Pacific Jewel - Saturday 3, Sunday 4 & Monday 5 September, Sea days 4, 5 & 6

Heading home, boo.

The next three days were spent at sea heading back to Sydney and reality. We had a bit of extra excitement on Saturday afternoon when a helicopter was called to airlift a sick passenger off the ship. Very exciting although I guess not for the poor passenger. We did hear it was a couple of children with pneumonia but rumours fly aplenty on a cruise ship. We were updated later in the cruise that they were doing well. The back of the ship plus the majority of the lido deck had to be cleared of people. Dad stayed up on deck 12 (lido) where you were still allowed and watch the proceedings from there. He said the patient got a big cheer when they were wheeled along deck 14 towards where the helicopter would collect them from.

Our cosy but comfy cabin

Mum and I went and saw a show, Music Murder Mystery, in the Marquee Theatre and then went back to the cabin and watched the helicopter and spotter plane circle the ship, many many times. Such a huge undertaking! We were off Cairns when this happened and had to veer off course and carefully make our way through the reef to get close enough for the helicopter to be able to reach us and get back to the mainland without running out of fuel.

After all the excitement we went back up stairs and joined dad on the lido for drinks. Mum and I went to the 5.45pm show before dinner in the Pantry. Dad wasn't very keen on any of the entertainment, hard to please. Mum and I loved every show we saw and all the bands and singers. I think they've possibly been the best we've had on a cruise.

The rest of the cruise was spent reading, eating, drinking and relaxing - the usual. Father's Day was on Sunday so I shouted dad a real coffee from Charlies Bar in the Atrium, deck 5 while we did the last Morning Trivia. Losers. We hung out in the Oasis in the afternoon for the relaxing guitar tunes of one of the entertainers. Again, dad wasn't a fan but I thought he was really good and just what you need to sail home to.

Happy Father's Day

Oasis

On our final day of our cruise mum and I pretty much hung out in the one and only pod all day. It's on deck 11 a the back of the ship, just under the Pantry so a perfect place to be! We were cruising quite close to land and could see Mount Warning so I texted Suz :-)

Selfie in the one and only pod!

Seeing as our cruise was almost over we had to pack our suitcases to leave them outside our cabin before we went to dinner. This isn't one of my favourite parts of cruising it just means it's almost over. After we'd finished packing mum wasn't feeling too flash so she took to her bed and didn't arise until the morning when we were back in Sydney. Thankfully she felt much better after a good nights sleep.

I dragged dad to the 5.45pm show (which I loved but he didn't) and then we watched one of the bands in Connexions for a bit before heading to the Pantry for our last Jewel dinner.