December 31--New Years Eve

After arriving back on the boat, we dressed up for formal night dinner.  They  had a special menu because it was New Years Eve. The table was decked out with hats, necklaces and noise makers to ring in the new year.  The dinner was wonderful. I had grilled lobster and halibut. 

After dinner there was a singing celebration in the centrium done by the staff.  Different members of the crew sang and people danced. Even the captain sang.  They ended by singing "We are the World".  Peter loved dancing to all the music this week.

Next we went to our traditional hang out spot of karaoke. Tonight was extra karaoke night. They had one our of family karaoke (so kids could sing) followed by an hour and half of adult karaoke.  Nolan, Anne, Mom, Ken, Thom, Ellen, and myself got up and sang "Dancing Queen" by Abba. We had fun.  

When that finished around 11:30 we headed to the Centrium for the balloon drop.  It got rather packed.  They offered glasses of champagne and everyone counted down. At midnight there was the great balloon and confetti drop followed my music, singing, and dancing.

Thom, Drew, Ellen, Owen, Nate, and I went to the pool deck for some music up there.  Therre was a large family dancing there that had a circle going. Of course Thom jumped in the middle and started a big dance party. Everyone made their way across the dance floor. It was a hoot. After a bit of dancing there we decided to go up to the Viking Lounge (I've been calling it the Voyager's Lounge---oops).  Theree was a HUGE dance party going on up there. Unfortunately Owen couldn't join us because he is under 18.  The rest of us danced and danced until 2:00am.  We had a blast. I was exhausted so thank goodness Friday was a sleep in day!