Day at Sea 2

I took this video when we woke up in the morning and then started feeling sick shortly after. How ironic I say "If this is the day anyone's going to get sick..."-Erin



Guest Blog post from Brad:

The morning started out with my wife throwing up. The boat was rocking and rolling. The waves were making banging and booming noises against the bow of the ship (we would later find out we weren't traveling fast enough and heading straight into the wind).



Even though she was not feeling too good, we made our way to the Trump Card room for the "Behind the Fun" Tour. They had pastries and coffee out but we didn't get to enjoy them because it only took a few minutes and Erin was puking again. I knew she was not going to be able to make it. She was a trooper and tried as far as the first stop, but the minute we were in an enclosed area, she was out of there.

The tour guide was a Human Resources guy and he was being shadowed by his new boss who had only been on the boat a few days and would be getting the full tour at the same time we were. They explained that we could not take pictures during the tour and placed everyone's cell phones and cameras in a small bag that the guide held onto. The tour started out slowly with our first stop was the Follie's Lounge Backstage. We met with the dance captain and he gave us the tour of the cool Vegas-style show. It was very tight quarters underneath the bow of the boat. We saw where they change their costumes and put their makeup on. Up next we went the kitchen (galley). It was the best part of tour, especially hearing about how they cook so many meals for so many people. The kitchen was really huge and had escalators up to the dining room. We were surrounded by amazing smells. I noticed that all the chefs were Indian, at least 99%. The Executive Chefs gave the tour of the galley, including food preparation and storage.



After leaving all the hundreds of chefs, the tour continued to all the other typical boat areas, ie laundry, waste, etc. Midway though the tour our guide received a call about a problem in the engine room. We were told the captain would let us know the situation when we got to the bridge but we would not be allowed to tour the engine room this time. The bridge is on the 8th floor, Panorama Deck, right near our room. All of the officers and captain on the Legend were Italian. We took some quick pictures with the captain.



The very arrogant captain only spoke to us for a few minutes and told us one engine would not come to full power. Major problem. The boat was not able to power though normal waves so the boat would rock a lot more, which explained why Erin was so sick that morning. The captain told us he would be making an public announcement about the situation later, and we left not knowing that the problem was so serious, that this was the beginning to our long voyage home.

I definitely would not recommend the tour for the price. We did get some gifts in the end; a bag, a hat, a lanyard for your keys, and a bar of soap carved into a swan that took the guy making it 30 minutes on each bar of soap (everyone in the tour got one). You also get a informational brochure including the recipe for the infamous Carnival Melting Cake, which I will share with you here.





We also got a tray of goodies delivered to our cabin from the galley.-Erin



They would not show us the crew quarters and when asked questions they were very vague. It was interesting to see the areas we did see, but for nearly 100 dollars per person, I was hoping for a more thorough tour. Erin was reading a book during the cruise called "Cruise Confidential" and we found out more details (all be the dirty ones) from that.

After the tour I luckily got a refund because my wife did not take the tour, but they did put up a fight. We spent the afternoon by the pool, which is where I found Erin trying to recover in the fresh air. She had made fun of me earlier in the week for buying a prescription strength motion sickness patch but now she was grateful I had bought extra and it was finally working for her. The refund was spent later anyway on the bingo games in the afternoon.



We also went to the photo gallery and Erin ended up buying the 9.99 scrapbook package of photos of the boat. Here is a video of what the water in the pool looked like today. It had gotten chilly and no one was around on any of the open decks.





We had a great evening at our last dinner, as usual too much food.









We said goodbye and extra tipped our waiters Raymundo and Alvin and decided to end the evening with the Legends show. It was entertaining some of the guest singers were great.



We walked the deck on the way back to the room and noticed the air had gotten cool. We had heard from our steward that the first two days and the last two days are the worst due to crossing the open ocean into rough winter winds. The last night on the boat ended the same way the first night began with me lying in bed wondering if I was going to puke from the rocking and rolling.