The day started with a leisurely breakfast. We were in no rush because we have been to Nassau many times before. We didn’t expect there to be anything new here and we weren’t disappointed. Nassau, as always, was overrun with cruise passengers. Besides the Seaside there were 4 other LARGE ships in port.
We wandered a bit, did some window shopping and bought almost nothing as the shops had their special lots-of-rubes-in-town pricing on full display Everything was ridiculously expensive. The single purchase was two inexpensive ($13 each) 1-liter bottles of rum, one dark and one very dark. We headed back to the ship after being ashore less than 2 hours.
The surprise came when we reboarded. Liquor purchases are ALWAYS taken on entry, to be returned the last night of the cruise. Between Marlene and me we have experienced about 50 different cruises and that has never varied. Until the Seaside. When we asked the guy checking us in where we should deposit the liquor he said “take it to your cabin.” We were both stunned. But it was a happy stunned – we didn’t have to ration our smuggled rum any longer.
I blogged a bit – in my cabin, a real treat – then joined Marlene in the casino when the ship departed Nassau. We changed for dinner and decided to try the evening show, a song-and-dance revue entitled Rouge, apparently because the set was very red. The theater seemed bland compared to cruise theaters on Carnival ships – it seemed like a movie theater before the show began. But the show was quite good. Strong voices, colorful costumes, good choreography. Some magic and acrobatics were woven in as well. Very nice.
Following the show we had a nice dinner with our dinner buddies – Peggy and Emily, the New York City mother/daughter duo, and Thomas and Theresa, the married couple from Florida. Marlene didn’t like her seafood pasta – too much pasta, too little seafood – but my prime rib was superb.
More casino after dinner and more losses. We ended the evening with knock rummy in the 16th deck late night buffet area. Marlene won 2 of 3.