20220909 Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas ABC cruise - Day 7 of 8 - Sea Day - trivia and lobster

Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas ABC cruise - Day 7 of 8 - Let's get formal

Sea Day 

 

Ahh, sea days.  Sleep in. Have no plan.  Relax.  We like sea days.  We have two of them before we get to Miami and head home.

After a leisurely breakfast, it was a trivia morning.  We won the general knowledge trivia with our Cincinnati partners, John & Jean.  Then, we came close in the second trivia - movie quotes.  Wow, these were obscure.  We scored 8/15, losing out to two other teams at 9/15 & 11/15.  Finally, we came close in auto logo trivia.  We were shown 20 logos (with wording removed).  One couple scored all 20 while we came in at 18/20.  

1. Lexus
2. Honda
3. Renault
4. Mazda
5. Bugatti
6. Audi
7. Jaguar
8. Chevrolet
9. Saab
10. Lancia (we had no idea)
11. Alpha Romeo
12. Seat (we guessed Suzuki)
13. Volkswagen
14. Smart
15. Maybach
16. Vauxhall
17. Lamborghini
18. Mitsubishi
19. Volvo
20. Peugeot

We lounged around after lunch and then attended the Captain's question and answer session.

Left to right, the Cruise Director, Chief Engineer, Captain, and Hotel Director

They answered questions from passengers about ship operations and general Royal Caribbean information.  Here are some highlights from some provided stats:

• Crew: 1200 from 55 countries
• Daily meals: 22,000 (including crew)
• Steaks prepared weekly: 14,000
• Weekly consumption:
• Beef: 19,000 lbs
• Chicken: 18,000 lbs
• Pork: 75,000 lbs
• Lobster: 3,500 lbs
• Seafood: 11,000 lbs
• Salmon: 3,800 lbs
• Eggs: 75,000
• Pizza: 18,000 slices
• The ship was built in 2,000 in Turku, Finland
• Dimensions: 310.12m long x 42m wide
• Fuel consumption: 1 gallon moves the ship 60 feet

Later in the afternoon, Royal Caribbean's most loyal cruise known as Super Mario hosted a trivia all about Royal Caribbean.

That's him on the left - he's been living on Royal Caribbean ships for years - he holds the Guinness record for cruise nights

Dinner tonight was the traditional lobster night and that means formal attire.  We find it interesting that Royal Caribbean says the attire for the main dining room is formal yet they allow people in with t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops.

After dinner, we tried our hand at Queen name that tune trivia.  We were pretty happy with 13/15 but 15/15 won.

Tomorrow is another sea day and we'll be packing.