Well, we are on the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. I woke up promptly at 6:00 (Thanks, AonHewitt!!) and got up to walk around the boat and check out the views. We never imagined the vastness of the waters would be so awe-inspiring. Once again, we are blown away with God's creation. The breeze and the water completely woke me up so I decided to go work out. Working out on the boat, looking out at the water was pretty stinkin' amazing.
Once Kelly was up and we were both ready for the day, we ate breakfast in one of the main restaurants on the boat called Windows. It was a very elegant restaurant in the aft (back) of the ship, and it had these huge windows that looked out over the back of the ship. The wake that this boat made was huge and that was a pretty cool sight to see too. The breakfast was awesome!! Fresh fruit, omelettes and coffee. Yummy, yummy, yummy.
The rest of the day was basically just chill time. I got an anniversary package that included two 25 minute massages, so Kelly used one of those and loved it. We found a quiet spot on deck and read, we chilled at the pool, ate lunch in the buffet restaurant called Raffles. More good food! It was just an all around relaxing day.
We ate dinner in the other main free restaurant called The Garden. Again, very delicious. I am starting to see a trend in the quality of food - lol, and can I just say - coffee after dinner with dessert is soooooo good.
This boat has a theatre in the back of the boat that takes up two levels. They have shows and stuff there every night. This night was a Broadway revue show, so we decided to go. The show was actually very good. The singers were very good and the dancers were pretty good too. They did songs from Wicked, Jersey Boys, In the Heights, Movin Out and Mamma Mia. Even though we didn't know all the songs, I was pretty impressed.
One thing we were not impressed with was Ken, the cruise director. We actually first saw Ken on the television the night before. Apparently, all the main shows in the theatre get recorded and they show them on the room tvs later on. Well, late on the night of Day 1, we caught a glimpse of the opening show which was really just a big commercial of perfomances to come. Ken was over-the-top-I'm-gonna-do-whatever-it-takes-to-get-you-excited-about-this-show guy. I can already tell that this guy is going to annoy me. Ken opened the Broadway revue and introduced the show to us. He also apparently likes to promote evey passenger to get liquored up as well. Maybe he gets a commission on the alcohol sales on the boat?? My guess is every time he gets a mic in his hand he is going to ask everyone if they are having a good time - no one is going to respond to his liking, so he will ask again and everyone will finally chime in just so we can get past that routine. I'll let everyone know how that goes. :)
All in all, a great day at sea. Tomorrow is Costa Maya. We are excited about something different, and our excursion there is to go look at some Mayan ruins.
Here's some pictures from today:
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