By the time I arose I had missed the sunrise, but I didn't mind the extra sleep. For some reason today the seas are very rough, not so much roll as pitch (the bow goes up and down). Judging from the view out the side of the ship looking forward, the bow was up and down as much as 20 feet. There were more than a few seasick people that day. The waiters said the seas were always bad on the northbound leg.
In the morning was a 60's trivia contest, which my wife and I won along with another guy. We got a trophy and a medallion. In the afternoon, the kids had a talent show. Our 4-year old stole the show (and the hearts of the audience) with her rendition of "Me and my Teddy". We overheard numerous people praise her even after we disembarked. Just before dinner, they had a Christmas show with the singers, dancers, and most of the kids, and all the kids got a present from Santa.
Disembarkation sucked. Our color didn't get called until after 11:00 and our luggage was scattered all over the place - it took us about 15 minutes to find it all. Once we got out (Customs was no problem at all), the passenger pickup area was total chaos. There were people directing traffic but traffic ignored them and stopped wherever they darned well pleased. The shuttles to the Best Western never seemed to stop for us, and we waited over an hour to find one with room for us. Once we got to the hotel, the phone kept giving us busy signals for both the local CompuServe node and the MCI 800 number. Finally, I told the front desk how to reset the phone for our room, and that worked. We didn't sleep well Christmas eve (at least my wife and I didn't), perhaps due to the fact that we were used to the motion of the ship and not an unmoving bed.
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