Our first morning on the boat we awoke to the feel of the boat docking in key west. Since we didn’t have anything formal planned for the day we figured we would avoid the rush of people trying to get off. Instead we decided to be a little lazy and have a leisurely breakfast at the lido breakfast buffet. There was nothing special about the buffet but it was nice to have the option of a whole bunch of breakfast meats, toast, cereal, eggs, and french toast. Plus it was kinda nice to actually be up for breakfast since most days we’ve skipped it or got going to late for breakfast.
Once we had fueled up for the day we decided it was time to make our way off the ship. It was fairly easy to get off the ship since all we had to do was swipe our sign and sail card to let the boat know that we were off the ship. There was still a bit of a line to get off the ship which was a bit of a surprise considering that at this point it was 10 AM and we had docked at 7.
Once in Key West we just kind of wandered around and followed the crowds. There wasn’t all that much to see. For the most part it was a giant tourist trap. Although there were some interesting named shops like “Mr. Cheapee’s Liquor and Stuff” and “The Pelican Poop Shoppe”. It was interesting that all the shops facade were in the old style that the buildings were originally constructed with. After walking around for an hour we came to the end of the road we were on and found ourselves in front of the butterfly conservatory. Since nicole already posted about it I won’t go over it again but needless to say it was a really cool experience. On our way back to the ship we stopped for lunch at Guy Harvey’s. It was a simple bar that had some fried platters that looked good. The only thing was that when we went inside the menu they gave us didn’t match the one that was outside that made us come in but our waiter knew what we were talking about and got us our fried shrimp and fried oysters. After eating we stopped for dessert so Nicole could get her taste of real Keylime pie. She got pie on stick from the Blond Giraffe which looked pretty good but i was too full to have any.
We spent the second half of the afternoon back on the ship getting some sunshine and otherwise just relaxing. Dinner was another fun but slow experience where we got to know our other cruisers a little better and met the new final couple of our table. The after dinner show had a juggler and a comedian. The juggler was pretty good and significantly better than the strong jugglers are U of R. The comedian was kinda of so so and we ended up leaving early to go wander around the ship.
We eventually managed to find our way to the Piano bar in the back of the ship. It was an interesting little bar. In the middle of the bar was a round stage with a piano on it. There were seats all around the stage and on top of it the piano slowly rotated on the stage. The piano player was probably in his early thirties and had a lot of energy playing various songs and played anything he knew by request. What made the place a lot of fun is that he actively encouraged everyone in the bar to sing along (in their drunken state 
). Also the bar seemed to be a favorite of the crew as the cruise directors, singers, and dancers could be found there. We spent an hour or so enjoying ourselves before we headed back up to our room.
