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Remember that outdoor buffet I was talking about? Well here it is…”The Grill”. They would serve hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, fruits and more. Like all of the cruises, they would always bring out the huge grills and have a cookout.

 

 

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The pool deck consisted of the main pool, 4 hot tubs, and 2 twisting slides.

 

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Of course it had the water ledge, which I really like around the edges of the pool. That way if I don’t feel like getting in, I can just sit there while my little one swims. Well, the one thing different about this cruise is that my daughter learn to swim this past summer. So, I was really happy that she would be able to swim in the pools without her floatie on. When we went to the pool, she was acting like she was going to jump in…you talk about some grandparents/parents freaking out because they thought she was coming in without us. Finally she went for it…the only problem is, yep its salt water and she WAS NOT expecting that. It really caught her off guard and when she came up for air she gasp, which obviously made it look to the other parents like she was drowning. The staff looked like they were ready to save the day and rescue her while they glared at me with their beady little eyes like I was the worse parent in the world. I swear, my daughter can swim. She just didn’t expect it to be salt water and it threw her in to shock. So after finding out it was salt water, she said “I don’t want to swim here anymore”. LOL

 

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She decided to try the pool on the opposite side of the big pool. It's a little "hole in the floor"...and I do mean HOLE. You have to climb WAY DOWN in order to get in it. I thought it was kind of dangerous for a child to do and I had to help her all the way down. The pool was 3’9’ constant there. There was a “round bar” chair that went all the way around it. Of course a child couldn’t sit on it, so she would walk on it. At this point the staff had moved from the main pool area (while remaining up on the top deck where the band plays) over to the side we were on…still glaring at the “bad parent for letting her child almost drown”. They were now watching me like a hawk. So, I guess I showed them (well actually my daughter did)…she was swimming all over the place, and no she can’t touch there. So after a while, they finally stopped babysitting me and hopefully chalked it up to just an incident in the other pool because OBVIOUSLY she CAN swim by herself.

 

 

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There were 4 hot tubs, located in each “corner” of the pool area. People seem to flock to these in groups. There would be a hot tub completely full while the others were empty. Maybe they were all together, maybe they were cruising alone and wanted to meet new people, maybe they were stalking someone with a hot body that got in to the tub. Who knows? I just thought it was weird.

 

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This is “The Oasis” seating area around the pool. I noticed this “Pool side casino” sign and wondered about that because there was never a “pool side casino” while we were on there. Maybe they did away with it?

 

 

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As you can kind of see in the picture above, there are tables lined up along the windows (as always), then they had another row of tables along the poles. Then there were 2 rows of regular lounge chairs, then another row of tables with the nicer chairs IN FRONT of them alongside of the pool. I don’t know if the other ships are like this, but I’ve never noticed that before. So if you were “sunning” by the pool, you were not actually “by the pool” because tables and chairs were in front of you. I don't think I actually got a shot of the sunning chairs when they were put out. This shot is on one of those days we were just walking through the area, maybe I took it even when we first arrived and they didn’t have the lounge chairs out.

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Another shot of the tables along the wall of windows:

 

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Let’s talk about the pool slides. From the below shot you can see this is the back of the main pool (also where the “hole” pool is located) and where you end up when you finish coming down the slides. There are 2 to choose from. The funny part is, when you walk up the stairs to the slide both sides end up at the same HUGE deck where the employee tells you when to “go”. We kept walking up the same set of steps and my daughter kept trying to go down each slide and he kept pointing to one slide and tell us to go down that one. I know, they are the same thing, but to a child, they are different and she wanted to try both. So, finally I ask why we couldn’t go down the other slide. He told us because we needed to use the opposite stairs to use that slide. Um, ok, there wasn’t anyone else on the slides at the time and we were on the same deck landing and you can’t just let us pick the other slide once? Really? There’s no one else around. So we had to go down our “normal-done-went-down-5 times-slide” again and cross across to the other side to climb those stairs for her to experience THAT slide.

 

 

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Also, once again, they would not allow my daughter to go down the slide by herself. I think I have already proven to you guys that she CAN swim by herself and it’s not like the slides even pour out in to a pool area or anything. What is the problem here? (She’s a big girl, so she says and will gladly tell you that in a heartbeat, and she’s also a little sneaky when she wants to be. So what do you think happened? Yep, she got up to the top before mommy did and took off down the slide by herself on the first run…she showed them. Of course I had to stop it from happening again or I would be back on the “bad parent list” again.

 

 

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Lets move on to a few "night" shots...everybody loves night shots right?

 

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What an amazing way to see a different NCL ship.......through your super photos and entertaining review!! :)

Thank you SO much for taking the time to post it!

I'm very glad your son was ok after his accident.......you never stop worrying about them, do you, no matter what their age?

Looking forward to more! ;)

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The setup of the pool area leading up to the Bier Garten reminded me of the back kiddie pool area on the Spirit. There are rows and rows going up decks of lounge chairs. Plenty of room for people to sit and layout. I NEVER ONCE encounter or seen ANY chair hogs on this cruise. There was ALWAYS some place to sit. ALWAYS.

 

Here's a shot while we were walking up the multiple layers of steps, there's a lot of steps and levels, so this shot doesn't begin to show how many there is, but you get the idea right?

 

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I usually take multiple pictures at the Bier Garten, especially at night, but for some reason we really didn't hang out too much up there this time around. Here's a small shot while sitting at one of the tables, which was were we sat during the sail away party...more on why we were up there under the roof later. :rolleyes: So you'll be able to see the rows of chairs on the multiple decks from those pictures.

 

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I do have to mention Xcite. They were the band that played pool side (you know, up where the pool employees were glaring at me with their beady little eyes when we were swimming) and they were AWESOME. They played songs that got people up and dancing. They played the line dance songs and anything interactive with the crowd AND they were really good! I do enjoy me some Jamaican Reggae music on a cruise to get you in that Caribbean spirit, but I also enjoyed this too.

 

When the band wasn’t playing they were piping Christmas music threw the speakers. Every Christmas song possible was played on this cruise over and over and over. The one that sticks out in my mind the most was “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” and it gave me a chuckle every time. Yea, there was NO convincing me of that one. It was hot, sunny, and the beautiful Caribbean water. Wasn’t looking like any type of Christmas I’ve ever experienced before and I was just fine with that!

 

Ok so we are still standing at the Bier Garten. If you turn toward the back and walk down, there is an area that you walk back up and there are some really neat round cushioned chairs to hang out in…and people did. I never got a picture of them because when I had my camera with me, someone was in the seats and I hardly wanted them to think I was taking a picture of them. All the other times, there was never anyone in them. But, check them out if you get a chance. It’s a pretty cool place to hang out in comfort if you wanted too. It’s almost a small deck to itself and they have them on both sides of the ship.

 

Another mental note for any of you who plan on sailing the Star…if you keep walking toward the front of the ship, you know, past the comfy chair area, there is also a hot tub up there. I very rarely seen anyone there and I’m not sure many knew about it. Of course I never had my camera with me every time we passed and the one time I did have my camera with me of course there was someone in it. Once again, I don’t want to look like a stalker running up and taking a picture of someone I don’t know.

 

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We are not really "sports" people (as you can tell by my workout room comments) except for the hubby is a skater, me-I get my exercise at work by walking all over the hospital, but I managed to snap a couple of pictures of the basket ball court if you are so inclined to chase a ball back and forth:

 

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I also took a picture of the checkers game for giants:

 

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I believe they did have a chess game too, but once again, no camera when I passed it. Are you seeing the pattern of no camera at times? Yea, there's a story behind it....to come later in one of my rants.

 

I thought I would throw in a random picture at night of the "Star" all lit up just to see if you guys are actually paying attention:

 

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I have to say, it was EXTREMELY windy out the night I took this picture. I must have taken about 10 or more shots and they were mostly blurry from the movement. I had my camera stabilizer on, night mode, everything and this was the best shot I could get. I propped my hand up against one of the light post to stabilize the camera even more and hoped for the best...hoping for the best about 3 times before I actually got this crappy shot. Then I gave up. So, this is what you get.

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What an amazing way to see a different NCL ship.......through your super photos and entertaining review!! :)

Thank you SO much for taking the time to post it!

I'm very glad your son was ok after his accident.......you never stop worrying about them, do you, no matter what their age?

Looking forward to more! ;)

 

Thanks for joining us in this adventure.

 

I know what you mean. I have my other adult children but for some reason I don't worry about them quite as much. They grew up very active with riding 4 wheelers, dirt bikes, go carts, driving around on land and got their license when they were 16. Plus the fact that they have always been "into" cars and building them. This son waited until he was 18 and never had any "interest" in any of the above things that my other 2 kids did. So he worries me a little more. :( We're trying to work things out with the insurance company. Hopefully we won't have any problems.

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Staying on the same deck, we’ll head back to the aft of the ship and out toward the kiddie pool area.

 

 

When walking through the buffet area, when you come out the end (past the yummy ice cream area) you come in to this cute little hallway leading out to the pool area. They call this the "Splash Down" kids pool.

 

 

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The wall is really cute

 

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This is not painted on the walls, it's actually some type of hard plastic that sticks out and applied to the walls:

 

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My daughter begged for one of those drink umbrellas that day. She used it to accessorize her outfit. (Notice it's in her mouth for this pose). I tried to tell her it did not match, but she refused to remove it for the picture.

 

Now off to the fun splash zone...yippee! One of the main reasons we wanted to cruise this ship (our daughter is a water lover) and because of the atrium. (She absolutely LOVED the Spirit's aft where the kids pool was). So off we went to explore that area.

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As I said previously, we wanted to go on this ship because they had an “actual” kid’s pool area separate from the adult area. My daughter is in to dinosaurs (which is the Dawn), but the Space Ship theme would just have to do this time around. She has been learning about space and planets at school, so I thought she would still be satisfied.

 

They had 2 of the “bigger” kid’s slides that emptied out in to a pool area. The day we were there (and yes you heard that right the DAY we were there) the gate was closed on one side and the pool was full of munchkins. I’m not sure why it was closed because it had the water running, there was no official “closed/caution/do not enter” type of tape or sign anywhere or anything. So, we were thinking maybe one of the kids just happen to hit the door and it closed. My husband opened it back up and all was good.

 

 

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Since these slides emptied in to a mini pool area, it seem like the kids would slide down and then stay down in the pool…in everyone’s way trying to actually make use of the slide. No parents ever said anything to their child about moving either.

 

There was a “mini-baby” slide too. My daughter stepped up on it, slid down and she was done with it.

 

 

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The rockets situated in the middle of the slides were actually a shower to rinse off.

 

 

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The main pool was small and I think it’s only 1 ½ feet deep? It was crowded with kids that wanted to splash…which I understand, that’s what they do…and so does mine. BUT, here’s the drawback… There is no place to sit. Well, there was a bench there, which “maybe” fit about 5 people on it and of course it was full. Almost this entire area is raised…you have to walk up steps to get to the pool and slides and there really isn’t much room for any seats. But if it’s up there, and you have to watch your children, then you are going to stand around OR just plop down on the floor like I did and camp out. I’m a firm believer in plopping down. I do it all the time. I do it at home some times, I’ll do it when I’m helping my daughter get dressed or putting her shoes on, I’ve been known to do it in a store if I’m going through a bottom shelf looking for a certain color and size of something…plop, down I go on the floor while I go through things. I’ve plopped waiting on a show to start, plopped waiting in a line that isn’t moving…I’m a plopper. There I’ve admitted it. The first step is admitting you have a problem. Now where can I get help? (I guess my cure will come when I get to the point that I can’t get back up right?....did I mention I gained 7 pounds on this cruise? That might stop me if I keep going at this rate with my cruises).

 

 

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Ok, see that "bench" looking blue thing at the hand rail in front of the steps? That's the ONLY seating they have here. They don’t even have seating around the bottom half for people. I think there was maybe 2 picnic tables around the edges, out of site from the pool, but of course if you sit there, you can’t watch your little one that is up on deck.

 

Then they had some Ping-Pong tables there as well…

 

 

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So that's pretty much the kids pool deck area.

 

Oh, I did want to mention...the pool is chlorinated (and boy could you smell it), so regular water for the kiddos.

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Ok, it’s a little hot out here and I think it’s time to head inside. Since we just ate all that good buffet food (rolling eyes), let’s do a quick jog around the ship to try to lose “some” of this weight and I’ll post some random shots here and there in no particular order…and too make sure you’re all paying attention again and notice that I switched things up a bit.

 

 

 

If you are so inclined to feel the need to play video games because there just isn’t anything else to do on a cruise ship, there’s a game room here (I believe you swipe your key card to play and I never once seen anyone in there):

 

 

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This is where you can purchase all of those highly overpriced pictures they take of you while on the cruise. For those of you that are latitude members, you will get a discount ONLY ON PHOTOS. You do not get a discount on supplies, cameras, scrapbooks or anything else. I SWEAR that I got my 15% discount on the previous 2 cruises when I purchased my scrapbooks, but maybe not? I’ll have to…yep, check my scrapbook for the receipt. Mentioning this "discount" will be become more relevant later in my report…remember it.

 

 

They sort everything by the day they were taken. Just be aware, they do put pictures behind pictures which make it next to impossible to find some times. I really like the Epic’s system where it has the face recognition photos and all of your photos are all in one place and it tells you exactly where to go to find them. I know there was one day that I KNOW we had our pictures taken in port and we looked all over for them…actually for 2 days and they were nowhere to be found. My husband swore they didn’t turn out or something. I swore we were such a good looking family that someone else purchased them already because they thought it would be a cheaper option than buying art at the art gallery. Toward the end of the cruise, both pictures magically appeared. I guess it was kind of like that saying your mom use to say if someone stole you from me, they’d bring you back quickly. Well they brought ours back this time around.

 

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This is the beautiful library they have there:

 

 

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I managed to snap a shot of the hubby walking through the shopping area. I never did come back and take pictures of it while it was open. It was a pretty nice sized area and was designed just like the Pearl was. I usually only purchase some souvenir tee shirts there and a stuffed animal for the little one. This time I got the tee and hat combo (just like on the Pearl) that said Norwegian Star on it for about $24 after my discount. I also came back later in the week and decided I needed a matching pink sweatshirt to go with it since I do live in a cold state and do go to school at campus…I need more winter stuff. We purchased the little one a rubber type dolphin and a stuffed Shumu whale to match her “pin”.

 

 

Your friendly “cheap” liquor and tobacco duty free store was available to gobble up your money as well. I know that cigarettes are MUCH more expensive on the Star than any other ship by about $30 for one of their 5 carton “deals”. I don’t know if they increased the prices fleet wide recently or each ship sets their own price.

 

 

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Oh that nice $2700 baguette diamond ring that the employee at the jewelry counter was trying to get me to buy because it would look so nice on my finger and she was giving me such a great deal by letting me have it for “only” $1700... yes it was nice, but not “that” nice. We purchased a new black diamond ring for the hubby with my (not tooting my own horn) jackpot winnings one night from the slot machines and here it is 3 years later and 2 diamonds have fallen out and the band looks like total crap…all scratched up. Nope, I think I’ll pass on these “great deals”.

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On to The Red Lion Pub that is located on deck 7. This was a neat little place and was ALWAYS hoping especially at night. You were lucky to make it through there. They had karaoke there. This place kind of reminds me of the Spirits little area that I believe they considered it the Blue Lagoon, but it was so cute and along one of the walkways from one side of the ship to the other.

 

 

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You could also get popcorn, hot dogs, and nacho’s with cheese there all the time. We would always grab a couple of bags of popcorn when we were headed to the shows in the Stardust Theater. It was a nice little treat and on the same deck.

 

 

 

They had a “public” piano in there, so if you could play the piano, you were welcome to play. I only remember hearing some kids on it one day playing like chopsticks or something. Nothing big.

 

 

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Remember that outdoor buffet I was talking about? Well here it is…”The Grill”. They would serve hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, fruits and more. Like all of the cruises, they would always bring out the huge grills and have a cookout.

 

 

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You mentioned your love of bacon earlier. The grill has some of the best burgers, onion rings, bacon, hot dogs, sausages, and hard ice cream during the lunch rush. My wife and I liked it better than the buffet offerings.

 

Your pictures are incredible. If I had to show someone what it was like to be on the Star, I'd use this thread. You capture it perfectly.

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Oh back on the ice cream...there was a cute little built in the wall ice cream stand in the area hallway leading out to the kids pool area. It was adorable...it was also NEVER opened. I wondered if they closed it and decided to have the icecream area in the buffet right there by the doors because of it? :confused:

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You mentioned your love of bacon earlier. The grill has some of the best burgers, onion rings, bacon, hot dogs, sausages, and hard ice cream during the lunch rush. My wife and I liked it better than the buffet offerings.

 

Your pictures are incredible. If I had to show someone what it was like to be on the Star, I'd use this thread. You capture it perfectly.

 

I peaked over there several times and the hubby would go grab a plate of fruit here and there, but we never ate anything there. I guess I missed out. I did see several people during the cruise outisde up at the Bier Garten with HUGE...I mean HUGE hamburgers and looked juicy and good and they said they got them there. I meant to try them, but just never got around to it or by the time we got out there, they didn't have it open anymore.

 

Thanks for the comment on the pictures. A lot more to come.

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I know there is a lot more to the ship, but these are the only pictures I managed to take and that we were in most of the time. Sorry to those of you that might be looking for a different venue that I didn't post. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I didn’t even find Cagney’s or the Star Bar until the day before we got off. I had no idea where it was at. So no pictures there.

 

 

 

 

So I guess this brings me to an end of the actual ship “tour”. I will start working on my daily review and port reviews as soon as I get some pictures together.

 

 

 

 

I hope you all are enjoying it.

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Oh wait, I almost completely forgot...THE KIDS CLUB!! Geesh, here I thought I was ready to start working on sorting all of my daily pictures and thoughts.

 

My apologies to all of the parents out there waiting for these pictures and details.

 

 

The kids club seems to be liked by all of the kids. I had parents telling me that their kids were saying this was by far the best kids club they’ve been to. I’m not what made it so different, but they all seem to like it. I can say that the staff was excellent! The activities they do with the kids are outstanding. They had a theme (just like the other ships) every night and they told stories about whatever the theme was, read books, did projects making things related to the theme, watched movies and did parades. One of the best things…they put on a show, several times at the Stardust Theater. More of that in my actual review.

 

 

They have 2 separate areas at the kids club. To the right are the older kids and a huge room. To the left are the 2-5 year olds and a lot smaller.

 

 

 

They pretty much have a floor of their own. This is on the 13th floor on the aft of the ship. It’s really neat. You can only use the middle elevator to access it. It’s the only elevator that goes up there. Or you can get off on deck 12 and walk up the steps there that only lead to the kids club.

 

 

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They were festive up there as well with a tree and decorations. There was a sign I meant to take a picture of on the stairs (it was huge and covered the wall) and it was a picture of an elf that said “Welcome to the North Pole, now go home!”. LOL (You can kind of see it in the picture above)

 

 

 

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Like all of the ships, sign up for the kids club is the first day when you get on and you get to tour the area. I took plenty of pictures for your enjoyment.

 

 

This is walking in to the area I thought was going to be the kids club for our daughter but ended up being the "big kids" area:

 

 

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A little something to climb on in the big kids area:

 

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Big kids area and where we went to sign them up (all ages)

 

This is also the area you have to go to sign them up for any "after hours" sitting services. The kids are brought to this area and dropped off for...like the WHITE HOT party parents that have kids and must do something with them.

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This is the area the munchkins got to watch movies in:

 

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I think I need one of those mats for my "plopping" habits. At least it would be a soft plop.

 

The Freestyle Jungle Gym play area, where you're free to bang yourself up and drain all of your energy before leaving for the night. Take notes kids, make sure you have drained yourself so much that when your parents pick you up and you stop to eat before retiring to your room, you manage to fall asleep and have to be carried back to the room, dreaming, kicking, fighting, oblivious to your surroundings along the way. High Five for trying to wear your parents out on the walk back to the room on a full stomach.

 

 

 

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Down the hall and around the corner of the jungle gym:

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On around the corner...notice the books on the shelf? Tell me what kid can get a book and sit down in those chairs and be able to concentrate on reading with a full blown jungle gym starring them in the face. That's like putting a chocolate cake in front of a fat kid (just a saying folks, don't get bent out of shape and I'm not discriminating against weight, well...maybe my weight and especially the 7 pounds I gained while I was on the cruise). Hmmm, maybe I should have rephrased that since it doesn't really fit "me" since I don't even like chocolate cake. Ok, dumb choice of words I guess, but you get the point. Right?

 

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Just a few more photos from munchkin land…I’m worn out just touring the place. I might need to go back to the spa and actually buy a pass.

 

 

 

This room is the story book time area. I also believe it served as a multi-purpose area because I would see them doing activities in there, making things, playing games, catching bubbles and so on.

 

 

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This is once you are in the room:

 

 

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Doesn't it just overwhelm you with the urge to plop down and read a book or tell a story. I know it does me.

 

Here it is, your worse traffic nightmare (other than the port of NOLA). This SMALL tiny hallway with parents and kids jumping up and down with excitement to enter the kid’s area is just the worse ever. The counselors (or as my daughter called them “teachers”) sit at the end of this hall, in a kids chair with this soft cushiony thing (like the chairs in the Kids Café in the buffet) and this cushiony thingy-ma-bob takes up almost the entire hallway. You have to bend down to a munchkin height to sign them in while your munchkin “tries” to squeeze through the few inches left between the cushiony thing and the wall. Yes, they will hit and drag it every time, pushing the cushiony thing all over the place trying to get in and out. Those said parents that just dropped off their kids are then trying to exit down this small corridor that other parents are also in dropping off their kids and it’s just a cluster flark of madness. If you notice in the pictures, you will also see added cushiony long thingy’s to sit on in the hallway….for added blocking the hallway pleasure for you. Imagine people sitting there AND you trying to get by them as well. Yep, I tried it once, it didn’t work too well. I was in everyone’s way. I would have been better off if I plopped on the floor and curled up my feet and legs against the wall than sitting here.

 

 

 

It was my ONLY complaint for the kids club. THE ONLY…they were awesome and it’s not their fault it’s like this…BUT, all you would have to do NCL to remedy this problem is have the check in maybe in the little room off to the side or right there before the hallway….I don’t know, something, anything, throw me a bone and make the parents happy. This design is just TERRIBLE with a capital everything.

 

 

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I wish I would have taken a picture going the other direction toward where you check them in at their little "cushiony stand", but I guess I didn't think to. I snapped this picture quickly as we were walking out (as you can tell by the blurriness of this picture.)

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One other category that I arranged in my pictures will be called “Artwork”…numerous pictures in the stairways in different locations and different floors. I missed a lot and even found stairways that I hadn’t seen toward the end of the cruise, but once again….no camera at the time.

 

 

Now as I said, I’m not really a picture art type of person, however I thoroughly enjoy the creations they put up on the ships in the stairways. Some are very neat.

 

 

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Sorry for the blur above, my child actually did take this picture.

 

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See the buckets on the floor? Yea, we'll get to that later in the review...

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Last but not least, my daughters favorite pictures. All I heard every time we passed them was “look mommy, look at this fish, I like this fish, I wish I had this fish”. Then she’d move on to the next fish in the picture…“look mommy, look at this fish, I like this fish, I wish I had this fish”.

 

 

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^^^ Just a little blurry picture thrown in for those of you sitting at home sipping on a glass of wine thinking that you've had a little too much to drink at this point.

 

That's the end of my Art pictures on the ship. :D

 

NOW...I think I can officially go back to sorting days out and getting thoughts together for my official daily review. I think...

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For those fans of the creative artwork paintings around the promenade decks...this one's for you.

 

Not too much to say about them, they are colorful, pretty, creative and fancy free.

 

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This "Circus" theme above got me in the mood for a corn dog...seriously, I just went to the freezer and got 2 corndogs and fixed them. I'm sitting down eating them while dipping them in mustard as I post the rest of the pictures.

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