20240229 NCL Escape Neighbors Cruise - Day 6 - Sea day slow day

NCL Escape Neighbors Cruise Day 6 - Sea day

Today was a sea day. We had no plans and executed them all.

We started out in the Garden Cafe for breakfast. It always ensures a good start to the day due to this man:

This is Ezekiel. He works as a bartender in the Garden Cafe. He greets us every morning with a genuine smile and gets our ice and Coke Zeros ready to dump in our mugs. He has been a bright spot on this cruise and deserves some recognition. As a side note, he makes a mean margarita as well.

We meandered into the Garden Cafe a little after 8:30 this morning after lounging in bed for a while. As we ate, messages started bouncing back and forth among our group, and eventually, all twelve of us were sitting together across several tables. That's the way it stayed for around six hours. We ate breakfast. Some ate a second breakfast. Then the buffet line switched to lunch and so did we. There were nachos and tacos and guacamole and more. Ice cream and cookies rounded things out as we talked, drank, and ate. There was also a table of folks playing Spades and then Baseball (a card game).

Arlona and Freddie decided to head out to try the ropes course only to find it was closed due to high winds. We came to the room briefly.

Calm seas and clear skies

Arlona decided to walk. Freddie and I returned to meet the group in the Garden Cafe when Arlona popped in and said the ropes course had opened. Freddie, Jill, and Arlona headed up to the course with me in tow as team photographer.

A ropes course is a series of elevated platforms connected by walkways. Some are stable but narrow, some are unstable ropes/cables, some are horizontal ladders, etcetera. The participant wears a harness and is tethered to an overhead safety cable. All three had a fun time on the course.

Jill & Freddie

Jill

Freddie

Jill

Jill & Freddie

Arlona taking on the course

One small step...

Looking beautiful as always

A piece of cake

Wobble, wobble

Tonight, we decided that anyone who packed dressy clothes was going to wear them. We got dolled up and met the crew for a drink before dinner.

As we headed to Manhattan for dinner, we stopped for a group photo.

Front: Lynn, Nancy, Betty, Sue, Jill
Back: Chris, Garry, Arlona, Brian, Al, Ernie, Freddie

After a better-than-average dinner tonight in Manhattan, the group split up. Some were going to comedy, some were going to a second showing of Choir of Man, and some of us decided all this doing nothing tired us out. We did a little browsing in the shops and headed to the room.

Sometimes, the best part of dressing up is taking it all off again

Tomorrow is the final day of the cruise. We will be anchored off of Great Stirrup Cay - NCL's private island in the Bahamas. We plan to tender into the island and perhaps try a little snorkeling.