At 2:30 I went to the Game of Love, formerly known as the Newlywed-Not so Newlywed Game. As always, this was a funny and entertaining event. This time around, they chose a newlywed couple married two days before, a couple married 25 years, and a couple married 70 years. In my opinion, the oldest couple is usually the funniest. This time the newlyweds were the funniest. The wife always put down answers that spoke highly of her new husband, but the husband always put himself down (and his wife too).
After the Game of Love was over I went back out on deck. Everyone was out soaking up the sun on our last day of the cruise.
The pools weren’t very crowded, but the slide was very busy today, as you can see by the wet tracks leading from the end of the slide back up to the slide entrance.
Without the fog, this one could pass for a Caribbean cruise picture!
4:00 rolled around quickly. I went back to the promenade to check out charades. I think I can safely safe I don’t like charades. The whole thing was boring to me. I was gone within 10 minutes. Part of the reason was probably because half the people didn’t understand charades entails not talking. The person would be performing in some way and would be saying out loud what he/she was doing. What’s the fun if you’re telling us the answer?
Thanks to CC (once again), I knew to check out the Fun Farewell party for some free booze. The Fun Farewell party was held in the Ebony Cabaret at 5:00. The drinks were flowing and the band was playing some good music.
Dinner tonight was very good. I ordered the penne mariscos, which is a dish I look forward to every cruise. It’s penne pasta in a red cream sauce, with shrimp, scallops, and calamari. My mouth is watering just typing this up! Next year I think I’ll order it as a starter and then again as an entrée.
After dinner we said our sad farewells to our waiter and assistant waiters. Goodbye Anil, Agus, and Gerald! All three were very good.
Tonight was spent, as usual, in the casino. I had a small bit of luck again tonight. My gambling money was mostly big bills. But I had one five left and I had to decide what to do with it. I hadn’t played roulette yet, maybe I’ll play that? Nah, my mother had zero luck with roulette this cruise. Pass. What else? As I’m walking around, I see the “high stakes” slot area. Just for fun, I decide to blow the $5 with one spin on a $5 slot machine. Wouldn’t you know it, I win 5 credits! Now I have $25 to cash out at the casino. Hooray for me! This last little win signaled the end of the casino for me. I went back to the room to put our suitcases out for the people to take. Because we didn’t have a plane to catch this year, we opted for the relaxed debarkation option instead of our usual self-assist.
This guy was waiting for us when I went back to the room:
We spent a little more time in the casino and up on deck. After a little while we decided to end our final night onboard. Off to bed we went for the last time this cruise.
Up next: debarkation
