(4/21/12) Saturday
This morning was a little bit different for us. Daddy had a special All Access Tour of the ship today. We left for breakfast around 8:30 a.m. while he left for his tour. He got to see places like the kitchen, the bridge, the helipad, the crew-only areas, and lots more!
Daddy got up early to catch a picture of the sunrise before his tour. Isn’t it gorgeous? |
I will let him talk about his tour in a future blog post, but I wanted to include this picture of him on the helipad at the bow of the ship. |
I finished with a mini-chocolate muffin. It was all really good! |
We walked around in the park a little bit after we ate. It’s really beautiful! |
The colors in this photo were quite dramatic. |
After stopping by the room to change into our swimsuits, we went down to the Boardwalk and went rock-climbing again. While we were there, we listened in on the Q and A session with the Captain, going on in the Aqua Theater. He explained a little bit more about what happened last night, although he never said what originally caused the fire. But it sounds like they have excellent systems in place and a good response plan for emergencies. |
Since my neck was doing a bit better today, I went rock-climbing again. I was happy to ring the first bell! I am completely ok with the fact that I’m the oldest grandchild and that my much-younger cousin still beat me to the very top of the wall. I just didn’t have a burning desire to go any higher! J
After rock-climbing, some of our family went to play golf. I stuck around and waited for everyone else to finish and then we all met on the sports deck. By then it was around noon, and we went up to the stateroom to meet Daddy. It sounds like he really enjoyed his tour!
We all went to lunch at the Windjammer Café. I had some fried rice, a roll with butter, fruit, ribs, and assorted salads. |
For dessert I had an interesting Viennese chocolate cake and bread pudding. The chocolate cake had some sort of filling, but I couldn’t quite tell what it was. |
We finished lunch around 1:30 p.m. The adults had some business to attend to with their accounts, ordering family pictures, etc. While they did that, we kids went up to the sports deck to swim and go on the Flow Riders one more time. Since my neck was feeling a little bit better, I braved the waves again today.
I started off with boogie boarding. It was going quite well, and I had stayed on the board for an entire minute. But my exit/wipeout didn’t go so well. The current wiped my face across the divider before slamming me into the back wall. I think it just jammed everything back in place. J I worked up the nerve to try the surfing one more time, and thankfully I didn’t injure myself badly this time!
Here is our tiny bathroom. There was room for one person to be fairly comfortable in there, but definitely not room for two! But there were lots of built-in shelves that made storage a lot easier. |
And here is our little balcony! We spent lots of time out here watching the world go by. |
My favorite scene was the underwater-themed dance. It really looked like the girl was swimming in deep water! |
After the show, we went to our last dinner in the dining room. L I had a sourdough roll, and a couple of mini-cornbread muffins. |
For my appetizer, I ate hot pumpkin soup garnished with candied walnuts and sour cream. It was satisfying! |
My main meal included roasted turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, carrots, rutabaga mash, and Brussels sprouts. It reminded me of Thanksgiving! |
During dinner, our dear waiters sang and danced again for our entertainment! We absolutely loved getting to know them over the week, and we really miss them! |
With dessert, I had some lemon tea. I’ve been feeling a little bit of a cold coming on, and thought I should have some hot fluids to keep it at bay a few more days. |
For my actual dessert, I had a brownie sandwich filled with chocolate mousse. It was really hard to say goodbye to all of our waiters. It felt like saying goodbye to good friends! |
I had to take one last art picture on the way to our room! This artwork was created with dozens of rulers! |
When we came to our room, we saw our stateroom attendant down the hallway. We said goodbye to her, and took a picture with her. She has been so sweet to our family! Photo Credit: Betsy. |
I enjoyed reading about your cruise vacation the past 8 days. Wow, the ship looks huge and I can't believe all the entertainment like mini-golf, etc and delicious food that they provided for you on a boat? Hmm. Maybe I should go on a cruise someday. I highly doubt it will happen because if the ship did sink, I can't swim to save my life if I'm not on the lifeboat.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you've enjoyed the cruise posts, Leah! This ship is indeed unbelievably large and filled to the brim with things to do!
ReplyDeleteWe felt very safe on the ship. It's very unlikely that you would have to swim as they have lots of lifeboats and life rafts. And it's very rare that a cruise ship sinks these days!
~Bianca