Day #2…Sunday, February 1, 2015

Sea Day…Heading to Antigua and Barbuda

We had a light breakfast delivered to our cabin this morning and planned our day’s activities.  The weather is cloudy and 77° F and does not appear to be a great day to try to get some sun.

Cruise Critic members assembled at 10:30 A.M. in the Skywalker’s Lounge to have a meet-and-greet meeting.  We were introduced to two couples from Ohio. Frank and Judy are from Dayton and Richard and Marilyn are from Marion, Ohio.  They will be accompanying us on two of the private tours that Dennis and I have decided to join.  More than 100 members participated in today’s meeting and several members were organizing bridge games, mahjong and trivia competitions.

We donned our swimsuits and ate lunch by the deck pool but cloudy weather and slight drizzle kept us from getting any tan today.  We attended a port talk on Antigua and Barbuda and then spent the afternoon reading and working on this blog.  We inadvertently missed the port talk on St. Lucia so we will have to watch the televised version in our cabin at a later time.

Tonight we move our clocks forward one hour so we will have one less hour of sleep.  It is also Super Bowl Sunday and the game will be televised here as well.  We will be able to keep abreast of the game and especially the commercials.  We are not rooting for a specific team, so may the best team win!

Bobbie Brooks Wilson, son of the late Jackie Wilson, entertained us tonight in the Princess Theater.  He was a very talented singer and entertainer.  Then we headed to the Explorer Lounge to watch the remainder of the Super Bowl game.  What a finish! 

Dennis placed a bet on the game scores, but was not lucky enough to win.  We set our clocks forward one hour and headed to our cabin to get a restful night of sleep.  We will be “rocked” to sleep again tonight as the ship has more movement than any of our previous cruises.  We are surprised since this ship is about five (5) times bigger than the Pacific Princess and continues to be considerably rockier.  With over 3,000 passengers, we expected the stabilization to be better than most.  We have had no problems with motion sickness but our friend, Stella, struggled at dinner with feelings of seasickness.