Wednesday, July 4, 2007

At Sea




Each night the Carnival Capers Activity guide is placed in your cabin with complimentary mints and bed turn down service. There is something for everyone in the family. We registered the kids for Camp Carnival and received a separate list of activities for the boys. Disco dancing, sand art, painting, video game play time and more. We decided to spend some time by the pool while the kids went for water sports, sliding down the top deck water slides and playing volleyball. I prefer lounge chair sports like watching my husband suck in his gut every time a pretty bikini clad girl walked by. Carlos,our poolside cabana boy, kept the dirty bananas coming and conversation with the other guests was friendly and amicable.Dinner in the grape themed dining room was a real treat. The food was well prepared, well presented and delicious. The wait staff was attentive and memorized our first names that night. Juhanna and Harry, from Indonesia, took care of our every need.Afterwards, they had an on board liquor sale. We purchased a few bottles of Kahlua and Sheridan to bring back for his bosses. The Kahlua is for Dana and I when we go to Tampa. They also had a jewelry sale on cocktail rings and I picked up a few as gifts to bring home.The casino was spacious, well lit and the crap tables were hot. I headed there after staying even at roulette. Paul wanted to win at Caribbean stud again, so he mostly played there.Overall, it was a great first day and we settled in nicely, rocked to sleep by the motion of the ocean liner as we cruised to Puerto Rico.