First, I want to give a shout-out to Abigail for correctly doing Clint’s work. Everyone in the entire World, please stop helping Clint out or he will never be able to carry his own weight. J I’d also like to give a shout-out to both Miss Turners who are no doubt excelling in Computer Apps. Good job Mrs. Sleeman. J
I apologize for the lack of pictures and video to date. The price for internet on our first ship was a little over a dollar a minute and the connection was extremely slow. When in Nassau, Bahamas yesterday, we did spend an hour in an internet café for about $6.00 an hour. I’ll do the best I can to be timely.
So, we finished up this last week on the largest NCL (Norwegian Cruise Line) ship, the Getaway. We stopped in St. Marten, St. Thomas, and the Bahamas. We accomplished all of our first week objectives, relax, relax, and relax. The Caribbean itself can be broken down into eastern, western and southern destinations. We have just completed a typical eastern looping. Since we have done this route several times, the destinations are less important than the ship and the weather. We were very good about hitting the gym each day and maintained a fitness oriented diet, zero breads and almost no desserts. We did dine at every specialty restaurant onboard other than one, which included themes of French, Italian, Brazilian, Japanese, and a Steak-house. On board, there was an “Iron Chef” who had his own restaurant. That one was Sushi-bar; maybe next time. On Wednesday, we took in an onboard production of Legally Blond. Some of you may know the movie version. It was a very energetic production. Of course, we took in all the football games this week, the magic show, a comedy show, and participated two nights in a sing along event called “Howling at the Moon”. There will be no audio file attached… ever. And not to forget, we got all the sun we could handle. The temperature here is perfect.
Off the Getaway means onto the Celebrity Reflection. To encourage repeat bookings on a particular cruise line, these businesses have what you might call “loyalty” programs, where they give “perks”. The highest standing customers are members of the “Captain’s Club” and I have no idea what comes with that membership. Five years ago, we became “Elite Members” for the first time. At that time, it was the 2nd highest standing and it was sweet. Since then, we have not sailed with them and as life continues to remind me, the only thing you can count on in life is change. So now, Elite is the fourth highest standing with two new categories of Elite Plus and Zenith. Not to worry, I’m low maintenance and Elite is still pretty sweet. Who doesn’t like moving to the front of a line of 3,000 people trying to board a ship? I will try to post again at the end of week for sure. This week coming up, we will be doing a western Caribbean route including Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Cayman Islands; Jamaica man, and Haiti. We have shore activities scheduled for this week, including swimming with the sting-rays. That should give us a chance to see how our new underwater camera works.
I apologize for the lack of pictures and video to date. The price for internet on our first ship was a little over a dollar a minute and the connection was extremely slow. When in Nassau, Bahamas yesterday, we did spend an hour in an internet café for about $6.00 an hour. I’ll do the best I can to be timely.
So, we finished up this last week on the largest NCL (Norwegian Cruise Line) ship, the Getaway. We stopped in St. Marten, St. Thomas, and the Bahamas. We accomplished all of our first week objectives, relax, relax, and relax. The Caribbean itself can be broken down into eastern, western and southern destinations. We have just completed a typical eastern looping. Since we have done this route several times, the destinations are less important than the ship and the weather. We were very good about hitting the gym each day and maintained a fitness oriented diet, zero breads and almost no desserts. We did dine at every specialty restaurant onboard other than one, which included themes of French, Italian, Brazilian, Japanese, and a Steak-house. On board, there was an “Iron Chef” who had his own restaurant. That one was Sushi-bar; maybe next time. On Wednesday, we took in an onboard production of Legally Blond. Some of you may know the movie version. It was a very energetic production. Of course, we took in all the football games this week, the magic show, a comedy show, and participated two nights in a sing along event called “Howling at the Moon”. There will be no audio file attached… ever. And not to forget, we got all the sun we could handle. The temperature here is perfect.
Off the Getaway means onto the Celebrity Reflection. To encourage repeat bookings on a particular cruise line, these businesses have what you might call “loyalty” programs, where they give “perks”. The highest standing customers are members of the “Captain’s Club” and I have no idea what comes with that membership. Five years ago, we became “Elite Members” for the first time. At that time, it was the 2nd highest standing and it was sweet. Since then, we have not sailed with them and as life continues to remind me, the only thing you can count on in life is change. So now, Elite is the fourth highest standing with two new categories of Elite Plus and Zenith. Not to worry, I’m low maintenance and Elite is still pretty sweet. Who doesn’t like moving to the front of a line of 3,000 people trying to board a ship? I will try to post again at the end of week for sure. This week coming up, we will be doing a western Caribbean route including Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Cayman Islands; Jamaica man, and Haiti. We have shore activities scheduled for this week, including swimming with the sting-rays. That should give us a chance to see how our new underwater camera works.