5-night DCL Bahamas cruise + WDW: A 25th Anniversary Celebration - Day 5 - Nassau

Nassau

I slept in again. I think I never fully transitioned to Eastern time. Everyone else was still asleep and I opted not to work out. I decided to see if I could get a hot chocolate on Deck 11.  There was no hot chocolate on Deck 11. Whomp whomp. Everyone else got up shortly thereafter and we went to Cabanas for breakfast. After breakfast, we went back to the room and got ready for the day. 

This was our fourth time in Nassau and the last time we came we didn't get off the ship, (previous adventures include a city tour hampered by a national holiday with parade and a visit to the pirate museum). We disembarked at around 10:30 and made the short walk over to the Queen's Staircase. This large passageway between the old fort (Fort Fincastle) and the main city dates to the 18th Century and was hand carved by 600 enslaved men. For some reason there is a plaque there that says that it was carved by free men of African descent in 1830, but everything I can find online indicates that the workers were enslaved and it was carved in 1793. Not sure what's up with that plaque. 

We briefly checked out Fort Fincastle but didn't go inside. It's a pretty tiny little fort and we decided we could see most of it from the outside. We made our way back to the main portion of town. Emmaline needed to sit down and rest for a bit and we came across a Starbucks so we sat down, shared a drink and availed ourselves of the free wi-fi. 

We got back onboard a little after noon, regrouped and headed to Cabana's for lunch. After that, Roger and I went to Disney Parks Trivia Level 1. It was in O'Gills which was 21+ unless you were there to watch the football game that was on the TV. You couldn't participate in the trivia, however. Yeah, I dunno, it didn't make sense to me either. So Emmaline went to do some crafts instead. We ended up not being able to find seats in O'Gills so we sat with another couple and teamed up. They were self-proclaimed Disney nerds and the four of us made a good team. We still didn't win, though.

We caught up with Emmaline in The Tube where she was finishing a Thor paper craft helmet thing and we did some Marvel trivia. Level 2, maybe? We actually did well. It came down to the tie breaker. We still didn't win. By 3:15 we were tired of trivia and Emmaline made her way to the Jasmine meet and greet and Roger and I got some coffee. After enjoying our coffee we went back to the room to regroup. 

After that, Emmaline and I went and did some karaoke. Not sure what Roger did. Relaxed in the room or maybe played more mini golf? By then it had been almost two hours since we had last eaten so obviously it was time for more food. While eating our snacks, we looked out over at the Margaritaville cruise ship (where it'a always 5 o'clock, apparently) docked next to us. It was in sorry shape and seemed to have a bathroom with floor to ceiling windows. Certainly nobody is going to use that thing...ope, okay, well, yes, yes they are. Multiple dudes did, in fact, use the toilet with a view. Also, what was with the guy up on the top deck wearing black pants, black boots, a black bomber jacket and black gloves. We called him "the assassin" and yes, you can see both the toilet and the assassin in this photo. 

After our snack we caught some of Soul Duo in the atrium, but not for long because we needed to head to the show. The show that night was Frozen and we decided to go ahead and go, having no better options. After the show we went and played the family version of Majority Rules before Emmaline had to go to Vibe for the pirate night flash mob rehearsal. We went to dinner and she joined us shortly thereafter in Enchanted Garden. We were all pretty tired so we just went back to the room after dinner and went to bed.