Cupcrazy

Last breakfast at Windjammer

While we were walking down the hallway one of the Owner's Suites was open and the room steward let us go in to take a look. FYI... The guests had already vacated the cabin.

DISEMBARKATION DAY

Disembarkation was very smooth. We had luggage tags for 9:30am and they were right on time. Our luggage was in the terminal waiting for us and the line for customs was no more than 20 minutes. Once outside the terminal we picked up the shuttle for Hertz and picked up our cars. Once again we stayed (1 night) at Marriott SpringHill Suites Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port before flying home to Toronto.

We woke up and we were back at Port Everglades :(

Cleaning up for the new passengers

We looked down into the water and there were TONS of jellyfish

Will the ship survive, by the time we are all done with her?:D

She's going to need to go into dry dock...

No don't do it because Nate is going to change to our dates of 10/4/2015 Independence of the Seas!!

Wishes he could, but no he's not.

Great review! You guys looked like you had a blast!

Thank you very much!

Nate, I booked this excursion the last time I was in St. Maarten. However, I booked it on my own and not through Royal. Obviously it costs us less money, but it sounds like it was the same trip!!

Do you remember who you booked with and how much it cost?

Cupcrazy i'm in love with your reviews so nice authentic and explain every details to help others

Can you tell me what camera you use? It takes awesome pictures

Thanks for the nice words! I use a Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS. It shoots in full HD. I've had it for a couple years and have been able to some really good shots from it. I would get a DLSR but I don't want to have to carry it around with me.

Before my last cruise I bought the luggage tag holders from Amazon. I am very happy with the purchase

For our sailing we will be stopping in Falmouth for Patties. Is yours? Perhaps you want to change your dates. :p

Our cruise will be Eastern Caribbean cruising to San Juan, St. Maarten & St. Kitts. St. Kitts is a port we've never been to and is one reason we chose this sailing. I can't wait for Oasis & Allure to change their itineraries so I can book them again and go to different islands.

I will be back tomorrow to finish this off as well as post the daily Compass'.

Thanks for continuing to follow...

To help passengers not get lost while on the ship there is a lot of signage around to assist.

In the elevator lobbies this sign will help you locate different venues around the ship. The curved end will always point you to the front of the ship. This sign will also tell you which coloured quarter you are in. In this case we are in Yellow which means Starboard aft elevator lobby.

This sign, still in the elevator lobby, closer to the cabins will tell you which way to turn to find your cabin

Down the cabin hallways you'll find this sign. The nose of the ship is always pointing forward. There is a little arrow on the left side of this sign which points forward. Also, You can see the background of the 11 is green as is the circle around the outside of the sign

Each cabin door sign also has the coloured outline and the arrow pointing towards the front of the ship

In the entertainment areas of the ship these signs will help you find what is on that deck. Again, the ship faces forward.

James Brown performed all week in the Bow & Stern Pub. He was the pub entertainer on our Oasis trip last year and he was fantastic. I never went to see him this trip but When I walked but I never saw a big turnout for him. If you're on Allure and he's there give him a listen.

My last activity of the cruise was listening to Matt Ganim play in the Schooner Bar. Like us, this was his last night on the ship too.

Before bed I needed to stop at Cafe Promenade to pickup my last ham & cheese croissants of the trip

When I got back to my cabin I finished packing and placed my bag in the hallway. It was 1am and mine was the only bag out there.

The good news is my bag did not get lost this time.

Seven Hearts Games Room. Deck 14 aft

After dinner we continued to pack and then headed down to the Amber Theatre for the All Ages Comedy Show. The same 2 comedians performed. We found Jim David to be a lot funnier than Phil Palisoul.

There wasn't a big turnout for this show

McKeva (I think I spelled that right) was the comedy host

Hmmmmmmm, I think Roberto gave me the wrong menu

That's more like it

Low Fat Warm Apple Strudel

Frozen Strawberry Souffle

Pear Chocolate Crisp

Banana Split

Angus Beef Sliders

Rigatoni Pasta

Aged Manhattan Strip Steak

Rosemary Lamb Shank

The Christmas Coke cans have made their first appearance

Share a Coke with DAD

Eggplant and Kalamata Olive Tartare

Pan Seared Sea Scollops and Chorizo

French Onion Soup

Baked Feta Cheese Salad

The last supper

Every night we were in the MDR our waiter, Roberto, had these fruit salads ready for my nieces

mmmmmm fresh buns

Spanish Tapas Plate

Cup crazy, we are on her the week before you. It would have been nice to meet you. We will prepare her for you arrival.

You'll have to do that. Or change your dates...

My team won the silver medal. This completed my medal tally on this cruise of 1 Gold, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze.

It was one of those days...

We had an appointment at the Next Cruise desk. We booked a 7 night cruise on the Independence for October 25 2015. They gave us $700 obc per cabin. We've since cancelled & re-booked under the Vow to Wow sale. The price was more than $700 less and we have $300 obc per cabin.

Time to pack :(

One last sunset

Adult volleyball competition

Me, killin' it serving

Up on deck 15 everyone was enjoying their last day on the ship

Teen (12-17) volleyball competition

The National Review magazine was having their annual cruise. Henry couldn't decide what side of the country he was on...

Democratic Henry

Republican Henry

Back in the cabin we saw some dolphins swimming next to the ship. This was the only photo that turned out

Having some fun

The donuts aren't anything to write home about.

In the Promenade was the "every piece of crap for $10" sale. Also, they were getting ready for the Coach 25% off sale. Staff placed all the purses on the tables while people were standing behind ropes. I wish I was taking a video when they said ok the sale is on. People (women) rushed like there was no tomorrow. Grabbing whatever they could get their hands on. It was kind of like Those Black Friday videos you see on Youtube. It was nuts! I think the woman behind the counter had a heart attack.

I looked at a couple men who were around me and we all had that "are you kidding me" look on our faces.