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Dinner looked yummy! I have some black salt from Iceland that I haven’t tried yet. Now I’m afraid it will taste like sulphur!
Those were some winnings in the casino! The most I ever won was $60 on dime slots.
I've had black salt that tastes fine! Be brave, Colleen! I really do have the luck of the devil when gambling. Who am I to question that?! I figure at this point, I could never lose as much as I've won!
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I know I'd love it! When you go single you pay the full price for the room as if they were two of you. Part of the problem. RCCL is not that bad price wise and hope to do one in a couple of years. Hope one of the ones you're on. I checked your January cruise and not a lot availability for rooms. Though cheaper than Disney and restaurants are better as DCL only has Palo and Remy (Fantasy and Dream only).
We try to do at least one cruise a year and you are always welcome to join us!! I would do another Disney Cruise in a heartbeat if they would just lower their prices!!
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We are doing a short cruise from LA to San Diego and Victoria BC and then into Vancouver where we will spend 3 days exploring Vancouver. It is on the Princess line. I am dying to try RCCL though. They look fascinating! I am just getting my husband back into the thought of cruising. We took an Alaskan cruise last July on Princess as well.
I have a good friend who loves Princess and it sounds very comparable to RCCL. You guys will love Vancouver!!! What a pretty town!!
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What a great dinner and show and then to top it off with those winnings... well, life doesn't get any better!
This photo was actually from last night because we didn't get to our room until 1:30 AM!!
We slept in this morning after our late evening which felt great!! We didn't have any plans for Labadee except to go to the beach for a bit. It's a good thing because the ship pulled up to the port and the Captain announced that there were 9 foot waves at the shore and it was unsafe to dock.
So today would become an additional sea day but not before cruising around the island for some beautiful views. It was a gorgeous morning and a little surreal that the waves were so bad but you could definitely see them breaking from the ship.
We headed back out to sea and the cruise director came on the loudspeaker to announce that there were many more activities added for today and that we could pick up our revised Cruise Compass at Guest Relations. Muffin and I decided to do that after we ate our breakfast, so we went up to the windjammer.
After we ate, we walked on the jogging track for a few laps and then decided to up to the pool. When we got to our floor I snapped this picture of the lovely painting hung in the stairway:
We changed into our bathing suits and headed up to the pool area. The main pool deck was pretty crowded but we went up to the upper deck and found a spot easily.
The kids area
The Flowrider (which I did not attempt this time)
But! I did decide to do the zipline which was a blast!!
Then we played putt putt:
After about an hour and a half, we had had enough sun and decided to walk the ship a little bit. We got showered, changed and then took a nice nap. I woke up before Muffin so I took my book and found a shaded area to get some reading done. After about an hour, Muffin texted me to say that he was up and ready for our pre dinner cocktail.
We decide to go to the Champagne Bar where I got a Lemon Drop and Muffin got a Chardonnay.
Tonight's dinner would be at Giovanni's Table and I will tell you all about that in the next installment!
What a shame you weren't able to dock. By the look of your photos, it looks as if you at least still had sunshine to enjoy, even if the sea wasn't cooperating.
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Sorry you couldn't dock at Labadee, but it seems you made the most of the day anyway in much the same way you would have on the beach. The zip line looks like fun. I assume it went out over the pool area.
On another note, I saw on the news the other night that The Symphony of the Seas had set sail for the first time.
What a shame you weren't able to dock. By the look of your photos, it looks as if you at least still had sunshine to enjoy, even if the sea wasn't cooperating.
We sure did have a beautiful day!!
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It must have been disappointing for those people who booked excursions not to be able to dock. At least they have tons to do so you don’t get bored.
I'm sure it was disappointing. Muffin and I both said that if this was our first cruise, we would have been upset. The cruise line does try to make up for it, but if you had never been to Labadee, it would stink.
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Good all you had planned was beach time, as staying on board wasn’t a big change. Plus you got to zip line!
Me too! Plus we have been to Labadee many times, so it wasn't a big deal.
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Sorry you couldn't dock at Labadee, but it seems you made the most of the day anyway in much the same way you would have on the beach. The zip line looks like fun. I assume it went out over the pool area.
On another note, I saw on the news the other night that The Symphony of the Seas had set sail for the first time.
It was fine for us! The zip line actually goes over the Boardwalk. It is very cool!! I can't wait to sail on the Symphony!!
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I love the presentation of your cucumber martini! It looks so good!
Looks like you had a fun day regardless of not being able to dock. Thanks, I hope we will enjoy Vancouver. From everything I’ve read it should be a fun 3 days.
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Too bad you couldn't dock at Labadee. Seems you made the most of an unplanned day at sea and enjoyed yourselves. Your Lemon Drop looks very good and I like these too. Looking forward to hearing about Giovanni's.
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Looks like you had a fun day regardless of not being able to dock. Thanks, I hope we will enjoy Vancouver. From everything I’ve read it should be a fun 3 days.
We did!! I would love to know how you make out in one of my favorite cities anywhere!!
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Too bad you couldn't dock at Labadee. Seems you made the most of an unplanned day at sea and enjoyed yourselves. Your Lemon Drop looks very good and I like these too. Looking forward to hearing about Giovanni's.
It was a lovely day for us and that martini was the best Lemon Drop I have ever tasted!! Patricia knows her stuff!!
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Bummer that the ship couldn't dock at Labadee, but you all seemed to have lots of enjoyable relaxing on this additional at sea day.
We definitely made lemonade and had a really great day!!
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I really do have the luck of the devil when gambling. Who am I to question that?! I figure at this point, I could never lose as much as I've won!
When you go single you pay the full price for the room as if they were two of you. 
Part of the problem. RCCL is not that bad price wise and hope to do one in a couple of years. 
Though cheaper than Disney and restaurants are better as DCL only has Palo and Remy (Fantasy and Dream only).
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The cruise line does try to make up for it, but if you had never been to Labadee, it would stink.
Your Lemon Drop looks very good and I like these too. Looking forward to hearing about Giovanni's. 
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