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Friday 13th April 2012
Weather: Overcast all day with little glimpses of sunshine
Sea Conditions: Bumpy overnight and a gently rocking movement all day
We thought it had disappeared off the schedule … but the dreaded Fancy Dress Day was here. Costumes to be made in Kids Club in the morning followed by the show in Manhattan later this afternoon.
We all had a lie in this morning … Callum was the only one of us who had a good nights sleep last night with the rocking and rolling of the ship. Callum woke up just before 9am so we quickly got ready and had breakfast in the main dining room. The swell was still 2-3 metres, motion discomfort bags were still dotted around the place but we were hopefully the swell would die down before we hit the Bay of Biscay. Jon was once more happy that it actually felt like you were at sea! With the exception of the “Lido / Pool” areas midships, all other outside decks (including the Prom Deck) were closed for safety.
After Breakfast, we headed to Kids Club to make Callum’s Fancy Dress outfit. He decided (with a little persuasion from us!) to go as a zebra. Jon was in charge of putting the stripes on his costume whilst I made the mane and tail. 20 minutes later we were done and Callum could get back to watching “Cars” without us interrupting him!
We headed to the Atrium for the “Inside Azura”. The ship made from towels was back on display as were a variety of animals made from towels and napkin displays. It was packed so we didn’t stay long. We opted to grab a coffee in The Glass House instead (as Java was busy as it was in Atrium).
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We opted to go to Sindhu for lunch as the alternate Nashta menu had kicked in. Callum went for Chicken with Onion & Ginger, Prawns & Pineapple and Lamb Samosa’s, Jon the Chicken, Prawns and Red Onion Bhajis whilst I had the Samosas, Bhajis and Fish Brochettes.
After lunch, the finishing touches needed to be put to Callum’s costume (i.e. face painted!) and then it was down to Manhattan for the Fancy Dress Competition. There must have been 50 children taking part and they only had an hour! For the first time ever, no parent seemed to have spent all day in the fancy dress making room. There were some fab outfits … a gondolier and a one armed bandit (these two eventually won). The other really good one was a bunch of grapes. Plenty of fairies, butterflies, pirates and flamenco dancers.
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After the Fancy Dress Competition, we took Callum up to the Planet Bar and managed to get seats overlooking the wake. Callum had a Bananaberry Smoothie and worked out his Where’s Wally Book. Quite a few older kids were up here too but the place was much quieter than usual (and the bar was open early too).
Kids tea then back to cabin for a bath to get rid of his Zebbie face and then back to Kids Club for the evening.
Another formal night tonight and a gala dinner in the Main Dining Room this evening. We were sat with the two couples from Swansea/High Wycombe again, but this time I sat next to the other gentleman. The other couple were from Bristol and we’d sat with at breakfast on the first morning.
The foursome had decided they were going to “complete” the menu for the first time this hols (eating something from every course). Jon and I were very boring and chose the same things – Prawn Cocktail, Chicken Consomme, Champagne Sorbet and Beef Wellington. We couldn’t manage a pudding but the Sachertorte and Baked Alaska looked fab. We settled for Cheese and Biscuits instead.
The topic of conversation was sailing and the foursome had sailed extensively around the Croatian coast. Tradir, Hvar and a few other places they said were fabulous – I think these are places you’re going to on Adonia in July, Mum.
Back to the cabin this evening and Joftan had created an elephant out of towels. Callum is loving these creations … he’ll be expecting one each evening on his bed when we get home!
