I awoke early as the light was slowly making its way into our room. So I went out to the balcony to get a couple quick pics of the lights on Grand Turk. 
Room service came about 630am just as we had set it on the tag on our door.
I grabbed the coffee and Rumchatta and went back on the balcony to watch us pull into port.
Also read what the days actives were going to be so we could plan accordingly for when we got back on this later.
Never a dull moment with so much planned.
I looked at my phone and realized it was almost 7am and we still were close to the dock.. hmm odd maybe were just late....
Then we heard the dreaded BING BONG sound in our room play. You know the only use in emergency sound, No we didn't hit an iceberg. Then the CD Matty came on and said those dreaded words... "Waters too choppy, windy is too high to dock safely... captain said we will wait it out an hour and see how it is then."
So E and I stalked the tv to see what the stats were.
We had gone so far.. ok not too far. But so far yet so close, fingers were crossed we would get to port.
I took the time to pull out my zoom lens and got a few pics of some areas around Grand Turk.
This was a port we hadn't been to before (well none of them on this cruise we had been to), and we were really hoping to be able to cross another island off our list.
Our plans for this port were pretty simple, get off boat, go to bar, put feet in sand, and RELAX!!!
See I even printed coupons for a free sample of rum at Jack's Shack. Many from our cruise thread were planning to meet there too.
The beach bag was packed, the kids were up and eating cereal. I was dressed and ready.... Then we heard it BING BONG... Matty again. Its a no go, Captain spoke with the other cruise ship (Celebrity.. Holland America... cant remember which) and they also decided to forgo trying to port. It was just unsafe.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Hubby and I were a little sad to not make our 1st port stop, but more worried that the way the weather looked it seemed as if we were following the storm. We were scared this would happen at the next 3 ports too. Meanwhile the boys finished cereal and went back to bed, they could care less LOL.
Good Bye Grand Turk, hello Sea Day... Eventually the Captain came back on to give the official word. Which we understood NADA... his accent is very heavy, and not nearly as cheerful as Mattys LOL.
Hubby figured he might as well go to the gym since he was up. Being that I was already in my bathing suit, I said forget that and went off to find a deck chair to hog.
Out on the lido deck it was already packed. I ended up setting up post by the Blue Iguana Bar to watch for a deck chair and noticed neither bars were up and running yet. Guess they were thrown off also by no port stop. The full bar wasnt set they were only doing beers, and mimosas.
So I went to drown my cares away, and got a beer-mosa. Beer and OJ, hey its morning, its citrus, its 5 o'clock somewhere. Dont judge me! lol.
Since I had only had coffee and a bagle in the room, I set out to try a breakfast burrito from the Blue Iguana Cantina.
Delish... eggs, potatoes, sausage which went well with my Beer-mosa.
After finishing my breakfast, I went walking on the top deck to see if I could have any luck finding a chair there...?
Nope chair hogs were out and in full force. I got particularly upset when I noticed someone had the audacity to sit in the sun then cover themselves with an umbrella... NOO go sit in the shade where there was PLENTY of chairs available. Leave the ones in the sun for those of us that wanted to worship the sun.
I do have to say the deck chair police were on guard and had been "ticketing" any chair vacant and keeping the hoggers at bay. Basically if they saw an open chair they would place a sticker on it with the time... if in 40mins it was still empty, they would collect the stuff and free the chair. Peoples belongings would then be at the towel hut. In face I watched as he did just that and later (about 30mins) the family came back and the man totally yelled at the Carnival Employee. Basically made a spectacle of himself. I wanted to say something but instead said it quietly to myself... which the few people near me heard and giggled. I simply just stated, maybe you should be back before the 40mins is up, like its states on the giant poster near the hut.. and not 70+minutes later. I called him a name too, (a letter after C, but before E, followed by the word bag) I know not mature. But neither was his tantrum. I felt bad for that employee, but he took it like a champ and was the bigger person and just nodded and smiled then walked away to ticket another chair! I LOVE HIM! lol.
I got to know the "policeman" well I stood by the towel hut and became friends with him. He said he would do his best to find a chair for me. Eventually a few people from our cruise thread all were sitting and standing by me. We had a few beverages while we all kept our eyes out for some chairs. Just as we were waiting for some to empty out, 2 couples came and swooped on them. We could have said we were waiting for them BUT no one wanted to be those people. SO we just kept drinking and chatting. In the end it worked out ok. Eventually my policeman came and said you still want a chair, I had mixed feelings. I didnt want to leave my "friends" but I was really needing a nap after being up early and the drinks LOL. He lead me to a chair... in the shade.. no joke. I think the Karma committee was paying me back for my earlier rant about Umbrella girl, and calling that one guy a name.
About an hour later we had moved enough in the sea for the sun to shine on me. YEAH momma needs a tan! Hubby had text me and at the time a free chair had just become free next to me. But he didnt want much sun so he took a chair behind me in the shade. I napped for about 30mins, Then was woken up by my phone buzzing. It was hubby, since the music was playing so loud, we chatted via the hub LOL.
After a while one of us text the other that we were hungry, so I went to get a round of tacos to split. E went to get cups of ice, I had packed a couple sodas from our room, and a rum runner of rum. It was a nice little picnic for 2. The kids checked in here and there both via text and by coming by. Which was good, they were actually UP and enjoying the day LOL. We got to meet a few of their friends, and then they let us know they had plans for dinner. Apparently lots of parents were getting date nights on the cruise, good that we weren't the only ones.
One observation I added to my comment card to Carni was stating they need to stop playing the port movie on the big screen OVER AND OVER. You know how depressing it is to see how awesome Grand Turk is... when you DONT get to visit it. Plus its just boring.
After E and I had enough sun, we went back to the room to get cleaned up. I noticed they were playing Heads Up in the ocean plaza. So we hurried down to check that out. We play with our neighbors and its always a good time. But by the time we got there they were already knee deep into teams so we just grabbed some food from the taste bar and watched the shenanigans.
The fried sweet potatoe was not to my liking but the pepper soup was amazing! I loved the lil pot it came in too. Presentation is everything!
J popped by with friends in tow and told us he was off to grab some pizza with the new homies. They were going to mini golf 1st though. Ok 1 kid down, now wheres that other one... quick text to read he's with friends.. well duh. Teenagers, a few text later we got specifics and then reminded them of curfew... 1am.
NEXT UP: Game Time
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