Thanksgiving Freedom Cruise 2017...Lots of Pics

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DW and I enjoyed just relaxing in the chairs while the kids played

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Time to get in and check out the water...little decided to go swimming with daddy

 

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The oldest decided to join in on the swimming as well

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This is a view of the beach from the water

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Mommy decided to go in with the little one for a while

I sat back and relaxed for a little while

Surprise surprise the oldest one had to go join in

So of course that meant I should go back in and we all enjoyed a little water time together

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The girls all headed up to the beach and I decided to do some snorkeling. I enjoy this a lot and we have purchased the full face snorkel masks. We did not buy expensive ones we ordered off of Amazon and Walmart for like $30 a piece and I think they are wonderful. I swam out and took a little while but found some fish

 

Below is a few videos while snorkeling you can see the fish better in those

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In this video you can see my mask towards the end of the video

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Thank you for all the pics! We cruise in May and it helps to see it all in advance.

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Thank you for all the pics! We cruise in May and it helps to see it all in advance.

Your welcome...hoping to finish up the last part of it by weekend

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After the snorkeling we decided to start heading back to the ship. Below is two videos of the walk back to the ship from Junkanoo Beach. The split is a stop at Senor Frogs for a photo shoot.

 

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Here is some pics of the girls stopping to take pics with the frogs

 

2nd part of the walk which is from Senor Frogs to the security part to get back to the ship pier

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Photos in front of the Nassau sign

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Walking back to the boat on the pier. This pier is a decent little walk especially when it is hot outside

Glimpse of Atlantis

Picture by the sign with all the stickers on it

Posing in front of the ship

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Heading up the gangway

Time to go get some food...some tacos and watermelon

A burger from Guy's

And a plate with a little of this and that from the buffet...the chicken strips are very good

Along with a few different plates of dessert to share and try

As usual the desserts looked much better than they tasted

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After all of that we thought some mac n cheese sounded really good so a quick trip up to the BBQ to grab a plate and relax

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It was back to the cabin for little relaxation and then it was time to get ready so we could watch sail away before dinner.

We went up to the casino area and the girls danced to music while we took turns losing money in the casino before dinner

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Tonight's dinner menu

The little fell asleep as soon as we ordered food

The oldest started with some brocolli soup which she was not impressed with

We got a few of the canneloni at the table to share which was ok

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I had the conch fritters which were tough just like the July cruise....definitely get these in port if you want to try them not on the ship

The braised ox tongue I highly suggest getting it is very good

DW had some peach soup which was ok

The oldest went with the fried chicken

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I had the carribean pepper steak which was pretty good

I also had the bbq ribs which were just ok

DW went with the linguini

She also got the salmon cake which she thought was good

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Tonight's dessert menu:

The oldest went with strawberry ice cream

DW and I had the sticky tofee bun these are super good and I may have had 2

The little one had some orange sherbert

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Time to head into the show for tonight

For the preshow 2 of the dancers were walking around with a video camera and then it displayed on the big screen

Perfect timing I took a picture while we were on the big screen

 

Here is a short video from the preshow

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One of the songs during the show

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One more shot from the show

I believe after the show we hung out for awhile and then after the busy day of the beach it was back to the room for rest. Here was our towel animal

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Up for the next day which is a sea day and Thanksgiving! I took the girls up early in the morning to go to lido deck to grab a bite to eat and check things out. The towel animals were all set out by the pool

We got some huevos rancheros

Also some sausage and cheese from the buffet

The girls each wanted cereal and some yogurt

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While eating breakfast we got to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the big screen

Some more of the towel animals setup around the pool

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DW had come up to join us watch the parade for a bit and then we headed to MDR for seaday brunch. This is the first cruise that I have tried these Golden Crowns and they are amazing

The oldest got some cottage cheese to start off with

I am telling you these steak and eggs are amazing and today's did not dissapoint

I also found a new love this morning. I decided to order they Hey Pork Chop....wow this is amazing I love the sauce

The oldest got her chocolate pancakes and eggs

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The little one got some fruit loop french toast

I also got some blueberry pancakes which were very good

DW had a headache so she decided to go lay down while I took the girls to the Dr. Suess parade

They called the kids up by different age groups to receive musical instruments

The youngest got a tamborine

The oldest got a cowbell

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We started lining up for the parade after everyone go their instruments

Malcolm came then with Dr. Suess to lead the parade

Thing 1 and Thing 2 also joined in

And Sam I am

We were off the parade had started

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Here is video as we walk along deck 5

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Down the stairs we headed to the atrium

And all the way into the lounge

The kids sat on the stage as we waited for the rest of the parade to join us

Malcolm then came out to read a story but first he needed volunteers

The story was Horton Hears a Who

The girls enjoyed the story and then it was up to hang out in the library by Camp Ocean....they wanted to color

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The girls wanted to see where the captain was so we headed to the front of the ship

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Back to the room to pickup DW and off to tea time. We have done this a few times and wanted to let the girls experience it....needless to say we have yet to be impressed with it.

The little one and everyone else went with the lipton

We had some of the salmon which I was not a huge fan of

The girls got the cucumber sandwich and were not impressed haha

The oldest had some of this choclate thing and they love chocolate so they ate it

We tried a variety of things...there was a tart that was pretty good

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We went back to relax and get ready as tonight was the 2nd formal night. Here is the girls all dressed up

Picture of DW and I dressed up for the night

We made a stop by the tasting bar...I didn't take the picture of what it was called but it is like a spicy pork/beef something it is good whatever it is