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My watch says it is 9:14 a.m. I am sitting in a deck chair somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. I have a view of the H20 Zone Water park on Freedom of the Seas, and my daughter is lounging in a hot tub. It is rather windy on deck, but life is grand!

It is day 6 of the cruise and for the first time, we have sailed into a bit of a rainshower. From the satellite it appears there is rain all around us, but it is not stormy by any means whatsoever. The captain is doing his noon update and he said within the hour we will be sailing into clear weather.

I wanted to post a quick update of things to do on this ship, a few are repeats of activities we did earlier and some are new. Later today I hope to share some other things you can do when cruising on this wonderful ship.

The weather has been both typical and unusual. It has been typically hot in the Caribbean during the “low season” which runs from late April to early November. What has been unusual is the fact that there have been no tropical systems affecting neither the islands nor the cruise. Right at this moment is typically the peak of hurricane season. Cruising right now is one of the reasons we recommend travel insurance. Taking this same cruise next year could easily end up in disruptions to a cruise experience you have planned for months.

What a day it has been. We spent half of the afternoon snorkeling and sailing on Jolly Mon. We had gone out with her in December of 2007.  The owner’s daughter is currently running the boat and she was a delight. She has spent more of her life on this boat and she is a licensed captain. She led us on a 30 minute tour showing us various sea life. We saw turtles and sting rays plus fire coral and other tropical fish. We were then free to snorkel on our own.

Tonight is the magic show called, “Now you See It”. This show is at 9 p.m. for Main Seating guests. The plan is to go to the show after picking up my daughter early from Adventure Ocean. From there, we will be heading to bed.

Earlier, I left the Crown & Anchor party as I was unable to find a place to sit. I headed to the casino where I ended up being down another $75. I stopped keeping score. I think now it is about $150 down for the week. I should have stayed at the past guest party.