Last nights Jimbo’s Truck Stop Diner (and our Ya Ya/Yo Yo tables) was a huge success! We arrived down on Deck 3 at 7:00 and were greeted by various staff dressed in the wildest, raunchy, red neck clothes and wigs. We were laughing so hard and immediately knew we were in for a great night! We were able to tour around and saw 2 of our favorite dancer’s cabin (Sean and Laura). Laura had jeans on with a padded butt, her hair in curlers and a scarf and a tattoo on her arm that said “R U My Daddy†The cabins are sooooooooo small compared to ours. There’s just enough room for a small closet, bunk beds, small desk and dresser. The bathroom is so tiny you can barely turn around in it. I have no idea how 2 people manage in there for months at a time.
Next we went into the crew bar…..What a fun place! There’s a black and white linoleum floor, a bar, sound system, small cocktail type tables and even a fooz ball game. Captain Dag and a couple other officers were the bartenders. Most people were drinking “Tiger Beer†(I opted for red wine). Many of us passengers had dressed up in “truck stop/50’s type clothing as well so it was quite a site! It’s like Deck 3 really had been transformed into a 50’s Diner Truck Stop. After socializing in the crew bar, we went into the mess hall for a buffet dinner. We had choices of meat loaf, spare ribs or turkey with sides of potatoes, veggies, salads etc. It was actually quite good! We had our fun Ya Ya table and we laughed, drank, told jokes and talked girl talk. (I don’t think the Yo Yo table had nearly as much fun as we did). After dinner quite a few of us went back into the crew bar for lots of fun dancing and more drinking. The music played through out the entire night was 50’s and 60’s which was perfect for most of our age group. We did line dancing, the stroll, the Twist, Shout, even the Hokey Pokey! We had so much fun. The staff, including the officers, all danced with us too.
Captain Dag and Patrick are excellent dancers and so much fun. Of all the cruises we’ve been on, the Officers on this cruise are the most “hands on†and “fun†of any I can remember. They sure seem to really enjoy the interaction with the passengers. Actually, the entire staff is just the BEST! (getting to know them so much better on long cruises makes a huge difference)Eventually Tom and my legs were feeling like rubber and we needed to call it a night. This entire evening was ONLY for the full world cruisers. The segment passengers were anxious to hear about our evening and I know there was a lot of disappointment that they weren’t able to join in the fun.
They have Jimbo’s Truck Stop again tonight since there are too many WC passengers for one night. Before the Ya Ya/ Yo Yo party was planned, we had planned to eat with Paul and Hans…luckily they’re going tonight with Marc and Harry. Marc doesn’t even come close to having anything 50’s to wear so I suggested he wear a Tuxedo, adorn himself in gems and borrow one of Tom’s baseball caps.
I’m guessing that Jamie was the one who put most of Jimbo’s Truck Stop together….and what a great job he did! It was definitely the talk of the ship. It was a nice treat for the staff too since most of them ate upstairs in La Veranda.
Today looks like it’s going to be another beautiful day and a good morning to eat breakfast on our balcony. At 1:00 the guys (and Joan too) have another Texas Hold ‘Em poker game planned. Maybe Tom will win a 2nd day….ya never know!
I took lots of photos last night but unfortunately with the lighting etc. very few came out, not even one of our Ya Ya table. I’ll post the ones that came out the best and you’ll just have to use your imagination a bit.
Jamie and Dana looked great!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-01.jpg Laura and Sean (dancers) were hilarious:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-02.jpg Busy Bartenders:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-03.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-05.jpg The Mess Hall:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-07.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-06.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-09.jpg My girlfriend Judy was offering to open up everyone’s beers!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/Diner-14.jpg After dinner we had a lot of fun dancing in the crew bar:
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