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Abbas (with pepper grinder mic) and Christof (with napkin hat), our waiters attempting to sing

Onto dinner (more eating) – Italian night – our wait staff which as a group represents 23 countries (there are 40+ represented if you consider the entire ship’s crew) sang an Italian ballad to us. Our 3 guys are from India, a small island in the Caribbean, and the Philippines, respectively. What they lacked in quality and polish, they certainly made up in enthusiasm! After dinner we oohed and aahed at the self-leveling pool tables. They have gyros in them, so regardless of the boat pitch, they stay “flat” on top so your pool balls remain put until you intend them to move. It’s good, cheap fun to just sit and watch the tops of the pool tables sway and rock with gravity while gawking in amazement at the pool balls that really don’t roll about. The gyro works! Okay, part of the amazement is that the ship is actually rocking THAT much, and we can’t even tell…

The self-leveling pool tables

We continued on to the “adult” scavenger hunt in the Safari Lounge… they were all mid-game, various teams were scrambling for such items from their group as “two women’s bras with no women in them,” two grown men from your team holding hands and skipping,” and men wearing their pants inside out and backwards. Yes, it does imply they strip, reverse, and re-dress right there in the club. As I said, this is ADULT scavenger hunting… The grand finale round was a man from each team dressed as pretty as possible, complete with accessories, wearing only a bra on the top half (yes, guys, this does mean women have whipped their bras off for the cause). The whole thing really was extremely funny. How is it stuff like that sounds totally cheesy, and then when you go you can be simultaneously thinking, “yup, this is really cheesy,” while still having a blast?!

Scavenger hunt final round, lovely "ladies"??