Monday…Sea Day 10-24-16

Needless to say Debbie and I had a rough night trying to sleep after our late night chocolate martinis.  When we finally fell asleep it was after 3 AM so we didn’t wake up the first time until 9:30 AM and neither of us were in a hurry to move.  After a round of pain killers for each of us, we dressed and went to lido to get some coffee.  Our cabin is on deck 7 just off the elevators at midship…the most convenient location we have had on ship in awhile.  It really is perfect on this ship as everything is easy to get to from here.

We had an invitation to the Captain’s Club to meet the officers for the Elite, Elite Plus and Zenith Celebrity Club members.  I have wanted to meet the Captain since she is a woman.  She is the most personable person I believe I have ever met.  She took time with each and every person in line to speak to her and posed for photos and you never felt she was rushing you.  Debbie and I were pleasantly surprised as all the officers were congenial and chatty.  You don’t generally see that much although I do think all the cruise lines are trying harder to make them be more accessible and friendly.  We spoke with one of the female officers from South Africa for nearly 20 minutes and she was very nice.  They of course like to recognize people onboard who have sailed the most with Celebrity.  There is a gentleman who was at the top of list with 1,179 cruises with Celebrity…and he has 42 already booked for next year.  I need to get to know him. 

We played in the casino for a while then walked through the shops to see if there was anything we couldn’t live without….there wasn’t  although Debbie did spend a good bit of time in the makeup and fragrance store.  We have dinner reservations at one of the specialty restaurants so we head back to the cabin to start getting ready for dinner.

The name of this place is QSine and it is kind of like tappas.  The head waiter took a liking to us and he asked us a few questions about things we liked and he asked if he could pick out our items for us..we agreed.  We had rosemary and olive oil pull apart brea, a crab cake, some kind of shrimp salad, then a fried goat cheese salad with pomegranate dressing, then sushi pops, then a window box full of twelve different things from meatballs to lamb chops.  We pulled the plug after that because we were full but they would have kept bringing food.  Apparently they have 150 items.  Our desert was Cheesecaketini for Debbie and I got the cupcake which they bring in a box and with little piping bags and  a bunch of different sprinkles and pop rocks sugar to decorate your own cupcakes.  It was fun and very different but I don’t think I would do it again.

After dinner we went to the Shade of Buble show which was three guys who sang Michael Buble songs.  It was ok but Debbie and I were tired.  We played a bit in the casino then headed back to the cabin.  It was a fun day three and our only sea day!

Looking through the glass elevator to deck 1..yikes!

Olive Oil and Rosemary Bread

Sushi Lollipops

Multi tiered

Decorate your own cupcakes

Cheesecaketini