Great Stirrup Cay - NCL's private island. The last time I was here, I declined to set foot on the island because it was a tender port. And I did the right thing, as choppy weather was getting in the way of tenders returning people to the ship.
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We arrived at the island early in the morning. The ship emptied out while we went to breakfast on the ship. That meant the ship was quiet and peaceful for a change, and we enjoyed it. Breakfast was pleasant, as we didn't have to wait to be seated, nor did we have to be worried about overworked wait staff giving shoddy breakfast service. Normally, we might not have roused ourselves out of bed until noon. But we were hungry, and the mechanical staff had to visit our room again for a third time to fix the problem with our toilet not flushing correctly. So, after breakfast, we killed time in the main atrium and gave staff a chance to make up our cabin, and fix the problem with the toilet without us getting in the way.
We came back to a room with a working toilet (Thank God!) and relaxed for a while before going to the buffet for a late lunch. Again, we killed a little time, as we had an early dinner at the Hibachi restaurant. There's not much to say about this place, save that the food was tasty and plentiful. I've seen the Hibachi show way too many times to be impressed by it, and I'm glad that we didn't get stuck eating 3 specialty meals in this place.
After dinner, it was off to the ship's theater to see a show we saw on one of our trips on this ship - the Broadway Cabaret. Unlike the last show we saw in this theater, we enjoyed it - even though we had seen it before. The ship's singers and musicians were at the top of their game, and we stayed to the closing number. (We left during the number, as we both needed bio-breaks.) And then we were done for the night.
