Pacific Aria - Sunday 2 September, 2nd Sea Day

Happy Father's Day!

This was outside the Waterfront Restaurant

Breakfast in the Pantry and then a cuppa out by the Lido whale watching.

The lovely Lido looking towards the pool, behind is the door into the Pantry

There is a whale there if you look closely

We watched a few people zip lining and then the cruise director doing his Bollywood dance class on the Lido. After that it was time for lunch. Desserts were all chocolate, my most favourite thing! I had chocolate rice pudding with chocolate custard and a chocolate rum ball! Mmmmmmmmm

Bollywood on the Aria

Chocolate desserts with a view

We did a spot of walking and then decided we'd walked enough so found a comfy chair and had a cocktail and why wouldn't you! A Toblerone for mum and a Maragrita for me. I don't know why anyone wouldn't like cruising, what's not to like?? No cooking, cleaning, washing, lots of food, relaxing, drinking, whale spotting....

Cheers to the Aria and our next cruise, where to next?

And relax - one of the stunning areas on the Aria. This was just down from the main bars/casino & shops on deck 7

If you can't let your hair down on a cruise then when can you??

Dinner tonight was at the Dragon Lady, Asian inspired decor and food. Very disappointing. The food didn't appear to be freshly cooked and my main of Ramen Chicken wasn't at all what I expected. Three pieces of deep fried chicken that reminded me of KFC. The share noodles and rice were nice and the starter of kumur and potato chips with dipping sauce and a refreshing watermelon shot were probably the best part of our meal. We had a chocolate cake/muffin with icecream for dessert, not very Asian, which had a nice chocolatey flavour but was very solid. Underwhelming to say the least. Should have stuck to the Pantry, we'll know for next time. We did head up to the Pantry for our cup of tea. Our final night on the Aria and when we wake we'll be docked back in Brisbane.

Looks good but looks can be deceiving!

We had to have our bags packed and outside our cabin between 5-8pm so after getting reading for dinner we did that and just kept a few essentials and clothes for tomorrow out. Our debark time was scheduled for 8.15am but we had to be out of our cabin a 6.30am!! What?? That's too early to end a cruise on.