Friday, Acapulco

Woke up to a rainy day. The ship was cleared to go ashore at 6:30am. We had breakfast at Topsiders and waited for the rain to stop. Victoria went to Ocean Quest and loved it because it was empty. When it stopped raining at 9:30am, I went and picked her up and we went ashore. Walking outside and through a terminal full of merchants, we were approached by dozens of people offering taxi services. We walked across the street and went to San Diego Fort. While we did not tour the city, it pretty much looked like what I remembered from 2005.

San Diego Fort was directly across from the cruise terminal. We climbed the rock steps to the museum located in the fort. The cost was 4.00 per adult and children were free. Each exhibit was described in English and Spanish. We spent about an hour looking around, enjoying the view from the structure. We went back towards the terminal and saw lots of folks in the terminal area. Darlene and Sandy were shopping there and Irv and Larry said they had went to the market but the prices were very high. I didn't check the camera batteries and I couldn't take a picture from within the fort because the batteries were dead.

We were back on board by 12 noon and we headed to Parrot Cay for lunch. There was a taco bar which received lots of interest resulting in lines. The spicy tomato soup tasted like spice but not tomato. After lunch Sandy and Victoria watched the Canopy DVD on the laptop and did their nails in DEL SOL nail polish color. The DVD was pretty cute. I can't say I enjoyed seeing my fat ass in a sling, but it was fun to watch nevertheless.


Victoria and Sandy went with Stan and Darlene to finish the fish extender gifting, and I went out on deck 4 to read. The deck was crowded with people lined up to watch us pull away from Acapulco. We left more than an hour late because a Disney excursion did not get back on time. The water in Acapulco was visibly dirty. Still, it was nice watching the ship pull away. Typically we sail in the evening hours to visibility isn’t very good.

Darlene and I, along with the girls, went to Studio Sea to watch WHO WANTS TO BE A MOUSEKETEER. After the game show the girls participated in Disney Karaoke. After the karaoke, we went to our rooms to get ready for dinner. Victoria dressed in her most Mexican outfit and posed with Sandy with Mexican Donald and Mickey. We took pictures with Goofy and some other photos.

Dinner was in Lumiere’s and was the Mexican Rivera menu. It tasted better than it sounded though I was one of the few at the table who enjoyed it. We hurried along because the girls wanted to watch the premEAR of Cheetah Girls 3: One World (or at least I think that’s what it is called.) They put on their bathing suits and swam in the pool while the movie played on the Dumbotron. The ship has been rocking pretty good since we left port and the kids were enjoying the effects via a wave pool experience. After the movie the crew closed the pool and prepared the deck for the Minnie Fiesta Grande deck party. These deck parties crack me up. They put out a spread of food and people line up as if to say, “Look! Free food!”

Sandra’s sister, Gina, helped arrange for the kids to be in the deck party show. The kids all had Mexican hats on along with blanket-ponchos and were part of Goofy’s mariachi band. It was fun, a new activity for the kids. The kids danced and played games until 11pm.