After 2 very full days at ports, I think everyone was VERY happy to sleep in & have a day at sea before porting in the Bahamas. We all slept in, got ready, then joined the family in the main dining room for a yummy breakfast.
After breakfast, everyone split up & kind of did their own thing. I went on a tour of "Central Park" (the park in the center of the ship) with Opa, Oma, & Tuhk. There are over 30,000 plants on the Icon of the Seas Ship. Isn't that insane? Every single morning at 5am, the gardeners pray every single one of them & wipe off their leaves to remove the salt from the sea air so they don't dry out & remain beautiful. Isn't that incredible. They have 3 wall gardens on the ship where they grow herbs & other greens used on the ship. We got to learn details about each of the plants & all the work that goes into maintaining them so they remain beautiful for the guests.
We stopped to look at the art museum on our way back to everyone else. They had a lot of Star Wars art this time around.
I met up with Taya while the boys went boogie boarding & water sliding. She insisted on eating 3 more crepes & I grabbed a delicious greek bowl.
The boys spent their morning doing all the water things & they loved every minute of it.
Videos: Trek & Canyon mastering boogie boarding
After relaxing for a bit, Taya & I came across the buffet where they were setting up a HUGE display of cakes, puddings, desserts, & 2 chocolate fountains with fruit to dip inside.
We for sure couldn't resist that so we texted everyone the good news & all met up in the line for the chocolate fountain. We ate so many chocolate dipped marshmallows, strawberries, pineapple, melon, & cakes that we all made ourselves sick, but it was SO SO SO good.
After that, we met up with Elijah & Lorien at the Mexican food place & made our way towards the 80's trivia & the Classic Rock trivia games. They were doing a Veterans Day celebration in the mall area which was really cute.
We did terrible at both trivia games which is surprising. Trek is the king of classic rock, but they picked the most obscure songs that nobody was getting them right. It was kind of hilarious. My kids love those trivia games.
Video: Classic Rock Trivia
Dinner was awesome as always. This particular night, we sat alone with Talon & Carolyn & her parents which was nice. Opa, Oma, & Tuhk sat with all the kiddos. The food was great. We loved our 2 waiters & then the manager of that floor. His name was Bruno & he always sat & visited with us each night. Carolyn's dad teased him "You guys need to add cheese fries to the menu," & 5 minutes later Bruno showed up with 3 big plates full of cheese fries for the 6 of us. I swear they treat you like royalty on these ships.
After dinner, we all made our way to the Family Game Show. We figured we had a LARGE family & had a good chance of winning something right? I think my kids had a blast at this one. They made us split up so our family of 8 was one team, Opa/Oma/Tuhk were one team, & Talon & his family were one team. The MC would ask a question, & each team would write down their answer & run it to the front of the room. Whatever answer came up the most, those teams that answered that got a point. Here were some of my favorite questions:
What is the best food in the world?
Pizza won
What thing is most forgotten when packing for a trip?
Toothbrush won
What is the worst thing to say at a funeral?
Congratulations won
What do girls do better than boys?
Everything was the winning answer which cracked me up
What do boys do better than girls?
Nothing was the winning answer
What is the best vacation place?
Hawaii won
We did pretty good & only got 2 answers wrong. Talon & Carolyn's family got every single question correct & so they won 1st place which was super exciting.
After the game show, some people went to the hot tub, some went swimming, & others just relaxed.
Lorien, Elijah, & I went to the "What's the next Lyric" gameshow. They picked several audience members as the contestants & Lorien was one of the people picked to play. She was nervous & excited at the same time.
Videos: Lorien on the gameshow
She actually did awesome. She made it to the top 3 & only lost in the very last round. I was so proud of her. It was a blast.
After the game show, we met up with everyone at the hot tub. They were playing "Name that Tune" (while in the hot tub). Someone would pick a song & hum the first 2-3 notes in the song & everybody had to guess what it was. That would continue adding a note each time until someone guessed it & then everybody would sing it together really loud. We were having a great time. There was a sweet lady who got into the hot tub & realized very quickly that we were a bunch of weirdos, but she joined in & played with us which made it even more fun. We played until almost 10pm, then got out so we could go watch the aquadome show at 10:30.
This show was INCREDIBLE. The amount of skill & talent these guys had just amazed me. I couldn't recommend this more. Every show on this boat is just crazy good.
After the show, we went to bed. Day 7 was Coco Cay. Yay!
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