So as you all might have heard my husband and I went on a week long cruise! It was beyond amazing and a blast. We are definitely hooked! We started our journey Saturday Feb. 12th where we stayed in Tampa Florida the night before the cruise ship left. We then woke up in paradise, and headed on over to the port where the boat was waiting. We hopped right in line, and honestly everything went so smooth. I figured we would have have hours and hours of waiting, but to my surprise we were on the ship in about an hour! Seriously!! Our first look into the ship was quite overwhelming, we didn't really know what to expect or even where to begin to look. And heck, at this point we didn't care!! We are on a boat!! Our first and most important stop was the buffet. We ate lunch then explored everything!!! It was so cool, going to different levels of the ship, like how on earth do they make 7 levels!!? Anyhow, we journeyed around and than went to the pool, and laid out. :-) That night we went to fine dining, and let me tell you, it's definitely delicious!!! We went to bed, and woke up and had our very first "SEA" day. These days are pretty laid back, and you kind of just hang out and go to shows, or to the casino, or to the pool. We did all three ;-) That night was a blast, we had formal night, where we dressed up to the nines, and ate extraordinary food!!! Here is our professional photo from that! We took like hundreds, but had to choose one.
Than came the fun part; Day 2: COZUMEL, MEXICO
We practically ran off the boat into our first shore excursion, which we did snorkeling. It was a beginner class, because I have never snorkeled, nor did I know if I was going to like it, so we both set out put our gear on and went for it! It was by far the best time I have ever had in my life!! Literally! We got to see some amazing fish, and octopus, and people diving! Tell me if that is not cool!? We have underwater pictures, but I still have to get the camera developed.
Second stop; Day 3: BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
We kinda didn't know what we were doing this day, so we got off the boat with no real plan. However, we did find a cool shore excursion that lead us to the Mayan Ruins and Belize City tour. Side note: This tour took us up a bumpy, I mean BUMPY car ride. I thought I was literally going to die! And than we were on a one way road and cars and giant buses where blowing pass us. Talk about adrenline rush. But we did make it, finally. It took an hour and half on a crazy 15 passenger van ride, but we did survive...
Back to the story, Belize is a very very poor country so it was sad to see all the homes, and life. But it was neat to get the "cultural feel". The Mayan ruins were really awesome too!!
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| Mayan Ruins |
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| I didn't get a good pic of downtown so I had to grab on from the internet. |
Day 4: MAHOGANY BAY, ROATAN
We decide for this day to just enjoy the beach, kick back and relax! And that's exactly what we did!!! We both had so much fun laying in the sun and enjoying each others company! This place was our FAVORITE. The scenery was breath-taking, and the water was so clear it was honestly hard to believe. You would have to see it to believe it!
Last Stop: Cayman Islands
This also was a favorite, we got to swim and hold baby turtles!! How cool is that!! Fun Fact: You have to hold a turtle like your going to eat a hamburger with both hands, otherwise it starts to flap its hands, and to get that to stop you rub its chin! LOL so cute!!!!
Day six was a sea day, and we went to a ton of comedy shows, dance shows and drank WAY to much!!!
Unfortunately day 7 our cruise came to an end and we had to get off the ship at 9:00 am ;-(.
It was a blast, and I would gladly do it over and over again, until I was fat, dumb and happy!!! ( Oh,, wait I am) :-) We are looking into Alaskan cruises when we move to Washington State here in 6 mths!! I hope you enjoyed my long BLOG!!
Until next time;
Alaina D
