We tried out the Uptown Grill for breakfast today instead of the main buffet. It had much less in the way of options, but also way less people, so it was a nice change of pace. The food was also a little different, so that was cool.  We are going to try it again tomorrow, but we will stop in the regular buffet first for cereal for the little mister and bring it up with us, he’s on a huge cereal kick right now.

After breakfast, we headed down for origami making. Today, it was paper boxes. We learned how to make them, and also paper airplanes that worked very well- like, across the restaurant and down the hall well. The planes might not be origami, but they were fun to make.

Then we made our way to the top deck for another go on the Breakaway Bounce

and my son tried the ropes course. He was a little freaked out to do the big one, so he did the “mini” one with mom as a chaperone. He enjoyed it, and he felt like” hot stuff” afterward. There were quite a few kids in his age group doing the mini course, so that was a good thing.

Since we figure today is going to be the last “warm” day, we made sure to get some pool and water slide time in, of course. My son really loves the splash park, and he is going to miss it.

There was also a “Nick Live Poolside” competition today, and while my son didn’t want to participate, we had fun watching. Kids had relays, water balloon toss, and got pie in the face and of course- the famous Nickelodeon slime.

We grabbed some hot dogs by the pool, and watched as one of the crew created an ice sculpture. It took him almost no time, and he made the Statue of Liberty (fitting, as we will see it again soon).

After drying off, we headed inside for a towel folding demonstration. My son is enthralled with this, and how it is done- and he is excited every night to see what kind of animal will wait for him on his bed. The staff made quite a few animals, from turtles to monkeys to swans- some were really, really impressive (and seem super complicated).
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Today was island day- we were so excited!   We woke up, packed our beach bag, and headed down to breakfast at the buffet. We were quite looking forward to today, because today was the day we were going to Norwegian’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay. We signed up for an early tender to the island from the ship (smaller passenger boat that brings you to the land when it’s too shallow or there is no dock for the larger ships) last night, and we were going to head straight to the waiting area after breakfast- which we did. While on the island, we were going to have a beach BBQ, and just relax for the day on a beautiful beach.

It was not meant to be. We waited in the waiting area for about an hour and a half, while the crew tried to figure out if they would be able to get the tenders safely to and from the island. It was determined, in the end, that they could not due to choppy waters.

So, that was quite a bummer. They also said that we would at that time be headed to our next stop, Nassau, arriving around 4 pm. So, we headed of to the pool to spend the day. It was crazy crowded, but the kids were having a good time. We took advantage of the free time to check out the “breakaway bouce”, a trampoline with a harness that lets kids really soar. My son loved it. He then tried the Slide Spider Mountain, a layered, netted. climbing contraption that has a slide down to the bottom once you reach the top. It’s more challenging then it looks, and high as well. The nets made the upward climb tricky, but the slide was all fun.
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