Last Sea Day on Jubilee

We're back in the United States!! Had one last sea day yesterday and did as many of the things left on our list as we could. Started with the famous Bloody Mary from Pig & Anchor. 

Then lunch was at Teppanyaki. We had a very fun chef. 

 Then we decided to try our luck in the casino. Neither one of us are big casino players. But Carnival provides guests who are in the higher loyalty levels with $25 Free Play. So we both played a new slot machine based on the Super Bowl. You got to pick your team and it had the typical symbols and all kinds of bonus games. I wasn't very lucky but Angie ended up winning the Mini Jackpot which was $40! Pretty good for using free money. 

After that we headed to the Carnival loyalty party. We always like to attend these to see who is the most seasoned traveler. On this cruise there was a guest who had sailed over 2000 days on Carnival. More surprising, there was a nine year old girl who was in Carnival's highest Diamond tier. That's over 200 days!!

After the party we headed to The Golden Mermaid and tried one of their signature cocktails called a Pearly Bubble. It had Bombay Sapphire, St Germain, lime juice, white cranberry juice and dragon fruit. And a big old smoke bubble!!

 Very refreshing!! And it was a free drink since Carnival gives all Platinum members a $16 drink voucher on the day of the loyalty party. It was then time for a mandatory rest period back in the cabin. We checked the movies on demand and found "The Champions" with Woody Harrelson. What a funny and heartwarming movie. I had never heard of it until my in-laws had recommended it. We weren't feeling like a sit down dinner so we had room service chicken wings, BLT and salads. We then stopped by Pig & Anchor to see Ivana one last time. She's trying to figure out what ship she wants to sail on next for her last contract. Yes. She's another young crew member who is deciding they've done this long enough and earned enough money. We talked about her trips to Greece and Ireland that she has planned after this contract. 

Today we're docked back in Galveston. We'll pack our luggage and head down the gangway around 9:30. We only have a short walk to our next adventure. We decided to change our plans for this trip. Originally we were going to Cancun for about a week. But instead, will be sailing in Voyager of the Seas on a five nights cruise. It will stop at two of the ports we just visited, Costa Maya and Cozumel. It's a new ship for us so we're excited to see how we like "smaller" ships. The Jubilee has about 6700 berths. Voyager has "only" 3600.