All throughout the cruise, I was thinking about how calm the seas had been and what I was going to do with all the Dramamine I had brought on board... Well, as usual, I spoke too soon.
Day 6 began with a lot of rockin' and rollin' on the high seas! The Grand Princess had encountered some stormy seas and we were in for a long day (and night).
Luckily, the girls and I were not too affected by the constant rolling motion of the ship. In fact, DS and PS seemed to enjoy the ride (Jo thought it was exciting!). Unfortunately, the Yuki's were not as lucky and we didn't see very much of them the rest of the day...
DS and PS riding out the rough seas...
DS and PS kept themselves busy during their last day on board. They spent some time in the Pelican's Club, and also went with mommy to to the Arts and Crafts demonstration to make some beaded bracelets after lunch. Jo was amazed at the beautiful bracelets the girls had put together for themselves!
PS making a special bracelet
Later that afternoon, we went to see Magician Richard Griffin's "Close-Up Magic Show". As I sat quietly in the front row, Mr. Griffin came down and volunteered me to help him onstage. Instantly, I had a flashback to our Greek Island cruise and David Ng's onstage experience! I almost made a run for the exit, but decided to just go with it. Luckily, Mr. Griffin was kind enough not to embarass me!
That night, the Yuki's didn't make it to our last dinner on board, because they were feeling the effects of the rough seas.
Maitre d' extraordinaire, Massimo
And they missed out on the traditional "Baked Alaska" presentation!
But they were not the only ones! PS missed most of the dinner as well, since she had a long and tiring day...
The rough seas had seriously slowed down our progress back to Southampton. We were scheduled to arrive on Saturday morning at 7, but the latest estimate was that we wouldn't be arriving into port until sometime after 4pm! At first we were ok with it, until we realized that our plans for Saturday evening would be ruined if we were to arrive that late...
But luckily, the next morning we received some double good news! The seas had calmed down sometime overnight and the ship regained full speed and made up a lot of lost time! The new estimate was arrival into Southampton at 12:30, which was a whole lot better than 4!
James and Ray enjoying the view
We made our way into the English channel and sailed past Portsmouth, on our way back to Southampton. It was a beautiful day and it was a welcome change from the stormy weather of the last day and a half...
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
Finally, we arrived into Southampton, but then had to wait a few more hours for the disembarkation process...
It was time for the kids to say goodbye to their new onboard friends, and also say goodbye to TY and JY (until the holidays).
We had a great time cruising with the Yuki's and appreciate everything they had done to pull this trip off for us. Thanks, guys!
But, there was no time for long goodbyes or pictures by the ship. The Yuki's needed to get on to see Stonehenge. And we had to make tracks to get to London, so Jo and DS could have their special night out to see Wicked...
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