Princess Cays

I woke up early, as I am prone to do on cruise ships, and went to the Morning Stretch.  It was not terribly intense, but was a nice way to wake up, of course.  Our breakfast arrived, ordered the night before.  Princess only delivers continental breakfasts - which is actually really helpful for keeping this meal from getting out of hand :) 

We decided not to venture into Princess Cays.  While I'm sure its a fun experience, it just seemed like a guaranteed sunburn to me.  Definitely a great place for the sun-seekers/beach patrol.  I did take some pictures from the ship while we were anchored there. 

Princess Cays, from a distance :)

They used the lifeboats to tender in!

As our alternative, we played some ping-pong (Ron wasn't allowed to smash, which makes it a fair game for me), ordered room service for lunch, read, relaxed.  We also went to the adults only Sanctuary Pool by the spa and met Ali, from New Jersey, one of the cruise activities staff who had a few hours off.   The Sanctuary Pool has a swim against the current machine!  Neat!!

Croque Monsieur, Chips, Cole Slaw and Condiments.  Thank you included room service!

We also went to afternoon tea in the Portofino dining room - white glove service, scones, sandwiches, cookies!  Fun!! 

After I took this picture, they came around with cream and jam for the scones.

In the evening, we went for dinner as a big group, and had no problem getting a table with our Anytime Dining arrangement.  Dinner was nice, and it was good to spend time with the whole gang. 

Crab salad.

Second course - more salad!

Jerk chicken and rice - it was caribbean night.

Ron enjoying his meal :)

Chocolate cookie and ice cream.

We rounded out the night with a very windy experience at Movies Under the Stars (MUTS).  Princess has a big screen set up over the pool, and in the evening they convert the deck chairs to point to it, hand out blankets and popcorn and show movies.  This one was "The Tourist" and while the movie was not good, the top of a cruise ship sure is a nice place to see it :)