Tuesday 29th January 2013. Bonus sea
day!
6m swells have been running most of the
night and don’t let up until lunchtime. Apparently there were ships in Sydney
Harbour that weren’t allowed to leave
yesterday, the weather is expected to calm enough by this afternoon for them to
depart. We’ve been getting snippets of news and SkyNews channel reception is
back today. Queensland has copped some more bad flooding, some of it in parts
that really suffered 2 years ago.
Jenny and Steve dig deep and make it for
morning trivia. So we have 5. One question early on has us stumped and a
younger guy sitting alone nearby gives us the answer so we invite him to join
our team, and we manage to win. Wouldn’t have made it without our pinch hitter
and Monique and Rob get another bag, so they won’t have to fight over the first
one.
Spent a lot of time today hanging around
and talking to people, either ones we’ve already met, or surprisingly, one we
haven’t even seen before. That, and eat! Making the most of the bonus day! One
of the waiters last night said he’s never been on a ship delayed by 24 hours.I'm glad we did the galley tour and got to see how much food is on board. I don't think one more day will deplete the stocks too much.
The crew show last night was pretty good.
I’m so glad we ended up booking at Cecelia’s table, the other waitress who was
pushing for us to book with her was soo OTT. Even in the crew show. There are
some talented people on this ship, and a few crew who like dressing up in drag.
There was a guy who frocked up and was dubbed “Bambi”, bit of an Amazon. It was
a fun night.
Afternoon trivia was based a lot on the Jewel
and the goings-on aboard. Bonus points flying thick and fast, but if you didn’t
go to the shows or have kids in kid’s club, you lost a lot of points. I was
prepared with facts and figures about the ship, which didn’t help, although I
did know that Quentin Bryce launched the Jewel and could possibly be the
‘godmother’ of the ship. Only knew that because there was a framed
commemorative piece for sale in the art auction. The team that won really
deserved it, not us BTW.
One of the worst things about the Jewel - I
have never been on a ship that self promotes it’s services and flogs so much
stuff. Once or twice in the morning and again in the afternoon, someone is on
the P.A ‘reminding’ us about this or that for sale, or the services available
in the Spa. It got to the point of being invasive.
Worst part of the day – packing our bags to
leave out before we go to our last on board dinner. (Sad face)
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