Mississippi Day 7 (Day at sea): Amazing Food, Gingerbread Houses and A Special Christmas Show

We got to sleep in today and it was wonderful. 

We got room service today because we woke up late and I didn’t feel like going out to the buffet. We didn’t have any excursions because we spent all day at sea but there were plenty of other activities going on around the ship.

The food today has been absolutely phenomenal! I ordered a grilled steak for breakfast, had prime rib for lunch and it was lobster night tonight! I don’t think I’ve ever had that much good food in one day.

Before lunch we spent a lot of time decorating gingerbread houses with the rest of the cruisers. It was a lot of fun! Our gingerbread house had a music theme so we recreated the resident musicians of the ship in gingerbread form. This was quite a messy activity and there was candy everywhere! It’s amazing what you can do when you have hundreds and hundreds of pounds of candy at your disposal! Ok… that was an exaggeration, but we had all the candy we could ever use. After lunch we attended a farewell reception in the main theater. The captain had to man the bridge because the water was a little rocky so the first mate gave the farewell speech.

We’re disembarking the ship tomorrow morning so we packed up throughout the day. I really dislike packing!

After dinner we lounged around for a while and went to the nightly show. Tonight’s show was a special Christmas musical. They told a few Christmas stories and performed Jingle Bells, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Feliz Navidad, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow, The Christmas Song, Cool Yule, The Chanukah Song (We Are Lights), Grown-Up Christmas List, Santa Clause Is Coming To Town, Santa Baby, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Silent Night, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, O come, O come, Emmanuel, Away In a Manger, White Christmas and ended with a mashup of Let It Snow and Winter Wonderland.

After the show we finished packing and went to bed. This trip isn't quite over yet! We still have another day In New Orleans.