Carnival Spirit - May 2013, Days 3 & 4 Sea days

Our first sea day also meant our first breakfast at sea! The beds are very comfy but I did notice a bit of noise coming from outside - I'm guessing it's from the tender moving around a bit. In cabin 4127 they said it actually sounded like a train going pass plus their door (the one that opens to the outside of the ship no the hallway) rattles a bit. (they did eventually stop it from rattling later in the cruise) The room is very dark when the curtains are pulled all the way across so it is quite easy to sleep in, which we did on the first morning! There was someone knocking on our door and as I slowly woke up I said to miss 13 'who on earth could that be at this hour?'. Low and behold it was mr 6 seeeing if we were ready for breakfast! It was almost 8am! It's a holiday though so it's not like we were late for anything and the main buffet is open until 10.30am and then they open a smaller area for the extra late riser which is open until 12pm. In the 'Fun Times' where the days activities are listed and the open/closing times of everything is found it actually says '8am-12pm' Late Risers Breakfast! I thought 8am was pretty good for a holiday!

After our 'what we thought was early' wakeup call we had a quick shower, which is a decent size and the water was lovely and hot, and made our way up to the buffet. It is a BIG buffet with about 10 different stations. The only problem I had was that I like pancakes with bacon and scramble eggs but they were on 2 separate food stations so it kinda meant you had to line up twice. Not really a big deal though as the lines do move fast anyway.

Today was all about eating relaxing and having a bit of a wonder around the ship. We went to the Champagne Art Auction in the Cool Club deck 2 didn't buy anything but got our glass of champagne and a free piece of artwork (which we had to pick up later that evening). I think all cruises have art auctions and I'm always surprise at how much some people spend! I wonder if they'd budgeted for it or if they just got a bit carried away.

Lunch time and we decided on the pizza, good choice! The pizzas are made to order so are fresh and hot. They're not packed with toppings but enough to make the pizzas tasty. You can choose from Margarita, Four Cheeses, Pepperoni, Ham & Pineapple and Funghi - they were all yummy but I think our favourites were the Four Cheeses and the Pepperoni oh and the Ham & Pineapple and the Funghi and Margarita!

Later on we headed down to the Fountain Court as there was some trivia on but as we were a bit late there were no seats left so we had to sit on the otherside behind the fountain, which is just outside the Club Cool. Unfortunately the trivia was a music trivia and Club Cool had karaoke on - made it a bit tricky so we didn't stay long. I am sure we would have won otherwise!

The kids wanted to go for a swim so we met them back up on the Lido deck. This is a fantastic spot to sit, rain, hail or shine as one side has a retractable roof. Such a fabulous idea. It stops the wind coming in too and just makes it so pleasant to sit and read or talk or swim or listen to the DJ or eat! I think I may have had an icecream while watching the kids in the pool! The pool is great for the kids as well, I think it is much better than the Dawn and Jewel pools from a kids perspective anyway. I've never ventured into a cruise pool just observe.