Nov 17, 2010

It's Cruise time BABY!!!! Or at least pictures of the Cruise

First off let me just say this vacation was a REAL vacation. You know with some real R & R!! We both relaxed completely. It was AWESOME. We would visit each port, do some activities and still be back on the boat by 1pm or so, get some lunch and take a nap. After that we would get some ice cream or a snack and wait till dinner time. 
We flew out of SLC on Friday night and got into Florida (we did get upgraded to First class from Atlanta to Ft. Lauderdale :) ) Saturday in time to drop off our luggage and go eat some food with everyone. Then we picked up our bags and headed to the Ship. After getting all set we checked out our room and then explored the Ship. It was HUGE!!!! Our room was so nice. We had our own balcony.



Chris trying out the chairs by the pool.
The Movie under the stars screen.

This Yacht was parked next to ours. It was so nice.




On our personal balcony


 We sailed all Saturday night and Sunday. We had a little church service in the morning and then the guys had meetings all day. Jenny and I escaped to the Spa. I got my first massage. It was awesome. That night was our first formal night. Here are some shots from that night.

 Thanks Camille for the dress.
Monday we went to Grand Caymen, Caymen Islands. This is our boat to the dock. We hung out on the beach while we were there. The water was beautiful. Yes we got burned. We sun-blocked our backs and totally forgot the front side :)





Our Ship, The Crown Princess


On Tuesday we sailed into the Island of Roatan, Honduras. We hung out with Bryan and Jenny. We went on the Zip Line. I was a little freaked out until about the 3rd line. It was so fun. Crazy but fun. Chris was a little dare devil, going upside down and such. He actually burned his leg pretty good the first time he did it. Our guides were crazy though. They would just jump off the platform and flip around.

Chris

Bryan, Jenny, Chris and Nichole

Chris got stuck and the guide had to go get him :)
This last one is a bit short. It is me swinging through the trees. I forgot I left the camera on video when I handed it to Chris to get a picture of me.

After the Zip line we walked down to the beach to swim for a bit. This bar was on the way. They had all kinds of silly shoes to "try on".


Almost every night we would catch a show at the theater or something and then go outside to watch a Movie under the stars. It was awesome.





Wednesday we docked in Cozumel, Mexico. We took a small tour of the Island in a "private taxi". We visited some Mayan ruins. They weren't as old as some you have heard about. It was a cool place but no pyramids of any sort.

Crazy reptiles though.









This one Chris is "holding" was just sitting there minding it's own business till Bryan kept bugging it. I thought for sure it was going to get all of it's buddies to come get us. Those things were huge and freaky.
Little drink stop on the coast. We stopped to get a drink (Sprite) and then moved on.







Thank you to Bryan for taking this picture and getting the shot I had in my head :)
On the way back to port we also stopped and did a little snorkeling. It was fun but there wasn't much to see. We got the gear rental for free with our little tour. The place had just dumped some old metal barrels and wrecked gear off of the shoreline and the fish would just hide in it. There was no coral.

Thursday we were back as sea for a day. That night was our last formal night. Pictures are below. That night we got woke up by rough seas. We were rocking all over the place.






I finally got my sunset pictures before dinner that night.
Friday we anchored at the island of Princess Cays. The water was gorgeous.

I was trying to take a picture of the fish. The water was so clear.
 We rented some snorkel gear and dove in. It was a lot better than the previous place, but it wasn't Hawaii. This place was really busy and crowded. We let the other couples use our gear while we ate lunch and chilled.

I miss the sand on my newly pedicured feet :)



 Friday afternoon/evening we hit the rough seas again. It was FREAKY. We went up top before it got to bad and dark. I tried to take some video of the ship raising and lowering with the waves. Just watch the horizon.

Thank you so much to Bryan and Jenny and Namifiers for this awesome opportunity. It was amazing.

4 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh how fun!!! It looks like a great time... wish Chad and I were there!

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  2. Looks like you guys had a great time!! I think we could use some "R & R" lol

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  3. looks like it was a lot of fun!!!! Love all the pictures!

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  4. Wow! It looks like you guys had so much fun! I love the formal pics of you and Chris. They are so cute!

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