8-Day Christmas Cruise on Adventure of the Seas, Southern Caribbean (lots of pics!)

[LittleMissMagic]

She reprimanded us for what we were about to do...

 

 

So did her grandfather. "If they see you doing that, they'll kick you out!"

Rachel - "Oh, it doesn't matter, we aren't even..... we're leaving today!" :D

 

 

We just needed one jump, that's all. :cool:

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Dang, I messed up the post above and waited too late to edit it!!!!! :mad:

 

REDO -

 

She reprimanded us for what we were about to do...

 

 

So did her grandfather. "If they see you doing that, they'll kick you out!"

Rachel - "Oh, it doesn't matter, we aren't even..... we're leaving today!" :D

 

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Dad found a duck...

 

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We took an open air taxi back. The ride was a little rough, and our driver liked to sing along to the music over the intercom... he wasn't exactly an American Idol, but the views were great!

 

Haha!

 

The only public school on the island. The taxi driver told us that they have a ferry which brings students from St. John to St. Thomas so that they can attend school.

 

Swimming center funded by Royal Caribbean

 

Students taking the open-air cab home from school.

 

 

I took a picture of this bridge because it led to nothing.

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We returned to the ship and went straight to the Windjammer for our late lunch/snack/pre-dinner. This will become routine.

 

Rachel and I did a little hot tubbing before returning to our cabin to watch the ship set sail from our balcony and get ready for our first formal night! :)

 

Our cabin attendant had hung up our Clemson Santa hats!

 

 

 

 

 

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Tonight was supposed to be the Captain's Party, but there was a medical emergency onboard (later heard that it was a crew member), so about 30 minutes after we had set sail, we turned the ship back around so we could take this person to the hospital in St. Thomas. They announced several times that this would NOT delay our arrival in St. Maarten tomorrow. However, the captain was unable to attend the party. Sooooo.... they would be doing the entire shindig again on the next formal night - free drinks and all! Heck yeah!!! :D

 

It was sparkly dress night... then again, every formal night is a sparkly dress night.

 

 

 

 

Sadly, we don't have a picture of dear Dad. :( He was looking mighty spiffy in his black suit with a pink dress shirt and burgundy tie.

 

We had pictures taken by there photographer on the staircase. That was the only set of pictures we had taken because we were too consumed by the freebies at the Captain's Party. Also, Mom doesn't like the fake backgrounds, so we always opt for the real staircase, Christmas tree, or centrum/promenade/in this case giant chandelier photo.

 

Well, the next day we went to look at our pictures and... one of our family shots was blurry and the other family shot (actually a good one of us) cut off my left arm while leaving a 3 inch space of random people in the background on the other side of the photo. This is the first time we had worn these dresses, so we were hoping to buy a picture of them... ohh, well!

Edited January 9, 2012 by LittleMissMagic

[LittleMissMagic]

I'm not really a foodie, nor do I remember what I ate for dinner each night, so I apologize for my lack of food reports. I will try to get better at that in the future! :)

 

After dinner, Rachel and I went back to the stateroom to find this little guy...

 

 

We had agreed to meet the people we met last night at Jester's again, but we wanted to see the comedy show. So we went there and asked them if they wanted to see it, too. Then we left and went to the late night comedian.

 

He wasn't very funny. And I think he seriously offended some Puerto Ricans. I mean, everyone expects to get picked on for their stereotype.... but this guy was starting to be a little cruel. He was asking people their jobs. "Any doctors?" Someone said they were a dentist. "Any doctors?" haha... hadn't heard that before. Someone else raised their hand as being a doctor, a surgeon. "Where do you work?" Puerto Rico. "Any doctors?" Dude... PR is US territory and completely credible. No one is laughing.

 

So he was looking for teachers. A lady was a teacher in Puerto Rico. "No, I mean real teachers." What the heck????? That's just being a jerk! The lady seemed mad.

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After that, we went back to the club, and the place was pretty hopping. So we danced. It was really fun - probably the most fun night at the club during the entire cruise.

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The next morning, we woke up in beautiful St. Maarten! There were six ships in port!!! The weather didn't look too promising, so we decided just to walk to the beach in port, rather than take a cab to Orient Beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The beach attendent got us a great spot because he knew of a family that was leaving. We also got chair cushions and an umbrella for free. "Chair cushions and umbrellas are extra." Dad - "But I don't want chair cushions and umbrellas." "Okay, I throw them in for free." :D :D :D

 

 

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The umbrellas proved to be handy during random downpours.

 

I blame my hair on the wind and rain. :o

 

 

 

 

 

Our somewhat demonic looking Mickey Mouse...

 

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There were goats on the hill!

 

 

 

 

 

Our first cruise was on the Disney Magic when we were 5 and 7 years old!

 

 

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[kimberley]

Great review and fab photos

[LittleMissMagic]

As we were leaving this "Eclipse" mega-yacht docked....

 

 

I did a little research, and it belongs to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

 

 

Tonight was the Crown & Anchor loyalty party. We wore our Clemson attire.

 

The party was held in Studio B (ice rink). It wasn't very well-attended, though. They had done their research and pulled out the three couples who had been cruising the longest - one had spent over a year on a cruise ship.

 

They also introduced their new ad campaign, "The Sea is Calling" and gave us chocolates with shells on them. It was cute, but I personally think it's a little corny. My all-time favorite RCI marketing campaign is "Get Out There" - so catchy! I wish they would have just stuck with that. At least they're ditching the Nation of Why Not!!!!

 

The dining room staff serenaded us tonight at dinner....

 

 

Here's what I meant when I said Clemson attire...

 

 

 

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My dad approached someone who he was SURE spoke English. Well, he didn't, so he had to refer my dad to his son.

 

 

I guess it didn't occur to him to flip the camera to take a vertical picture of the Christmas tree. I don't think my dad showed him, either.

 

This random dude is a Tiger fan!

 

 

Then a crew member offered to take a family picture of us! How sweet! I always LOVE RCI's crew!

 

[tanelicus]

You guys have a great family!

[LittleMissMagic]

You guys have a great family!

 

Aww, thank you! I love my family! :)

[raz5]

Great pictures and review. You DO have a lovely family. We leave in 10 days!!!

[LBumb]

awesome review

ready for more

[longwood]

Great review

Fantastic Pictures

Awesome Family!

[LittleMissMagic]

The next morning, we arrived in St. John's, Antigua!

 

We had never been there, before, so this was all new for us!