Odyssey of the Seas Stay Weblog – Day 6 – Curacao

The final port of name on our Odyssey of the Seas cruise takes us to Curacao.

For the reason that distance between our earlier cease of Aruba and Curacao is sort of quick, the ship docked round 8am and we had a full day to benefit from the island.

We had no plans for the day apart from not going to a different seaside.  After three seaside days in a row, the household needed one thing completely different. With that in thoughts, we determined to simply wing it and see what occurs.

Breakfast was in Cafe @ Two70 for a way fast we will get out and in for time onshore.

Odyssey of the Seas docked an affordable distance from downtown, with a straightforward stroll from ship to retailers.

The day began out cloudy and fairly humid. Because the day went on, we had an occasional mild rain bathe, however the clouds finally cleared. The humidity, nonetheless, didn’t go away.

Earlier than you may get to the actual a part of downtown, it’s important to go over a pontoon bridge. This bridge will typically transfer to make method for boat visitors, which is a neat sight to see.

As soon as downtown, we began meandering to search for souvenirs and anything fascinating. We had no agenda, simply see the place the streets would take us till the youngsters complained an excessive amount of.

We ran throughout Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue , which is the oldest surviving synagogue within the Americas.

We had visited it a couple of years in the past as a part of a Royal Caribbean shore tour, however the children are older, so we determined to poke our heads in once more.

At first, I simply needed to provide the synagogue a few {dollars} to see the within of the temple and take one other glimpse.

The primary synagogue constructing was bought in 1674, and the present constructing dates from 1730.

One thing else distinctive about this constructing are the sand-covered flooring.

There’s additionally a small museum that tells the story of Jewish group in Curacaco, relationship again to the late fifteenth century.

We continued our stroll round city and get to the primary sq., the place the youngsters took an ice cream break.

We did some extra purchasing earlier than stopping for lunch at a restaurant alongside the water.

The meals was nothing particular, however the views of the water had been good.

At this level, the humidity was a bit an excessive amount of, so we determined to go again to the ship.

We rested up for the night, because it was Thanksgiving.

The ship did not do a ton for Thanksgiving, nevertheless it lined the fundamentals. There’s a particular menu in the primary eating room and some Thanksgiving actions within the Cruise Compass.

Previous to dinner, we took the youngsters to get a drink from the Bionic Bar.  

They cherished watching the robots make the drinks. I discover the drinks too candy for my style, however they cherished it.

Subsequent was dinner in the primary eating room. We had been on My Time Eating as a result of while you ebook the Limitless Eating Bundle, you robotically get moved to My Time to unlock a desk in conventional eating.

The earliest time you may ebook is 6:45, however we needed to dine with our associates within the first seating of dinner at 5:30.

We bought downstairs at 5:30 and requested they usually stated to come back again at 6 as soon as they knew who the no-shows had been.  Certain sufficient, we had been seated at a desk proper subsequent to them at 6pm.

It is laborious to not recognize the fantastic thing about the primary eating room on Odyssey of the Seas as a result of it is a completely different look than eating rooms throughout the fleet.

There’s the conventional primary eating room menu, together with a particular Thanksgiving menu.

I needed to get turkey, together with the butternut squash soup.  My spouse opted for the honey baked ham.

After dinner, we went to the Schooner Bar for “Identify That Tune: Thanksgiving songs”.  In the event you’re like me, you may’t consider any inherently Thanksgiving songs.

Certain sufficient, the concept was music titles that would double as Thanksgiving references, versus songs synonymous with the vacation.

We weren’t certain the place to go subsequent, so we headed as much as Playmakers to look at the night NFL soccer recreation between the Patriots and Vikings.

We did not intend to remain for the entire recreation, however had fun so did so anyway.

I rounded out my night with a while within the on line casino earlier than heading to mattress.

Tomorrow is a sea day.