Getting a dream cruise on Regal Princess. seven Days at Sea

Wed. I was so excited for our trip that I got up before the clock went off.  After I got everyone up we left for Fort Lauderdale Everglades port.  We ate in Fort Myers at Cracker Barrel.  I dropped Linda, Dad and the luggage at the port then went to get gas and return the car.  Linda and Dad waited in a long line to get in and I just cut in line to catch up.  Our rooms were not ready so we went to the pool on the 16 deck and ate brats and cheese burgers. We got to our rooms and sat on our balcony till the ship left.  As we were leaving for dinner I noticed the ship going the wrong way. Then the announcement came over the speakers someone was ill and we were going back to Fort Lauderdale.  After dinner we listened to the music in the atrium then Linda and I went to the evening show and Dad came back to his room.

Thur. The weather in the sea is getting bad and toward Canada even worse. So changing directions.  Linda and I were up early so I got coffee and we did a bible study on our balcony. We took a walk on the glass boardwalk then Dad and I worked on the daily puzzles.

Fri. The map shows our change in plans going to the islands of Portugal instead of Canada. We had a chance to have hors d’ouvres in our room.  Tonight is formal night so we all got dressed and had some pictures taken before dinner.  Dessert was a chocolate truffle that looked so good and tasted even better. This is a night that they also had a champaign falls.

Sat. Another day at sea.  We got in line to eat Belgian waffle but a game was going to be played and they needed players.  One member wore a tee shirt  and the other stapled balloons to it there was four groups. We won our group. Then the winners put a spoon in there mouth with a ping pong ball in it.  We had a relay race up to the second floor and back down. Both Linda and I dropped the ball on the way down the steps (lots of fun). At dinner there was steak on the menu so Dad asked if the steak was tender. Then ordered cajun creole.  Our server wanted him to taste the steak so he ordered him one so that is the picture with him and two dinners.

Sun. There is many things going on, on board a ship. We took in the fruit and veg carving.  As you can see from the pictures below the men are very talented.  They say that it is handed down from generation to generation. Each man did three in twenty minutes.  The rest of the day we played cards, ate and ate, then enjoyed the evening show.

Mon. and Tues. We went around the boat eating and eating.  We went to a Indian cuisine culinary demo which had some hot (spicy) main courses and gave us samples.  We also had hot tea made from grass weed, ginger, and ect.  Which actually tasted like chocolate. We went to one dance class, the Waltz. From time to time we played cards and watched some movies.  We have made four time changes so far. At dinner tonight they had rhubarb and ice cream for dessert (Linda bottom middle yum yum). For tonights entertainment they had two champion jugglers.