DAY 6

Another perfect day at sea with sunshine and smooth seas.  It’s getting a bit cooler with a maximum temperature today of 21C.

This morning we found a great place to visit which seems to be a bit of a secret around the ship….. well it won’t be now J.  For those of you planning a cruise on Voyager this is a must.  Walk out onto the Promenade on Deck 4 and along to some stairs at the front of the ship. Climb the stairs and walk through a little alleyway and you’ll find yourself on the ships Helipad at the bow.  A great spot to take photos or just do the Titanic pose.  There are bench seats so you can sit and enjoy the view which I must say was beautiful on a day like today.  I would imagine that area would only be open to guests on good weather days.

Went to the Royal Caribbean Dancers and Singers show last night.  The music was good but we wouldn’t say it was the best we’ve seen on board a ship. We were thinking they maybe a new dance troop and maybe only recently boarded the ship. We will look forward to seeing their next show though.

Still can’t get over how huge the Windjammer Buffet is. Today at lunch we counted about 10 buffet stations.  The area at the very back called the ‘Island Grill’ is the best spot with a great view across the back of the ship.

The internet has been quite slow these past couple of days, maybe that’s because we’re somewhere out in the Atlantic.  The best reception for WiFi is at the Café Promenade on Deck 5.

Captain Frank mentioned on his midday report that we may loose some of the TV stations during the Atlantic crossing, mainly CNN and FOX news. We’ll pick them up again as we get closer to land.

Day 2 of our progressive Trivia didn’t go well for us this morning.  We only managed 11 out of 20.  We found the questions were very hard.  It’ll be interesting to see what the others scored when we hear all the results tomorrow.  Our score from yesterday has put us equal 3^rd at this stage but that might drop after our score today. We’re ready to attack again tomorrow morning and we’ve still got six more days of the competition. J We’re all enjoying ourselves and surprise ourselves sometimes with what we do know.

The Spa and Gym are very large and there are a lot of things going on there daily.  They offer some great Spa packages too.

The Pig and Whistle Pub they have Amstel Light and Heinekin on draft at US$7.95 for 20oz which is just over a Pint.  Bud light and Bud come in the Aluminium cans at US$5.25 for 16oz which is a Pint. Plus of course the 15% Gratuity which is automatically added to all beverage purchases. A glass of wine is between US$7.00 and US$10.00 depending on which wine you choose per glass but the glasses are a good measure as they are double the measure that you would be served in Australia. Of course they always have the US$3.00 daily Cocktail of the day, and there is an extensive selection of them to try. J

We haven’t seen much in the way of wild life yet only flying fish.  There have been a couple of other cruise ships going in the other direction and a couple of cargo ships which we seem to pass as if they are standing still.

Putting the clocks forward at lunchtime everyday does shorten the afternoon and before we know it’s ‘wineo’clock’  which is exactly now.  So I’m signing off now as we’re off to the Pig and Whistle to meet for late afternoon drinks.

Just managed to download some photos.  The first one is Atlantis in Nassau, a huge resort which employess 6000 people.  The second is taken from our balcony as we were leaving Nassau, and the third is taken today from the bow of the ship showing the calm and beautiful blue Atlantic ocean.