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Today was island day- we were so excited! We woke up, packed our beach bag, and headed down to breakfast at the buffet. We were quite looking forward to today, because today was the day we were going to Norwegian’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay. We signed up for an early tender to the island from the ship (smaller passenger boat that brings you to the land when it’s too shallow or there is no dock for the larger ships) last night, and we were going to head straight to the waiting area after breakfast- which we did. While on the island, we were going to have a beach BBQ, and just relax for the day on a beautiful beach.
It was not meant to be. We waited in the waiting area for about an hour and a half, while the crew tried to figure out if they would be able to get the tenders safely to and from the island. It was determined, in the end, that they could not due to choppy waters.
So, that was quite a bummer. They also said that we would at that time be headed to our next stop, Nassau, arriving around 4 pm. So, we headed of to the pool to spend the day. It was crazy crowded, but the kids were having a good time. We took advantage of the free time to check out the “breakaway bouce”, a trampoline with a harness that lets kids really soar. My son loved it. He then tried the Slide Spider Mountain, a layered, netted. climbing contraption that has a slide down to the bottom once you reach the top. It’s more challenging then it looks, and high as well. The nets made the upward climb tricky, but the slide was all fun.
They made an announcement that they would be showing Spiderman 2 at 2:30, so we saw that. After the movie, we saw that they had made a revised itinerary, adding a character meet and greet (that we missed!!! So sad.) and removing the Thriller dance class and fireworks. It was kind of a bummer- especially since we missed the meet and greet as well, but what can you do, these things happen. At least it was a sunny day for the pool.
We saw the comedy show Second City, which my husband was super excited about. We went to the family show. I would say maybe not super family-friendly- there was a lot of sex talk and cursing, but it wasn’t vulgar- I just wasn’t expecting it. They pulled an older married couple up for the audience and acted out their first date, which to me was the funniest part of the show, and cute as well. My husband and I decided to try to see them again for a non-family show, but the shows are all booked at this point, so that is that! We are glad we got to see them.
We had dinner at “Taste”, one of the restaurants included in the cruise package, and we think that might be our favorite place so far. We loved the food- the above plate is my husband’s dinner. The meat was so tender- we all tried a bite. That’s that for today, we are in Nassau now. It’s too late for us to go out at this point (we didn’t want to miss the show of course) but we will head out tomorrow.
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