Caribbean Cruise Day 2: sailing away from Cozumel

Wow, this 7 day Caribbean Cruise may very well be my best one yet. I have been on three so far. First, let me start by saying that I left the library after blogging yesterday and went back to the casino and won another $100.00. I took a break and we had dinner, last evening was the Captain's Gala, it was one of two formal nights aboard the ship. We had a great menu consisting of Prime Rib and Lobster tails. I ate two Lobster tails almost disappointingly the first one wasn't so great and the second was mediocre at best. However, as usual the service was great and the entertainment that was offered was a lot of fun as well. Our wait staff performed a couple of song and dances for us. All in all, it was just a fun time.

Last evening we went to one of the Vegas style shows that was performed for our viewing pleasure. That show was titled "Generations" it was themed with generational songs and dances starting back in the 1940's up until the 80's. It was complete with professional dancers, colorful customes that emphasized the error they represented, laser lighting, and pyrotechnics.

After the show, I made my way back to the casino. Carmen lost fifty dollars. I ended up winning $522.00, playing craps. It was easy money, not quite as easy as Coastal but it was still a lot of fun. I learned to play craps while on our last 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Last night that table was just hot. I will get back there tonight and see if I can make anything else happen at that table.

Today, our port was in Grand Cayman. This was my second time visiting Grand Cayman, the last time was last year it was a few months after hurricane Ivan. That island has been doing a lot of repairing and it shows. On one of the excursions we had a once in a life time opportunity to go out about 30 minutes by boat and swim on a sandbar with some very large stingrays. THAT WAS AWESOME! I had actually done that once before as well but it was so much fun we wanted to do it again. Stingrays are very gentle, the water was only about 4 feet deep we had snorkeling equipment, we were just swimming around in the Caribbean crystal blue sea with about 40 beautiful stingrays. They would swim right up to you, you could pet them or touch them as they swam by. One of the tour guides even picked one up out of the water so we could take pictures with them. This is the kind of stuff that memories are made of. Afterwards, we took a tour of the island. Once that was complete Carmen's mom and her aunt went shopping but we came back to the boat and showered then, took a nap before dinner this evening.

This evening for dinner I took Carmen, her mother, and her aunt to the "Supper Club". I had read about the supper club but I didn't really know what to expect. The main dining room was already so fabulous (at least I thought it was). The supper club did require an extra charge of a nominal fee ($30 per person). I did not think that was nominal until after we experienced it. Formal attire was required. We had 6 star service without a doubt. A complete 6 course meal. I had sushi as an appetizer, some of the best I have ever had. Then a salad, on to a Prime Filet Mignon, I have never had a better steak in my life. Desert was some sort of scrumptious cheesecake. My words of describing this are just not doing justice this was a complete two and a half hour experience, with a complete wait staff. Four of which waited on us and a world renown chef whose presentation was breath taking and the food tasted as well as it was presented. Without a doubt Carmen and I will visit the supper club at least once more while aboard this cruise. Back in the states that meal would have cost at least $100.00 a piece. I will gladly pay $30 for that once more.

Tomorrow we will port in Cozumel, stay tuned to learn more about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Currently, I am off to the Craps table; wish me luck!

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