Day 3: (continued)
I forgot to mention that I did go to the fitness center the first night on the ship. Unfortunatly, that was the only time I went to the fitness center. The fitness center was pretty nice and had most of the machines you would find at a fitness club. There were about ten treadmills, ten eliptical machines, bikes for spinning and several weight machines. The freeweight area was a little small but I imagine that there aren’t too many people that use the free weights especially since the ship can get rocky at times.
Day 4:
I woke up with a dry, scratchy throat. I couldn’t tell if I was getting sick or if it was just from the motion sickness patch. It didn’t help that the air vent in our room was blowing on my all night and there wasn’t a way to turn it off. The following nights I ended up using our bathroom towels to block the vent so it wouldn’t blow on me while I slept while still letting the air circulate. We had our only breakfast in the Trellis restraunt where we met two other couples from Texas. When our conversation turned to housing prices, one of the couples mentioned that the house was on acre of land. It’s hard to imagine owning that much land in Los Angeles. The food and service was good but breakfast took about hour since it was served rather than buffet style. Later that morning, we had our Cruise Critic Party and we had the chance to meet the people that had been eagarly anticipating and planning for the cruise on the Cruise Critic forums. Melanie, the onboard harpist, played for us in the Cova Tea Room (5th deck) and we had tea, coffee and small pastries. The harpist normally plays in the S.S. United States restraunt which costs $30 extra per person so it was nice that Celebrity treated us to something special. It was fun get together and we got to meet another couple in our age group which was a rarity. Then we hit up the casino (Fortunes) and I ended up $40 richer (only to lose it later in the cruise). Besides enjoying the inside passage scenery, we booked a “couples massage” for later that afternoon which included a 25 minute bath soak, a massage and 6 roses delivered to our stateroom. The massage was great and I felt like my vacation had really began.