{"id":15179,"date":"2025-10-09T02:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=15179"},"modified":"2025-10-09T02:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:14:39","slug":"atw-1-days-18-20-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/atw-1-days-18-20-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"ATW-1 Days 18-20: At sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 18 was one of the 3 sea days on which I purchased the 24-hour internet plan ($30 per day) so I blogged in the morning. We had no breakfast because we were anticipating a large brunch at the Fahrenheit 451 Steak House – the specialty steak restaurant on the Carnival Luminosa<\/em> – courtesy of the casino. It was a fine brunch. I had a cheesesteak sandwich and Marlene had steak and eggs. We both had profiterole for dessert. And free mimosas. Thank you, casino. Nice to get something in return for our losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did more blogging before dinner while Marlene watched ice carving. We went to the America Rocks<\/em> show in the theater after dinner. The preshow featured a fake Joan Jett statue (actually one of the dancers). Great show, featuring the band and the ship\u2019s song and dance cast. Great voices, good choreography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ice sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fahrenheit 451 brunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Joan Jett” before “America Rocks” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
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“America Rocks”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I woke on Day 19 with a cold. Not a bad cold, just an annoying cold. After breakfast I tried my hand at science trivia and did so-so: 13.5 versus a winning score of 19. In the afternoon we crossed the IDL (International Date Line) and instantaneously jumped ahead a full day. I lost at cards in the afternoon (Marlene won both games) and lost at the casino too. Another bad day for games of chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We danced a bit after dinner but I went to bed early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 20 began with a trip to Guest Services to retrieve our passports (which we had surrendered at checkin)., then to our caricature appointment. The guy did a good job of capturing Marlene but not so great with me. After lunch we played cards and Marlene continued to whip my ass, winning 3 out of 4. The casino continued to be unfriendly to me, too (down $770) but Marlene had a moderately big win – over $350 on a single spin, no bonus involved. I did get a free drink at the VIFP party for Platinum and Diamond passengers – about half the ship – so the day wasn\u2019t a total loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caricature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marlene’s win<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Captain Vittorio and senior staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After dinner we viewed the crew talent show – always a highlight of the cruise. Some of the crew are amazingly talented singers and dancers. Makes you wonder why they do mundane work on the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Singing in 4 languages!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Energetic dancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crooning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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