Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Day # 10,490 - The Crusie

This was miles 1st, Zoë’s 2md and the 3rd for Kyle and I. Carnival calls themselves the fun ship and I understand why. The cruise had something for each and every age group. From camp carnival for the little ones to casinos, and R rated comedy shows for the old heads like you and Kyle… Each night the entertainment crew put on wonderful shows, our favorite being “far from over a dancing and singing celebration of the 80’s. It was like so you think you can dance and America’s Best Dance Crew times 5. When I say fantastic, I mean fan friggin tastic! They did Prince, Janet Jackson, Madonna, and my favorite Michael Jackson….plus many many more. We (Zoë & I) were hooting and hollering and having a grand time, Kyle just sat there smiling, and Miles was in total awe. The accommodations were way better than we expected. They even went out of their way to provide a crib for Miles, and a Murphy bed for Zoë. The Murphy bed was cool for about an hour, until she kept opening and closing it….. There was plenty of closet and drawer space and a shower huge enough for me to supervise Zoë and Miles as they bathed. The Stewarts did a wonderful job of keeping up with us. They knew our names (one of them actually freaked me out when he was like “Hello Patricia”. I was like who the?) and amazed the kids with the towel animals. The Food, oh, man let me tell you, there was lamb, hotdogs, pork chops, pasta, fries, roast beef, basa filet, fruit, fresh bread, hamburgers, whipped butter, ham, turkey, shrimp and ANYTHING else you can think of. If you wanted it, they had it, and if you didn’t see it, all you had to do was ask. There were at least 5 pools on board, with 2 of them being kiddy pools. There were some hot tubs, but I didn’t venture into any. Zoë and Kyle made sure that they took advantage of the waterslide, while Miles and I did what we do best…. Eat. We played bingo a few nights and tried our luck at 80’s trivia, who knew that General Lee was the name of Bo & Luke Duke’s car, and that there were 5 Village People??? . We also met a lot of people with interesting storied, like Ken a man from Mt. Airy who scuba dives even though he’s in a wheel chair.

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