Still full from Sabatini's the night before we had a very light breakfast. The seas were once again a bit rough now that we were back in the Atlantic Ocean though not anywhere near as bad as the first three days! The night before the Captain had made an announcement that there was a large outbreak of Noro Virus on board. This was noticable immediately as there were many more liquid hand sanitizers all over the ship. The buffet had had them to begin with but now additional bottles were out. Also unavailable on the tables were Salt & Pepper shakers and pre- set napkins and silverware. Now the staff had to bring these items to you and S&P had to be sprinkled on by them. In the main dining rooms rolls and butter were served rather than in a basket on the table - basically the tables had nothing on them that a person would be passing around. You also saw workers all over the ship scrubbing things down and obviously doing all they could to sanitize in hopes of preventing further spreading of the virus. We were appreciative of their efforts and no one we knew came down with it during or after the trip.
There was also an announcement made that if you suspected that you were sick the Dr. would visit your cabin free of charge. (I had previously read that if they determined you had Noro you would be in your cabin for a few days to be sure you were no longer contagious and they would send up things like soup and other easy to diget foods.)
After reading our Patter we decided to go to the 10 a.m. food demonstration in the Princess Theater. It was fun and we learned some interesting statistics on food consumption on the Emerald.
Afterwards we decided to try our luck at Bingo again. On the last round, where you have to fill your entire card, David got all the way to only one number left and was standing along with one or two others who also only had one number to go, when someone else called Bingo. He was so disappointed! ;)
By then we were hungry and decided to go to lunch when we came across an ice carving demonstration by one of the pools.
After a buffet lunch it was time to go for the last art auction where we met our group who we were continuing to have so much fun with. As before we enjoyed it and Alicia bought a painting, as well as David & Helaine.
During the first hour that the art auction was going on the Emerald was holding a scrapbook session. Different classes and activities are held on board which they call Scholarship at Sea and though they had held some previous scrap book classes I hadn't gone to any of those. I had found out that Cheryl shared my passion for creating pages so we both went to that which was right near where the auction was being held. We had a great time together and kept saying we wished we lived closer so we could scrap book together!
David and Helaine had been doing Traditional Dining for the cruise but everyone else was Anytime Dining. Once again Cheryl & Kelley, and Chuck & Alicia, and the two of us decided we would eat together and arranged a time to meet. It was our second and last formal night so it was lots of fun to see each other's clothes - all of us looking our best! It was lobster night so David and I both had that - although David added a steak to his so he could have surf & turf. I also had Pumpkin Crepes that were yummy. After a wonderful dinner we walked over to the Explorer's Lounge to catch Scott Wyler's comedy show in full. While waiting for the show to start we listened to the Exotique band.
Enjoying Scott Wyler's Comedy
We said our goodbyes and made arrangements to meet up the next morning to head for Princess Cays, which is Princess's spot on the island of Eluthera. While walking back to our cabin we remembered that another production show we wanted to see was on and made it just in time for the last showing at 10:30. Though some people haven't like Boogie Shoes we thought it was as good as the other two shows they had performed over the 10 days. Even if you don't like the particular theme of music of any given show - the singing, choreography, and sets were enough to entertain!
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