Fun Old Fashioned Family Christmas Freedom OTS *Live Dec 18-21*

[mandyleighflies]

We had a TIME last night 😆😆. 

 

 

 

We watched sail away from our balcony and I enioyed a glass of vino (or two 😆) 

 

Once out to sea we made our way to the legendary Schooner bar for trivia night. We made a bunch of new friends and indulged in more drinks. 
 

It was a little rocky last night and my mom was feeling it. The wait staff in the MDR was so kind! They brought her green apples and ginger ale. The waves calmed down around 10pm. 
 

Dinner was excellent! 
 

I had the prime rib. 
 

 

Then the Boston Crème Pie cake

 

 

We closed out the night at karaoke in the Viking Crowne followed by the 70’s night festivities in the promenade. 
 

 

Yes. Drink package is worth it. 😆😆 

[mandyleighflies]

Perfect Day at Cococay….

….and it truly was 🌴☀️🌊

 

Rocking the new “waterproof” fanny pack. We shall see 😆 (fast forward to it IS waterproof until some some moron (me) opens it in the wave pool and a wave fills it) 

 

 

Long time no see Allure 

 

We rented a poolside cabana. Now I know this has been a controversial subject with pricing. We got a good deal and to us it was worth it as it also included tickets to Thrill water park. The only cabana class that included this perk I believe. 
 

The cabana included this couch, a comfy side chair and this storage table. One side was an empty cabinet and the other was a lockable safe. 
 

 

We had Cabana 34 by the wave pool which was perfect for us as my son spent most of his time in there. The sun loungers with shade were wonderful. 
 

 

The Menus. 
 

 

 

We walked around the island for a bit. Cococay is lovely as even with two large ships in port, it’s hardly crowded. 

 

 

 

 

 

Our room is circled. 
 

 

 

Also on our sailing is Rover, she is a 5 month old Golden Retriever and the CEO’s dog. I am guessing he is possibly onboard? Idk. We were more interested in the dog 😆 

 

 

We returned to the Cabana for some lunch. Each cabana also comes with bottled water and lots of it. I had the Greek salad with grilled chicken and mozzarella sticks for lunch. My mom and Ethan had the burgers and Ava the tuna wrap. Dessert was cookies, brownies and funnel cakes. We all enjoyed our meals thoroughly and brought them home with us. 
 

 

 

 

We returned to the ship around 3pm to get cleaned up for “elegant night”. We caved and have dinner at Giovanni’s kitchen tonight. 
 

 

 

 

 

[perfect match]

Sounds like you really did have a perfect day at Coco Cay! The last time we were there it was packed! Loungers crammed in as close together as they could get them and every one was occupied. We finally found a spot only to discover a short time later that a group of people who certainly seemed to be taking full advantage of their deluxe beverage package and had gotten into a fistfight while exiting the main theater the night before were just a few chairs away from us. While they seemed to be getting along better than they were the night before we quickly decided that it was time for us to move on. It was hardly our idea of a perfect day at Coco Cay!

 

I loved your suite! Thanks for sharing the pictures of it. We had an aft JS on Freedom and absolutely loved the location. 

[mandyleighflies]

After our Perfect day, we cleaned up and got ready for elegant night and dinner Giovanni’s kitchen. 
 

 

I received my Emerald pin last night! It is so pretty, 11 points from Diamond…next cruise is looking tempting for a sailing this summer. 
 

 

This one just explains it all. 😆😆😆 

 

 

The drink of the evening was apparently Espresso Martini’s…I had to join. Delicious and also dangerous. I had one during Trivia. Daisy the trivia host has been one of our favorites. 
 

 

 

Dinner at Giovanni’s kitchen..best meal I’ve ever had on a ship. Totally worth every penny. Valentina was our server and she was incredible. Lots of energy. Great food selections. Awesome all around. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just do it. Book Giovanni’s kitchen. We couldn’t touch our desserts. The kids did lol 

 

 

 

This meal put us to bed 😆😆

 

 

 

[Another_Critic]

9 minutes ago, mandyleighflies said:

 

 

I received my Emerald pin last night! It is so pretty, 11 points from Diamond…next cruise is looking tempting for a sailing this summer. 

 

Congrats on reaching Emerald.  

[mandyleighflies]

21 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

 

Congrats on reaching Emerald.  

Thank you!! It feels like a lot of work 😆 

[mandyleighflies]

We treated Nassau like our own “day at sea” as we have all been there several times and preferred to stay onboard. 
 

I took advantage of an amazing Black Friday deal on deck side casita’s so we booked one of those for the day. 
 

 

Winds were gusting 29 mph and our aft balcony was like a wind tunnel. Don’t put anything out to dry on these decks if you can help it. 
 

 

It started as a beautiful albeit windy day. 
 

 

We weren’t alone in port for sure. Allure was off our bow. 
 

 

Summit pulled in after awhile. Celebrity is in our future as the kids get older. 
 

 

We had Casita 6 right next to The Lime and the Coconut. 
 

 

It all started very well but soon clouds moved in and we were freezing so we chose to call it a day and head to indoor activities. 
 

 

It said 75 but it for sure did not feel like a 75 I was familiar with. 
 

 

We cleaned up and headed to our favorite cruise activities…trivia and lounging about the Schooner Bar. We didn’t do too bad!! 
 

Dinner wasn’t bad. It was Caribbean night in the MDR and after Giovanni’s kitchen the night before, well we were ruined. Nothing will ever be that great. 
 

 

We had an onboard moment with Rover and headed to our cabin to pack and get ready for our early departure. 
 

 

Bye until next time Nassau! 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

I love Rover!  If i could bring my fur babies onboard I would probably be the next super mario. 

 

 Is it M. Bailey’s emotional support animal?  😂

[Another_Critic]

7 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

 Is it M. Bailey’s emotional support animal?  😂

He needs one after dealing with Jason Liberty's cutbacks.