Labadee-Labbadabbado & Labadoozies

 

Somehow the blog for this day was deleted when I added the photos....bummer.  I do remember that we were all exhausted the night before and slept hard.  I got up and peaked out the window without knowing the time and we were coming into Labadee.  I got everyone up so that they could see the boat parade (actually little boats with colorful sails).  They were unimpressed and promptly went back to bed!  After getting up the second time we went to breakfast in Windjammer since most of the people jumped ship as soon as the gangway was in place.  We took our time then went back to apply sunscreen and head ashore.  It was extremely humid and the pier is very long.  We finally get to the area where the tram is running to different areas and decide to go to the Dragon's Breath Roller Coaster first since it was out near the zip line and the farthest away from where we wanted to end up the rest of the day.  We signed all the waivers and Debbie agreed to take them one at a time and Paige called dibs on being first.  This sent Chris into a downward spiral and he was determined to make everyone around him miserable as he was.  The line was long there and it took forever for them (close to an hour) to get to the front.  I spoke with the people running the ride and explained the situation and they agreed Chris could wait on the platform until Debbie came back with Paige and that he didn't have to wait through the line again.  He was still unhappy until he was actually in the coaster and it was finally his turn.  The rides were $22/pp per ride plus an hour of your day waiting in that line.  Ok we leave there and find a tram and head back over to where the Aqua Park and Water Slide are located.  It was quite a walk too from where the tram left us off.  Again I signed waivers and paid $24/pp for them to ride the slide all day...wow, what a bargain!  After doing it once they decided it was too far to climb and the line too long at the top and wanted to do the Aqua Park (blow up climb on in a roped off ocean area) which is $22/pp for 1 hour!!!  Really people?  Again I fill out waiver forms and while I'm doing that Paige hears people talking about getting stung by jellyfish in the water there.  She decides she doesn't want to go but Chris does so off he goes.  Debbie and I find two lounge chairs on the beach in the area between the Aqua Park and the slide and Paige decides she will go do the slide.  Debbie and I try to get comfortable in these chairs but there is no way.  They sag in the seat and regardless of how you put the back you are still in an awkward position.  Lovely.  A guy comes by selling frozen drinks called a Labadoozy.  By this time we would have had anything as long as it contained alcohol.  They were actually very fruity and refreshing.  Soon Paige was back and wanted one too so she got the virgin version. She had also decided she now wanted to go to the Aqua Park with Chris.  Again fill out the waivers and they won't let her go with Chris who is already out there but rather she must wait and go in the next group even if I pay for the full hour and there is only a half hour left.  Now I'm irritated!  We get back to Debbie and a girl Lindsay's age just down from us has been stung quite badly by a jellyfish and now Paige is glad she couldn't go into the water.   Debbie decided to take Paige to look through the "Artisan Village" and I waited for Chris to come back.  I got Chris a frozen drink and we gathered everything and went to find Debbie and Paige who were coming out of the shopping area.  Debbie said they were horribly aggressive and they were trying to pull on Paige and put bracelets on her.  Enough.  We went and got in line for the tram back to the entrance.  We waited in line 30 minutes and then had the walk back down what seemed like an endless pier and onto the ship.  We were so happy to be back on the ship!  I know we went and got some snacks and then all of us needed a shower.  Dinner in the dining room and I can't remember what we did but I know we were all in bed and asleep very early that night.