Monday, March 11, 2019- Princess Cay, Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas

Monday, March 11, 2019- Princess Cay, Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas

Ben awoke to the sounds of the Regal Princesses anchor and chain being dropped from the bow.  It was bright and sunny with scattered clouds in the deep blue sky. We went ashore and had a relaxed morning, snorkeling around the snorkel beach and having brunch at the buffet set up on the island.  There is a small coral reef off the breakwater with a variety of brightly colored fish, and a few live corals.  The water temperature and conditions were great for just swimming and splashing around in the sun, but after having snorkeled so much in the Galápagos Islands, it’s hard to be impressed by sea life anywhere else. Janet did have a bit of fun with some hot dog bun and corn leftover from lunch, which she fed to some fish as she snorkeled, but one fish was aggressive enough that it bit the knuckle on her other hand, thinking she might have some more food in it after she was done feeding the fish with what she brought out.  

As it got hotter in the afternoon, we retreated back to the ship and had tea, followed by afternoon trivia.  We paired up with couples from Florida and W. Virginia.  We were in the hunt with 19/21, but one team had us outscored with 20/21.  We didn’t know Lake Eyre is the lowest  point in Australia, and guessed wrongly that Coolidge was the first President on TV- It was FDR.  

The Elite lounge had sushi again, so we went down there with glasses of wine, which finished off the bottle we brought on board, and had sushi for dinner.  We rested up in the room for a bit and then started our evening with Nick Names Trivia.  We paired up with a couple from SW Florida Bob and Mary, and Jenny and Steve from Charlottesville VA.  Bob was super at the Nick Names.  Most were sports celebrities including boxers and golfers, whom we had no clue about.  We ended up with second place scoring 18/20 with the winners coming up with a perfect score.

Next, we participated in a “Majority Rules” game where each team submits an answer to a question, and which ever answer is the most frequently submitted wins.  It was an interesting and fun game.  We didn’t win, but we couldn’t tell how well we did because only the Cruise Staff knew the scores of all the teams.  They announced the winner, but not the score.  An example question was “What is an embarrassing item to buy at the store?”  The most common answer was “Condom”.  And the answer for “What can you only use once?” was also “Condom”.  You can tell the mind of this audience was in the gutter.

Our last event was the new comedian Robbie Printz, who also pretty funny with a standup act.  As we exited the theater, we noticed that Club 6 was packed with dancers at 10:45PM.  We had a second dinner at the International Cafe at 11:00PM, and the Piazza was crowded with people dancing, drinking and eating.  The Spring Break effect is certainly getting into full gear.  

Tomorrow is a day at sea.  We’ll skip the morning trivia to see if we can snag some good prizes at the shopping seminar, as suggested by the couple we had tea with earlier in the week.