We spent
our third week on a 7 day cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic departing and
returning to Miami:
Day 1 - We
boarded the ship on New Year’s Eve, had lunch, and then got right down to
business: we immediately went to the pool and tried out the water slides
(three different ones). We then went rock climbing and repelling.
Before we knew it, it was time for the safety drill. After the
drill, we showed up and got ready for dinner. We had special reservations
for Cirque Dreams and Dinner. As you can imagine, it was a cirque du sole
type of show with dinner. After dinner, we tried out the kid’s corner
for an hour while Sandy and I did a little gambling. Afterwards, we tried
to stay up to bring in the New Year, but we did not have it in us.
Day 2 - We
all had a tough night’s sleep as it was our first night on the ship. We
would have been better off staying up partying. We got ourselves out of
bed anyway as we had another special reservation for breakfast with the
Nickelodeon characters. After breakfast, we put the kids in
the kids corner for the morning, while Sandy and I hit the casino
again. We spent 60 and won a souvenir die (not worth it, but we
were committed). We picked up the kids, had lunch, and spent the
afternoon at the pool. It was very crowded, but we braved the crowd so
that the kids could cool off. We then got in line for
the bungybounce (a trampoline contraption with Bungy cords).
It was not worth the hour wait, but Sandy and I were able to take turns
getting ready for dinner, so the wait was not a complete waste. We hit an
early dinner and then hit the Blue Man Show. It was great, just like the
one we saw 10 years ago in Vegas.
Day 3 - I
slept much better, but Sandy did not. We had to set the clocks forward,
so we lost an hour. After breakfast, we let the kids play on the giant
spider web, then went rock climbing, repelling, and then swimming.
After lunch, we put the kids into Recess (kid’s corner) and then
Sandy and I took a nap, worked out, and just relaxed in the room. Before
dinner, we checked out the Svedka ice bar and then to the on
board Churascuria for dinner. After dinner, I finally got the
opportunity to listen to some Jazz in the onboard blues and jazz club called
Fat Cats.
Days 4 – We
arrived to St. Marteen. We got off the
ship and proceeded into town. It was
raining, so we did some shopping until the weather cleared up. After a couple of hours, the skies cleared
and we hit the beach. It turned out to
be a nice day at the beach.
Days 5 – We
arrived to St. Thomas and hit the beach.
The kids had a blast. In the
evening, we hit the Svedka ice bar for a couple of drinks before dinner.
Day 6 – We
had a day at sea relaxing. The kids
spent most of the time at Recess preparing for the big show that
afternoon. JP did a routine with a
couple of buckets. Sydney did a team
hula hoop demonstration.
Day 7 – We
arrived to Nassau and did some snorkeling in the morning.
Day 8 – We
arrived to Miami, got to the airport and then got ourselves on a plane to NY
and then back to Zurich.
