake up renewed, but no, that didnt really work. I wasnt miserable, but I certainly wasnt feeling well either. Stack on top of this the situation that reared its head next
its night three of the cruise and a routine had been established. Our daughter would be with us during the day until about mid afternoon when she would go up to the Stack, then shed come back to the room at 6:00 pm to start getting ready for dinner with us, then wed be up in the atrium by 7:15 pm or so for photos, then dinner, then shed go back to the Stack for the rest of the night. Well this particular night, six oclock came and went and she didnt return to the room. We held off for 10 15 minutes without worry thinking that maybe she was in the middle of an activity or got caught up in something, but at 6:30 pm when she still hadnt shown up we started to worry.
And my wife started to get angry. We were dressed and ready for dinner, and we werent quite sure what to do next. I called the Stack to see if she was there, and she wasnt. We physically walked up to the Stack just to double check and she wasnt there. We stopped by Guest Services to see if they had any magical methods to finding someone onboard (which I was just certain they would), but shockingly to my wife and I, Guest Services really had no idea what to do and there are pretty much no procedures in place to find someone on board short of making a ship wide announcement over the speakers, which they were very leery of doing. And my wife and I werent quite there yet either in our worry. They did pull up the picture of her that was taken in the terminal on embarkation day, but
they pretty much told us to let them know when we found her. So we went back to the room to contemplate our next move and to see if maybe wed crossed paths somewhere and she had returned, but the room was still empty. Two minutes later, as my wife and I stood there ready to launch a ship wide search, suddenly bombarded with memories of all of the stories weve ever heard of people falling overboard, she walked in
and she was immediately (without an utter from us) apologetic. They had gone to the Buena Vista Theater to see the Hannah Montana movie, and she hadnt realized what time it was until the movie was over. Her going to a movie never crossed my mind, and it certainly never crossed my mind that shed go see the Hannah Montana movie. Our daughter is pretty anti-Miley Cyrus so
she said the whole Stack group was going so she went too and actually enjoyed the movie. So between worry, irritation, and not feeling well, I knew that this evening wasnt going to be the highest point of the vacation.
So by this time it was about 7:40 pm or so, so she got ready and dressed for dinner real quick, and we headed up to Deck 3 to check out the status of the atrium. The lines for pictures was gigantic, and frankly we just didnt feel like standing in line and having photos taken. So we were in this weird time frame. It was too early to go to dinner, but we werent going to do pictures, and we were irritated, and I was feeling crappy, so we didnt really know what to do with ourselves. My wife asked me several times if I was sure I wanted to go to dinner and I did, I really did
it was Animators Palette night, and I didnt want to miss that first night there. So we ended up sitting in the Promenade Lounge watching Chuy and Danielles Latin flare until 8:15 pm when they let the masses into dinner. As I sat there staring blankly into space with my boiling eyes, I became terrified
I couldnt be getting sick!
*cough* Not on vacation! Not on
THIS vacation!
*hack* After everything that has happened leading up to this magical wondrous vacation!
*cough*cough* And tomorrow is Tortola day! The day were most excited about!
*hack* We have plans! Going to the Baths and having an adventure!
*rattle* My wifes gonna kill me! Guest Services will have to pull up my picture to assist in the identification of remains! All of this burned (literally) through my brain.
We managed a few snapshots.
I loved the new lenticular menu's. You can't see the best part in this photo, sorry, but my menu was Sorcerer Mickey conducting the waters which moved as you tilted the menu.
Aside from my plague, dinner was pleasant as usual. Heres our food from that night.
Jozsef brought our daughter this huge heaping plate of mac & cheese which pleased her to no end.
It was interesting
when we were done eating, our Head Server, Yolande, came over and expressed concern that we hadnt been enjoying our dinners. We just looked at her with confused looks. Evidently, Jozsef and Gabriella had mistaken our daughters normal everyday eating habits with us not liking our food. You see, our daughter eats next to nothing. Shell take three bites of dinner and be full, even at home. So I guess over the last few nights as Jozsef cleared nearly full plates of food away from her spot at the table, he was thinking that she didnt like the food, when in fact thats just how she is every single day. So Yolande was concerned that we werent enjoying our dinners, but we straightened her out expressing that everything was wonderful and that she could rest at ease for table #7 was happy campers.
We stuck around for the Animators Palette show, and I missed the perfect shot of Sorcerer Mickey because I wasnt ready with my camera! But I got this one instead
The fabulous Jozsef and Gabriella.
Like clockwork, we were done in the dining room at 9:45 pm and walked right out of the restaurant and out onto the Promenade deck to see if we were in Puerto Rico yet. Perfect timing we were just pulling up to the dock. We were pulling in right next to the Carnival Freedom, and there were people lined all along their top deck just as we were all lined up along the Promenade deck on four.
We could see that there was an ambulance right there on the dock next to the ship. Once we were docked we just kind of hung out trying to see in the windows of the Carnival Freedom and played a guessing game about their common areas. It was fun because (it seemed to me, and I could be totally wrong about this) it seemed that we were totally showing off to the other ship. We blew our horn and everyone cheered. Chip and Dale came out on Deck and waved at everyone and did a little dance for the Freedom.
Maybe
DCL was just trying to spread the magic to a ship that obviously has no magic
but I personally like to think that we were showing off. Nothing against Carnival cruise line whatsoever, don't get me wrong! I would gladly cruise any other cruise line... if DCL was for some reason out of the question. I'm happiest on the sea, but hey, we were obviously having much more fun than those folks across the way.
While we were out there I ran into
Smileneyes and we chatted for a bit. Then my wife and I went up to get a better look from Deck 10. We walked all the way forward so that we could get a good look at Puerto Rico, believing that this is probably the only time in my life Id see it. It was dark of course, but we snapped a few pictures. We also ran into
RCLLweems who took this picture of us.
She has so mad photography skillz, huh?
She also shared with us that she had heard that the medical emergency we were there for was due to a crew members appendix bursting!
Well quite honestly, at this time I was dead
it was late, I was ill, my eyes were torches in my face, my chest had a heffalump sitting on it, and I was done! So per usual our daughter retired to the Stack, and I just retired back to the room. My clothes couldnt have possibly come off faster. I practically melted into my jammies, and the bed welcomed me into its loving embrace.
Up Next: The Baths of Virgin Gorda and Dew Detected
You all look so wonderful in your formal night attire - and we patiently await the next installement! 
It sounds odd to say that day 3 of the fantastic Magic voyage was beginning when we havent seen a lick of land yet. But that is one of the things that draw us to the Eastern itinerary: we do love those sea days. Starting off the week right away with two full days at sea
nothing better!
But anyway
I sat there until about 8:30 am then decided it was time to go check on my wife, but when I got back down to the room it appears that it was also her time to come and check on me because she wasnt there! Ships crossing in the night! So I went right back up to 9 and found her at the beverage station. We hightailed it to Topsiders to have our real breakfast.
James Bond type devices (secret watch flips open w/ a homing beacon to lead you to your spouse/kid/etc.)
Watching!
DH did see the person 
as they got in the ambulance on the stretcher. I hope the person recovered fully. We were on Deck 10 too, but missed you guys. 
