Senor Frogs, Families, Key Cards

We discussed NOT going to Senor Frog’s tonight, we did discuss it. But then once we got there, the whole world was there soooo, voila, we all stayed. Anyway. A particular highlight was the chant of “this is alcohol nation” and a female only conga line that featured: one fratty tall guy and one woman and her toddler. The woman with her toddler danced like she did not have a 1.something year old girl on her hip. Your personality is completely formed at 2, right? Well. This little girl will forever love frat parties, cruise ships, and senor frog’s. The mom was on a trip with her girlfriends, clearly, and particularly hilarious was when they put the toddler on the dance floor and danced around her. Pretty nice.

I entered the ship this evening and witnessed some young gentlemen, probably 11/12-ish, possibly 13, hanging out on the stairs, because all teenagers hang out on the stairs. This particular gentleman said “how YOU doin’” to a probably 14 year old girl in a short skirt and shirt with a slit back, who turned around and looked at him like he was a creepy freak.

Also of note was a family with 2 kids, probably 5 and 7, in Starbucks. The parents probably tired, tried to relax and zone out, which meant they had to quasi-ignore their children who spoke several octaves higher than charted music and did several laps starting at the table, running away from it, then running back. The young boy, probably 5, had very very recently discovered kung fu, particularly the kicks, which he did all down the middle of starbucks, then discovered what it was to slam the back of everyone’s chair with his fist, which he found rather fun. Not as fun as the kicks, though, let’s remember, which he then did into his dad, who was definitely actually hurt, while the kid laughed and clapped and didn’t take the “next time we will go into the naughty corner” very seriously.

I also have a new room in the middle of the 10th deck, which is in the middle of a hallway. There must be something about these rooms, or this stretch of hallway/room combination or something, that makes running down it while laughing/screaming IRRESISTABLE. If you are 13 or below, it is a must. They sound like giggling elephants. Today featured the very loud sound of broken glass. I think I share a wall with a room full of kids. If you do the beds right, you can get about 5 kids, completely jammed in there. Obviously, it is incredibly fun to hit each other and then scream and hit someone else and then scream. When they are awake, this is what I hear. I do remember this being incredibly fun.

Also, since cruise ships are incredibly ideal for large families, we get some sociological dreams on board. This week we have a few extended Chinese families and a few extended Indian families. This means that there is someone giving stern directions that people will probably ignore, which is probably universal. I witnessed one 40-ish Indian gentlemen standing in the middle of a bunch of kids and older people holding up his keycard and saying “IF YOU LOSE THIS. YOU WILL NOT. GET BACK ON THE SHIP. DO NOT LOSE THIS.” And the rest of the family kinda milling around and not really listening.