Sea Day – Jan 30

Sea Day – Jan 30

Another hot and lovely day. Spent an hour in the sun before coming back to get ready for lunch. The dining room didn't look exciting, so we went up to the Lido buffet. Nothing special up there either so I went up to the Grill and got Chicken Street Tacos. (not traditional as they were served in crunchy shells, but very tasty. Actually, had flavor and some heat. Desserts continue to disappoint.

With the first tender port coming up the day after tomorrow I stopped by the Captain's Circle desk to see if she knew where the Elites would meet if going ashore independently. She didn't, but said it oftentimes is in the Explorer's Lounge. 

An announcement came into the staterooms about a helicopter evacuation that would take place around 3:30. They blocked off several areas of the ship as they would use the area over the pool to perform the evacuation. That time came and went and the evacuation happened during our dinner. We don't know what the emergency was, but it must have been dire since we were arriving in Tahiti the next morning. Rumor has it that it was one of a family of 3 that was on the Cruise Critic Roll Call. We sure hope we receive good news that all is well with the sick person and the family.

Another passenger posted these photos on FB. He got some great shots! Greg got some shots of the area being prepared for the evacuation. 

After dinner we another performance by David Meyer (xylo-synth) and his wife Dawn who dances for a few of the songs. Always entertaining. On the way back from the show we were passing Sabatini's when the head waiter came out saying "Mr. Greg". We stopped and he apologized for not delivering our desserts yesterday. He said he forgot that it had a truffle filled with ice cream on the top and it would have melted. So, he waited until we were passing by after the show and invited us in to have our desserts. So, we went in and oh my were they good! One lady at a table near us asked her waiter "so, you can come in and just get dessert?" He then explained what happened. 

Chocolate Journey Rocher - A blend of chocolate, praline and hazelnut ice cream, sealed in milk chocolate, surrounded with crushed candied hazelnuts

We then went to watch Karaoke Wars. They had equipment issues, so they improvised a bit and got a new game ready to play. It was filling in the line of a song wherever they stop it. Fun to play along. 

Then it was time to get ready for our tour tomorrow of Tahiti!