Today was our missed Coco Cay day, which is now a sea day. I didn’t really mind spending a fun day around the ship, because it is my favorite ship after all. I woke up at 5:30AM and thought let’s get this day started.
I headed up to the Diamond Lounge for some coffee and relaxing morning. I was so early they didn’t even have any of the pastries out. After relaxing for a while I decided I’d head out to the pool deck to enjoy the sunrise. This might have been the best sunrise I’ve ever seen; I can’t even describe how perfect it was.
For breakfast we had room service on our balcony, which has become a tradition of ours. One of the perks of a suite is an upgraded room service breakfast menu. Very similar to the menu you would find in the dining room for breakfast. I had a ham and cheese omelet and no less than two pounds of bacon.
After breakfast we headed to the pool deck, we got worried at first because all the pools were closed. Shortly, after being there the staff opened them both up as guest started to arrive. I’ve always noticed on Enchantment no matter when you try to get a pool chair it’s no problem. This is the one ship that I can think of that there is no rush trying to get up there for a prime location chair.
For lunch, we had my favorite Park Café which is located in the back of the centrum.
For all those roast beef lovers out there (like myself) they no longer serve any at Park Cafe. So when I need my kummelweck fix I suppose I’ll be doing Oasis class. I did ask why they no longer offer it and they said due to customer feedback requesting pizza. That left me with having a salad, which was quite good, and a nice non-heavy lunch for pool time.
Shortly after lunch we both decided to take a nap, I know… what’s happening to me and my cruise styles?
Evening on board
Tonight was formal night, but I only saw one person wearing a suit and tie.
Often on these shorter cruises their formal evenings are not what you would find on a 7+ day cruise. I can’t really say much for myself since I was in shorts, as I forgot to pack any pants. The Crown & Anchor top tier party was combined with the captain’s reception.
They don’t usually do it this way but due to the low guest count of 1,700 only 400 are members of C&A. They have reported around 700+ people didn’t make the cruise due to the hurricane.
We lounged in the Diamond lounge a bit to enjoy some pre-dinner snacks. They had cheese, rolls, egg rolls, and fried shrimp. I also noticed we were the only ones in the lounge and we stayed a little over an hour.
Dinner tonight was in Chops Grill, if you are still taking notes I’m wearing shorts in Chops. I went earlier today explaining what happen, and they said no problem. The cover charge here is $35 per person, but we used our Crown and Anchor coupon for Diamond Plus members, where it’s a BOGO cover charge.
The service tonight was outstanding, our waiter was having fun with us and making us laugh all night.
For starters I had shrimp cocktail and mushroom soup.
I went with the NY Strip over the filet. I had this on my Empress of the Seas sailing last month and loved it, so I decided to give it another try. I am happy to report, I ate every bite! Just a really fun dinner, and the staff made it so much more enjoyable.
After dinner we were really tired but I said lets at least go to the pool deck dancing under the stars party. Well there wasn’t much of a party at 11PM, so we called it day.
Tomorrow we are in Nassau, Bahamas so I’ll be sure to report our full adventure there and the condition post hurricane.
