Today our port was Half Moon Cay, a private island owned by the cruise line that we’ve been to numerous times. Normally though we end the cruise there so it felt odd to stop there first. This time though we had the island to ourselves as there were no other ships. They had DW3 playing outside on the beach which was fun. We went down a ways and spent some time goofing around in the water. We saw dark clouds in the distance and decided to head back to the ship on the tender. We made the unfortunate decision to sit on the top of the tender which is uncovered. We ended up getting completely drenched even though the rain left as fast as it came.

Jason attempted to go to a sax session in the Queen’s lounge but it was packed so he came back and watched from the room. The handy thing is that all the events in the Queen’s Lounge and Main Stage are recorded and available on the room TV. HAL recently updated to flat screens mounted at the foot of the bed so it’s nice to be able to chill and watch the concerts.

We headed to the dinning room and were seated at a 10 person table with 3 other couples. It was little difficult to talk across the table but we had a great time. It’s always interesting to get to know people that we otherwise would have never met. Everyone on the ship has a common interest but we come from all over the country and the world and from a variety of backgrounds. Conversations go all over the place and are always interesting.

After dinner we went straight to get in line for the shows. First up was Norman Brown and he put on a great show. Jason was especially excited to see him again. Candy Dulfur also put on a good show. Then we stayed in the main stage to see Alonzo Bodden. He’s always a hoot.