The docking area for the tenders and excursion boats.
We rented a clamshell for the day at the Water Sports booth, so that we would have some shade over a couple of beach chairs and a place to store our stuff. We were fortunate to get one down in the heart of the children's lagoon and play area, right next to one of the slides.
That cabana on the left? It was a private rental with a big family that looked like they were having a birthday party. Cost? $2,000 for the day, which included a private lifeguard, bartender, open bar, and catered lunch. It was open air but had ceiling fans and bathrooms.
We hung for a while and the kids had a blast playing on the slides and in the water. About 1:45 we headed into the interior of the island to find the free barbeque for lunch (which was wonderful!!!!) On the way we passed this chapel - there was a couple from the ship that got married here first thing that morning, we ran into them getting their pictures taken on the beach later.
Looking out to sea and the ship.
About 4pm we decided that we had enough and headed back to the ship. The boys opted for the lido deck for a while so that they could do the really BIG slide. We finally headed up to the room in time to change for dinner. Dinner that night was especially memorable. The boys chose to eat off the grownup menu - gourmet macaroni and cheese with bacon pieces - and Debbie had Chateaubriand while Daryl had a lovely filet of fish and shrimp. Wesley actually managed to stay awake for the entire dinner!
After dinner, we took the boys to Camp Carnival for the evening because it was movie night. Wesley's age group was encouraged to wear their jammies and bring their favorite snuggle buddy (he brought Brownie bear) to watch Ice Age 2. Parker's age group was in a different venue to watch Wimpy Kid 2 and he got ice cream as a snack. While the boys were occupied, we watched movies too. First part of While You Were Sleeping on the big screen out on the lido deck. Then we went down to the Criterion Lounge for the Grease sing-a-long! They showed the movie on a large screen and it had the words for all the songs across the bottom. People were really belting the words out - it was great. We picked Parker up first and he'd had a very good time. Then we went to get Wesley. He was sound asleep - the counselors said he fell asleep ten minutes into the movie and started snoring! Daryl picked him up to carry him out - bless his heart he couldn't wake up. So we headed back to the room and put him right in bed. Parker's the one who discovered that night's towel animal....a monkey.
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