Wednesday was our final fun-filled day at sea. The last sea day is always bittersweet. The cruise still isn’t over but it’s time to start those not-fun, end-of-cruise chores like packing, debarkation paperwork, etc . To think you might never see some of the people you just spent the last 5 days with ever again is a strange feeling, at least for me. Here are people from all parts of the country (or the world) and different walks of life, who came together to enjoy the same cruise. People you’ve probably never seen before and will never see again.
Then out of the blue, you run into some people who live so close by you probably see them on a regular basis. Which leads me to breakfast. (Did you like that segue?) On the elevator ride down to the MDR we ran into a family of 3 middle-aged couples who live about 10 minutes from our town! We waited in line together at the MDR, and we learned that one couple knew our cousins. We were put at the same table for breakfast, where we discovered even more similarities. It’s a small world for sure!
Our breakfast extended longer than planned (in a good way though) and we missed TV theme song trivia, part 2. Oh well. There will be plenty more of them in future cruises. There was nothing going on for us between now and lunch time, so we went back to the room to pack. As much as it hurts to do it, it has to get done eventually.
At noon we went up to walk around the promenade a little bit before lunch. There was a guy there playing “cocktail piano music,” according to the “Fun Times.” He drew a pretty decent crowd too!
For lunch today I returned to the burrito bar. I just had to get one last burrito before this cruise was over. Once again they did not disappoint. I made sure to savor each and every bite, knowing this would be my last Carnival burrito for at least two years. (We’ll be travelling on the Legend again next year, which does not have a burrito bar.)
Today they had the chocolate buffet. I stood in line to get some so-so cakes and other treats. I really didn’t see the appeal in it. Maybe I was turned off because of the huge lines. They should have a platinum line for this thing! To be fair, I think I was disappointed because I’m not into overly-sweet food, and that’s what most of this was. It was just too much for my taste. I will try it again next year though. Maybe it’ll be better on the Legend.
At 1:30 we headed to the Ivory Bar (the non-smoking cigar bar in the twilight zone) for Super Trivia Round 2. Little did we know that this was a continuation from a trivia session earlier in the week using teams. The hostess let us and the other newcomers join the already-existing teams for the game though.
Super Trivia was a new kind of trivia game, at least for me. Instead of writing down answers to questions like traditional trivia, everyone gets in teams and the teams take turns answering their own questions. A team captain rolls a huge die to determine how many points the question will be worth (1 through 6 points). He then picks a smaller colored die out of a box to determine the question category. There are various categories, including sports, history, entertainment, wacky, etc. The team then discusses the question and comes up with an answer. Only this team gets to answer the question. If they get it right, they get the points. If not, they do not lose points. The points and the teams carried over from the first round earlier in the week.
It was a lot of fun. There’s a thread going around the boards right now about trivia, and how it’s unfair for singles to compete against people who work together. This trivia event eliminated that unfair factor. Now everyone works in a team.
