It is a sunny daya.

** October 14, 2010 - A FUN day at sea **

I have to take a minute here and say that I absolutely looked forward to the daily announcements from our Captain (Carlo Queirolo). The Italians have a funny way in putting an A after a lot of their words. On our first full sea day (Monday), Eric and I were at a shopping seminar and Captain Queirolo came across the PA system to give us our position, weather, etc. To this day, Eric and I still giggle and announce sunny days the way Captain Queirolo would. He was giving us the current weather and continues with it is a.....then has this long pause like he is literally looking out the window and trying to determine if it is dark because of the tinted windows or if it is truly overcast and then he says...a sunny daya. We just laughed and laughed and it just tickled us.

It's the little things you take away from the cruise or any vacation for that matter that makes it truly memorable.

So back to the day at hand.

I am thinking I really need to journal while on the ship because I truly can't remember most of our sea days. I have strong memories of our days in port because it's well photographed and the experiences we had were truly unforgettable.

If I remember correctly, today is the day that Eric and I had a couples massage done. It was heavenly. I could so do without them hammering us at the end by trying to get us to purchase their spa products as that truly deflates the bubble of bliss you are currently floating in.

Sea days are very much days of nothingness. Time to wander the ship and find hidden gems to later share with your friends on Cruise Critic. The perfect time to take advantage of on board activities (trivia, ice carving demonstrations). The perfect time to just grab a book and find a little slice of heaven out on the deck to just lay back and soak it all in.

Sea days are also Tea Party days. And what's a tea party without your royal family.

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Sadly I cannot remember the name of the lady to my left (when looking at the picture), however to my right is my dear friend Sheryl and behind us is the ever fabulous and amazing Jw. All of us met through our roll call on Cruise Critic and we are so blessed to have them as friends.

We opted to not dine in the main dining room tonight as we had made reservations prior to the cruise to Chef's Art Steakhouse. We were very much looking forward to this as all of the reviews we had read said that the food was absolutely amazing. We made our way past the whale tail and around to the aft section of the ship.

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While we usually take reviews from others with a grain of salt, all of the reviews about the food were spot on. It was amazing.

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The service however was less than stellar. We received better service in the main dining room where it is a faster pace than in the steakhouse where it is more intimate. It was very disappointing and we made sure to let everyone know who we felt needed to know (employee wise). The jury is still out as to whether we will do the steakhouse again as you do pay extra for the privilege to dine there. We did not let it completely damper our spirits though.

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After dinner, we headed down to the promenade area and had some professional pictures of us taken. Sadly none of these turned out very well as the photographers pose you and we looked so uncomfortable and unnatural. We opted not to purchase any.

We headed back to our cabin to change into some more comfortable clothes and headed down to the comedy club to meet up with our friends. We saw two comedians again tonight and hands down we all felt that Michael Macy was the best. He had us in tears from laughter. As we had every other night for the comedy shows, we sat in the front row and while most people tend to steer away from the front we loved it and loved that the comedians would use us as material (in a good way).

Here's Eric and I with Michael Macy.

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We ended the night as most in Ocean's Plaza with our dear friends Janie and David. After a couple of drinks, we headed to Dreamland and rested up for our final day at sea and aboard the Carnival Dream.