Day 25 - Tue - 10/21/2025 - At Sea to FLL - Day 3

 Today, unfortunately was our last short night as our Seattle Mariners lost game 7 with a score of 4-3.  The Toronto Blue Jays go on to play the LA Dodgers in the World Series.  We came so close, but so far away.  Today was the poorest schedule of the entire voyage.  Apart from the excellent interdenominational bible study, there was literally nothing scheduled all day in terms of enrichment lectures, meet the cast, etc.  Even the evening cast show (Disco: Blame it on the Boogie was a repeat for us of a show that we saw earlier in the cruise and we've seen it on other ships as well.  It was very well attended, however.


For the majority of my day, I spent reading and finished my mystery novel and started on another one by the same author.  To get my steps in, I did 4 laps around the 8th floor as the wind really picked up this afternoon.  The temperatures outside have been in the mid 70's, but I don't like walking in the wind or rain.  We also did some laundry today and it'll likely be the last of this trip until we get home.


After the main show in the theater, I went to O'Malley's and watched two sets of the Emerald Tide and got to hear some new Irish songs that haven't been in the 8pm set.  They were also soliciting requests as they were doing 4 sets tonight. In one song, they even brought up a passenger to play the spoons.  That person had been in the spoons class.

During my 4 laps around our floor 8, I photographed a few doors for their imaginative door decor. Below are a few examples plus our door decoration.

Our door









Tomorrow is yet another sea day.  We're about halfway to Fort Lauderdale.  The schedule is much improved.

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