Day 2 on the cruise started out much later than day one. After the kids went to bed at 9pm, they didn’t wake up until after 10am this morning. The parents weren’t so lucky. Chris got up around 5, went to the gym and ran a couple miles. She woke me on her way out and I stayed up and wrote yesterday’s blog post. By the time she returned and showered, I was laying back down trying to go back to sleep. No dice. She got me up and we went for breakfast. We then walked around a bit and then headed back to the room. We played some cards and snoozed a bit before getting the kids up. The 4 of us then went for lunch.
Our ship is at sea all day today traveling towards Alaska. We will arrive at Icy Strait Point tomorrow morning, but until then, it’s open ocean. There is plenty to do on the ship, and they are kind enough to give you an itemized list each night of the next day’s activities. This is a big help.
After lunch, Chris needed to go to the Infirmary to get something to battle the sea sickness she was feeling. While she took care of that, I headed back to the room for more rest. All this vacationing is tiring business.
A little later I signed waivers for the kids that would allow them to use the rock climbing wall whenever they want. No need for a parent to be with them. There are actually a bunch of activities available JUST for kids, so that’s been nice letting our kids have the freedom to come and go as they please.
We had been on the lookout for whales since we heard several different people mention they saw them today. We did finally see 2 whales, but they were far off and not easy to see other than their spout. We did, however see a pod of dolphins. There were at least 20 of ‘em. They were just swimming alone dancing in and out of the waves. Generally having a good time.
Tonight was the first of 2 formal dinners. It was also the first meal we have had in the big dinning room. We somehow managed to get a table for 4 rather than for a group. This is cool and not-cool. Cool because we can just sit and enjoy our family, but not cool in that it would be nice to meet and chat with other passengers. One funny thing did happen at dinner tonight. after finishing my steak, our waiter came up and removed my plate and asked if I’d like a second steak. Had the steak been a little better, I may have taken him up on it. While the steak was simply “OK”, the rest of the meal was great. Lobster Bisque, Escargot, good veggies and baked potato capped off with Vanilla, Coconut layer cake. Yum!
After dinner our son ran off to go play Guitar Hero. Unfortunately the PS2 was broken so that activity got shelved. We went to the stage show instead. Before the show they had an auction for the Make-a-Wish foundation. I placed a bid on an unlimited wi-fi access package that would cover the entire week. Unfortunately, the bidding went too high and I had to give up. However, after the show I found out that there was another auction to be held before the next show. That was less than 30 minutes away. I went back for the start of show number 2 and was happy to see the show was only half full this time. While the first package sold for about 80 bucks, I was able to pick it up for only $50. What a sweet deal. Turns out that the joke is on me. After 45 minutes of trying I went back to customer service where I was informed that the wi-fi service is only available for the PC and not the Mac.
I don’t even know why I was surprised.
No wifi for mac? That had to have sucked. Must have been Sprint.
How in the name of crap did they even manage to do a wifi access thing that was windows only? If I -wanted- to do this on purpose I'm not sure I would know how.