Good morning, it's Christmaaaaaassss!!!

Unfortunately, Aaron's mom still wasn't feeling so well, so she wasn't able to go to Catholic Mass at 8:00 AM in the theater with Father Gallagher. Aaron's dad said that it was a complete Catholic Mass with communion, and there were about 100 people in attendance.

We ate breakfast that morning at Ocean View Cafe and sat outside where the Sunset Bar is. We had a lovely table in the corner, but while we were eating breakfast, this large family decided to start taking photos on the rail behind me and kept switching out people in the photos... all the women, all the kids, this family, that family... they were right behind my chair, and there's no way I wasn't stuffing my face with eggs in their family photos.

Originally, I booked the "Queen Elizabeth II Royal Botanical Park & Pedro St. James" excursion through Celebrity. We were going to visit the botanical park and gardens, then enjoy an afternoon tea service at the Great House. It sounded like the perfect excursion for our group.

Then one week before the cruise, I received an email from Celebrity that our cruise excursion was canceled "by the local tour operator due to unforseeable operational limitation." When I went to search for a new excursion, it looked like a lot of the tours had been canceled (perhaps due to it being Christmas Day). My search criteria was no snorkeling, no small boats, no dolphins or stingrays, and no Hell (we didn't think that Aaron's parents would enjoy going to Hell on Christmas Day).

Unfortunately, there were no tours that met all of the criteria.... so we were going to Hell.

Saturday, February 4, 2023

Celebrity Summit Christmas Cruise - [Day 4] Grand Cayman