A day in the Bahamas..kinda

Today we are anchored in CoCo Cay, Bahamas. Tony and I were just here in August so we discussed not even going to the island. We had never stayed on the ship during a port and thought we would love to experience the ship when it was "empty".

I woke up that morning and ordered a little room service for breakfast. The night before I had booked a massage spa special  for that morning and after eating I headed there.

The room I had my massage.

The spa special I was taking advantage of was the Top to Toe. It was 75 minutes and included full body massage, back exfoliation, rejuvenating facial, foot and ankle massage, and scalp massage. Out of that I actually got the full body massage, rejuvenating facial, and foot and ankle massage. It was incredible. I was very relaxed when I left there. I LOVE having massages at sea. (Even tho technically we were anchored.) She did try to up sale me about $350 worth of products tho. I politely declined.  

After the massage I headed to the cabin to grab Tony to spend our first day ever staying on a ship during a port day.

Our first stop was the windjammer for lunch. They only had one side open. It was a little busy but noticeably slower than the day before. Finding a table was very easy. As a matter of fact, there were empty tables everywhere.

I had a view of Norwegian Cruise Line's private island, which is located right beside of CoCo Cay, while eating lunch. They were obviously not using it that day.

After lunch we headed to the Promenade and grabbed a Starbuck's. I love having Starbuck's at sea.

And so does Tony.

 The Promenade was definitely not busy at all. So we sat in the Promenade Cafe and discussed what to do next.

 Tony opted to chill on our balcony, I headed to the pool after a quick change back at the cabin.

 

This brings me to another first, swimming in the ships pool. I found me a lounger on one of those levels that remind you of theater seating and made myself a little home for the next little while.

  

I laid here until I got really hot and decided it was time to cool off in the pool.

 I'll not lie, the pool was cold. I stepped down onto the level that the only thing that really gets wet is your foot and was like, “WHOA” . But I kept going. It was March, it was 84 degrees and I had been in freezing weather for months now! I was swimming by golly! As I walked to the ladder a couple of women sitting in the pool told me to just go for it. They told me that they had tried step by step and it didn't work..lol. So I stepped on the first rung of the ladder than just jumped in. I admit it took my breath and I wasn't able to speak at first. But as I started swimming, I did get use to it.

I watched the end of the Smurfs while in the pool.

Then it was sunbathing time again. Once I got back to my lounger I put on some SPF/tanning oil then chilled. I laid there with the sun on my face, the ocean around me, and party music playing. I truly felt on vacation. I could also feeling the vitamin D just soaking into my body. My body has just been deprived of sun/vitamin D for too long. I just laid there for a while with my eyes closed thinking, “Life is Good”.

I laid there until I could tell I was getting a little red. I did not want to burn on my first day. I knew I would have 3 sea days to enjoy and I was not going to spend them in the shade nursing a sunburn. I grabbed my stuff and headed to the room to see what Tony was up to. He was pretty well in the same spot I left him; snoozing on the balcony.

 We left the room and headed down to the Schooner bar to see what was going on there. They were starting country music trivia when we got there. So we sat at the bar talking to Andre the bartender and playing but not really playing. But we should have because between the two of us we knew all the songs

This is Andre. He was from Scotland. Since we were from Kentucky, he wanted his picture taken with Jim Beam. He was so funny! 

We then decided to head up one level to Sorrento's because we were on a cruise and you can't go that long without eating! I tried the potato and chicken pizza. Another first!! I had never had potato on a pizza before so I had to give it a whirl. I admit, it was pretty good.

 I also tried the tiramasu. I didn't care for it. It had zero coffee taste and the cookie part was very watery.

  

From there Tony heads back to the cabin and I head to the shops to pick up some hairspray. Remember I told you that I would let you know what all I forgot?  First thing noticed that I forgot..hairspray. So I paid $4.99 for a $1 bottle of whiterain. I considered it punishment. 

We sailed around 4:00. So we sat on our balcony as we watched CoCo Cay fade away. 

Can you guess what we did before dinner? Yep we napped. The Captain had announced a little while earlier that once we got of the islands of the Bahama we would be experiencing 4 to 6 foot swells and there would be a little motion on the ship that night. So I had expected to wake up to some rocking, but I honestly did not feel anything. So I jumped in the shower and got ready for dinner.  

Tonight we had reservations at Portofino's. When I come back I will tell you all about that dining experience and the production show we watched.

Thanks again for sailing with me! 

                                                                                                         The Boss Lady