We have arrived in Nassau, Bahamas on the second day. I had a great nights sleep and this particular morning looked like it’s going to be a sun shiny day.
We have an excursion this morning so we better get a good breakfast. My hubby and I decided to go to the Solarium, a healthy-inspired restaurant. The restaurant has saunas and tubs. You can have your lunch by the pool. The bran muffins were delish, so much so I am going to be incorporating those in my breakfast here at home.
Solarium Restaurant outside view early morning
After breakfast we are off the ship and waiting to board our excursion. So why not take some pics with friends.
The highlight of the excursion in Nassau, Bahamas was the tour of Fort Charlotte. Fort Charlotte was a British fort built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore to protect the island from invading pirates.
Our Tour Guide
We actually were able to go underground and see cannons.
Cannon
Enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Bahamas!
Nassau, Bahamas
A great day filled with new experiences and great memories.
After my hubby and I picked up our luggage from the terminal ramp at the airport, we proceeded outside to board a shuttle van to take us to Port Everglades where the cruise ships are docked. At our ship’s terminal, we used our room number to know which line to go into. From there, we registered as guests on the ship, presented our passports, had our photographs taken, and received our sea-pass cards. The sea-pass cards served as our room keys and our credit card for anything that we wanted to purchase while the ship. In addition, we also had to present the sea-pass cards when leaving and re-entering the ship during while at the ports-0f-call.
The check-in process was quite simple and we were on our way in just a matter of moments. We were now ready to board the ship by entering our sea-pass cards into the electronic kiosk. Finally we could board the ship and our adventures began on the Royal Promenade. The Royal Promenade is the main central gathering place for restaurants and shops. We were there only a few minutes and dancers came up out of the blue and started dancing in the streets.
Amazing!
The Royal Promenade on the Oasis of the Seas
After checking out the Royal Promenade for a bit, our next adventure was to find our room. We found our room without too much trouble. However remembering where it was at during the course of the next week would be a challenge. Check out the ocean view window that we had.
Our luggage had not arrived yet so we wanted to check out our ship leaving the port.
So my hubby and I set out to explore. It was amazing to see so many people on this ship from all over the world. There were almost 6,000 passengers and over 2,000 workers on the cruise. There are 24 restaurants, numerous shops, a library, a zip line, a skating rink, a full-scale theater, a diving pool and areas devoted just for teens, youth, toddlers, and babies. There are sixteen levels of passenger rooms. After doing some exploring, we headed up to the 17th level where we watched the ship leave the port. The photograph below is the view from the top deck. It was not like what you would see in the movies, no one waving bon-voyage. I suspect that is because security is much tighter these days. Pretty view of the Fort Lauderdale, FL beach. First stop tomorrow morning will be Nassau, Bahamas.
I am back home in Missouri resting from my fun-filled cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. Last week, my husband and I cruised for seven days on the Oasis of the Seas to the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. This was my first time on a cruise and the Oasis of the Seas was the way to do it. My hubby and I don’t do much relaxing when we vacation. We want to see what the city, town or country is like and we soak up as much of the culture as we can. And that’s exactly what we did on this vacation. We did so much that I will be doing “Cruising on the Oasis of the Seas” posts for the next few weeks because I want to share my memories on such a wonderful vacation I don’t know too many people who have went on cruises so this was a great experience.
When we left early Saturday morning (March 26th), it was cold and ready for snow in Saint Louis. We dressed in layers because I knew it would be in the low 80s when we arrived to South Florida. We woke up at 4am and headed out the door by 5am. We dropped off our little guys, Gio and Vinny, at Happy Tails before our 8:25am flight. Happy Tails is a great place for our doggies because it’s a cageless kennel. The dogs run freely and play with the other doggies all day. Our little guys love it.
Vinny and Gio
Some members from our church (G2GCC) also went on the cruise. A few of them went on the same flight as we did, so it was nice to meet up with them at the airport. The airplane was on schedule and we landed safely in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at noon. For my birthday a couple years ago, my hubby bought me a really cute Cool Girl luggage set from Maxx New York, that is no longer available for purchase.
We got a great tip from a friend on a great price on extra luggage and it happened to come in colors so we picked purple because a lot of people have black luggage and it can be hard to tell them apart unless you have a way to identify your specific bag.
A good way to decipher darker or any color luggage is to tie colored scrunches or ribbon on the handles.
Packed and ready to go!
Stay tuned for more posts filled with exciting memories of our cruise of a lifetime.
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