The Dr Who Cruise Part 3
Tuesday, Oct 24 – a Dayat Sea
This was a day at sea, andwe were supposed to sleep in, because all the breakfast venues opened an hourlater than usual. We got up at 7 and went to the Main Dining Room forbreakfast, only to find they weren’t open yet. So we grabbed an elevator to the15th deck, where the buffet was open.
Half an hour later, weheaded back to our cabin, and at 9:30, Hubby headed for the conference centerfor a 10 AM meeting with his writing team.
About an hour later, Iwent down to see how they were doing. D, the organizer of the cruise, was thereand was listing the days and times that he had activities planned. Lo andbehold, some of the actors who usually get cast as monsters in DW were giving apresentation at 4 PM THAT DAY on their work, complete with photos, videos andprops. I made sure of the presentation time when the meeting broke up, and thenHubby and I went to the card room (there was no library aboard the Wonder) todo some writing.
Around noon we went tothe Main Dining Room for lunch, then back to our cabin to relax. We consideredgoing to the hot tub, but opted to stay in our room and write.
At 3:30, we started forthe conference center, which should have been an elevator ride straight down 7decks, but we decided to walk to the aft (back) of the ship to check out avenue on deck 12 we hadn’t seen yet. It turned out to be an expensiverestaurant with ‘imaginative cuisine’. So now we knew.
While we were waitingfor an elevator, we met up with D (our cruise organizer), who started tellingus about some of the hassles of having such a large group. Then we realized wewere aft, and the conference center was forward, so we had to beat feet to getthere.
The ‘monster review’was 2 hours long and great fun. Ross, Tim and Jon had photos and videos ofvarious roles they had played, and not only in Dr Who. The photos included themin the make-up chair, usually getting lots of prosthetics put on. The videosincluded such things as a group of monster actors practicing walking in unison,in whatever strange style had been worked out for them. Tim even brought a maskthat fit over his head, and the hands that went with it for one of his monsters.
Before we knew it, itwas 6 PM, and since this was a formal night for dining, we needed to return toour cabins and change. I had brought a dress to wear for formal nights, and apair of heels, two things I hardly ever wear. Halfway to the aft of the ship, Iremembered why I hardly ever wear heels; my knees were complaining, my hipsweren’t happy, my ankles felt weak and uncertain, and my feet were screaming inpain. I decided right then that on the walk back to our cabin, I would take offthe heels and walk in my stocking feet. Unfortunately, when we headed back toour room, we walked through the Promenade deck, which was very crowded. I didn’tdare take off my shoes until we reached deck 10 and the relative emptiness ofcabin area hallways.
