Day 4

IN NASSAU THE BAHAMAS

I forgot to mention yesterday that the Meet & Mingle get together was held in Cleopatra’s Needle lounge. It was packed. There were around 400 people there, all from the very active Cruise Critic sight for this leg of the cruise.  Lots of prizes were given away.  I won a large metal sign that reads “HOW U CRUISIN” with a big picture of a ship and palm trees….now what am I going to do with that? Suggestions anyone? J It was a lot of fun and they did have a lot of Royal Caribbean merchandise to give out.

Our Trivia team is improving. Yesterday it was held at Pig and Whistle Pub. We managed 16 out of 20 this time.  The ‘Laptoppers’ didn’t turn up. I wonder why? We’ve called our team ‘The 42 Dayers’ and consist of 4 of us from Oz and 2 from the USA so we think we’ve got it covered especially if we get any USA questions.

Just had to drop into the Promenade Bakery on the way back to our room late yesterday afternoon.  There you can help yourself to coffee or tea and delicious fresh baked biscuits, pizza, fresh salad rolls, pastries, fresh fruit salad, chocolate dessert and fruit flans.  Really didn’t need it but when you see it, you just have to stop and have a little taste. J There is no fee for any of this as it’s all included.

Last night was the Captains welcome night held in the Royal Promenade. Free champagne for everyone. Formal nights are very dressy and the menu in the Dining room is excellent.  There are three levels of the main dining room Le Flute, Bohiem and Carman. 

The theatre show again was excellent. Again the theatre is huge 3 levels high and a very large stage.

There are 380 construction workers on board refitting the Casino on this leg of the cruise.  They’re working 24 hours a day and will have it complete by this Saturday.  We don’t see them at all or even hear them for that matter….must have ‘silent drills’ or something J

Oh and there’s no shower curtains on this ship…..everyone has a proper shower door. The bathrooms a really quite spacious with are larger than normal vanity.

Arriving in Nassau this morning we were ship number 4 of 6 ships in port today. We have Carnival ships plus Majesty of the Seas and us.  Must say it's not too crowded in the streets.  Many have gone to see Atlantis, a huge resort here on the island.

I'm have just download Shrinkpic so I will be able upload photos more quickly than I can at the moment.  So next time I check in I'll have more photos.

We will have six days at sea now....next port is Ponta Delgarda in the Azores.

Here are some pictures of on board Voyager, you will see how large the ship is from these photos. The Royal Promenade is a great centre for everything it's just like a street.