Friday afternoon we arrived at Port Canaveral around 130 and quickly boarded the ship. The process was so easy. We stopped by our cabin: 4511. The bed was set up as a king so we called housekeeping. They assured us it would be separated by 3 pm. The first thing we noted was the lack of storage. A small closet and four small drawers were adequate for our 3 night cruise, but not for much longer.
We headed up to the Lido deck for lunch. Food was hot. The hot dog and hamburger buns were hard, but otherwise everything else was pretty good. When we entered out cabin to change, we noticed a note explaining the maitre'd had changed our time for dinner. Oh heck no! We marched up to the dining room trying to find out what the deal was. He acknowledged the mistake and placed us at a larger table. His grace and humor made the experience quite funny.
Then it was pool time. We found two chairs on the second deck, but we were attacked by bugs originating either from the towel or the nearby trash. We quickly got up just in time to go for the muster drill. The crew moved everyone toward the back of the ship even though our muster station was at the front of the ship. It was slightly annoying to have to walk all the way to the back, wait in the traffic jam that created and then walk back to the front of the ship when we got on Deck 7. The muster drill went quickly. I was surprised my fellow passengers were not taking it more seriously given the recent news, but it was clear many of them were well on their way to their first vacation hangover. After the muster drill, we hustled back up to the pool to score two poolside seats.
The cruise staff did a great job creating a party atmosphere with the DJ for the Sail Away Party. My favorite part was they faked a flash mob with dancers coming together on the floor in their regular clothes and no name tags. It was so fun. We listened to the music and when it started to get dark we headed down to get ready. For dinner, we were at a table for eight, but only two other people showed up for dinner. They were a delightful man and woman in their eighties. We had fun with them. We were impressed with both the food and service at dinner. Post dinner we headed to the Bolero lounge for the piano player. We had the best time singing along with Patrice. He was one of the best sing along piano players I have ever heard. It was fantastic!! A great end to day one.
Day two
We spent the morning at the pool listening to the great band. We headed down to the Dining room for lunch. Again, the food was good. They have a great salad bar where you pick the ingredients and they make you a chopped salad. After lunch, we headed into Nassau. We had a great time walking around and shopping. It was a beautiful sunny day. I really liked we had a long time in port ( 1230 pm - 1130 pm) so we didn't feel rushed. Back on the boat, we spent the afternoon at the pool and then it was off to dinner and the piano bar once again. After closing down the piano bar, we headed up to the deck party. The DJ had it rocking! There was some dancing and some pizza eating. We arrived at the cabin to find a hanging monkey!
Day 3
This was a day of rest. We were not able to dock at CoCo Cay so it became a sea day. We spent the day around the pool and watching movies in the room when the weather turned. We were planning to head back to the piano bar but the ship's rocking sent me to bed early.
Day 4
Debarkation was easy and quick. We slept in and left our cabin about 915 am to do self assist off the ship.
Overall - I paid $250 per person for the cruise. It was an incredible value and a ton of fun. I would go again in a second. It is the perfect weekend away.
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