Day #40…Wednesday, March11, 2015

Sea Day #2…Heading to Costa Rica

We moved our clocks back an hour last night so we gained another hour of sleep.  Time is changing more often now as our cruise is winding down.  We will be changing our clocks a few more times before we arrive in LA on March 21^st.

We ate breakfast and headed to the Princess Theater for the destination lecture for Puntarénes/San José, Costa Rica.  We stayed in the theater to listen to another special interest lecture by the retired prosecuting attorney from LA, Robert Schirn.  This lecture was titled an overview of the O.J. Simpson case and what an eye opener!  The evidence that was presented to the jury made one wonder about the verdict.

 

Very calm Pacific Ocean

The weather is hot so we sat near one of the pools again.  We crossed the Equator so at 12 Noon there was another “Crossing the Equator” ceremony for those who crossed it for the first time.  It is always an entertaining event to watch.

Judy and Frank found us near the pool area and wanted to play euchre so we played three games.  The men were victorious with a score of 2 to 1. 

Tonight we did not dress up for formal night and ate in the Horizon Court.  We were shocked to see so many who chose the same dining option as us.  The formal dining rooms have to be pretty empty tonight.

We visited the art gallery again as we have some questions about framing our pieces.  We have 40 days to change our minds and we have pretty much decided that we will refrain from buying one of our selections. 

The Princess Theater show tonight is a repeat of one from each of the other segments.  There have been so many repetitions on this cruise and it has been very disappointing.  Over 1700 of us on the cruise started from the beginning in Fort Lauderdale and are doing the full 49 days.  Yet the entertainment, games and menus continue to be repeated and many passengers are very unhappy.

We met Bill and Stella so Dennis could assist them with their emails again.  We will not be playing cards again tonight as we played last night and this afternoon.  A movie “The Best of Me” is playing at the Movie Under the Stars near the Calypso Pool so we will see if it is worth staying to view.

Tomorrow is our third sea day before we arrive in Costa Rica.  We have visited Costa Rica in the past, but not in the area where our ship will dock this time.   We cancelled our Princess excursion and decided to go out on our own with Frank and Judy.  It is considerably cheaper to find our own tours and we have not been disappointed in our private tours so far.