We started out with smooth sailing out of Fort Lauderdale. Then sometime in the early morning hours we could feel the swaying of the ship. Then it started to rain. We woke up to some commotion outside our cabin door. I thought I heard someone singing up and down our hallway. We finally woke up sometime after 8am.
We got ourselves ready for the day and tidied up our cabin a bit. We headed out and up to Deck 15 (Lido) to find some breakfast. As we opened our cabin door we found out what the commotion was all about. We found two 43” flat screens sitting in boxes outside our door. The hallway along Deck 7 (Dolphin, port side) was lined up with two TVs per cabin. Wow!
We ended up on Deck 15 (Lido) in the buffet. I was able to find fresh poached eggs, capers, some breakfast potatoes, and fresh pineapple.
We arrived in to Princess Cays around 9:30am about the time we finished eating breakfast. A lot of fellow cruisers were milling around and so the ship felt very crowded. The Captain made an announcement that we have arrived and tenders from ashore would be coming out to the ship to pick us up and take us to the beach.
We were in cruise-mode and definitely not in any hurry to get off. We stopped in our cabin to pick up our complementary coffee card and headed down to Deck 5 for some Skinny Mochas at the International Cafe. The main Piazza was humming with lots of folks waiting for the tenders to arrive and take them ashore. Hubby managed to find a corner seat at Vines and we camped there for an hour. And yes, I used this time to write my blog activities to be uploaded when the Internet connection is…well…not bogged down with my fellow cruisers. So, just so you know, our blog might be updated around 2am or 4am. Who knows as I need to figure out the best times. I also need to look up in our hallway to see where the access points are located. :)
We quickly gathered a few things and headed out to the tenders. The water action was amazing. The tender driver had to slow the engine down a bit when the rogue waves were approaching our vessel. So we bobbled a bit in the water and then proceeded for a bit, bobbled again and the off we went. We walked around the island (mostly to get our steps in) and I took lots of pictures for those of you following on our adventure. One day you might see them here. Sorry for the technical difficulties that are beyond my control.
Since we had a late start getting off the ship and to the island we were able to find a bar area that was closed. We found two stools facing the beach, ocean, and the Caribbean Princess and well…enjoyed the beautiful view. I took a bunch of selfies (or tried to) and then captured a picture of hubby looking out towards the water. I moved around and noticed a huge photo op! I told Hubby to open his mouth and there you have it. He was eating the back of the Caribbean Princess! If any of you are following us on FB, you’ll know that I mentioned about using your imagination. There you go!
After getting slightly red, we decided it was time to head back to the ship. MUTS on the upper deck was showing the football games, but it was too chilly for us. Hubby had gone back to the cabin while I was visiting several bars looking for wine glasses to bring back to our cabin. When I finally made it back down to our Dolphin deck, I noticed a lot of open TV boxes in the hallways along with the old TVs inside them. As I made my way down to our cabin, we had a visit inside our cabin. They were installing our new TVs. No time to take any pictures of this I found Hubby on our balcony and told him we need to leave and I had a surprise for him. He followed me down to the closed casino area and sat at the lonely bar watching the JAX and PIT game on two screens. A nice surprise and we enjoyed the quiet time together. Okay so Hubby was watching the game while I was composing this blog post.
It’s 3:30pm and I’m looking out the casino windows and it looks foggy outside. So I blink a few times and it’s actually pouring outside. The last tender to leave Princess Cays is 4pm. I don’t believe anyone will be sitting on the upper deck of the tenders on their way back.
I decide to hit the gym before the game ends. Only had time to do circuit training before the place started to get really crowded. I’m back in our cabin and watching our ship swing around starboard side to pick up the remaining tender. The water is rough and I can see the tender bobbling up and down to get back.
We have a 6pm reservation at a specialty restaurant called Sabatini’s tonight. Looking for to this wonderful dining experience.
I will posting the previous day’s post as soon as I finish composing it. Tomorrow is a sea day and I hope to catch by then.
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