My colleagues know that I am not a ship show enthusiast, but last night’s poles apart performance is better than any show I’ve seen on any ship. It’s called “Illusions”.
The photo is taken moments after a puff of smoke and an entire helicopter appeared. The old “saw the woman in half” was kind of basic, but then the bottom half of the woman walked around the stage. Nothing I write will begin to illuminate the magic of what happened on that stage last night.
A hint; the doors to the theater open at 10 PM. To get a good seat be at the door at 9:45. There will be a short line.
The doors open, and in you go for that good seat, but, what to do for the half hour until Showtime. If you have an eReader, take it with you to pass the time. It works.
Not an illusion in any sense, but strangely mesmerizing to me is what I call the tub dump. The yellow tub fills and then about every minute it dumps!
I love the whole idea of this, and it just keeps on keepin’ on.
The whole water area is a kid’s haven. Carnival for years has had a wonderful children’s program but this takes the top award.
Adults have the spa.
Never mind a Jacuzzi, the effervescent pool works just fine, thank you.
Ok, children are all around, music playing, people dancing, water splashing, so where to hide? Look for this sign.
This may be the coolest warm spot on the ship.
Just think while you are unwinding, others are working hard to generate the power
for the bubbles in the tub.
Want water and some company. Dangle your feet.
Or stand in a pool.
Or if you really want to get soaked.
Also there’s Texas hold em, and then there’s Texas touch them
As you may guess, a ride down the big slide may well leave you dizzy and not sure which way to go. No hay problemo…just read.
Last night I had dinner in Cucina del Capitano.
This is a lovely restaurant with some great Italian food, plus some of “Grandma’s Recipes”. Our server was from Romania and smiled as she eased me through avoiding garlic. (weird allergy). I would pick what I wanted and she’d go to the chef and check. She then would come back with suggestions. Back to the chef. Suggestions narrowing down. Hooray for salmon and buttered pasta.
The Italian wine was in lovely bottles,
but poured from a barrel.
I think it’s important to have a fair amount of wine so you’ll be prepared when the staff sings and dances to “That’s Amore”.
But no pictures please.
We now leave Progreso for Cozumel. The question on many passengers minds is did the thruster that pushes us away from the dock get fixed. We report, you decide. 
Night, night.
Geoff Edwards is a veteran radio and television broadcaster. He has an Emmy for best talk show host, and an Emmy nomination for best Game Show Host. Besides hosting network game shows, he has appeared as an actor in numerous television shows and movies. In radio, he was top rated in Los Angeles on both KMPC and KFI.
With all of this, Geoff never lost his thirst for travel. He has been cruising since 1969 and has twice cruised around the world. From Morocco, to the Marshall Islands, and even to Branson, Geoff ‘s wit adds a special flavor to his travel commentary. Michael, Geoff’s wife, travels with him and records all on film.
Today, Geoff writes for several national magazines, currently broadcasts a weekly travel report to Monterey’s KION morning show, and does on “location” special travel broadcasts for CRN, the Cable Radio Network.
