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What is your tally of winnings so far? The prohibition party looks like tons of fun!
At this point I think I am up to around 3 grand. We did use about a thousand of it to pay off our bill (which included my purse!) The Prohibition party was terrific!!
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Oh my gosh the Prohibition Party looks fun.
It really was!!!
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I'm surprised the restaurant waited so long and then called the guests who were late. I would have thought they would have gone on without them after a brief wait.
As were we, but we honestly didn't care one way or the other!!
When we first got to Cozumel, Muffin was still asleep and I went up to do some reading. I swear to you all, the day started out warm and sunny. After a leisurely hour or so with some Starbucks and an awesome book, I went down to see if Muffin was awake.
He was up, dressed and ready to start the day! We went up to the windjammer and got our usual breakfast fare and sat by the window. We noticed the clouds rolling in and what looked like a rain front on the other side of the island. By the time we were finished our meal, it was raining like crazy!!
We are parked next to the Norwegian Dawn
The Captain came on and said that the rain should let up in a half an hour or so, so we decided to change into our swim suits and head to the Solarium hot tub. We met some really nice people and chatted with them for a good hour and it was still raining.
Originally, we had planned to go to Chankanaab Park today but decided at the last minute that we would just relax and maybe take a walk around the shopping area. This wound up being a great decision because another hour later and it was still raining. We lazed around in the Solarium. We read, we swam, we hot tubbed some more, we got some drinks and basically just lounged all day.
And guess what?! It was still raining!! Mind you It was a nice warm rain and we were wet most of the day anyway so at this point we decided not to go ashore at all. The ship did provide umbrellas for anyone wanting to do so, but we have been to Cozumel a number of times and were perfectly content to just hang out.
Around 4 PM, we went back to our room, got showers and got ready for dinner, which happened to be at the Solarium Bistro tonight!! . We can now say that we truly spent the whole day and part of the evening at the Solarium!!
First we went to the pub , though:
The newspaper Muffin is reading is actually the pub menu. He couldn’t find anything he liked on it and I think I got an IPA.
Then we headed up to the Solarium Bistro. We had a lovely dinner again tonight. It started out with buffet offerings from bread and soup to salad and various Mediterranean accompaniments. Then we ordered an entree from the menu, just like at the Cali Grill brunch.
We both ordered salmon tonight
The food was truly delicious and different with a definite Mediterranean flair. We also each got a nice glass of wine. For dessert, we went back up to the buffet station. Also the ship pulled out while we were at dinner which was really nice to watch!
We took a stroll around the promenade and then went to a comedy show. The comedian was just so so but we enjoyed the show. We next went to the casino again where, I know this is getting old, but I won some more loot! I think about 300 dollars tonight.
When we got back to our stateroom, this is what was waiting for us!!
We sat out on the balcony for a while before going to bed.
Tomorrow: Our last day onboard!
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Another nice day! Too bad for the rain. You made the best of it with time in the spa. Dinner looked very good with some nice choices.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Our last full day onboard would be at sea. We got up early and took a walk on the jogging track and then went up to the windjammer. After breakfast, we played a round of putt putt. I kicked Muffin’s butt!
Then we went down to the Promenade and took lots of pictures:
We browsed through the shops and then went up to deck 15 to enjoy the hot tub and pool. We ate lunch at Park Cafe and both got Roast Beef sandwiches which were delicious!! Then we went to the Boardwalk and rode the carousel and got some ice cream. There was a water show going on at the Aqua Theatre and a deck party with drinks, cupcakes and candy apples that was so fun!!
We went back to the stateroom and took a nap. For dinner tonight, we had no plans so we went to Vintages and got a nice glass of wine and then decided we needed to check out the Diamond Lounge, which we hadn’t been to all week!
Vintages
We were pleasantly surprised to find some great appetizers and Muffin got another glass of wine while I got a Lemon Drop martini.
We finished the night off at the casino where we won another grand!! That’s right!! One thousand dollars! We went to guest services and paid off our remaining cruise balance, which was about a hundred bucks and wound up with a grand total of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to take home!!!!!
This enabled us to do some amazing things with our remaining upcoming vacations this year, which you will certainly find out about shortly!!
We were wide awake and really hungry after paying off our bill, so we went to Sorrento’s pizza. Muffin had a muffuletta sandwich and I had a slice of yummy pizza and we just enjoyed hanging out on the promenade and people watching for a bit before going to bed.
Our last towel animal for this trip:
We packed up and put our luggage out for the next morning. We paid for it to go directly on our flight, which is always worth it to us!
March 11th
In the morning, we got up, showered, dressed and were off the ship by 8 AM. We caught the shuttle back to MCO and had pretty much all day to hang out at the airport.
We went to the Hyatt and sat in the lobby and read, ate and drank coffee for most of the day and ran into Steve and Susie, who sat with us for a while! Our flight home was at 4 PM and was on time.
We were home and doing wash by 8:30 PM!!
All in all, we had an AH-mazing trip!!! If you think about it, we should have been disappointed because two out of the three ports were a bust.
We could have cared less about that though!! The weather was fabulous overall, we really enjoyed the ship, we won a small fortune, we met the best people, our stateroom was great and the food was unbelievable!!
This concludes another wonderful trip!! Thanks for following along!!
We can’t wait to go on the Symphony in January!!!!
We finished the night off at the casino where we won another grand!! That’s right!! One thousand dollars! We went to guest services and paid off our remaining cruise balance, which was about a hundred bucks and wound up with a grand total of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to take home!!!!!
That is unbelievable! You really ought to quit your jobs and just make going to casinos a full time job. You'd be zillionaires!
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That was a lot of money won - more than the actual cost of the cruise I’m guessing? Can’t wait to hear what else you’ve used the winnings on!
Thanks for sharing the TR, Tara!
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The prohibition party looks like tons of fun!
We did use about a thousand of it to pay off our bill (which included my purse!) The Prohibition party was terrific!!
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Mind you It was a nice warm rain and we were wet most of the day anyway so at this point we decided not to go ashore at all. The ship did provide umbrellas for anyone wanting to do so, but we have been to Cozumel a number of times and were perfectly content to just hang out.
Too bad for the rain. You made the best of it with time in the spa. 
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Can I have some of your luck for the lottery... please? 
I have a feeling it would not work out that way!! 
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