All is well on board with few little glitches here and there but nothing that has effected this great cruise. Today we're in Ibiza, Spain. We missed our morning tour...overslept so took the ships' s shuttle into town. Very nice, upscale sea town.
Last night we had a wonderful "dinner under the Stars" on the pool deck. SO MUCH food! We had lots of fun at our table. They had local Flamenco dancers performing and lots of guest dancing before and after the show. We stayed till the end with lots of Sambuca, dancing, laughs etc. We turned in around 12:30am...guess part of why we missed our tour this morning.
Marc, still haven't had a chance to check out deck 6 about entering the gym without stairs. Yesterday Tom & I went to trivia and came in 3rd, just the two of us. Many were still out on tour thus our 2 person good showing. I'm still learning my way around the ship.
In case anyone is curious (or not) all the toilets in the cabins and public restrooms have the soft close toilet seats.
Our shower in our F2 cabin is not exactly an oversize shower but is rectangular and definitely larger than those on the Voyager, but not quite as long as those on the Mariner with the seat. The bath tub is very deep with adjustable height rain head. For the ladies...There isn't a seat in the shower but there is a little bar of sorts that I "think" is for lifting your legs to shave your legs. The hairdryers on board are very powerful, nothing like the wimpy ones of days past so do NOT bother to pack a hair dryer.
The food and wine selections have been good. We ate in Chartreuse 2 nights ago. The decor and service was great. The menu is somewhat limited IMO but I'm a bit picky with simple taste (a children menu would work for me) so I'm not the best judge. Lots of Foie gras escargot things that I don't eat.
The staff has really gone out of their way to make this inaugural Maiden voyage very special (as you'd expect) and they sure haven't disappointed. We remain VERY happy campers! Wine choices have definitely met Tom's expectations as well.
There are lots of former WC passengers on board so it's been a fun reunion running into people we may not have seen for 10-12 years. The average age on board seems younger than I would have guessed and there are a handful of very well behaved children as well including a little 2.5 year old boy that is the cutest little guy I've ever seen traveling with his parents and grandparents.
Well enough rambling....at least for now.