Day 3 began with guys from Security knocking on our door at 7:00 AM so they could close our porthole. Shortly thereafter came the announcement on the ship's intercom that our trip to the Dominican Republic had been canceled due to Tropical Storm Olga, which was what our captain was trying to avoid. We would learn later that the storm was packing 60 MPH winds and creating 20 foot seas.
The storm was tossing this 850 foot, 17,000 ton cruise ship like it was the S.S. Minnow on its three hour tour. I took a seasickness pill and walked around for a bit before giving up and trying to go back to sleep. Alice actually went and got breakfast. She said later that chairs were periodically falling over on their own, and old people needed to be escorted out of the restaurant. She also learned from some of the staff that this was "the second worst storm in the last three years." Apparently in the first worst storm, the waves broke a window on the 7th deck.
Eventually, I got up, took another pill, and made my way to the poolside area of deck 12. I didn't know where any of the gang was, so I checked the buffet and then headed up to the Spinnaker Lounge thinking Alice might be there playing bingo. I found a bunch of them playing Yahtzee on the way and joined them, despite the second pill kicking in and making me extremely tired and irritable.
Had a gross lunch at the buffet. Got to hear a bunch of obese ladies complain that there wasn't enough pizza.
Dinner at Salsa, the ship's Tex Mex restaurant, while still unspectacular, was the best yet. The dessert was amazing, and all it was basically just berries and cream.
Rejoined the gang in the theater for a magic show. The magician claimed to have performed in Las Vegas, but I'm guessing that he hasn't performed there since the late 70s when his act was on the cutting edge.
If you've bothered to read this far, you're probably thinking, "Wow, this cruise sounds really lame." And you're right, up to now, it was pretty disappointing. Fortunately though, things would improve on Day 4...
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I think the cruise is very good, like Brian said, it's getting better as days went on. The only bad experience on food was in Venitian.
Where are you, Brian?
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