We got up late again, and got dressed for brunch. They had a special brunch on the boat today and the dress code was smart casual and above. When we got to the restaurant it was a zoo. People everywhere. We got seated at a random table with another couple and we headed off to the special buffet brunch. The food here was way better than the regular buffet, but the people were acting like idiots. Since they were circular tables with food on them, it was very hard to form lines to get at the food. So people just bumped into each other trying to get at the utensils to serve themselves. I looked like they thought that it was the end of the world and there would never be more food after this.
When we got back to our table a third couple had been seated with us and there was a redneck in jeans and a t-shirt. Last I checked their dress code for smart casual specifically stated no jeans and no t-shirts. I don’t know why they bother telling us what the dress code is because they never enforce it. Trish and I packed a whole pile of extra clothes so that we could follow the dress code for the meals but apparently we were pretty much the only ones who did. Well maybe not the only ones because at the table next to us a lady was bitching about the exact same thing. What’s even funnier is that she was complaining to another well-dressed couple about people wearing hoodies and ignoring the dress code while one of the people sitting at her table was wearing a hoodie! I’m sure that hoodie wearing girl must have felt awesome.
Anyways, back to our redneck at the table. The only thing out of his mouth was football. His wife and the other couple tried to change the subject a multitude of times but he would just interrupt any other conversation to talk about either football or halibut. Apparently they were told there would be halibut at the buffet. As he chomped down on snow crab legs and shrimp the stupid redneck complained that there was no halibut. Get a life dude. Maybe if you followed the dress code they would have gotten you some halibut. After he shoved a couple of plates of food down his throat they left, so we had a conversation with the other couple.
The only thing that bugged me about the brunch apart from the stupid redneck was the waiter. Miraslov the waiter from some eastern European country was not a very good waiter. In fact, he truly sucked ass. We had come to expect good service on the boat as our waiters for supper were pretty good but this guy’s name should be Miraslob. We would go back to the buffet, grab a new plate of food and expect that our plate would be cleared by the time we got back. Not so, the plates were still there, and there was so much stuff on the table that there was nowhere else to put plates. So we just stacked our new plate of food on top of our dirty plate. That meant that crab shells and other assorted junk fell on the table and whatnot. Even after the redneck and his wife left Miraslob didn’t pick up their dishes. Oh and don’t get me started on trying to get our water glasses refilled or getting more hot water for tea. He was never around, in fact it was easier to flag down some other waiter from some other section to get them to help us.
We did get our fill of delicious food though, the menu at the brunch was pretty impressive. Omelets, pasta and stir fry made to order, a wide selection of meat and fish, both hot and cold dishes. The only thing that wasn’t very good was the sushi, the rice was just no good, the rolls sucked, but if you just ate the fish off the rest it was ok.
After food we got changed and headed off to the gym, we worked out and then hit the Persian gardens. We relaxed in the steam room and on the heated benches, then we headed to the hot tub. I don’t know who designed this hot tub but they were a little strange. To make the bubbles in the hot tub in addition to the water jets this tub had air bubbles. The bubbles started both at the feet and on the edge of the benches. The problem was the air was cold, so basically you had cold air blowing on your feet and more prominently your crotch. Why would you put air jets on the seats? Anyways, I’ve seen better hot tubs.
After the hot tub we entered the pool. Now this was a cool experience. At the time we were at sea and the waters were a little rough so the ship was swaying. Seeing as the pool is 10 stories up on the ship, it swayed quite a bit up there. So basically the pool was like a wave pool. It was pretty much a tiny version of whatever ocean we were sailing over. Sometimes the waves would be side to side, sometimes back to front, and most of the time just plain diagonal. Hard to swim in but cool to just stand around and experience. On the sides of the pool they had some weird metal bars that were shaped like lounge chairs so you could hang out in those while still in the water. They also had a bit of bubble action, combined with the waves in the pool it was pretty interesting.
Later in the evening we went to see the show “Around the world”. There’s a song and dance troupe of performers on the ship, but most of the shows were at inconvenient times or just not interesting. This one sounded better. So we went to watch it, and most of it was playing on stereotypes rather than really explaining anything about the world. It seemed about as likely to insult or entertain guests. They had all sorts of song and dance going on but there was one red head that kinda stuck out. She stuck out not because she was good but because she was stuck in ballerina mode. So every dance she did looked more like ballet than whatever dance she was supposed to be doing. This was especially noticeable when she was trying to perform a highland dance. Anyways, we had to get ready for supper and the show wasn’t that great, so we took off.
Supper was good and I was told that they would sing happy birthday for me because I was absent yesterday. After we were done our meals they had a big show to thank all the waiters, kitchen staff and organizers. Then at the end of the show the waiters came down with the night’s desert, the baked Alaska. Basically Neapolitan ice cream covered in meringue and torched. After that was served, they came around with a cake for me. Richard, Lawrence and Vladimir sang a chorus of “Happy Birpday” heh, flips have a funny accent… After they were done singing Richard announced that I couldn’t eat the cake because it was full of dairy and then he took it away! Scam! But he came back with a crème brule that was made with soy milk… not bad. It tasted like vanilla jell-o pudding. Nothing like a crème brule should taste but it was way better than sorbet or fruit.
Since this was the last night at sea, there was a party in the Constellation bar. It was the 20th anniversary party for Celebrity cruises. We headed up to check out the party and the free champagne. The party was boring, but we sat around and made fun of people. Some many people looked ridiculous that it was easy to make fun of them. One lady had a hairdo right our of the 50’s or something… it was huge hair big poufy and combed back. Some people were wearing corny looking clothes but the big winner of the night sat right next to us. She must have been in her 60’s and she was wearing a long sleeved mini-dress with cut out shoulders along with some knee high boots. Pretty much what you’d expect a high-class hooker to wear. I’m sorry lady, but you should probably cover up a bit more.
We left the party planning to take a stroll outside but it was raining, so we decided to go to the pool deck since one of the pools is outside. The ship was swaying so much that the pools were spilling all over the deck. They were all closed too. So much for strolling around there. Ah well, we headed back to our room and retired for the night.
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