Caribbean Cruise 2010 – Day 7 – Dominica
December 3, 2010
Yesterday was our fourth port of call on our 2010 Caribbean cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox. Around 8:00 AM we docked in the port of Rousseau on the island of Dominca. We planned to go ashore late morning and rose about 8:30. Once again, we don’t have any excursions planned any just intended to walk around town and do some shopping. Today was the kind of day I feared for a Caribbean cruise. It was hot and the humid was oppressive. Just walking ashore made the sweat start dripping off. Actually, the heat was bearable, but the humidity was terrible.
We went ashore and did a bit more shopping and then walked around the town and along the shoreline. This port was a bit cleaner than some of the other ports but still had a dingy kind of feel to it. The P&O Cruises Ventura was also in port. It’s been some time since we have seen a P&O Cruises ship in the same port. After about two hours ashore, we went back onboard the ship.
We enjoyed a light lunch (hamburger) again and I proceeded to the lawn club for another couple of hours of ocean and island staring while Suzanne grabbed a quick nap. Tonight was her singing star competition onboard the ship and she wanted to be rested up.
As the sail away time approached, I went to the Sunset Bar to grab a good seat for the sail away while Suzanne prepped for the competition. She joined me about 10 minutes before we left but could only stay for a few moments before she had to run off to rehearsal. It was a very nice and memorable sail away.
Prior to dinner was the Celebrity Singing Star competition. That is Celebrity’s version of American Idol. Basically, they watch the karaoke and other singing events and grab the best singers for a one song sing off with judges. Suzanne had been selected based on her karaoke performances. There was going to be 5 singers competing tonight. First place was dinner for two at the specialty restaurant of their choice.
Three of the singers stood out as exceptional (including Suzanne). The other two singers were both good singers too. The crew commented that this was the best passenger singing talent they had ever seen together in one show. Suzanne sang Don’t Rain on My Parade from Funny Girl. She was a bit limited since their system couldn’t play here discs, but this was one she had been working on recently. The winner, however, was a lady from England that sang Wind Beneath My Wings. The top three all got standing ovations from the packed Equinox Theater crowd.
After the singing competition, it was off to dinner. This was one of those nights where multiple entrees stood out for me. So, I skipped all the other courses and ordered Spaghetti Carbonarra and a Veal Chop. I love spaghetti carbonarra and on my business trips to Rome, I used to hunt out the best of the city. And, I find it too hard to pass up on Veal when its offered. I skipped all the sides and both were quite good. Suzanne had a crab appetizer, cream of mushroom soup and the prime rib for dinner.
After dinner, we had planned to go up to the pool for a Miami themed party and then follow that up with another late night comedian. However, we were actually feeling quite tired and decided to a call it an early night. We went back to the cabin and watched an episode of How I Met Your Mother and went lights out a bit after 11:00 – early for us!
Tomorrow is our last port of the cruise in St Maarten. We plan some shopping and lounging around on the beach.
Caribbean Cruise 2010 – Day 6 – Barbados
December 2, 2010
Yesterday was our third port of call on our 2010 Caribbean cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox. Around 8:00 AM we docked in the port of Basseterre on the island of Barbados. We planned to go ashore late morning and rose about 8:30. Once again, we don’t have any excursions planned any just intended to walk around town and do some shopping. It’s another sunny day with a few clouds and temperature about 80 degs. They are saying chance of late afternoon showers.
After a back of the boat breakfast, we headed ashore. Once again, we stayed in the general vicinity of the cruise ship and did some shopping and general viewing of the town. Barbados is known for some of the best beaches in the Caribbean, but they are all located a fair way from the cruise ship terminal so we opted to wait for St Maarten for our beach visit. We were again successful in our shopping and picked up a few trinkets for folks.
After a late lunch on board the ship, we both decided to take an afternoon nap. Our short nap turned into close to 2 hours! This vacationing is tiring business! We had already decided to take a break from the dining room tonight and have dinner in our room on the balcony and enjoy a movie in the cabin tonight. We also decided to enjoy the sail away from our balcony too. We also decided to forego the ships night activities too.
Around 7:00 we had dinner delivered to the cabin while we were watching the movie Up in the Air. I enjoyed a cream of baked potato soup, Caesar salad and Veal Cordon Bleu – very delicious. Suzanne enjoyed onion soup, mixed green salad and a filet mignon that was cooked to perfection. We both passed on dessert tonight.
After dinner, we watched another movie Get Smart although Suzanne didn’t make it through the whole movie. She fell asleep about 10:30 and I retired for the night about 11:30. All in all, this was a very relaxing day that continued this wonderful vacation.
-
Subscribe via Email
Sign up to receive the latest Mr Papa's World site updates! -
Subscribe via RSS
