Travel Crazy: The Ship, Day 10

The final day of the cruise we were sailing back to Barcelona, so we got the entire day to explore and enjoy the ship. And let me just tell you, there was plenty to do. Our ship was amazing.

Let's begin with our room: we stayed in a suite, since we had a pretty big group. It was beautiful; two bedrooms and a living room where Caroline and I slept. We also had a gorgeous outdoor balcony, which hung over the back of the ship. So when we entered and exited the ports, we saw everything. Beautiful views, beautiful sunsets. It was amazing.

As for the ship, there was everything, everywhere. People, pools, restaurants, overwhelming and interesting things to behold, ALL the time. There were two big pools, next to each other, with a huge hot tub in between(you could watch movies on the big screen, in the hot tub, at night). There was a skydeck with lounge chairs for gold members only, which we were(because of the suite). There was also rock climbing(I got to the top!), ice skating and a wave rider that we did on the last day. For our meals on the ship there were also about 5 or 6 different restaurants. One of these was a main dining hall, with 3 levels and assigned tables for each family. We ate dinner here every night. The food and service were fantastic! Our waiters were Eriberto and Dikkie and after 7 nights with them, they knew all of us by name and we all chatted like old friends. On a couple of nights the waiters and chefs came out and sang or walked around the restuant and all the diners would wave their napkins in the air(we were pretty cool like that). Two of the dinner nights were more formal and we dressed up for the occasion. After each dinner we would go out for a stroll along the pool deck and watch the sunset.

Each night there was a different show. We went to the "In the Air" show, which was full of amazing acrobatics and dancers and lights. People would run across the floor with huge twirling fabric and jump into a hole in the ground and then fly right back up from a trampoline. It was amazing. The adults went to a couple of other shows, also. One of those nights the kids rented a movie, got some appetizers from downstairs and hung out in the room. On the other one, Theo stayed with the adults at the show while Caroline and I explored the ship(and played elevator tag :). The Royal Promenade was the central area of the ship, with shops, restaurants, lights and music. It was lot of fun to explore at night as well. There were (literally) thousands of photo opportunities in this area as well as other parts of the ship.