Pandemic Cruise on NCL Encore, Round trip Seattle
September 24, 2021 -- Day at Sea
Finally came to the last day on this cruise. It's the hardest part of a cruise when we have to pack our bags and say goodbye to all the wonderful experience on the ship and back to our normal life. (It turned out that our normal life would not be as normal as we thought after this trip.)
As with any other days at sea, not much was planned and we just enjoyed a relaxing day visiting some of the places for the last time. We've noticed in the last few days that more and more people were going around without masks. For us, we played it safe and had our masks on and only taking it off for photos if necessary and when we were eating.
The day started off with weather that was not the best but then it turned better and better. In fact, this was the best weather we had on this cruise as we sailed back towards Seattle.
Enjoying the moment in front of guest service counter.
Having one last bowl of noodle soup at the buffet. I generally get the bowl of noodle soup from the station and then add whatever I like into the soup as I went around the different stations. A great way to have a special bowl.
Garden Café
with a view of the bow and the Observation Lounge one deck below.
My lunch. Just loved their Indian food!
Back for some quiet time at Observation Lounge.
A wonderful place to be.
It's the last 'formal dinner' at the main restaurant.
Seared Sea Scallops
Mushroom Ravioli
Roasted Prime Rib
Veal Scalloppini Oscar
Galaxy Pavilion
This is the area where you can find all the mechanical games. This is the largest video/mechanical game room that I have seen on a ship and there are many activities to choose from, for adults. We did not have kids on this sailing so not sure if kids can used these. Not that many people were there while we were walking through it but they looked like fun.
Soccer
After a night of smooth sailing, we arrived back at the Seattle Pier early morning on September 25.
So happy with the cruise after months of not being able to cruise freely around the world. Let's pray that this COVID thing will soon be over and we can go back to our normal traveling in the very near future!
Video here for the day
"Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven." -- Psalm 85:10~11
