Nov. 17th At Sea Oman Coast
By Jain
It's a long way from Salalah to Muscat, Oman about 600 miles so it's another sea day. The sun was out and it was hot, the captain reported the air temperature to be 78 degrees and the water temperature the same! Jay decided to lay on our chaise lounge on our deck and bask in the sunshine. Our cabin balcony is aft so it is not windy, if you go by the pool everything has to be tied down and you better eat those french fries quick or before you know it they will be on their way to Yemen.
By the way, if you "graze" at the pool Topsider Bar and Grill your choices are limited to hotdogs and hamburgers, french fries, ice cream. I don't know how they can screw up a hotdog but let's just say 7-11 dogs have nothing to worry about. One thing for sure this ship's hotdogs are not flying anywhere. Of course on most sea days you can skip the Topsiders Grill and indulge in the buffet on pool deck. They usually are barbecuing some meat of some sort, today however they are making paella. Our Food and Beverage chief officer Messiah and the Executive Chef Orwell are competing to create the perfect paella. We skipped the tasting, so I don't know who won.
Our dinner last night was wonderful. Cagney's Steakhouse is simply the best. We enjoyed shrimp cocktail, potato soup, Iceberg wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing (with bacon bits of course), filet Mignon, apple pie with big scoop of vanilla ice cream.. yes we were stuffed but happy. Every day Jay says, "I don't want to eat or drink anything again."
This morning we went to the future cruise lecture detailing Norwegians cruises for the next 2 years. It was very informative and we are planning our next cruise (like we need any encouragement). We also attended the Norwegians Star crew talent show. It is one of the best shows they have on board. There is nothing like seeing your favorite bartender juggle bottles of liquor, or hear the Washy Washy girl sing her lungs out, or maintenance crew dance. Some of these acts are heads and tails above the regular showtime entertainment. Surprisingly, our waiter for dinner tonight was the juggler in one of the featured acts. He is from South Africa, a soft spoken guy, but boy oh boy can he balance the bread, two bowls of soup and salad.
Of course it doesn't take much talent to beat some of the on board showtime entertainment. For example there was one act where a girl who is a contortionist and folds herself in a suitcase. Then there was the phoney hypnotist (who we liked the first time we saw him) but we questioned his skills when we saw his second show. The same volunteers from the audience came on stage to participate! I mean how many times do you want to see the same people pretending they are asleep and fake acting like a monkey? It might be more believable for them to act like a jackass.
The other night we went to Motown Girls performance… and they were just plain awful… many walked out of the show..we stayed hopeful something good was gonna happen, it never did. By the way we saw the "Motown Girls" leaving the ship with their glitter mini shirts and 4 inch heels. They looked like they were trying to negotiate for a taxi in Salalah. Good luck with that. I guess they didn't get the message about the expected dress requirements either.
I will end this update with a positive note. Today's performance at the Starlight Theatre the best so far. It was the Barricade Boys quartette singing Broadway hits from Les Miserable, the Jersey boys. The show was outstanding…. see I can be nice when I want too.
It's a long way from Salalah to Muscat, Oman about 600 miles so it's another sea day. The sun was out and it was hot, the captain reported the air temperature to be 78 degrees and the water temperature the same! Jay decided to lay on our chaise lounge on our deck and bask in the sunshine. Our cabin balcony is aft so it is not windy, if you go by the pool everything has to be tied down and you better eat those french fries quick or before you know it they will be on their way to Yemen.
By the way, if you "graze" at the pool Topsider Bar and Grill your choices are limited to hotdogs and hamburgers, french fries, ice cream. I don't know how they can screw up a hotdog but let's just say 7-11 dogs have nothing to worry about. One thing for sure this ship's hotdogs are not flying anywhere. Of course on most sea days you can skip the Topsiders Grill and indulge in the buffet on pool deck. They usually are barbecuing some meat of some sort, today however they are making paella. Our Food and Beverage chief officer Messiah and the Executive Chef Orwell are competing to create the perfect paella. We skipped the tasting, so I don't know who won.
Our dinner last night was wonderful. Cagney's Steakhouse is simply the best. We enjoyed shrimp cocktail, potato soup, Iceberg wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing (with bacon bits of course), filet Mignon, apple pie with big scoop of vanilla ice cream.. yes we were stuffed but happy. Every day Jay says, "I don't want to eat or drink anything again."
This morning we went to the future cruise lecture detailing Norwegians cruises for the next 2 years. It was very informative and we are planning our next cruise (like we need any encouragement). We also attended the Norwegians Star crew talent show. It is one of the best shows they have on board. There is nothing like seeing your favorite bartender juggle bottles of liquor, or hear the Washy Washy girl sing her lungs out, or maintenance crew dance. Some of these acts are heads and tails above the regular showtime entertainment. Surprisingly, our waiter for dinner tonight was the juggler in one of the featured acts. He is from South Africa, a soft spoken guy, but boy oh boy can he balance the bread, two bowls of soup and salad.
Of course it doesn't take much talent to beat some of the on board showtime entertainment. For example there was one act where a girl who is a contortionist and folds herself in a suitcase. Then there was the phoney hypnotist (who we liked the first time we saw him) but we questioned his skills when we saw his second show. The same volunteers from the audience came on stage to participate! I mean how many times do you want to see the same people pretending they are asleep and fake acting like a monkey? It might be more believable for them to act like a jackass.
The other night we went to Motown Girls performance… and they were just plain awful… many walked out of the show..we stayed hopeful something good was gonna happen, it never did. By the way we saw the "Motown Girls" leaving the ship with their glitter mini shirts and 4 inch heels. They looked like they were trying to negotiate for a taxi in Salalah. Good luck with that. I guess they didn't get the message about the expected dress requirements either.
I will end this update with a positive note. Today's performance at the Starlight Theatre the best so far. It was the Barricade Boys quartette singing Broadway hits from Les Miserable, the Jersey boys. The show was outstanding…. see I can be nice when I want too.
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