The ship made port at 12:00 noon, and we made it to lunch at the same time. We were in no hurry to do much of anything, and there would be no need to hurry until the end of the cruise. So, there was only one drawback for me in waking up early - there was no uncut fresh fruit in the room for me to nosh on to sate my hunger.
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We went to the main dining room for lunch, and this time, service wasn't bad. Yes, there was a minor mistake. But it was nothing to complain about. (Later on, we'd find that 90 people started their contracts with this sailing. No wonder why service in the dining rooms was iffy at times.) After lunch, it was again time to relax. So we went upstairs to the buffet, where we could read in someplace other than our cabin.
Around 5:30, it was time to go to dinner, and our new friends weren't there. I guess either of 3 things happened:
- They were still dealing with the aftermath of the water pipe bursting at home, and were still making calls from the ship to see that their home gets fixed.
- They flew home from the DR, so that they could deal with their issues in person.
- They were tired of dining with us (RQS deems this doubtful), and found another table (and time) to dine at.
It felt strange to have a table for 6 to ourselves. But we enjoyed the meal anyway.
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After another trip back to our room, we went to the theater to see a performer (LsShonda Reese) sing a set of songs by James Brown, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and others. She was a good singer, but I wouldn't have spent money to see her perform - at least, not in a cruise ship environment.
As usual, we now are finding that our next door cabin resident regularly leaves her scooter in the hallway. Do I like this? No. But there's nothing I want to do about this. It's a pain to house the scooter in the room. Yet, I feel that she should have booked an "Accessible Cabin" to deal with this issue beforehand. This is something I will bring up when I write a letter to the cruise line's customer service department. I don't want to get anyone in trouble (especially not our room steward), but I think the cruise line needs a policy for this, as not all cabin entryways have room to park 1 scooter, much less 2 scooters.
Tomorrow, we will be in Puerto Rico, and we may finally get off the ship.
