Sunday, December 29, 2024 Last Day at Sea

Sunday, December 29, 2024 Last Day at Sea

Our final day was a relaxed affair, although having to reorganize everything back into suitcases and figuring out what to leave out for our last night does require a bit of effort.  

We attended the last morning trivia and finished with a flourish, winning the session and getting Princess wine bottle stoppers.  The kids and Ben got in one last workout in the fitness center so we could pack away our work out clothes.  Smart travelers use a large ziplock bag to bring home stinky dirty laundry.  

Ben and Janet did a new game show called 10 in 60 which is a trivia where you have to list the top 10 items in a category according to Ranker.com. If you get all 10 before the 60 seconds are up, you stop the clock and have the opportunity to get 20 points.  If you get it wrong, the clock starts again, and then everyone tallies their points for the category.  The rules were a little confusing at first, but somehow we ended up winning and got a bottle of champagne to give to our room steward.

John purchased some St. Kitts local soft drinks called Ting so we had afternoon High Ting, sampling the grapefruit Ting, which was a bit like Fresca, and Pear, which was quite unique, tasting a bit like a very sweet wine.

We got together with Katherine and did the 4PM trivia but finished out of the top 3 who had a 3 way tie.  The tie breaker was to guess the host’s age, which was 27.  Katherine guessed it dead on.

Ben and Janet did finally get to the Elite lounge to check it out and they had a very nice selection of sushi, bigger than what we had received at the Ocean Terrace.  

Dinner featured braised lamb shank, Mahi Mahi and prime rib.  Ben was surprised to actually get a rare prime rib after ordering rare.  Being the last night of the cruise, there was a Baked Alaska parade through the dining room.

The Princess theater had a Farewell variety show featuring the saxophonist, Whitney Houston tribute singer, Vista lounge magician and an Uptown Funk You Up number by the production crew.  We were surprised they didn’t parade crew and staff on the stage for a final acknowledgement on this show.  

Ben and John hit the gelato stand on the way back to the rooms.  

We wound up the night with a last hurrah trivia at 10:30pm, which was a name the next lyric trivia.  We did surprisingly good, but there were at least 3 teams who all got perfect scores so the host was liberal with the prizes.  

Ben and John hit the International Cafe for one last soup and sandwich run and a moment of relaxation in the Piazza before retiring for the night.

We get an extra hour tonight as clocks go back an hour to get back on Eastern standard time.  John will have to disembark at 7am so we’ll be up early to see him off.