Mhelsey, I forgot to look for coloring books last night, but I'll try when we leave port, assuming they'll open the stores for a bit then.
Whoever asked - the rusul bath is still available and is $83.
Well, we woke this morning while the ship was pulling into the PV harbor. Took a while to get docked, and the sun came up during the process...pretty nice. We had room service delivered for breakfast, and we had some sandwiches and stuff dropped off last night so we could take them off for snacks...chip, cookies, pb&j. DD and I opted for
DCL's Paradise Village excursion, while DW had arranged a birding trip with a local birder. She got over 30 new life birds (that's a lot, if you're a birder). DD and I met at 7:40am in Studio Sea and eventually made our way to a bus that took us to Paradise Village. This was our substitute for our CC beach day. The Village resort is very nice and has two nice pools, excellent grounds, and a primo stretch of beach. One pool with the two biggest slides was closed, as it appeared they were working on a suspension bridge that gave access to the slides. The expected to be finished today, so I don't see that inconveniencing future cruisers. A few people were upset, but there were still plenty of other options. The other pool is made of stone and has a lagoon-look, which is pretty neat. It has a nice slide and a swim-thru tunnel, and a waterfall. We played for a while, then moved to the beach. You can get a kayak or boogie boards just by showing your KTTW card. We got boogie boards and rode waves for about 3 hours, until utter exhaustion set in. The waves were perfect for nice long boogie rides. We had a nice lunch at the beachside kitchen/snack bar. There were parasails everywhere and we had intended to do one, but when I checked the resort was booked for the day. And, the wind really picked up after 1pm and they started shutting them down, so my advice would be to parasail early in the morning before the tradewinds kick up. We swam in the pool some more, and then we got DD's hair braided. $20, the least I've ever paid. DCL's buses left at 12:20, but we weren't done playing so they left w/o us. They had a small zoo with about 20 animals, and after all our other activities, we checked that out, then headed home around 3pm. I don't understand why DCL allows only 3.5 hours at the Village. There is so much to do you could easily spend the whole day. We'd have staid longer, but the boogie boarding had wiped us out. We got a taxi home for $15. Absolutely no wait getting back aboard, although I'm sure if you came back with one of the tour groups you'd encounter the normal lines.
Had a nice steak at PC last night, saw Freddie Fusions funny cabaret show, and went to bed around 11pm. Don't know what we're going to do tonight. The "feature" show is Hitchhiker, and we have no interest in that. They do have the Pirates deck party later on, that should be fun. DW and DD are shopping at the flea market just off the dock, but they're coming back for Family Animation at 5:15pm. We drew Donald yesterday, he's decoarting our cabin door now. More tomorrow. Send questions if you've got 'em.
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I don't think there is a sad enough icon at this moment for me.
