and thousands of other people, too.
There is something that is so relaxing about being in the middle of the ocean and looking out your little window and seeing this....Yessssss. Beautiful first sea day! Remember how I told you May is the best month? Yeah, this is why. God, your creation is beautiful!
Today I wanted to do everything that was on the funtimes but no, that didn't happen because I don't know how to plan all that well. It's a skill i'm trying to master. No such luck on this cruise though.
But we started out with brunch in the Southern Lights dining room. It conveniently was right above us! Before this cruise my hypothesis was that I'd eat a lot of food, but I'd lose a pound from all the walking....I'll tell you what happens at the end of the cruise ;).
We went to the dining room, and waited in line it was a little long but went by pretty quickly. It was around 9:30 am. They asked if we wanted to sit alone or with others and i'm all for sitting with other people but I guess today I wasn't feeling up to it so we opted to sit alone. We were seated all the way aft like right on top of our room. Atleast if I had broken the deck, I would have landed on the bed. Hehe. Our waiter was very attentive and it was a fast brunch lasted maybe 40 minutes. We didn't stay for brunch dessert though.
Sea day brunch- 8:30 am- 1:00 pm, Southern Lights, 3 aft.
Here is the yummy brunch we had.
Ceasar salad with chicken, and it was really good! Which is funny because each time I eat caesar salad on the ship something is always off.
Sam's ceasar salad with bacon...also good. So I heard.
Steak n Eggs.
Steak n Eggs and Turkey Bacon....Sam really likes bacon.
Breakf-...no, I mean brunch, was delicious and something about steak in the morning doesn't sound healthy or like my first choice on land but on a cruise it's food heaven. Happy tummy's.
We didn't do much after brunch, we walked around, looked at the shops and such. I probably ate 5 ice cream cones within that time period. I ate. alot. One negative is that the machines always had an issue. Didn't matter which I went to; a turtle could walk faster than this soft serve coming out or there were no cones or it didn't even work. The struggle was REAL. Oh, and the lines got long and I think they're in an awkward spot....
...so we kept walking around and then I saw it was 12:30 and I was like "OH I KNOW WHERE TO GO"
Mooooore foooooooood.
Magic has the Guys Pig and Anchor Smokehouse BBQ on Sea days so you best believe I had to check that out.
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm Ocean Plaza, 5 mid
First off, I think this spot is random like if I hadn't stalked it I wouldn't know it's there but I guess it works for traffic. There aren't many seats outside and no drink dispensers around or none that I could find? I did see some guy that was from bar services probably selling soda and such. So we went upstairs because being the first sea day there was literally no seats inside or out. Just incase youre wondering because you probably are .....yes the lines were long....like really long but it went by pretty fast.
Since we were already upstairs eating our BBQ, I checked the funtimes and saw
Red vs Blue's Challenge at 1:00 pm on the lido deck so we waited for that which was just watching some people mix up some drinks and seeing who wins. You know how sometimes you can't see anything because it's so crowded and what not? Well, you can see everything thanks to the big screen and the videographer so you don't have to be right in front of them to see what they're doing except we stood there and I felt awkward the whole entire time. Sam really likes to be upfront and center when it comes to seeing things. Me, on the other hand. Oh no.
I failed you guys and I didn't get any pictures. I'm sorry.
After the 'who can make better drinks' show lol came Hottest New Line Dances W/Dr. E. The picture below shows everyone having a great time learning how to dance lol Dr. E made it soooo funny. I had fun just watching it. Next up was The Very Hairy Chest contest. I think I picked a great spot to watch it. We went up to deck 11. I was right in front of the doors to the elevators so every time it opened it was like getting a hint of Alaska (it was nice and cold)(and in the heat it felt ammmmazing). Plus the view was great!
This picture is when I moved to the side to where Sam was. No Alaskan air here, though.
The show was funny to watch and i'm sure participate in. Let me tell you, there were some crazy people on this sailing. I LOVE IT.
After this the fun died down for us, we didn't know what to do except eat, yet again. Listen, this cruise has more than enough places to eat. I'm pretty sure I ate every 2 hours if that...actually I got my stomach used to it so now i'm hungry all the time but I don't have the convenience of having lots of food to eat. Cinthya starves, is gonna be my new blogs name. Lol. ;)
Now here I am....eating again. Does it stop? No. This is my face when someone says I should stop....
Obviously I had the dessert I didn't eat earlier. Seee, i'm not eating too much, i'm just catching up on the course I missed earlier! Phew, good save.
Tonight was formal night so I knew we had to dress up and drying my hair takes forever so we decided to go back to the room to shower and start to get ready. aka nap time. While I was looking at the menu for tonight (elegant night #1) I didn't see anything that appealed to me and Sam goes with anything I say so we decided to try out the steakhouse....Prime Steakhouse. So we called and made reservations for 6:30 pm. However, Sam underestimated the time at the laundry to iron his shirt so we made it super late and I thought they would be like umh no sorry too late and it'd be super packed and I would have to suffice to main dining room but IT WAS TOTALLY EMPTY. They asked where we would like to sit and I was like right infront of these chefs. It was so cool to eat and watch them. Ok that came out creepy.... The prime steakhouse has a 35 per person charge but you will need to be rolled out of the restaurant so it's definitely worth that. Our waiter was absolutely amazing I don't remember his name but I love him, he was the best. He shared personal stories with us about his life back home and how life works in mysterious ways; how God can close one door but open many others, which we totally agree with that. I could have listened to him talk all night about nothing and it would have been great. Ahh...something about accents. Uhhhhhhhhhh. I mean....yeah, cool guy. :)
Here is Sam looking very nice even though you can't really see him. Anyone realize how massive that plate is?
Compliments of the chef. Why thank you chef. I had the one on the left, it was some mushroom thing. I don't like mushrooms but I did try it and it was good, but I gave it to Sam and he ate everything if the plate was edible he would have eaten that too.
We aren't fancy people, we don't eat out at expensive top-notch restaurants (remember the budget). The best place we've gone to is like applebees, chilis, outback, and texas roadhouse so we don't have alot to go by in regards to taste, but i'll tell ya, that THESE STEAKS WERE HUGE AND DELICIOUS. We got the three peppercorn sauce to go with it and uuuuuuuuffffff I WANT IT NOW.
Aww, how romantic.
Sam got the chocolate sampler and fresh fruit.
After all that was said and done and we needed assistance to get out of our seats, we waddled to the comedy show. The comedy show is packed. Always. You had to wait in a line that went through the piano bar just to go to the comedy show but that night we had to stand because we couldn't get a seat. The comedy show was funny, I really enjoyed it. I don't remember the guy but I laughed so that's all that matters. Let me be honest, I am a tough cookie to crack a smile or laugh. Some things that people find funny, I don't. But he did a good job. After he's done, they clear out the room and you have to go wait in line all over again. It's kind of weird but it works so that everyone can have an opportunity to enjoy. We rushed out so we could get in line so we could get a seat and we did! Yay.
When the comedy show was over we decided to go back to the room. We did call some early nights but just you wait until tomorrow.......Oh boy. I wish I could leave that part out but it is important to this review.
Awwwwwwww! Iwayan, Thank you!! We were celebrating our anniversary on this cruise and it was soooo nice of Carnival and our steward to acknowledge it! I love Carnival, I won't lie. They do go above and beyond! (We also got 50$ off the spa -- not worth it and also a free photo in Pixels gallery!--a small photo--we used that though!)
With this, I'll end it. "Tomorrow" is a big day!
Our first port, Amber Cove, Dominican Republic!
Thank you for sharing your review - I can't wait to read more. I think my daughter likes the ice cream as much as you do! We will be on the Magic next month. Where are the soft serve machines located?
ReplyDeleteOh, yay! I love their soft serve! They were in the Lido Marketplace! One on the left and one on the right!
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