July 17th - Rocky Day at Sea

The water was a bit rocky today so the ship was bobbing more noticeably than most days. 

We checked out a presentation on San Juan, Puerto Rico and then went to the casino. The roulette wheel wasn't kind and lost $40 over the course of an hour. Tina played our free bingo cards in the mean time and came within 4 numbers of the jackpot before someone got bingo.

Later, there was a passenger group from Facebook that organized a group "Slot Pull / Tournament" for $20 a person. There were 29 of us and we pooled $580 and each got 4 x $5 spins on the "Wheel of Fortune" slot machine. Two people got the bonus game and everyone was cheering. We ended up enough that each person walked away with $26 (so $6 profit each) at the end - it was a fun way to pass some time.

In the afternoon we had the most awkward afternoon tea possible - we were seated at a table for 10 and there was basically no conversation. Anyway, the scones were good. I returned to play some video poker and came out even. I had actually brought my chips to play craps as the table had been open earlier but it was closed again.

It was white and gold formal night tonight.




After supper we plan to go to see two different comedy acts, one in the main theatre and then the guy who was really good on Saturday is back with a new set in the club at the back of the ship.

We hope to be up early as the ship docks in San Juan at 7am.

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