Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sat, Sun and Monday at Sea........Our grand vacation!


Eating breakfast at the motel in Florida before beginning our Journey. We traveled a total distance of 2,357 nautical miles by ship at an average speed of 20.3 knots

Waiting at the hotel for a shuttle bus to take us to the port. There were 18 of us in all.

Unbelievable how HUGE this ship is: 18 stories tall, 948.02 feet long, breadth 165.7 feet, and 219.8 feet tall above the keel. Passengers: 3,599 Crew: 1200 A city!!!

This grand plaza is the first thing you see when you board the ship. This was the Princess Ruby's 3rd week at sea, she was a brand new and BEAUTIFUL ship.

How annoying, here is another one that WILL NOT stay turned the right direction! Anyway all of the dining rooms had the greatest lights that twinkled, like stars, on the ceilings.

We are aboard ship!

Playing mini golf on deck 18 (we were still in Port at Fort Lauderdale)

This was a great place, four outdoor decks, the big outdoor Movie Screen, the lounge chairs, the pool. Rarely crowded, either!! {This movie was Hair Spray!}

This is so odd, because the picture is edited to be turned the right way, plus I ONLY took pictures from one direction......plus I edited the ones that came out turned, and yet this one will ONLY display this direction. So, tilt your head. This was one of our favorite things to do. Sit and read, or watch a movie on the outdoor screen or just sit! It was great: outdoors, and beautiful! We couldn't stop in Jamaica as it was too stormy to pass the reef. So we spent Monday as sea, also. Sunday was stormy enough it made walking on the ship a little difficult! Kind of fun.
It is the 'Tuesday after', and I am still rocking a bit. Kind of strange.


Dad with his chocolate something or other. I kind of caught him talking--but soon he was eating up every delicious mouthful!!!

Bobbi with her key lime pie and Neil with his Creme Broulee

All the food was so beautiful. This was Stephanie's favorite dessert, she ordered it almost every night: Chocolate Mousse on a brownie. The brownie was thinner than a cracker at the bottom of this beautiful chocolate mousse. It was delicious and beautiful!

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