{"id":804,"date":"2010-09-26T08:55:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T12:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2010-09-26T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T12:55:50","slug":"cruise-notes-day-two-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/26\/cruise-notes-day-two-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Notes: Day Two, at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0 Day Two, our first full day at sea, the swells were still in the 2.5 to 3m range, so we were finding that many of our fellow passengers were pretty seasick.\u00a0Neither Peter nor I were effected, which was something of a surprise.\u00a0 Both of us have been seasick before.\u00a0 Peter on a fishing boat and me back on my first cruise in quite flat seas.\u00a0 (Not, throwing up in\u00a0 my case, but certainly mildly queasy and not feeling like eating anything).<\/p>\n

We\u00a0had breakfast at the Windjammer again, and were able to get a seat right in the bow.\u00a0 Since it was on Deck Nine, we started calling it Nine Forward.\u00a0 We sat there for breakfast and lunch almost every day.<\/p>\n

The Enchantment of the Seas<\/em> does have a library, so we snagged a couple of books and headed over to the solarium for some sunning, swimming, a drink and reading.\u00a0 But, the noise of the belly flop contest got us curious, so we had to go inspect it.<\/p>\n

Here’s the thing about cruises — if you go prepared to play, you’ll have a great time.\u00a0 The cruise director for the Enchantment of the Seas<\/em> is quite the party guy, so there were constant games, silly contests, good shows… you name it.\u00a0 He had a real sense of fun and theater as well as a talent for getting people to play along with him.<\/p>\n

After the belly flop contest, we hung out in the main pool. Remember those rough seas?\u00a0 Well, even though the ship wasn’t really equipped with a wave pool… we had a wave pool.\u00a0 The pitching of the ship was enough to make the water slosh back and forth in the pool enough that you could body surf nearly the length of it.\u00a0 While we were doing so and laughing our fool heads off, we met a lady from Fairfax, VA who was also on her 20th anniversary celebration.\u00a0 She’d gotten married Sept. 15th, the same as we had.\u00a0\u00a0 We gushed a bit about that, how beautiful the weather was on our wedding day (and it was gorgeous that day!), and had a good time chatting.<\/p>\n

\"CIMG0019\"<\/a>Dinner was formal.\u00a0 \u00a0and I clean up good, if I do say so myself.\u00a0 He wore a tux and I wore a simple black gown with pearls.\u00a0 At dinner, I had escargot just because I\u2019d never tried them.\u00a0 Mostly they tasted of butter and garlic and I can think of other foods as a butter and garlic delivery system\u00a0I’d\u00a0like better.\u00a0 Peter has duck for the main course and I had prime rib.\u00a0 They used a hint of nutmeg in the potatoes.\u00a0 Amazingly, it really worked.<\/p>\n

We got in one dance before seeing a goofily written show with some very skilled performers.<\/p>\n

And dammit, I’m NOT on a boat now.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 I wanna go back!<\/p>\n

[Edit: There have been complaints that there was not a pic of both of us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On\u00a0 Day Two, our first full day at sea, the swells were still in the 2.5 to 3m range, so we were finding that many of our fellow passengers were pretty seasick.\u00a0Neither Peter nor I were effected, which was something of a surprise.\u00a0 Both of us have been seasick before.\u00a0 Peter on a fishing boat … <\/p>\n

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