Alaska Cruise Trip - Day 3

       Today was our first "At Sea" day on the Star Princess.  We were looking forward to relaxing and doing whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. :-)   We slept in late and went up to the buffet for breakfast which was very good. There was lots of variety and it wasn't too hard to find a table.  After breakfast we went for a walk around the promenade deck of the ship which is the only deck you can walk around the entire ship continuously without running into a wall or a kitchen, etc.   It was pretty cold outside so we walked quickly.  

This is the pool at the aft of the ship that I pictured myself hanging out in but it was a little cold for that. It's still pretty cool to have a pool there. 

After our walk around the ship we decided to check out the gym and spa areas.  In the picture below you can see the lap pool and the paddle tennis courts and running track in the background.   It felt really odd to work out as the ship was moving. I did the elliptical and Chad did the treadmill. I kept feeling like my body was getting heavier as the ship went over the swells.  The gym is in a really nice location because you look right over the bow of the boat from the windows.

Us after our gym experience... 

    After the workout we went on a search for the miniature golf course or "Princess Links".  We found it but realized there was a tournament going on at the time and decided to try back another day. 

      We had signed up for a wine tasting in the Amalfi dining room the night before, so we went to that at 3pm.  It was a pretty good deal ($9.50) and we got to taste 6 wines and snack on cheese and fruit.  The wines were all very good and there were a couple we considered getting for our dinners.  If you order a bottle of wine for dinner and don't finish it, they save it for you for the next night. 

      After the wine tasting we went back to the room and relaxed for a while, napped, and read.   That evening was the first formal night so we got all dressed up and went to dinner at 8pm.  That night I had the grapefruit and kiwi appetizer (yum), a salad, beef tenderloin medallion, and the Princess Loveboat Dream Dessert.  A very very nice meal.

       After dinner we headed over to the Princess Theater and watched their presentation of "Cinematastic". It was a celebration of songs performed in  movies over the years.  It was pretty good. Some of the songs I wasn't familiar with but I enjoyed the ones I knew a lot. 

      After a relaxing a busy day at sea we slept really well.  I think I slept better on the ship than I do at home!  While we were sleeping the ship left British Columbia and entered Alaskan waters.  Tomorrow is Ketchikan!