LIVE FROM Liberty of the Seas Repo

[EmpressofPurple]

Thank you Denise. We will be on Liberty in 2 weeks and you provided very useful information for all.

 

Thank you for your kind words. I wondered whether my blog-style writing would be valuable for anything other than enjoying a vicarious cruise (one of my favorite reasons to read CC reviews!) through a wordy description and relatively unusual perspective... between this being a one-off itinerary, and one of the last cruises before the planned drydock changes, so many things will be different for upcoming Galveston cruisers.

 

For those following along on the story, my left foot/ankle seem to have nearly completely recovered, mysteriously, on the last day of the cruise. Perhaps avoiding the stairs for the last 10 days, minimizing and slowing my walking speed down a lot helped. So strange! But I'm really happy to be moving around comfortably for the always uncomfortable airport transfers and flights... and especially now for three days of fun at Sea World, Aquatica and Discovery Cove with my daughter!!

 

Soon to come... PHOTOS!!! Stay tuned. I'll post what I have... many of my wonderful crew also took photos of our gang at various activities, events and excursions, and as those arrive via email I'll add them to the review at the end. Wow, we had fun.

 

Thanks again for following along. I truly love reading long, descriptive reviews by others where they share their interests, critiques, raves and complaints about activities that I like myself... or would never (or have never yet) tried!

 

For instance, I'm not someone who loves the rowdy (and, to me, cheesy) game shows such as the belly flop, sexiest man competition, etc. ... but I love that they're available for people who enjoy them, and I have gazed at them from the comfort of the VCL, and sometimes poolside if I'm out of the splash zone.:) (And as mentioned before, I have fiercely competed in the Quest on more than one occasion, especially when traveling with some of my crazy cruising friends.)

 

I know others have never set foot in the gym, walked on the track, gone snorkeling, attended a cabin crawl or slot pull, made friends with strangers at dinner, appreciated exceptional classical guitar playing, sat in the front row of the theatre to cheer and give energy to these hard working young performers who are singing and acting and dancing in front of an audience that wanders in and out, stupefied by too much good food and drink, nodding out, etc. -- and I hope they enjoy reading my descriptions of these events, expanding their view of what's available to them on a cruise.

 

Well, I'm off to an early morning owner's presentation at my timeshare (we're here on a marketing promotion weekend) while my daughter sleeps in... watching the tragic news from Paris as I type this up... hopefully tonight after a full day at Aquatica I'll have some time to upload some photos. In the meantime, here's a quick tease:

 

In port in St. Thomas:

 

On the way into St. John with my pals:

 

St. Martin selfie (yeah, I'm not very good at these):

 

We were in port with the beautiful Jewel of the Seas:

 

The amazing Voytek in action (many more photos to come):

 

Gotta run!!

[widallas]

Are your picture like is not working?

[EmpressofPurple]

Are your picture like is not working?

 

Yeah, there seems to be a problem with the Google photos links, I'll try it again later. Right now relaxing on the beach at the Aquatica wave pool! :-)

 

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[EmpressofPurple]

Okay, I think I've got it now! (Wow, these photos are BIG though... I'll try again later...)

 

In port in St. Thomas:

 

On the way into St. John with my pals:

 

St. Martin selfie (yeah, I'm not very good at these):

 

We were in port with the beautiful Jewel of the Seas:

 

The amazing Voytek in action (many more photos to come):

[Coralc]

Sorry. I don't have a gmail account. Is there a public option?

[ixoye80550]

Thanks for the great day by day description of your cruise. My family is sailing 12/13/15 out of Galveston on LOS. Can't wait!

[KiwiFunCruiser]

Yes, thanks for all the details.

[Amagamma]

Thanks for letting us follow along. We almost booked this last minute but things didn't work out. We love the Liberty, and would have loved this cruise,

[widallas]

Excellent review -- thanks for providing such detailed descriptions and recommendations! Looking forward to Liberty this June. :)

 

Still can't see your photos, though... :confused:

[KMVigs]

I was onboard this cruise too. Was a great trip. Sad that it's over! :(

[EmpressofPurple]

Being back to work today after a whirlwind three-day trip to Orlando with my daughter right after the cruise... Up to my neck catching up on work (despite handling a few issues while traveling)... Still have three bags to unpack and home stuff to tend to as well...

 

Hoping to upload photos and conclude review by this weekend... Will be a great chance to relive this wonderful cruise and reconnect with the great friends I made onboard. Thanks you for your patience! :-)

 

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[EmpressofPurple]

Wow, so I see the large size photos have also disappeared from this thread. Don't know what's going on, and very busy at work this week. I'll try to figure it out and upload in order by this weekend. Stay tuned!!

[nomoreknothead]

When is the Liberty Scheduled for Dry Dock? We sail her May 8, 2016, just wondering!

[sredish]

When is the Liberty Scheduled for Dry Dock? We sail her May 8, 2016, just wondering!

 

January! Well before your sailing. So you'll get the new and improved version with the water slides, etc.

[Beachiekeen]

When is the Liberty Scheduled for Dry Dock? We sail her May 8, 2016, just wondering!

 

January 2016. The 2/7/16 sailing will be the first one post-dry dock.

[DKNYC]

I believe Dry dock is scheduled for January . Looking at the schedule from about Jan 10 to February 7, 2016.

 

Welcome home Denise!

 

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[nomoreknothead]

Thanks everyone for the Dry Dock Time Frame~~ :p

[golfpccc]

When is the Liberty Scheduled for Dry Dock? We sail her May 8, 2016, just wondering!

 

Don't worry, all the work will be done by the time you sail her!! See, you can have a relaxing cruise...LOL.

 

Are you doing a B2B?

 

Carla

[EmpressofPurple]

Driving to the port with Debra:

 

All right, so this shows in "preview post"... let's see what happens when I hit "submit reply"...

[EmpressofPurple]

All right, I can see it... can you? It's HUGE, but it's there.

 

Let me know, if it's not working I'll try to upload to another photo sharing site before I transfer to CC.

 

I want to upload photos more or less in order of the Live From, so you can follow along visually, having followed along verbally for the past two weeks.

[EmpressofPurple]

Debra and I dropped off our bags and walked back to see the Teardrop Memorial in person... first time I had taken pictures with the ship in the background, rather than from the ship! Nice shot with the flag, too.

 

Liberty of the Seas in Port Liberty for the last time:

 

The Verrazano Narrows Bridge, which we will pass under in a few hours... right now, 67 of my fellow Galloway NYC Marathon and Half-Marathon Running Club members are crossing over that bridge in the NYC Marathon!!

 

Nice pic of the Manhattan skyline when the sun came out from behind the clouds for a few minutes (though not as nice as my friend Ken's shot where the Statue of Liberty was lit up as if by a giant spotlight! Post it, Ken!)

 

Sailaway party pics with my soon-to-be best friends:

 

[EmpressofPurple]

Farewell to this place:

 

First Sunset at Sea

 

Amazing aerialist at the Welcome Aboard show

 

The Cruise Director introduced the "A Team"

 

Theatre Curtain (cutbacks! Not as many lovely ladies as on the Explorer!!)

[BecciBoo]

Sorry Denise, I can't see any pics:(

[DKNYC]

Sorry Denise but your pictures don't seem to wanna post. I really want to see them . :(

Wonder if I can post from my phone in Tap a talk?

 

Denise

[DKNYC]

Let's see if this works.

GYM PENGUINS

 

Denise

 

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