Day 3 At Sea by

We experienced our first day at sea with this cruise today.  A person can keep very busy with a variety of activities on a cruise - but we have our preferences.

After breakfast in the dining room we went for a walk on the Promenade Deck.  There are chairs on this deck, so people can sit an enjoy the view and not be around the business of the pool on the Lido Deck.

I decided it was too wet on one side to safely walk (waving splashing up in the night I suspect) so we headed inside the forward doors on Deck 7.  This put us right next to the Princess Theatre and we saw an educational port lecture was going on so we sat down to listen.  The destination expert was Lance Schuler and at 9 am he was talking about the highlights of St. Thomas & St. Maarten.

The above slide shows our itinerary where we started in Florida, then travelled to Princess Cays in the Bahamas and tomorrow we will stop in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

After lunch, I returned to hear the same destination expert talk about our the following two ports in Antigua & St. Kitts.  These talks always share helpful hints about visiting the port - especially if you plan on travelling independently (i.e. not on a ship's excursion).

By 3 pm, J and I decided to go play cards up on deck 15.  We found a table in the shade and enjoyed the fresh air (if not our game of Frustration, which I lost)!

Tonight was formal night, so J put on his jacket and tie and I wore my long sleeve red dress.  At dinner I enjoyed escargots for an appetizer and halibut for a main course.  J had beef carpaccio and beef tenderloin for his main course and he was happy with how they cooked it (blue!)

We both ordered the chocolate mousse for dessert.  Yum.

After supper Captain Stephen Lewis and the officers had a champagne waterfall in the piazza to welcome guests aboard.  The piazza was full with well dressed guests (including us) eager to watch all the goings on.

We went directly to the Princess Theatre after Champagne Waterfall welcome because we knew the Theatrical Production Bravo was being performed.  

The Caribbean Princess had 14 singers and dancers and 7 orchestra members.  They put on a phenomenal show, ending with Andrea Bocelli's Time to Say Goodbye, pictured above!

I see the Artemis II splashed down successfully tonight - that was being aired on the big screen above the pool called MUTS (Movies Under the Stars).  I would have liked to have seen that, but had to pick and choose what to see and do.

So we raced upstairs to see the recovery of the astronauts on the big screen!  It was our "Where were you moment on this cruise"!

It has been a lovely day at sea!

Tomorrow we visit St. Thomas!