Today is the final port day of the cruise. We’re in Curacao. I have Free Walking Tours Curacao this morning. Then I booked an island tour for the afternoon. They changed that afternoon excursion to the morning so I canceled it yesterday. Guest services told me to expect a credit to show up on my account today. I’m going to shop around for another afternoon excursion. I want one that includes the Hato Caves.

I still haven’t heard a peep from anyone this entire cruise. No talking in the hallway. No door slams. No noise at all. I highly recommend this room.

It looks like they did remove my excursion and credit my account. 

 

Here are today’s Fun Times.

Let’s step out on the “secret deck” and take a look at Curacao.

I’m getting my coffee at the Plaza Bar as usual.

By the time I got my coffee my breakfast table was ready.

The broken egg sandwich is my favorite port day breakfast. 

My walking tour says to meet at the statue by the Rif Fort. It looks like an easy walk.

I am off of the ship now and heading to the Rif Fort.

It looks like you can do your own walking tour in this area. 

I was wondering if they put Carnival in the name to trick cruisers. Then as soon as I took this picture a guy in front of me said “look Carnival casino!”

I’m going to bet this is the Rif Fort.

The interior of the fort is a shopping mall. 

When you come out the other side you see the statue. That’s my tour guide in the yellow polo.

For full coverage of the walking tour please check out Free Walking Tours Curacao. I’m going to skip ahead to after the tour.

Our walking tour ended with a great view. Now I need to head back to the ship to make my next tour.

It’s extremely hard to get this without people in it. You can see a foot on the right.

I believe I ran into the electric bike excursion.

Another one that’s tough to get without people. That’s why I have this angle.

We’re nearing the bridge and have some street performers here now.

This clock plays a different tune every hour.

Right here by the bridge you can bring a lock to add to one of the hearts.

The problem now is a ship is coming so you can’t cross the bridge. I’m glad I’m not going to a 12:30 excursion. Even if I left the tour early it may not have mattered. Plan accordingly.

Now they’re closing the bridge back up.

I made it back to the Rif Fort. Now I’m going to continue back to the ship.

This store caught my eye. It’s a premium rum I sampled on the walking tour.

This is what it looks like inside the Rif Fort.

Tours are starting to line up outside. I’m going to run up to the room real quick to change shirts. I’ve been sweating out here.

One of those lines should be my tour.

I couldn’t find it because she’s holding the sign down. I asked around and found the right place.

For full coverage please check out Discover Curacao Island Tour. I’m going to skip ahead to after the tour.

Cruise Director Georgia and the Fun Squad are here to welcome us back.

They started to take the bridge down just before I got on. Finally someone stopped them and told them to let me on. Security did not like me taking this picture.

Let’s take one more look at Curacao from the “Secret Deck.”

Here is a look at the back of the ship. I haven’t eaten since breakfast so I’m going to head to Guy’s and grab a burger.

I guess they aren’t putting the lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles on the burgers anymore. It’s on the topping bar. I hate that.

After eating I took a shower, changed clothes, and headed to the Alchemy Bar.

This is an extra dirty martini with blue cheese olives.

We started moving so I headed back to the secret deck to catch what I could of sail away.

They have a 2 for $30 t-shirt sale by the Fun Shops.

I guess they weren’t able to repair that screen.

I headed back to the Alchemy for another dirty martini.

Extra dirty martinis

I returned to the “secret deck” for sunset.

It’s going to be a windy sunset.

I’m heading back to the Alchemy.

Extra dirty martini

Here is a peek in the sports bar. My man Yorden is behind the bar.

We have a new comedian. He’s pretty good but he’s doing the tired lazy Spirit Airline jokes that at least four other Carnival comedians do. He actually said you can’t fly direct with them. I do nothing but fly direct with them. In the past three years I’ve flown direct to/from Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New York, Newark, and Los Angeles.

I’m standing right where the servers do so it was easy to get a dirty martini.

The Skybox is packed for hockey playoffs. It helps to be tight with a bartender like I am. The server is only serving people in the casino. Not having a casino bar really stresses this one when it’s busy.

It’s getting close to the end of dinner service so I requested a table.

It was assigned almost immediately.

This is the menu.

This would’ve been a great view earlier.

This is where I was talking on Spirit about how I appreciated that the dining team was on top of things and served you one dish at a time.

Caesar salad

Onion soup

Stuffed mushrooms

BBQ Pork Spare Ribs

Tiramisu

I’m back in the comedy club. This is kind of an odd spot for a low table behind these stools. I feel like it was moved from somewhere else.

Comedy host Sarah T.

Drew Fraser

There’s plenty of space available for the first adult show.

After the show I stopped by the Skybox. Hockey playoffs are still going on.

I screamed Chick Fil A when I walked by. The people setting it up didn’t seem to know what I was talking about.

I decided to sit here until I got tired of listening to this couple next to me argue.

I ended up deciding to wait in the room and come down when the show starts. Then I got stuck in the elevator with that same couple.

I came back when the show started and sat in the upper level at a bar stool spot.

That was an interesting end to the evening. I locked my key in the room and had to go by guest services to get another one.

Three people were in the regular line. Nobody was in the priority line. 

The person being helped leaves, I step up. Behind me and to the right I hear “the line starts here!” Several times. I look back and say “I’m in the platinum line.” 

The guy goes toe to toe with me. Gets up in my face . “I don’t care. I’ve been here 30 minutes and you ain’t going ahead of me.”  I say actually I am going ahead of you.

His significant other jumps between us. The guest services agent says to him “this is the priority line.” She proceeds to help me. I give her my room number, then look back at the guy and repeat my room number. She gives me the card. Before I leave I look back at the guy and say my room number again. 

Not surprisingly, I haven’t heard from the guy. I was expecting at least a written apology.

That was enough excitement for one day. I’m off to bed. Tomorrow is a sea day.