Caribbean Cruise part 2

November 2023

Monday – at sea day one. Did a little shopping and pin trading.
Visited the pool
Had 3 new delicious desserts at lunch
Explored the ship and found a golden Mickey statue.
Formal night. Steve in a shirt and tie. Looking great!
Fun tricks with the signage
Mmmm
Mmmmmmm. Even better. Except the carrot cake deconstructed. That one was meh
Fancy selfie in front of the fancy mural
Piglet?
I left a present for our stateroom host. Did a similar thing for Andrea, Rafa, Ajay, and Dee
Tuesday – catamaran and snorkeling on Aruba!
The Aruba temple. JK. There isn’t one. But this hotel is a likely looking candidate.
The slide was fun!
Snorkeling while holding Steve’s hand is my fav!
The second spot was the coolest. Shipwreck!
On the boat on the return trip
Steve looking nautical
Heading back to the ship
We were late getting back so we didn’t venture back out, just caught late lunch at cabanas and had naps.
Creme brûlée cheesecake!) and an incredibly rich chocolate fest
Starting pirate night off
Ended with fireworks!
I had breakfast on Wednesday at cabanas where they have these fun clocks set to Disney parks time 😊
Did our own thing on Curacao that day
Walked into the old town with its cute bright buildings
Walked across the neat pontoon bridge
Posed with the lovers locks even though we didn’t buy one. Haha
City buildings
Some street art
Fun church
Walked most of the way out to the beach. Took a taxi the last little bit. Got charged way too much and then ended up at a lame little public beach.
Walked a few more minutes and paid a few bucks for a much better beach (Mambo)
There was a big sea break that made for totally calm water.
Took a taxi back to the ship via a store to buy chocolate. Back for lunch.
Incredible fish
We did the midship detective thing after dinner
Llama?
Steve was really sick all of Thursday. Got the flu. So I had breakfast on my own at cabanas. The churro Mickey waffle was incredible!
Checked out the Magic Play Floor in the kids area. They took good care of them in there!
Coolest hand washing stations!
The weather was quite windy. Had a good time in the rain pool. Unfortunately, the water slide was limited to doubles and Steve wasn’t well enough so I didn’t get to go again.
Apple pie and red velvet cake for lunch
Beautiful sunset. I was a little sad being basically alone all day.
Went late to dinner and didn’t do the animation activity. Had been looking forward to doing it with Steve. Ended up in tears. The servers were very concerned about me.
The shrimp pasta was good
Rafa brought me my favorite, the lava cake. Very sweet.
Steve said that he should have left the chocolates behind the mouse haha
Our server Rafael (Rafa). He took good care of us. We also really enjoyed Andrea, our first server.
Right after breakfast we walked off the ship and got on the bus to the airport. Good trip 😊