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Saying goodbye to Elaine at the Airport
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Jeff & Mandy on the airplane
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Miami
Sunday March 20th
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Joe enjoyed the pool at the Days Inn
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George & Mercy came to the hotel
& took us to the Port of Miami
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On the Ship
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Mandy headed right up to the bar.
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And Joe right into the pool!
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Beautiful sights of Miami Beach on our
way out
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The ship was beautiful. The Centrum
was open from the fourth floor (where our rooms where) up to the 11th floor!
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Two elevators were open to the centrum
and four were open to the outside for wonderful views.
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The Seaview cafe was open for eating
snacks and meals. They had wonderful strawberry cheesecake.
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The main pool was where most people
hung out during the "at sea" days. There were plenty of chairs on
the two main pool decks.
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There were also two other pools - the
Solarium pool had a retracting roof for hot or rainy days (of which we
had none). And there was a kid pool.
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There were two pool bars for drinks.
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The kid's pool had a water slide.
Joe spent most of our first at sea day in this pool.
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Other things to do on the ship included
rock climbing and mini-golf!
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When we arrived on the ship (two hours
earlier than our scheduled time), they had a beautiful buffet - just the
beginning of a week of non-stop eating!
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The whole wait staff sang for us on
two different occasions.
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Our waiter was great with the kids -
he had a magic trick to show us almost every night.
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Our Stateroom attendant was great at
the towel animal making.
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Labadee, Hispanola
Tuesday March 22nd, - Happy
Birthday Joe!
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Our first stop was Labadee, Hispanola
- Royal Caribbean's private beaches.
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Joe played at the aquapark while Patti
Sue layed on a water mat. Mandy, Jeff & Bill did some snorkeling.
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This picture is acutally deceiving.
It looks like the people are floating close to the ship, but the ship is
actually quite far away. The ship is very big.
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Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Wednesday March 23rd
Dunns River Falls & Shopping
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Our Second stop was in Jamaica - Ocho
Rios. Bill & I walked around the town in the morning and then
got the kids up to go to Dunns River Falls. We really enjoyed the
climb up the falls.
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Bill is acutally in this picture inside
the water fall.
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Rock Climbing on the
Ship
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Joe climbing - look at the wonderful
view as we were leaving Jamaica!
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Jeff won a first place medal for the
fastest climb - 24.94 seconds!
Second place was way behind at 31.76 seconds!
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Even Bill got to climb.
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Again, Joe took advantage of the activities
on the ship.
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Did we mention the food? The desserts
were not only tasty, they were so pretty!
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Jeff enjoyed the food. This night,
he finished up everyone's desserts.
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On our last night, Jeff ordered three
desserts just for himself - AND ATE THEM ALL!
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We had a table for ten that we shared
with the Allens from Colorado Springs. Tom, Trina, Dan, Jeff &
Emmie. We really enjoyed getting to know them and hearing about their
adventures each day.
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The pool party had a caribbean theme
and included line dancing, the congo line and, of course - More Food!
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Georgetown, Cayman
Islands
Thursday March 24th
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There were eight ships in port at Georgetown.
Our captain said that he has never experienced that many ships in port
at once. They really did an amazing job tendering all of the people
to the island.
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We were able to arrange a Stingray City
tour. It was a little disconcerting whether or not we would be able
to do the tour and make it back to the ship on time, but they took good
care of us.
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We all still think that this was the
best excursion of the whole trip. In this picture Joe is holding
the Stingray. They are about 5 to 6 feet wide!
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We also got to do some excellent snorkeling.
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Entertainment
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The first night's show was the best
- Pianoman. Lots of Elton John, Billy Joel & other popular favorites.
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This guy had a lot of energy.
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The Royal Caribbean Singers & Dancers
performed "Welcome to Our World".
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Mosaic is a six member a capella group.
They were excellent.
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There were also performances throughout
the ship at various times.
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Even our captain Kent Ringborn sang
for us. He was very good. Not many ship captains can do that!
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Cozumel, Mexico
Friday March 25th
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We rented a jeep and some snorkel equipment.
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Our first stop was to the Mayan ruins
on Cozumel.
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We had to do a geocache - this one was
right by the ocean.
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we mention the Food? |
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| Formal
Nights |
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| Jeff Allen enjoyed
posing with Mandy |
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| Optix
was the hangout for the 15-17 year old crowd |
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| Goodbye
Radiance of the Seas! |
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| Miami
Beach |
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George & Mercy picked us up at the
ship in Miami and took us to a few of the Miami Beach beaches to enjoy
one last swim in the ocean. We also got a tour of some of the Miami
neighborhoods and a beautiful church.
Thanks guys!
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Loads of Laundry! |
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