Sorry for the short delay everyone!
Life got in my way.
So, here is the rest of day 7, Victoria:
We left off with some last minute shopping.
After shopping, MK and RJ went to try their luck at Final Jackpot Bingo. They hold the big final Bingo game in the Walt Disney Theater. LOTS of people come because the jackpot is usually several thousand dollars. We told MK if he won he could buy us another cruise
(Of course he didn't win, but SOMEONE has to win those jackpots!!! Maybe next time....)
My mom ran off to take a nap (aaaahhhhh, traveling without kids...) and DH and I went back to the room. We enjoyed some time on the veranda before we forced ourselves to pack some more. Packing is not fun. Packing is depressing, and takes time away from things you would much rather be doing.
DS was so happy just playing in the room and watching cartoons. We packed as much as we could.
One last look at the door decorations before they go back in the suitcase...
At 5PM we went down for one last trivia. (Sorry, last one I promise.)
It was 90s music trivia. We took DS with us. He sat patiently and played with Yahtzee dice while Frankie asked the questions. They played the intro to a song and you had to guess the song. This did not work for me at all. Sometimes I don't know what a song is until it's half way over, lol. I am AWFUL with "intros". DH did pretty well, but not great. Oh well, maybe we should just stick to our strengths!
It's 5:45PM, time for our last dinner. We were scheduled to dock in Victoria by 6:15. We didn't really have a plan in place but we figured we could eat dinner quickly, say goodbye to our servers and then go into Victoria for as long as possible and just....at least look around, or something.... No plan.
Honestly, I don't think it's possible to have a real plan here unless you commit to missing your last dinner. Some people will be fine with that, but others of you will really not want to miss that final dinner, especially if you bond with your serving team. I think this is a difficult choice to make and we have never had to make it before. The last night is usually special- the final dinner, the farewell show, and hitting all of your favorite things "one more time". But none of us wanted to miss out on Victoria since we had never been, SO....it was hard to figure out what to do.
Like I said, we finally decided to go to dinner and just "hurry" so we could leave the ship for a little while. Dinner tonight was in Parrot Cay. We missed our first night here because we were at Palo, so this was the only dinner we ever had in Parrot Cay. Too bad because we had a nice window table!
The final menu-
This was some kind of potato/cheese thing.....
Out the window watched the ship arrive.
Now, the ship was slightly later than the promised 6:15 arrival time, which I thought would give us more time to eat. It didn't. By the time we inhaled our dessert it was already near seven. We said our goodbyes to our servers and our head server. A lot of people think that the head servers don't do anything, but trust me, they do and if you ever need help with something at dinner, they are the ones to go to.
We took a quick photo before leaving the ship:
Another gorgeous day. Not too cold and very sunny!
We left the ship and walked through the Welcome building.
Again, we had no plan, and sometime between dinner and here my DS had informed us that he desperately wanted to see the final show. DESPERATELY.
*sigh* The kid really doesn't ask for much. Just a few elevator rides here and there. I thought the last show thing was a fair request. But now we would only have about 60 minutes off the ship.
No plan, 60 minutes, what to do.....
We saw a bus that was taking people somewhere, and we saw lots of people offering tours and such. Then we saw a sign that said "Walk way to Victoria, 30 minute walk." DONE. We are all great walkers and I figured we could at least get some air and look around a bit, then get back to the ship for the show. DS was in his stroller, so off we went.
I had no way of knowing this in advance, but turns out- I LOVE VICTORIA. Gosh, I just absolutely loved it and as we walked along the sidewalk I felt so happy! I'm sure it might be different if you stay a long time, or see more than 2 miles of it. But at that moment, I wanted to stay in Victoria forever and never leave. It was so quaint and quiet and pretty. The walk is easy and very nice, if you're considering it. Very nice.
Ice cream? OK!
We came to a totem pole
And the capitol building-