Last night the clocks went forward one hour and as a result I found myself awake at about 7:00 this morning. I have been really struggling to stay awake after 10:00 and consequently have yet to indulge in the latest craze onboard this ship. What I am talking about is the Silent Disco which was held three times on the last cruise and now twice on this one. It is the most hilarious thing to see and all taking part seem to be having a great laugh. It takes place in the Martini Bar area and all participants have a set of headphones on which there are 3 channels to choose your music from, these can then be identified by coloured lights on the side of the headsets which are linked to the channel you choose to listen to.
It really is the most amusing spectacle and periodically you hear certain people shout out the chorus line to what ever it is they are hearing in their headsets. Everyone is dancing to the song in their own headphones and when you combine all three in the same area it really is the funniest thing to watch. As you would imagine it has been a huge success and it often gets brought up in conversation when chatting to other passengers. To date we have either had to be up early the next day or I have been too tired to participate but I certainly intend to give it a go before we get off.
No prizes for guessing what and where breakfast was taken this morning but we did follow it up with 5 complete laps of the perimeter of the open decks which my Fitbit clocked at 2 miles. It’s the first time I have put it on for a few days because it’s been all over the place because of the changes in time zones. Being as it was a fresh start this morning I will have got a good idea of steps we will have taken on a sea day by the to time we retire for bed tonight.
So the rest of the morning was spent relaxing outside on the open decks, it was not as hot as yesterday and there were more clouds but the wind was lovely and warm.
At 12:30 we took lunch in the MDR before returning to lie out in the sun.
What we couldn’t understand was why the ship was so deserted today, it was warm and partially sunny but the open decks were practically empty by comparison to the first cruise. I’ve never known so many empty sun beds on what I would consider a lovely sea day.
I even looked in on the Sky Lounge and that was the same so have concluded everyone must have been in their cabins.
Even the MDR was quiet considering it was a sea day. Perhaps the Aussies are all hung over from last night or sun burned from yesterday? What ever the reason it was nice to have a quiet ship for a change.
Tonight is our 5th Evening Chic so far on our trip so it will be interesting to see how many come out of their cabins and what they will be wearing.