So the lack of sleep certainly took its toll, as we were all in bed by 11pm, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

After getting all of our belongings to our rooms, we decided to take a tour of the boat.  For Tim and I it wasn’t much of a tour, as this happens to be the exact cruise that we went on last year when 10 of us whom went to high school together decided to take a trip.  The boat offers putt putt, a few different pools, a couple of jacuzzis, a casino, karaoke bar, piano lounge, disco room, staged venue, plenty of lounging area, and of course – tons of food.

The self guided tour culminated in us grabbing some grab from the buffet area – cheeseburgers, fries, pastas, etc.  Not the greatest food in the world, but a pretty good start to our voyage.

We then chillaxed for a bit before getting ready for dinner, the real treats of the cruise.  Our first night on the boat they offered Filet Mignon, which I thought was pretty tasty, though some of my fellow passengers did not agree.  Now if you’ve ever been cruisin’ before, then the food thing doesn’t surprise you.  But if you’ve yet to go on a cruise, then this might be news.  Basically you eat more on a cruise than any other vacation (unless a trip to Golden Corral is a vacation for you, in which case … nevermind).

I like to use a cruise as a reason to try a variety of things to see if my tastes have changed.  So far, everything is on track (yes to potatoes and beef, no to anything green).  I also imagine that the waitstaff (or should it be weight staff) aren’t big fans of me, considering just about everything I order is customized in some way (sauce on the side, no tomato, chocolate sundae without the bananas, nuts or cherry – “sir, that’s just vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup, we offer that on the menu…”)

After the meal we went back to the top of the boat and just talked, drank (fruit punch for me), and fulfilled the definition of “hung out.”  A couple of card games, and a stop by the karaoke bar later, we made our way to the entertainment that evening, the PG rated comedy of … I have no idea who he was.  But since it was now approaching the “late hour” of almost 11pm, not too many of us actually made it through the entire set.  I know I only got half way before I had to call it quits and hit the hay.  But hey, it’s vacation, no sense in fighting the urge to sleep.