Moving day! We’ve packed but didn’t have to really pack everything since Javier is going to get the trolley and move us to our new cabin. It’s odd packing, but not leaving, and then watching everyone else leave the ship! We trundle up to our aft balcony cabin around 9 ish. Of course, it’s not ready, but that’s ok, we just dumped our luggage and headed to the pool deck. It’s an incredible beautiful day in England so we took advantage of the sun during the 2 hours before we could get our room keys and get off the ship.
We finally got our cards, and headed out to the grocery store a little over 1/2 mile away. Easy walk, nice day, good way to spend a couple hours off the ship. Once back we ate and then retired to our new home away from home. This cabin is awesome! The cabin itself is 2 rooms – bedroom and then sitting room with sliding doors in between. Sitting room has 2 sofas, TV, table and tons of cabinet space. The entry into the cabin is wild too – it used to be a hallway – so there is emergency lighting on all the time. There are 2 cabin doors – the one at the end of the hall which locks, and another right at the start of the bedroom area that doesn’t lock. Wild! And the closet space is tremendous.
But the huge selling point is the balcony. It’s almost as big as the cabin. Extends out toward the back of the ship so we get wake views and side view. There are 2 loungers and a large table with 4 chairs. An overhang covers about half the balcony, the rest is in the sun. It is so cool. We could have a huge party out there – and actually we did! The cruise critic party was held on another balcony just like ours and it fit about 40 people. We are going to be loving this space – even if it’s only going to be 40 degrees! That’s what those deck blankets are for!
So – we are ready to begin the 2nd half of the voyage. Unfortunately though – I have a rotten cold. I’m blaming it on the lady at the table next to us at dinner who – during the Baked Alaska parade when everyone has to sing Auld Lang Syne decided she had to come over to our table and hold my hand! Honestly lady! Haven't you heard about Swine Flu? Don’t touch me! How am I supposed to finish my meal now? Guess I should have politely declined, but thought that might be a little rude. So, now I have what I am calling the Auld Lang Syne cold! Crud! I’m trying to hide it so people won’t panic, but its hard to hide my sniffling and snuffling! The saving grace is that most people know that we’ve been on this ship for 2 weeks already, so it can’t be the evil SF, just the normal old-people-not-washing-their-hands-and-touching-everything-with-their-germs-cold.
It is odd being on the ship with all new passengers. Most of the same crew. We have the same dinner table and waiter, but new asst. waiter and sommelier. Tons more people in our section too. Same DJ – who looked at us with panic when he realized we were still on the ship and going to come to all his power hours! He wanted to know if he needed new questions. Of course we said no…..but……he’s really worried about us getting all the prizes. We’ll see if he comes up with new questions!
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