Cruise Ship Fun and Miami Beach
So one of our activities on the cruise ship was mini golfing on the top of the ship. We both had a lot of fun, but Travis always won! It was kind of cool because while we were mini golfing the crew who does the video of the whole cruise came and videoed us. We weren't sure if we would be on the final one after they made all the cuts, but it showed me mini golfing and it showed Travis competing in the dodge ball competition. I played in that as well, but I got out after about the first thrown ball. It was kind of sad and our team ended up losing, but it was a fun to participate. We also got involved in the water volleyball. They had a competition between the crew members and the guests, but we missed that. After they did the competition we hopped in and played with other guests for probably a good two hours. It was an ABSOLUTE BLAST! If you don't know, I could play volleyball everyday. But it is always hard to find enough people to play. I'd say that was one of the many highlights of the cruise life.
Here I am in front of the Platinum Theater. This is where all the major productions showed nightly. They had two comedian nights, two Mariner of the Seas Dancers night, and a welcome and goodbye show. The dancers did a fairy tale production and a Cirque de Sole performance. We always enjoy the shows. They are always very well done and super entertaining.
Our maid's name was Allyson. She did an awesome job and when she would see us in the halls going to our room she would always call us by name and ask us how our days went. Se was really nice and one night we came into our room to see this. She had taken may beach towel to add to the colorfulness of towel folding. I LOVED it!
Our ship was the Liberty of the Seas
The Rembrandt was our dining room. It was on the bottom floor of the dining room and was towards the middle. It was so cool to look up and see the huge chandelier and be in front of the huge staircase. It was a beautiful dining room.
We kept seeing this chair and wanting to get a picture, but other people were always on it. Finally there was a free moment and we snapped the shop. I think it is super awesome. I would definitely by it for my house.
This was called the On Air area. This included the ice skating rink and all of the karaoke nights. We watched a few different karaoke nights and saw the ice show. Another cool thing that they did in the ice rink room was we played "The Quest". It involved a lot of people. The whole bowl of seats was full. We were divided into 12 groups. The leader of the game would call out something that your group needed to bring up. One of the items they asked for was false teeth. People were pulling out their fake teeth and it was kind of nasty, but this elderly guy in our group who hadn't done anything to participate until this point and he basically the only older guy because all the guys in our section happened to be younger, pulled through by pulling out a little black comb he had in his pocket. They counted in as "false" teeth. The last contest was to send up a guy who looked most rugged, manly, and bikerish. Well I am telling you, it just happened that all the guys in our group were skinny, young, and dressed nice. So we send up this guy who was willing to go and kind of preppy, and the leader said "I didn't mean Miami Vice." Everyone laughed. So then we had to dress them up and get them ready for the Miss Liberty of the Seas Beauty Pageant. It was so funny to see all these guys put on skirts, bras, jewelry, high heels, and hold purses. All the rugged guys total looked out of their element and our guy looked in his element! It was awesome. So they all had to walk down the middle of the stage and walk the cat walk. Our guy walked down in style and gave a big ol' kiss to the camera at the end. Well he ended up winning Miss. Liberty of the Seas and our group won overall! It was a blast! I do have mention that our Miss Liberty of the Seas was in the final video as well and the video ended with his big ol' kiss to the camera. We should have bought it!
They held an international night in the Royal Promenade where they served all sorts of food. We were headed to dinner at the time, so we just enjoyed all the excitement. I thought this carved watermelons and animals made out of fruit were so creative and cute!
Trav really wanted the picture by the mermaid on the wall...so here it is.
The only boxing ring that is currently floating on water. Don't worry, we didn't try it out.
The Windjammer Cafe. This is where we ate most of our lunches. They have a huge buffet and the seating area overlooks the water off the back of the boat. I loved eating over the ocean.
They had a big pirate parade down the middle of ship. If you haven't been on a cruise, know that if you go, you will not get bored. They have so many activities and the fun never ends. You don't even have time to do everything that you want to do.
This was the curtain to the Platinum Theater.
You got to love when you have someone else take your picture and the miss getting one of your heads. We are holding virgin strawberry margaritas that were delightful. We treated ourselves to these a few nights. Not super cheap, but so worth it.
This was our main waiter Glenn. He was so friendly and nice. He always made she the ladies were served first and that he got their order first. He gave us a puzzle to solve where we had to use 6 straws to make 4 triangles. We could not figure it out forever. He was loving the fact that he had tricked us. Well while he was away, another waiter came over and helped us figure it out. Glenn couldn't believe it when he came back, it was a lot of fun!
So we went on our cruise from a Sunday to a Sunday. We knew that when we returned back to the port we would not be ready to go home and get back to work. So we decided to plan one night in Miami. We stayed at this nice resort that was on the beach. In the picture below you can see where we were able to swim in the ocean. What was neat about this location was that you could go clear out to the end of that pier and the water was only up to your chest. So there was plenty of space for everyone. We enjoyed the ocean and the pool at the resort. That night we drove around looking for somewhere good to eat. We saw a lot of people at this little tiny restaurant on the side of the street, so we went there. We were able to seat on a table outside by the street and enjoy the Miami night life.
This is on the plane ride home. We may have been smiling, but I don't think that we were ready to go home. We did have a great time together. After living through this last year of Trav's constant studying and stress, and my full time work and trying to finish up may degree, we sure did enjoy all the good times we spent together in Miami and on the Carribean Cruise. It was nice to be together 24/7! There is no one else I would rather spend my time with! I love you Trav!
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