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Castaway Cay Day
We pit stopped in the room to drop off some of our stuff but headed out to the adult area. I grabbed a bup to get something to drink. I had brought a bottle of champagne with us and debated on opening it up but decided to wait. (I should have done it)
I convinced Andy to ride on the Aquamouse! I really had wanted to try it. Andy was hesitant with his back but this version had a back rest to the floatie, so Andy thought he could do it. It was super cute, although maybe a little too much of water shooting at you. The line was super short when we got there, and by the time we left the adult area it had gotten longer, although never really that long.
We headed around the ship to the adult area after that. We enjoyed the adult pool for awhile. I took no photos of the adult pool, but it had a small infinity pool area and then 2 side areas with tile seats and water trickling down the backs. it was a little too chilly for those areas. It was nice a peaceful. I had said to Andy, next time this is where we come on embarkation Day!
Eventually we headed back to the room to shower and get ready for dinner and the evening.
While relaxing in the room, I found a channel with the map of our cruise.
Cruise Route
Cruise Route
Andy was obsessed with it.
We showered and changed. I opened the bottle of champagne. I sadly only had 1 drink. I should have filled my refillable cup with it. But after the first day, I was tired of carrying it. Especially when I knew I would be getting a drink at a bar.
Once we headed out for the evening, I wanted to try a drink that Molly had tried on her videos. So we headed to one of the smaller coffee bars.
Cold Brew Tonic
Got my Cold Brew Gin drink, it was cold brew coffee, gin and tonic. The bartender asked if I was sure. And I asked why and he said a lot of people don’t like it. But I said I wanted to try it anyway. I really enjoyed the drink! It def was different tasting but I said to the bartender, taht I liked both items, so I think that helped. I know Gin isn't the most popular alcohol. Andy just got a cold brew coffee, for a pick me up. there was no one there, so we had a nice conversation with the bar tender and then another CM had come over to get a coffee for someone. I have to assume it was for someone in concerge.
After that, we headed out and stopped at customer service. (which it was right next to the coffee bar. The coffee bars are kind of in a weird spot. They are kind of in a hallway right off the main lobby area) We had gotten an email about our flight changing but we couldn’t see the changes. So we wanted to see if they could see what it was.
The CM was super helpful and saw that they changed the flight by 6 minutes… WhY?!?! Why do they even bother with that? She was also able to check us in for the flight which was nice. And she printed out boarding passes for us as well. There wasn't much of a line when we did this but again later on the line had gotten long. We seemed to be just ahead of everyone else.
Tonight was the Super Bowl! We are from Philly area and Andy and I say we are Eagles Fan adjacent…. We enjoy watching but are def not die hard fans. We did see a decent amount of folks wearing eagles gear on the ship.
Regardless, we decided to go to Keg and Compass to try and see some pre-game stuff. I convinced Andy we needed to get wings. There were people already camped out in there.
We were able to grab a table but the last empty one was scooped up shortly after us. I still had some of my drink, so I kept with that and Andy got another Gina and tonic to start. And we ordered wings.
Wings were really good here. Keg and Compass food is not included, so there was an additional charge for the wings but that was fine.
We saw a lady trying to grab a table but got shut out. I told Andy to tell her, that we could give her our table once we were done. As we had decided we were going to see the Aladin show and miss some of the game. (again not true hard core fans) She was very grateful. She said her husband wasn’t happy he was going to be on a cruise since the Eagles actually made it.
It was nice to see some of the pregame stuff while we were in there. After we finished our wings, we headed to see Aladin. This was also a great show. I think Andy and I liked this show better than Little Mermaid. But they both were great shows. It was intersting to see how they did both shows and how CM have different parts.
After the show we headed up to the main pool deck to see some of the super bowl. It was a little after 7.
Super Bowl on Funnel Vision
This was super fun to do! Honestly, it was a really cool way to expierence the game. They were doing trivia during comercials and giving away prizes. The Festival of Food had a few of the areas open, mostly the pizza. But you could easily just hang out and watch the whole game from there and have dinner.
It was pretty packed when we were there, so we just sat on the steps and watched for a bit. But before long, we needed to head to dinner. We had Marvel dinner tonight.
Plate at dinner
Food was good here. I again took no pictures of the food, and I am starting to forget what we ordered but I do know I ordered the
Our waiter also brought over an extra entree. He said it was prepped by mistake.
Grilled Tuna Steak Black Bean Muneta, Queso Fresco, Crisp Cassava, Roasted Corn Chipotle Salsa
This was also really nice. But I did like the tuna app from the night before better.
The Show was less here, but I didn't mind that. Just kind of suprised. But at the end, spiderman literally ran throught the dinner area.
DInner
Spiderman
Got a fun photo with Spiderman.
Me and Spidey
Spidey
Both of these photos were snapped in a matter of seconds and then he was gone. It was almost like, what just happened kind of moment!
Once done, we headed back to up to watch end of Superbowl. Alot of the Chiefs fans had left. I am sure alot of families did go to dinner like we did as well. We were able to see that the Eagles had won but snuck out just a little early to go see what I though was goodbye show.
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It was not. It was fairly lame and Andy said we needed to do something else. We couldn't end the cruise on that.
So, we went to do the Match Maker game. We actually ended up sitting with our table mates who were already there. This was a lot of fun. The CM would give you a question and everyone had to answer hoping to match the most other teams. You did have to keep getting up to give your answers and we joked that we didn't know it would be so much excersize. We almost won! There was a 4 way tie but we didn’t get the tie breaker.
After that I was done! We headed back to the room and were greated by a towel dog.
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It was another great day!
I did want to mention that all sea sickness never came back. Thankfully!
Up next Departure Day! boo.
We pit stopped in the room to drop off some of our stuff but headed out to the adult area. I grabbed a bup to get something to drink. I had brought a bottle of champagne with us and debated on opening it up but decided to wait. (I should have done it)
I convinced Andy to ride on the Aquamouse! I really had wanted to try it. Andy was hesitant with his back but this version had a back rest to the floatie, so Andy thought he could do it. It was super cute, although maybe a little too much of water shooting at you. The line was super short when we got there, and by the time we left the adult area it had gotten longer, although never really that long.
We headed around the ship to the adult area after that. We enjoyed the adult pool for awhile. I took no photos of the adult pool, but it had a small infinity pool area and then 2 side areas with tile seats and water trickling down the backs. it was a little too chilly for those areas. It was nice a peaceful. I had said to Andy, next time this is where we come on embarkation Day!
Eventually we headed back to the room to shower and get ready for dinner and the evening.
While relaxing in the room, I found a channel with the map of our cruise.
Cruise RouteCruise Route Andy was obsessed with it.
We showered and changed. I opened the bottle of champagne. I sadly only had 1 drink. I should have filled my refillable cup with it. But after the first day, I was tired of carrying it. Especially when I knew I would be getting a drink at a bar.
Once we headed out for the evening, I wanted to try a drink that Molly had tried on her videos. So we headed to one of the smaller coffee bars.
Cold Brew Tonic Got my Cold Brew Gin drink, it was cold brew coffee, gin and tonic. The bartender asked if I was sure. And I asked why and he said a lot of people don’t like it. But I said I wanted to try it anyway. I really enjoyed the drink! It def was different tasting but I said to the bartender, taht I liked both items, so I think that helped. I know Gin isn't the most popular alcohol. Andy just got a cold brew coffee, for a pick me up. there was no one there, so we had a nice conversation with the bar tender and then another CM had come over to get a coffee for someone. I have to assume it was for someone in concerge.
After that, we headed out and stopped at customer service. (which it was right next to the coffee bar. The coffee bars are kind of in a weird spot. They are kind of in a hallway right off the main lobby area) We had gotten an email about our flight changing but we couldn’t see the changes. So we wanted to see if they could see what it was.
The CM was super helpful and saw that they changed the flight by 6 minutes… WhY?!?! Why do they even bother with that? She was also able to check us in for the flight which was nice. And she printed out boarding passes for us as well. There wasn't much of a line when we did this but again later on the line had gotten long. We seemed to be just ahead of everyone else.
Tonight was the Super Bowl! We are from Philly area and Andy and I say we are Eagles Fan adjacent…. We enjoy watching but are def not die hard fans. We did see a decent amount of folks wearing eagles gear on the ship.
Regardless, we decided to go to Keg and Compass to try and see some pre-game stuff. I convinced Andy we needed to get wings. There were people already camped out in there.
We were able to grab a table but the last empty one was scooped up shortly after us. I still had some of my drink, so I kept with that and Andy got another Gina and tonic to start. And we ordered wings.
Wings were really good here. Keg and Compass food is not included, so there was an additional charge for the wings but that was fine.
We saw a lady trying to grab a table but got shut out. I told Andy to tell her, that we could give her our table once we were done. As we had decided we were going to see the Aladin show and miss some of the game. (again not true hard core fans) She was very grateful. She said her husband wasn’t happy he was going to be on a cruise since the Eagles actually made it.
It was nice to see some of the pregame stuff while we were in there. After we finished our wings, we headed to see Aladin. This was also a great show. I think Andy and I liked this show better than Little Mermaid. But they both were great shows. It was intersting to see how they did both shows and how CM have different parts.
After the show we headed up to the main pool deck to see some of the super bowl. It was a little after 7.
Super Bowl on Funnel VisionThis was super fun to do! Honestly, it was a really cool way to expierence the game. They were doing trivia during comercials and giving away prizes. The Festival of Food had a few of the areas open, mostly the pizza. But you could easily just hang out and watch the whole game from there and have dinner.
It was pretty packed when we were there, so we just sat on the steps and watched for a bit. But before long, we needed to head to dinner. We had Marvel dinner tonight.
Plate at dinner Food was good here. I again took no pictures of the food, and I am starting to forget what we ordered but I do know I ordered the
- Lamb Shawarma Salad Slow-roasted Cumin spiced pulled Lamb Leg in mini Pitas, with Iceberg, Endive, Romaine Lettuce, Sumac Onions, Vine Tomatoes, Pickled Red Cabbage, Roasted Chickpeas, Cucumber and Lemon Yogurt Dressing
Our waiter also brought over an extra entree. He said it was prepped by mistake.
Grilled Tuna Steak Black Bean Muneta, Queso Fresco, Crisp Cassava, Roasted Corn Chipotle Salsa
This was also really nice. But I did like the tuna app from the night before better.
The Show was less here, but I didn't mind that. Just kind of suprised. But at the end, spiderman literally ran throught the dinner area.
DInner Spiderman Got a fun photo with Spiderman.
Me and Spidey Spidey Both of these photos were snapped in a matter of seconds and then he was gone. It was almost like, what just happened kind of moment!
Once done, we headed back to up to watch end of Superbowl. Alot of the Chiefs fans had left. I am sure alot of families did go to dinner like we did as well. We were able to see that the Eagles had won but snuck out just a little early to go see what I though was goodbye show.
Untitled It was not. It was fairly lame and Andy said we needed to do something else. We couldn't end the cruise on that.
So, we went to do the Match Maker game. We actually ended up sitting with our table mates who were already there. This was a lot of fun. The CM would give you a question and everyone had to answer hoping to match the most other teams. You did have to keep getting up to give your answers and we joked that we didn't know it would be so much excersize. We almost won! There was a 4 way tie but we didn’t get the tie breaker.
After that I was done! We headed back to the room and were greated by a towel dog.
Untitled It was another great day!
I did want to mention that all sea sickness never came back. Thankfully!
Up next Departure Day! boo.
