Cruisin' With the Cougs Day 6 was a sea day. As always, BYU had figured out some great ways to entertain us. There were some panel Q&A for some of the athlete legends.
Each day a specialty drink was highlighted.
Our BYU cruise director said the bartenders were very confused about us and asked why the adults are ordering so many kids' drinks (soda).
They ran out of Coke and chocolate milk. A coffee girl was pushing a coffee cart around during one meal and after that no one ever came around again with coffee.
There was one evening program we did NOT enjoy. It was Patrick & the LVB.
The BYU cruise director announced the performers and warned that they would be playing loud music, but don't ask for them to turn it down. Just enjoy it.
As soon as the deafening music began, people soon began to get up and leave the theater. I kept trying to figure out if Royal Caribbean had booked these performers well before the BYU cruise was set and so couldn't have them not perform???
Whatever the backstory of how they came to be on our ship will remain a mystery, but it sure seemed strange to have them entertaining that evening. We stayed through the whole performance because we didn't have anything else to do. Our hearing will never be the same!
I do think if they had played the same music only turned it down many, many decibels, it could have been enjoyable. They played a few songs we had heard before. There were people (mostly younger people) who were getting into the music, so different strokes for different folks.
At one point during the day when we went back to our cabin, I was surprised to see my shoe sitting in the middle of the room. I was absolutely sure I had put my shoes away before we left.
Despite it being the final evening, we had one more night to enjoy, so off we went to the dining room to eat with Randy and Susan Bambrough once again.
Cruisin' With the Cougs Day 7 was another day at sea. It was wonderful that the water was calm during our whole cruise.
In the past, I have not felt that great on sea days, but this time I did wonderfully well not feeling seasick at all. I will be forever thankful to have found higher doses of ginger to work wonders for motion sickness--both car and ship movement.
We had another day of entertainment provided by BYU.
We went to a show put on by the ship's ice skating performers. It was amazing how much they can do on such a small ice rink.
Upon closer inspection, I found this little guy inside my shoe.
The towel bat had been flying above us for a couple of days.
It is always apparent when the cruise is coming to an end when there is a tip envelope sitting on the bed.
I decided to order two main dishes because I wanted the turkey dinner, but I also wanted spaghetti Bolognese again because I had barfed it up the first day on the ship.
Shockingly, it wasn't repulsive being the last thing I ate before throwing up like some foods have been in the past. It was yummy!! I shared it with Nani.
These two girls and their great love for chocolate!!
The evening entertainment was a re-cap of the week along with some stunts by the cheerleaders and Cosmo.
At the end there was a big announcement that there would be a second Cruisin' With the Cougs in two years.
They were getting us all pumped up about that and getting us to pre-sign up for that cruise so they can know how many people are interested in cruising once again. FUN!!!
We were glad we had parked right next to the ship. The only problem was we were in such a rush to get to the port, get parked, and get ourselves and our luggage all checked in that after a week, we forgot where we parked. We wandered around a bit, but eventually found the car.
Then a moment of panic when Glen couldn't remember what he had done with the car key. Crisis averted!! He found the key and we were on our way.
We had a full, long day of driving going from Los Angeles to our home in North Salt Lake all in one day.
As we were driving by Primm, Nevada, we spotted the place we were all convinced poisoned us at the beginning of our vacation. Good riddance, Primm!
We will never think of Primm without remembering how sick we got from our short stay in that town in the restaurant inside this casino.
Our Las Vegas lunch stop was at In-N-Out Burger. YUM!!!!
We stopped again somewhere south of Provo where we ate dinner at Zupas.
After all those hours driving, Glen and I were happy to be home. We felt bad Nani still had some driving to do to take Kathy home in Hooper and then drive to her home in Ogden. But she made it!
My assessment was it was a very fun vacation. It was my favorite cruise ship experience by far. We didn't love the Mexican ports, but Ensenada's stained glass window tour made up for the other tours.
Shockingly, I must say that with my meager love of sports, I was wholeheartedly into everything that was said and done on the ship. I loved it. Who says you have to be an avid BYU sports fan to enjoy Cruisin' With the Cougs??!!??
I have now just thought of something on the ship that I was NOT wholeheartedly into like Glen was every time we went to our cabin and he turned on the TV and rewatched every single game from the past that was playing all throughout the weeklong cruise.
Glen lost no time in arranging all our newly-acquired BYU magnets on the front of our refrigerator. It is a constant reminder of our unique cruising experience.
If anyone were to ask Glen his opinion of the cruise, I think this says it all.
Stay tuned for our Cruisin' With the Cougs 2.0 blog posts in the summer of 2027! Anyone else on board for cruising with us??
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