Another glorious day greets us with a temperature of 23 degrees and stunning sunshine. The turquoise water of Bermuda shimmers at us as if saying goodbye as we prepare to depart.
We sit out of a deck enjoying doing nothing. As departure and all aboard draws near, 11.30am, we hear and see many passengers clapping and yelling st something on the dock.
A few passengers are running late and they are literally running g to catch the ship. The crowd watching is raucous with laughter and applause as about six people sprint down the port and pier.
Before we cast us we hear numerous announcements seeking six people to confirm they were onboard.
We cast off shortly thereafter. Hopefully they all made it!
We wander around exploring for nice places to relaxes before lunch.
After lunch we continue exploring. With everyone back on board it’s pretty busy again. This is part of the cruise that we aren’t enjoying. With 3500 people onboard Prima and Norwegian have been criticised as comfortable uncrowded areas to relax are hard to find. When you do find somewhere there are always people very close to you furniture is all tightly packed. We prefer quiet little corners to chat, read and relaxed.
During the afternoon we race go karts on the track. It’s Pretty quick and a lot of fun. The track extends over three levels and takes just over a minute to do one lap. Our race today is free as we had problems at golf a few days ago.
It’s fun driving. Especially for me when I never get to do things like this. It’s a risk with my eyesight and my recovering shoulder, so I take it easy.
During the race though my car losers power and I am rammed in the back by some over eager teenager. It’s hurts a lot. But I keep racing. Mardi experiences a similar incident. Despite all the pre race warnings and instructions those teenage males never learn and are more intent on creating havoc rather than just having a good time.
After the race we take a slide down nine decks. It’s called the rush. The only rush I get is the exhaustion I feel squeezing out of the end of the tunnel as my slide stopped a few metres from the end. Mardi suffers the same fate as me. It’s quite comical actually, me pulling Mardi out of the slide feet first.
We go back to our room and change and settle in for an afternoon of relaxing.
A fee drinks during trivia. Which today we win. We score 12 out of a possible 20. Although there is a tie break. Mardi goes up and wins the tie break answering. The bonus question first. We win…wait for it…a key ring!
A few more drinks at the bar before dinner at Hudson’s.
Today is thanksgiving, so dinner presents an appropriately themed menu. There’s lot of turkey and pumpkin. Everyone is in a good mood as the shops rocks its way across the Atlantic on what many say is Americas most celebrated day.
After dinner we turn in. We are well on our way back to New York now. The ship is cruising at 20 knots and the sea is a little rough with 3-5 metre swells. we can feel the pitch and roll as the swell tosses the ship from side to side.
Tomorrow we have a full day of cruising before hitting New York the following day at around 6.00am.
