Spring 2016 – Day 13

Our last day and the weather was partly cloudy when we woke up.

Ed had his breakfast and exercised and when he came back to the cabin not only was Barb up, she had almost everything packed because the sun was not out so it was a great idea to pack early!

The weather had turned a little for the better and so we up to the deck to get some sun.  By 12:30pm we were all hungry so we went to the back of the ship to eat our last lunch on this cruise together.

We had Salmon and also Tuna and they were very good with grilled vegetables.

Then we sat again in the sun and it was hot but hazy so it was good.  At 2:00pm, we came in and went to a show in the theater that was made up of people from the crew and it was very, very good.

Two of the female singers received standing ovations.

Then Barb and Tim joined us in the casino and Ed’s session was short when he lost and stopped early to protect the winnings that we had accumulated to date.  Barb did not play this afternoon.

We headed up to the Ocenview Café as we have almost every afternoon to get some snacks and then came back to the cabin.

We had signed up for the luggage valet program and all of our tags were ready so we finished packing and put 4 pieces of luggage outside.  The valet program cost a total of $40 for the two of us and they pick up our luggage from the hall and the next time we see it is at the airport in Bloomington.  So it saves having to find your luggage and taking it through customs, get it on a cab and then through check-in at the airport.  That’s a great deal for $40. 

The only thing we will have is Ed’s carry-on with our souvenirs and his briefcase.

The 7:00pm show was a production featuring the Equinox orchestra and the pianist and singer that we had seen before as well as the cast of the production shows.  It was a great final show.

Dinner was the same as usual – good but not great, but as good as you will find on a cruise ship.

It is interesting in that 3 nights ago our main waiter was not there as he was sick.  Then Barbara Freeman was sick and yesterday Vera was sick.  Our Barb also did not feel good, but was never sick.  It looks like everyone is feeling better today.

Then we went to the casino where Barb won and Ed also won – we had a hugely successful run at the casino over the past 11 nights and we are happy.  This was probably the largest number of daily wins that Barb has ever had on the slots and between the two of us we both won about the same amount and as it turned out, this was the largest combined total win at a casino that we had ever had!!

We have some fun videos that we will post on Sunday or Monday so we hope you enjoy them as well as you have enjoyed the blog. 

All in all this was a fun cruise with our old friends, some new destinations and we made some new friends but we are also ready to come home and see everyone. 

Night for tonight and see you all soon.

Going out for the afternoon

Our 4:00pm snack on our balcony

Time to go out for the last  evening

Now that's a tan!!

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