Today was the only day that we had rain and overcast skies.
We had breakfast at Topsiders as Capt. Tom reversed the Magic and docked stern first. DW and both DS's have snorkel gear reserved and head off the ship at 9:30 towards the snorkel shack.
DW wants to find the sunken Mickey this time that eluded us on our first attempt at snorkeling in 1998. She also wants to check out the sub from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea that now lies on the bottom along the snorkel trail.
This is the first time that both boys have tried snorkeling. DS(19) found the elusive Mickey between buoys A & B, and all three made it to the sub and explored it as much as they could. They took pictures with the waterproof camera and headed back to shore after an hour or so. The sub has netting over it to discourage any climbers.
I spent the morning at Serenity Bay checking out the bottom for any unusual shells.
We all met at Cookies at 11:30 for lunch which was great as usual. Then DW and I headed back to Serenity while the boys stayed at the teen beach. We had wanted to spend as much time at the adult beach as possible as we had never spent much time there at all on our previous three visits.
Lightening forced us out of the water at 2:30 but we sat in loungers for another hour and practically had the beach to ourselves as most everyone else took the tram back to the ship. We finally took the tram back at 3:30 and were among the last to board the Magic at 4:00.
Our final dinner was once again at Animators. For once we all had the same entree, the Filet Mignon w/lasagna roll and roma tomato sauce & mushrooms, which we all enjoyed. Dessert tonite was Celebration cake for me, warm apple pie and ice cream for the boys, and the banana creme brulee napolean for DW. All were delicious.
We said our final goodbyes to our waiters, who were the best that we have had on all of our cruises. We certainly will ask for them again. Sylvester went out of his way to make certain that every meal was excellent for us.
After doing most of the packing, we went to the Farewell show featuring the Mills Bros. jugglers and Rich Pupura. After walking around decks 4 and 10 as we did ecery night, we headed for bed.
Thankfully our trip didn't end the next morning as we had 4 nights at CBR to look forward to.
Although we thoroughly enjoyed this trip, we have decided that we like the Eastern better and will take that route again next time. Seems that nothing beats those days at sea!
We had breakfast at Topsiders as Capt. Tom reversed the Magic and docked stern first. DW and both DS's have snorkel gear reserved and head off the ship at 9:30 towards the snorkel shack.
DW wants to find the sunken Mickey this time that eluded us on our first attempt at snorkeling in 1998. She also wants to check out the sub from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea that now lies on the bottom along the snorkel trail.
This is the first time that both boys have tried snorkeling. DS(19) found the elusive Mickey between buoys A & B, and all three made it to the sub and explored it as much as they could. They took pictures with the waterproof camera and headed back to shore after an hour or so. The sub has netting over it to discourage any climbers.
I spent the morning at Serenity Bay checking out the bottom for any unusual shells.
We all met at Cookies at 11:30 for lunch which was great as usual. Then DW and I headed back to Serenity while the boys stayed at the teen beach. We had wanted to spend as much time at the adult beach as possible as we had never spent much time there at all on our previous three visits.
Lightening forced us out of the water at 2:30 but we sat in loungers for another hour and practically had the beach to ourselves as most everyone else took the tram back to the ship. We finally took the tram back at 3:30 and were among the last to board the Magic at 4:00.
Our final dinner was once again at Animators. For once we all had the same entree, the Filet Mignon w/lasagna roll and roma tomato sauce & mushrooms, which we all enjoyed. Dessert tonite was Celebration cake for me, warm apple pie and ice cream for the boys, and the banana creme brulee napolean for DW. All were delicious.
We said our final goodbyes to our waiters, who were the best that we have had on all of our cruises. We certainly will ask for them again. Sylvester went out of his way to make certain that every meal was excellent for us.
After doing most of the packing, we went to the Farewell show featuring the Mills Bros. jugglers and Rich Pupura. After walking around decks 4 and 10 as we did ecery night, we headed for bed.
Thankfully our trip didn't end the next morning as we had 4 nights at CBR to look forward to.
Although we thoroughly enjoyed this trip, we have decided that we like the Eastern better and will take that route again next time. Seems that nothing beats those days at sea!
