Day 6 Wednesday August 27
Unfortunately Claire’s dip in the ocean at Horseshoe Bay (yesterday) aggravated her stubborn cough. She had trouble getting to sleep the night prior so our room slept in late this morning while the adjoining room (Gary, Cathy and Taylor) ventured ashore in the early morning rain to shop before our 10:30 all aboard call for our 11AM sailaway. Meanwhile I ran up to the buffet and retrieved plates of fruit and pastries to bring back to our room for ouyr breakfast. The skies cleared in time for the return trip out thru “the cut” (which only smaller ships can navigate) from St George to the open ocean beyond. Thereafter, we spend most of the day up on the sun deck (where it was initially quite breezy) pausing to return back down below deck to play a mid afternoon bingo session in the Palace theatre.
NCL is the only cruise line I have sailed on that use “bingo machines”. The electronic bingo machines come pre-loaded with multiple cards and automatically track numbers called, displaying the card with the most hits in each game. What they don’t come with is a cheap price tag. For the “two for one” bingo game we attended (not really any better value since every player’s odds are “doubled”) the asking price for a machine was $49 minimum. Since there was a group of us that wanted to play, we went with packaged sets of traditional paper bingo cards to share. But it soon became apparent that we “paper card players” didn’t stand a chance against the machines, as each of the four games jackpots were claimed by a machine player.
As twlight arrived, we reported to the Seven Seas dining room for early dinner and were rewarded with our best table assignment to date located toward the rear of the room. We also enjoyed superior service (the best of the cruise) at this meal. Following dinner, we attended two shows in the Palace theatre. The first was a performance by ventriloquist Kenny Byrd. the second was a performance featuring Chantz Powell-- a dynamic young (21 year old) singer-dancer-trumpet player who was returning from a long running gig portraying Sammy Davis Jr. in a European tour of The Rat Pack.
Then it was a quick change into our whitest apparel for a return to the theatre to join the White Hot Party, already in progress, where all assembled guests and crew were required to don their whitest whites. John, the buff-bodied cruise director, showed up topless in a white pantsuit, sprouting feathered angels wings on his back. At the party Gary and I ordered two tasty and potent specialty cocktails—a cocotini and a blue iceberg-- while posing for pics with the white boa clad showgirls and cruise director’s staff who were busy leading dances up front on the stage.
Unfortunately Claire’s dip in the ocean at Horseshoe Bay (yesterday) aggravated her stubborn cough. She had trouble getting to sleep the night prior so our room slept in late this morning while the adjoining room (Gary, Cathy and Taylor) ventured ashore in the early morning rain to shop before our 10:30 all aboard call for our 11AM sailaway. Meanwhile I ran up to the buffet and retrieved plates of fruit and pastries to bring back to our room for ouyr breakfast. The skies cleared in time for the return trip out thru “the cut” (which only smaller ships can navigate) from St George to the open ocean beyond. Thereafter, we spend most of the day up on the sun deck (where it was initially quite breezy) pausing to return back down below deck to play a mid afternoon bingo session in the Palace theatre.
NCL is the only cruise line I have sailed on that use “bingo machines”. The electronic bingo machines come pre-loaded with multiple cards and automatically track numbers called, displaying the card with the most hits in each game. What they don’t come with is a cheap price tag. For the “two for one” bingo game we attended (not really any better value since every player’s odds are “doubled”) the asking price for a machine was $49 minimum. Since there was a group of us that wanted to play, we went with packaged sets of traditional paper bingo cards to share. But it soon became apparent that we “paper card players” didn’t stand a chance against the machines, as each of the four games jackpots were claimed by a machine player.
As twlight arrived, we reported to the Seven Seas dining room for early dinner and were rewarded with our best table assignment to date located toward the rear of the room. We also enjoyed superior service (the best of the cruise) at this meal. Following dinner, we attended two shows in the Palace theatre. The first was a performance by ventriloquist Kenny Byrd. the second was a performance featuring Chantz Powell-- a dynamic young (21 year old) singer-dancer-trumpet player who was returning from a long running gig portraying Sammy Davis Jr. in a European tour of The Rat Pack.
Then it was a quick change into our whitest apparel for a return to the theatre to join the White Hot Party, already in progress, where all assembled guests and crew were required to don their whitest whites. John, the buff-bodied cruise director, showed up topless in a white pantsuit, sprouting feathered angels wings on his back. At the party Gary and I ordered two tasty and potent specialty cocktails—a cocotini and a blue iceberg-- while posing for pics with the white boa clad showgirls and cruise director’s staff who were busy leading dances up front on the stage.
There was also a teen version of the White Hot Party running simultaneously in the Frame 52 disco which Ryan, Claire and Taylor attended. We rendezvoused with them just before midnight on the way back to our staterooms to adjourn for the evening.
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