It was a very lazy day today. We were both exhausted and didn't get up until 10am. Outside our balcony down on deck 6 was a major reward time for elite level RCI cruisers with lots of music and photo opportunities with the Captain and crew.
We ate a late breakfast in the Windjammer on Deck 16 before watching paddle boarders and surfers ride the wave. Several surfers were really good! Afterwards we spent the afternoon watching football in the OnAir venue. Our Seahawks pulled off a victory late in a tight game. While it was formal night, the Main Dining Room menu was not appealing plus it cost extra for surf and turf (which is free on HAL). So we ate back in the Windjammer and it was really good. The lamb riblets were really good. We were joined by Heidi from the Seattle area. She's a presenter at the travel agent conference going onboard this week. We had a good chat about differences in cruise ships and cruise lines. She had lots of years with HAL. We then watched a few innings of the World Series.
I should mention that for the first time in many cruises I purchased their UNLIMITED internet access for both of us for the rest of the cruise. It's fast and way cheaper than HAL's abysmally slow pay by the minute access. RCI certainly knows what their audience wants. If we were doing a longer cruise, I don't think I would purchase the package, but would probably only purchase it for the last week of a long cruise. Our portable internet device doesn't cover the Caribbean, but it does work for most of the rest of the world.
Also RCI doesn't put a hold on one's credit card, but puts through a $50 charge to test the account and then a second charge for the balance of the purchase. It seems like an amateur hour approach to me. HAL puts a hold on for x dollars times the number of sailing days, and then charges the actual amount at the end of the trip.
At 10:30pm we watched a really good high wire and aqua show called Fine Line in the Aqua theatre. We could have watched it from our balcony. Coming back to the room we saw game 5 of the World Series was still on, so I watched the last 3 innings while writing this update. And so ended day two.
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