4-Night Monarch of the Seas - Suite Life - Picture Review

BeeeJay · June 21, 2012

I would like to officially submit my application for the position of "Cabana Boy" for your group on your next cruise.:p

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

I would like to officially submit my application for the position of "Cabana Boy" for your group on your next cruise.:p

Haha, well you're up for consideration if your resume includes "buying fruity drinks." :D

BeeeJay · June 21, 2012

Haha, well you're up for consideration if your resume includes "buying fruity drinks." :D

Perfect, that is my primary talent!

CamaCama · June 21, 2012

Really want to book a cruise that goes to Coco Cay after reading this, looks like so much fun!!

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

I visited the girls' table again at dinner (actually, Rachel and Danielle came to visit us first), and Meredith and I were nerding out over cameras. We were talking about settings we like, and we decided to go take a photo walk.

Meredith and I went to my room to get my camera, and we found these cuties:

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We ran into Will and Baylor (Bridgette's little brother) on the stairs -

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

Then Emily, who we used as our first "subject"

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This girl loves to pose.

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Ellen, and my "money" shot of the night:

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

Ellen has a model face. And she's just talking to us right here - not even trying.

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

Why not shoot through the naked lady statue by the pool?

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And here's my partner photographer -

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Yeah, we're nerds.

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

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Edited June 21, 2012 by LittleMissMagic

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

Then we ran into these ladies who wanted to know if we had seen Rachel. They had all given her their keys (why?) and wanted to go back to the room to change.

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Meredith and I told them we'd meet them at the Battle of the Sexes Game Show.

But changing? Great idea! Meredith and I decided to change (since we looked rather ridiculous photographing in our dresses).

And we found Rachel...

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

They had a towel animal, too.

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And so did Liz and Danielle (this is how the room looks like with the beds rearranged - much easier to walk around in!)

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Then we went back to my room so I could change.

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

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Rachel caught up with us for the show (and gave the girls' their room keys so they could change)

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Battle of the Sexes was funny, but it was pretty crowded. We should've gotten there early so we could participate.

This is a man trying to drop a ping pont ball (yes, between his butt cheeks) into a cup:

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The men won. They said this was unusual. The women were really disappointing.

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

Meredith, Rachel and I then went to the club.

See the lady in the orange and white striped dress? She was incredibly drunk, but incredibly entertaining. She kept coming to get us to dance with her. It was a really lame night in the club - except for this lady.

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The other girls caught up and asked for my card to sneak Blair in, but Blair was scared to after the night before when they asked her if she had already come in. So instead, she sat outside the club and pouted (yeah, I heard there were some tears...). Meredith felt bad for her, so she went back to the room with her.

Rachel, Liz, and I danced in the club for a little while, then went to walk around the ship.

That's when we saw this lady passed out drunk:

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She had been dancing with the lady in the dress.

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I didn't want to get too close, but I did creep from above.

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They put out a caution cone after they moved her. That might be vomit on the ground.

LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

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LittleMissMagic · June 21, 2012

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Entertaining night, but time for bed!

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LBumb · June 21, 2012

great job

Tom_n_Sara · June 21, 2012

We'll be on the Monarch in November but doubt we'll have as much fun as you all seemed to. Great picture Review!

Balo2012 · June 22, 2012

Thanks for sharing this! My fiance and I are going in a couple weeks, for our honeymoon right after the wedding :) I can't wait!

LittleMissMagic · June 22, 2012

The next morning, we woke up in Nassau. The night before, we realized that we had dropped anchor around 1:00 AM and were floating right outside of Nassau.... so once again, Meredith and Rachel didn't get to see the ship pull into port.

Dad ordered breakfast to the room. That was one of our favorite suite perks - being able to order off the dining room menu.

Today was the day for family excursions. It wasn't intended to be - our initial plan was to get all of the girls on their own excursion, but they couldn't agree on an excursion, and it just didn't work out.

We had Danielle for the day. Rachel and Danielle came to our room that morning and finished our breakfast. Then we headed off the ship to walk around Nassau.

We had to go by the girls' room, first. I'm not sure if the girls really needed the oceanview - I rarely saw the curtains open in their room.

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Here's their TV - pretty dated.

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LittleMissMagic · June 22, 2012

Here's the building you pass through to enter Nassau -

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We headed to the straw market because Danielle's mom wanted her to experience this.

They had some pretty classy souvenirs.

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The girls weren't interested in navigating the compact aisles in search of souvenirs, so we moved on.

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LittleMissMagic · June 22, 2012

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Rachel and Danielle went in and out of jewelry stores. My one request was Cariloha. I had given my boyfriend a bamboo t-shirt from Cariloha, and he loved it (he is a lover of all things soft). I had to get him another.

After that, we decided to head back to the ship and eat lunch.

LittleMissMagic · June 22, 2012

We passed by the straw market again, and I snapped some quick photos (I always feel bad taking pictures in there, because as soon as they see the camera, they want me to buy something - and I don't really blame them... but I don't want their souvenirs, either).

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