Our first day entirely at sea was boring ! We had gotten up at 10:45 am, 45 minutes before breakfast closed down so we had to rush down to the dining room. We went to an art auction with a South African auctioneer who clearly sold her soul to the devil for commercial purposes. When bidding would turn anemic, she would ask the audience "Who likes just likes ?" to squeeze some nods out of us. Then she would present a $10,000 Picasso print before trying to pawn off a $300 lithograph or Britto print on us.
A few comments on the weak part of the ship. Granted this is one of their older vessels, even the captain admitted their lack of amenities compared to the new mega ships like Oasis of the Seas. The excursion crew lacked knowledge of the ports and just tried to sell you on RC's own excursions while keeping mum on any details that may steer you away from their appointed destinations or approved shops. We even went to an information session for Athens, which turned out to be nothing more than a hawking session for shops that Royal Caribbean approves. In one of the most important cities of the world, all our ditzy Shopper-In-Chief could advise us is to go to a jewelry shop called Georgio's, whose unbelievable tag line was "If he loves you, he'll buy it at Georgio's!" so we left.
Wasted time at lunch and dinner. Saw the show. Shayna reluctantly played Roulette and won $85.
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