We got in to Nassau around 7:00 am this morning. We had no plans for the day so didn't get in a hurry to get off the ship. The ship was only going to be here until 2:00 pm so w didn't have much time to do anything and we had both been here before.
The morning started off with room service for breakfast which was on time, in fact I think they came a little early. After relaxing a while we decided that we would either try to go to Atlantis or the Sheraton -- both had casinos. it was quite a walk to get from the ship to the information center where we could pick up tours. On the walk a rain shower came up so we had to take cover while it passed.
The last time we were in Nassau we took a ferry boat over to Paradise Island which is where Atlantis is. We really didn't want to do that because it was so muggy this time and there was a little bit of a walk that you have to take once you get off the ferry. We didn't want to get caught in the rain again. In the information center they were advertising taxis to Atlantis for $4 per person. This was what we had paid for the ferry so we decided that a taxi it was. They got a group of people together and loaded us in together and off we went.
When we arrived at Atlantis it seemed they had turned things around but it could have been that we went in a different entrance this time. We all agreed that we would only stay an hour and we would meet up with the Rosgas again at 11:30.
Off we went to the casino in search of keno. We never could find it. We opted for some other machines where we both put $20 in. My money was gone promptly and Mary was hitting so her money was lasting a little longer. I went and started playing another game. I put $20 in and was doing pretty good. I hit some bonus games and got up to $50 so I cashed out and was watching Mary P. By that time she had brought what she had won in the other machine and put it in the one next to me. She didn't do too good so she moved to the machine at the end and she started hitting left and right. At the end of the hour, we combined my $50 and her winnings and it totaled just shy of $500. We got our money and met back up with Pat and Terry and it was time for us to go -- probably a good thing that we had agreed to only stay an hour!
Back outside we found a taxi that agreed to take us back to the pier for $4 each. Traffic was terrible and our taxi almost hit a horse! We did see a wreck along the way. Once to the ship terminal we started our long walk back to the ship. We weren't even half way there and another rain shower popped up. This one lasted longer and was heaver. There were places we could stop along the way to get out of the rain but we were soaked by the time we got back to the ship. We had to go back to our cabins and dry off before we could go eat lunch.
Once dried off, we went to the dining room for a bite to eat. After having a leisurely lunch we rested for a while but not for long because we had to go play Bingo -- where I won the first game. Unfortunately I had to split with 4 other people so only got $50.
We had been trying to make reservations for one of the shows later in the week but were having problems so Mary P called the Concierge and he told us that he was going to bring us a sticker to put on our card so that we didn't have to make any reservations and could go to any show we wanted, whenever we wanted. That was nice to know because we had tried to make reservations for another show on the first night and it was already booked so now we can go!
Tonight was formal night but we weren't in any mood to dress up so we opted for Johnny Rockets instead. Their burgers are always pretty good and we got them to dance for us.
We went to the 9:00 pm Water Show. It was really good -- high divers, acrobats, etc. It reminded me of a Cirque Du Soleil show. In fact some of the performers had even been a part of Cirque Du Soleil before. When the show was over, we called it a night. We were both exhausted. I am not sure what Pat and Terry did. I think Pat wanted to go back and see Chicago again.
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