Day 7: NCL Sun Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas

This was our last full day of cruise :-(. Our ship, the Norwegian Sun, arrived at the Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. We had to fill out a Bahamas customs form the night before and drop it off at Guest Services on Deck 5. After eating breakfast at the Outdoor Cafe, we left the ship on tender boat at around 11:30 PM. The island we arrived at was pretty small- probably less than 5 square miles. In the distance we saw another cruise ship and their own "private" island. It was a festive scene at the beach of "our" island- people playing volleyball, swimming, or just lazying around. Roots Link was playing live music and we ate a Barbeque lunch cooked right on shore. Everything was complimentary except alcholoic drinks and snorkeling and water floats. We rented a large round party float for $20. It was truly relaxing and plain fun just floating and staring into the clear turquoise water for sea creatures. A quick bout of rain came but quickly dissipated. We hung around the beach and the surrounding waters until about 4:30 PM when we had to go. It was arguably the best "excursion" we had along with the Belize City Altun Ha Mayan Ruins trip.

Back on board we ate a delicious dinner at Four Seasons highlighted by a Rack of Lamb main course. We then watched a Farewell Variety Show at the Stardust Lounge. John Pierre Parent came out and did some magic tricks followed by another great singing performance by Jennifer Fair. We also checked out the Observation Lounge on Deck 12. It was a nice place to hang out with a certain ambience to it- too bad we didn't discover it earlier.

Then came the "Adult Quest Comedy Game Show". It was unlike anything we had done on a cruise ship. Basically the audience is split up into teams of 4 or 5, of which one of the members must be female. Rich, the assistant cruise director, would then read out tasks for each team to accomplish within a time limit in exchange for earning points. It started out innocent enough with tasks like "bring your daily newsletter" and "bring a guess card". Then it proceeded to escalate to "bring a pair of socks", "show your chest hair", "bring your dentures", "do the worm", "bring a bra", "jump around without your bra", and have the female member of your team ride a male member like a horse. It was pretty crazy, and just about everyone was a good sport and things really got competitive. The final task for the most points was to have a male and female member of the team swap all their clothing except underwear! :-D

Day 7: NCL Sun Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas - November 30, 2007 | Log-in or register a new user account | 0 Reviews/Comments

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