As we did last Cabo stop, we didn't both getting off the ship today.  Instead, post-lunch (once again at Café 270) we headed forward to Deck 15 and took a tour around the running track so we could see the Sports Deck.  We didn't see either the North Star or iFly in use, but briefly watch some FlowRider action.  We did see North Star in operation later in the cruise, but never saw iFly in action.  It was pretty hot out there today, although we did note a nice shaded area with loungers that might have been nice if we had wanted to spend more time outdoors.  Instead, we took the forward stairs down to level 5, looking at the artwork as we went.  The forward stairs had really paltry offerings compared to the midship stair route we sampled last week.

After a reading stop in two70 (where the crew appeared to be calibrating one of the lift lines used for Starwater) we returned to our cabin for a short nap (me) and a long nap (E).  We then went down to the Music Hall around 4P to get a drink (Mai Tais, today's Drink of the Day) and stake out our seats for the 5P Afternoon Trivia, in which got a good 14/20, losing to 19.  Mr. 19 is the same guy from the prior cruise (Mr. Blue Shirt) who clearly has memorized every question he's heard – and unlike us, who are happy to win at most one prize on a cruise, this guy wants every single crap trinket he can get his hands on.

Tonight's dinner was Taste of Italy, and was another example of “what a difference a ship makes" when it comes to food.  Although I'd been badly bitten by TERRIBLE Chicken Parm on Brilliance (so bad that Keyshelee had told us that many folks were getting replacement entrees) I crossed my fingers and got it here – and it was fine.  The overall menu for this night is still pretty weak, however, and it is a good candidate to get skipped in future cruises. 

Following dinner (and some post-dinner reading in Boleros) we again attended the Starwater show in two70, this time sitting in slightly better seats a bit more central and a lot more comfortable.  The quality of the show remains high, with the somewhat slow start and the amazing finish.  It turns out that they have (at least) two different pairs of featured dancers, as tonight we saw a different pair than last week.

Interestingly, in an early show sequence where two men descend from the rafters with cable apparatus and perform intensive movements, one of the guys bailed out really quickly.  We didn't see what happened, only noticing at some point almost immediately after his entry that he was gone and his ceiling portal had closed, as if he'd been hauled out.  We later noticed one of the Tango couples was missing and in the final number there was a female dancer without a partner.  We theorize that he suffered an injury – likely a pulled muscle – and therefore wasn't able to perform the many lifts required in the Tango and finale number.  Hopefully nothing more serious.

When we returned to our cabin at the end of the show we found an envelope containing our SeaPass cards from the first leg that they'd confiscated as we exited the ship after issuing our current cards.  Clearly they have a lot of B2B passengers who save their cards as souvenirs and have learned that they need to give them back.