This morning we decided to have room service for breakfast. We requested it to be delivered between 7:00 and 7:30 and even set a wake-up call for 6:55 so we would be ready. At 6:50 I was awoken by a tap on the door. I went to look out the peep hole because I really couldn't tell if it was at our door or next door. There was a room service guy out there. I saw him look at his watch and then knock on our door a little louder. I guess he needs a new watch. It didn't take us long to eat because we just ordered cereal and fruit. We ordered it early because we had plans to go to the Hydrotherapy Pool in the spa when it opened at 8:00 am. We had an invitation for an Indonesian Rijstaffel Brunch at 11:00 am so we needed time to get back from the spa and get ready to go eat once again. It seems like everything is planned around meals.
The Rosga's got to the spa shortly after we did and we were talking about the brunch at 11:00 am and they said theirs was for 1:00 pm. After I got back to the room, I called and changed ours to 1:00 pm also. Guess we didn't have to get up so early after all. We also have dinner reservations tonight at the Pinnacle Grill.
We went to the luncheon with the Rosga's. It was all Indonesian food and was very good but spicy. They had the appetizer on the table when we were seated. We asked the waiter what it was and he said springrolls. They were tasty. We then noticed that people were walking up to the front of the dining room standing in line. We then figured out that it was a buffet. After moaning and groaning about having to stand in a line, it was finally our turn to go. I figured that since I had to go up there and get it I should make the best of it. I got one of everything and tasted it all. Some things were better than others. They also served champagne mixed with guava juice. I don' t really care for champagne so the guava made it easier to go down.
Just got back from bingo. I won $131 on the 3rd game and Mary P won $420 on the 4th game. We are getting ready to go to dinner at the Pinnacle Grill compliments of our travel agent.
We went to the Pinnacle Grill and it was good. I had the Veal Chop with mashed potatoes and asparagus. The dessert was raspberry cheesecake with coffee. We witnessed something really funny while we were there eating. The Pinnacle Grill is a speciality restaurant that you have to pay for. I think it is $20 per person and requires advance reservations. When we were seated, we saw Dan Scrivner and his wife eating nearby and we spoke as we passed by. They were seated in a nice romantic booth and I commented to our group that was where they tried to seat Mary P and I for breakfast the other morning and I asked them to move us by the window. It wasn't long until an they brought an older woman in to be seated. She was alone and they were seating her at a table for 2. She asked to be seated with someone and they told her that people were not seated together at the Pinnacle because they preferred to dine alone. She then promptly said that she would just ask someone if she could sit with them. You guessed it, she asked Dan and his wife if she could dine with them and they were very kind to her and told her to join them. The whole staff at the Pinnacle were standing around with their mouths wide open not believing what was going on. It looked like their dinner went well. I can't wait until I run into Dan to see what he thought about the whole thing.
After dinner we were invited to a cocktail reception with the Captain. We made a brief appearance just to check things out but didn't stay long because we wanted to get a good seat at the show.
Tonight the show was Brian Bradley -- a playful blend of stand-up & improvisation. We sat in the balcony because we didn't want to be part of the show. He put on a good show and was really quick on his feet coming up with things. They said he had been on the Seinfeld Show.
They said we may be losing the internet and TV signals over the next few days. I will try to post this now and hopefully it will work. There could be several days where I won't be posting, but I will catch it up when we get a signal again. I must say though, that the weakest signals we have gotten so far have been 100% better than the signals we had on Royal Caribbean in November. At least we can use our computers in the cabin and not have to carry it to a bar to get on the internet.
If anyone posts on this, let us know who was kicked off the Celebrity Apprentice and the Amazing Race. I just don't understand why they can't give us our reality shows on board.
They will be setting the clocks forward at 2:00 pm tomorrow. I think there is a 3 hour difference from Dallas now and tomorrow we will have a 4 hour time difference.
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