cruise journal
don't get too bored :) pics to come :)
Day1:
Waited for what seemed like forevs in the terminal thingy but finally boarded. The boat is large beyond belief. Went to the Windjammer and ate ridiculous amounts of food because the only thing we all had before leaving was orange juice. I smelled of spray tan.
Got to our rooms and unpacked. I don’t know how the three of us fit all our stuff but we did. There are many items under our teeny (but comfortable) beds. Decided to explore the ship. Saw the ice rink, the clubs, the casino, the gym, etc. Decided to go to the gym pre dinner. Gymmed and felt as if we were on display because people were still arriving and checking it out. Went to “bon voyage” aka watching the ship leave the port in the cold rain. Dinner was amazing, from there went to the casino and then to the jacuzzi and then bed.
Day2:
Woke up around 11 and got dressed and got lunch. Planned on tanning but then it was raining. Read on the pool deck for a couple hours. Met up with Derek and we took salsa lessons. We were pretty awesome. We want to show off our skillz sometime.
Went to the gym. Came back and started getting ready bc it was formal night. Took a series of pics in the room and outside on balconies. Scott and Derek matched shirts and they wore their sunglasses and thought they were slick. They acted as my bodyguards (lol).
Ate dinner, and proceeded to take more pics. We took pics while waiting in line to take professional pics. Drank so many liquids I thought I might die (water, coke, wine, coffee, and then champagne while waiting for pics). Peeing in a formal dress = sucky. Went out and took MORE pictures on outdoor decks and such. Finally went back and changed and went to the casino.
Played blackjack for a longgggg time with Cheri. Got a little tipsy on Smirnoff ices. Met a guy named Matt who is a sophomore at Bowling Green University in Ohio but is from Boynton; made plans to meet up with him at the club later. Got tipsier, met a guy named Alex who went to NBPS, a year younger than us. Might have flirted with him while asking for blackjack advice. Oops. Kinda suggested meeting up at the club later but didn’t know if he really would show.
Went back to the room to freshen up, and ran back to the club w/ Cheri to meet up with matt. Drank more while hearing scandalous stories. Didn’t see matt and was moderately pissed bc I thought he stood me up but then walked into him outside the club. Met his bro and mom. His bro is ooc but so hilarious.. we argued endlessly about UF vs. UCF (psh foo) and how River was just a drug ridden rich kid school (both he and matt went there). I think Matt knows Ryan. Cheri peaced out and Matt and I decided to go to a late comedy show instead of the club. Hit the jacuzzi in the solarium after that and drank more. Ran into the boys a few times, we all went and got food in the promenade, and then Matt and I went to go look for his bro (who was so very very wasted). Ended up watching the last half of Just Like Heaven bc matt loves Reese Witherspoon. His bro came back cursing about women in a hilarious manner. He proceeded to shout obscenities and yell at me for being a woman. He then gave personal details that made matt blush.. haha. Matt walked me back to my room and I passed out at about 4:30.
Day3:
Got woken up by dad at 7:55am. Was forced to get out of bed to go to Labadee for the beach. Great weather, Labadee was really pretty, saw Matt briefly, left there at about 1pm. Got a bit sunburned but not too bad.. a little splotchy ha.
Came back and showered and read/napped in the solarium for a couple hours. Finished The Secret Life of Bees (it was good). Saw Matt again and decided to meet up at the casino at 10. Went back to the casino where I ran into the parents. Got grilled by dad bc he hates all that is male and near me, but eventually convinced him it’s all good and that I was just going to go dance for a bit. Hung out w/ Matt and Corey while they and some friends got drunk and then Matt and I went to the club. Was there for about 45 minutes, but then left in search of a drunk Corey. We failed and just went to bed.
Day4:
Wake up call at 8:10. Got up a few minutes after and set off for Ochos Rios, Jamaica. Got to the island, unbelievably hot/humid, drank ridic amounts of water. Wanted to buy rum but parents would not leave the whole time. Saw some dolphins and other island creatures (LAME) but then climbed through the waterfall river thing, which was awesome. Left without doing any shopping. Locals were scary.
Came back, ate lunch at Johnny Rockets (mmmmmm I don’t know why but it was just fantastical), napped for 1.5 hrs. Woke up, showered, and went to dinner. From dinner we checked out the pics taken in Jamaica and then hit the casino. Played blackjack and won 100$ so I quit. Saw Matt, talked to Alex for a while, came back to the room for a bit. Went to the solarium, read, jacuzzied, came back and vegged out til bedtime.
Day 5:
Slept in til 10ish, got up and went to Grand Cayman. Walked around in ridiculous heat which made me relatively cranky but eventually bought nice perfume with my winnings from yesterday (Chance by Chanel) and then found liquor for super cheap so that brightened my day. Too bad it won’t be delivered til the last day of the cruise (damnit).
Hopped back on the boat around 2ish, ate at the Windjammer, and went and read Kite Runner in the Solarium til about 4:15. Came back, got ready for formal dinner #2. After eating we checked out the professional pics we’d taken the past few days and watched the waterfall dvd (from Jamaica). Then we had family toast time, which was fun but the boys peaced out soon after to go hang out in their club thing. I chatted w/ the parents for a while, pretty tipsy but not noticeably so, and the Cheri and I hit the casino where we both kinda lost (me 20, her I dunno). Ran into Alex, talked to him a lot but couldn’t convince him to leave for the jacuzzi with me (he had to babysit his moms slot machine while she went and napped or something.. all of his family members (including him) are HUGE gamblers), so I left only to run into Matt and Corey.
Chilled with them and some peeps at the bar forever, talked with Matt for a while, he wanted to go back to the casino, but I was tired so I went back to the room. I walk in to find at least 10 kids in here (my bros age) and I was like “ok everyone get the fuck out bc I’m tired and I’m going to bed bc I’m old,” ha. So they peaced out with Derek to go to someone else’s room but Scott and his friend Cody came back and Scott asked me for some advice and then informed me that Derek is stupid and let girls make out with each other on my bed. Thanks little bro. I left him a note. That fucker. I wouldn’t make out on his bed!! Jerk. And they wrinkled my sheets!! At least no one destroyed my towel monkey. Whatev, then I went to bed.
Day6:
Forced out of bed at 9 am. Got ready and got off the port in Cozumel. A lot of the buildings in Mexico were being still being reconstructed because of the last hurricane, and in this one area we drove by on the bus there were what seemed like thousands and thousands of dead trees. I don’t know why but it reminded me of the elephant graveyard from Lion King. Kinda depressing. Well, at least until we got to the “deluxe beach party”. Holy crap, awesome. Ridiculous buffet, open bar all day, beautiful water, shopping, all kinds of activities… good stuff. The boys and I got pretty tanked. Went in the water for a little while, and eventually had to head back on the bus. When we got back to the port area, we drunkenly searched for souvenirs so hopefully we were successful in picking out cool stuff. Lol. Also bought 2 $11 big bottles of Absolut. Cheap liquor- HELL YES. Vanilla and peach. Sweet. Too bad we can’t have it til we get off the ship.
Got in, we three were all still pretty gone, so we just went in search of food. Much to our dismay it was horrible timing and both Johnny Rockets and the Windjammer were closed. BLASPHEMY. And obvi we didn’t want to go to the nice dining room drunk so we had to settle for food in the Promenade, which was obvi subpar. Regardless, we stuffed our faces and returned to the room for a quality nap around 6:15.
Woke up around 8, felt shitty, so edited some pictures for a while. We hit some pretty rough seas, probably the worst thus far bc I was kinda falling down when I walked around. Felt even shittier and began to question if the ice really WAS from filtered water in Mexico. I decide that throwing up will be most beneficial before I shower because you can feel the boat rocking most when you’re in there. Ridiculous mistake. It burned like whoa and was all daiquiri. Maybe 7 or 8 little ones really was a bad plan. Well.. I think it was 7 or 8. I kinda lost count because the trash guy took all my cups away.
Anyway whatev. Chilled out for a little while after that, showered, had some alka seltzer (most foul liquid EVER I’d rather take pepto next time) and hit the casino. Won 75$, score. Went to the promenade with Alex and just talked for almost 2 hours. It was fun, he’s really nice. And it was kinda funny, he was on the debate team when all that stuff happened w/ Jon senior year so we discussed, lol. After that I was wiped, so I just came back and went to sleep.
Day7:
Was so lazy all day long. Straightened up the room in the morning and packed up most of the clothing. Edited pics, eventually showered and went to Johnny Rockets. It was fab of course, the waiters and waitresses all broke out into a dance when “Stayin’ Alive” came on- awesome. Came back, hung out with Scott and his friend, and then changed and went off to dinner. Ate ridiculous amounts of food (ha), took pictures with our servers and stuff, and watched the little farewell show they put on. After that we checked out the pictures taken the previous day and then hit the casino early. My dad just gave me 25 to play with, and I ended up winning it back and giving it to him and then I won 100 more. I heart that casino. And blackjack. Left after that, came back to the room and finished packing.
Went back down to the casino to meet up with Matt, realized I locked myself out of my room. And my alcohol. Lol. Hung out and watched half of “Proof” w/ gwenyth paltrow and jake gyllenhal while Matt and Corey drank. Went back down to my room w/ the boys to luckily find scott there. We drank and went back down to the casino. Matt played first bc the tables were craaaaaaaazy and he just broke even after a lil while so I decided to play 20 more. At first I was super lucky and I cut so everyone was obsessed with me because the whole table started doing really well, lol. I had the funniest asian guy behind me cheering me on. At one point I was up to about 60 or so, Matt played behind me bc I was doing so well, but after the dealer changed I just ended up back down at 20. Found Corey, hung out with him and some random other people in the Promenade. Went up to the top deck so Matt could check for cell service to see if he had to work on Monday, chilled for a little bit, then went back downstairs for water and ran into Derek. We tried to find a cute girl for Corey but he was rather wasted so we gave up. Matt walked me back to my room, by then it was about 4, so I passed out for a 2 hour nap.
Fucking awesome vacay.
Day1:
Waited for what seemed like forevs in the terminal thingy but finally boarded. The boat is large beyond belief. Went to the Windjammer and ate ridiculous amounts of food because the only thing we all had before leaving was orange juice. I smelled of spray tan.
Got to our rooms and unpacked. I don’t know how the three of us fit all our stuff but we did. There are many items under our teeny (but comfortable) beds. Decided to explore the ship. Saw the ice rink, the clubs, the casino, the gym, etc. Decided to go to the gym pre dinner. Gymmed and felt as if we were on display because people were still arriving and checking it out. Went to “bon voyage” aka watching the ship leave the port in the cold rain. Dinner was amazing, from there went to the casino and then to the jacuzzi and then bed.
Day2:
Woke up around 11 and got dressed and got lunch. Planned on tanning but then it was raining. Read on the pool deck for a couple hours. Met up with Derek and we took salsa lessons. We were pretty awesome. We want to show off our skillz sometime.
Went to the gym. Came back and started getting ready bc it was formal night. Took a series of pics in the room and outside on balconies. Scott and Derek matched shirts and they wore their sunglasses and thought they were slick. They acted as my bodyguards (lol).
Ate dinner, and proceeded to take more pics. We took pics while waiting in line to take professional pics. Drank so many liquids I thought I might die (water, coke, wine, coffee, and then champagne while waiting for pics). Peeing in a formal dress = sucky. Went out and took MORE pictures on outdoor decks and such. Finally went back and changed and went to the casino.
Played blackjack for a longgggg time with Cheri. Got a little tipsy on Smirnoff ices. Met a guy named Matt who is a sophomore at Bowling Green University in Ohio but is from Boynton; made plans to meet up with him at the club later. Got tipsier, met a guy named Alex who went to NBPS, a year younger than us. Might have flirted with him while asking for blackjack advice. Oops. Kinda suggested meeting up at the club later but didn’t know if he really would show.
Went back to the room to freshen up, and ran back to the club w/ Cheri to meet up with matt. Drank more while hearing scandalous stories. Didn’t see matt and was moderately pissed bc I thought he stood me up but then walked into him outside the club. Met his bro and mom. His bro is ooc but so hilarious.. we argued endlessly about UF vs. UCF (psh foo) and how River was just a drug ridden rich kid school (both he and matt went there). I think Matt knows Ryan. Cheri peaced out and Matt and I decided to go to a late comedy show instead of the club. Hit the jacuzzi in the solarium after that and drank more. Ran into the boys a few times, we all went and got food in the promenade, and then Matt and I went to go look for his bro (who was so very very wasted). Ended up watching the last half of Just Like Heaven bc matt loves Reese Witherspoon. His bro came back cursing about women in a hilarious manner. He proceeded to shout obscenities and yell at me for being a woman. He then gave personal details that made matt blush.. haha. Matt walked me back to my room and I passed out at about 4:30.
Day3:
Got woken up by dad at 7:55am. Was forced to get out of bed to go to Labadee for the beach. Great weather, Labadee was really pretty, saw Matt briefly, left there at about 1pm. Got a bit sunburned but not too bad.. a little splotchy ha.
Came back and showered and read/napped in the solarium for a couple hours. Finished The Secret Life of Bees (it was good). Saw Matt again and decided to meet up at the casino at 10. Went back to the casino where I ran into the parents. Got grilled by dad bc he hates all that is male and near me, but eventually convinced him it’s all good and that I was just going to go dance for a bit. Hung out w/ Matt and Corey while they and some friends got drunk and then Matt and I went to the club. Was there for about 45 minutes, but then left in search of a drunk Corey. We failed and just went to bed.
Day4:
Wake up call at 8:10. Got up a few minutes after and set off for Ochos Rios, Jamaica. Got to the island, unbelievably hot/humid, drank ridic amounts of water. Wanted to buy rum but parents would not leave the whole time. Saw some dolphins and other island creatures (LAME) but then climbed through the waterfall river thing, which was awesome. Left without doing any shopping. Locals were scary.
Came back, ate lunch at Johnny Rockets (mmmmmm I don’t know why but it was just fantastical), napped for 1.5 hrs. Woke up, showered, and went to dinner. From dinner we checked out the pics taken in Jamaica and then hit the casino. Played blackjack and won 100$ so I quit. Saw Matt, talked to Alex for a while, came back to the room for a bit. Went to the solarium, read, jacuzzied, came back and vegged out til bedtime.
Day 5:
Slept in til 10ish, got up and went to Grand Cayman. Walked around in ridiculous heat which made me relatively cranky but eventually bought nice perfume with my winnings from yesterday (Chance by Chanel) and then found liquor for super cheap so that brightened my day. Too bad it won’t be delivered til the last day of the cruise (damnit).
Hopped back on the boat around 2ish, ate at the Windjammer, and went and read Kite Runner in the Solarium til about 4:15. Came back, got ready for formal dinner #2. After eating we checked out the professional pics we’d taken the past few days and watched the waterfall dvd (from Jamaica). Then we had family toast time, which was fun but the boys peaced out soon after to go hang out in their club thing. I chatted w/ the parents for a while, pretty tipsy but not noticeably so, and the Cheri and I hit the casino where we both kinda lost (me 20, her I dunno). Ran into Alex, talked to him a lot but couldn’t convince him to leave for the jacuzzi with me (he had to babysit his moms slot machine while she went and napped or something.. all of his family members (including him) are HUGE gamblers), so I left only to run into Matt and Corey.
Chilled with them and some peeps at the bar forever, talked with Matt for a while, he wanted to go back to the casino, but I was tired so I went back to the room. I walk in to find at least 10 kids in here (my bros age) and I was like “ok everyone get the fuck out bc I’m tired and I’m going to bed bc I’m old,” ha. So they peaced out with Derek to go to someone else’s room but Scott and his friend Cody came back and Scott asked me for some advice and then informed me that Derek is stupid and let girls make out with each other on my bed. Thanks little bro. I left him a note. That fucker. I wouldn’t make out on his bed!! Jerk. And they wrinkled my sheets!! At least no one destroyed my towel monkey. Whatev, then I went to bed.
Day6:
Forced out of bed at 9 am. Got ready and got off the port in Cozumel. A lot of the buildings in Mexico were being still being reconstructed because of the last hurricane, and in this one area we drove by on the bus there were what seemed like thousands and thousands of dead trees. I don’t know why but it reminded me of the elephant graveyard from Lion King. Kinda depressing. Well, at least until we got to the “deluxe beach party”. Holy crap, awesome. Ridiculous buffet, open bar all day, beautiful water, shopping, all kinds of activities… good stuff. The boys and I got pretty tanked. Went in the water for a little while, and eventually had to head back on the bus. When we got back to the port area, we drunkenly searched for souvenirs so hopefully we were successful in picking out cool stuff. Lol. Also bought 2 $11 big bottles of Absolut. Cheap liquor- HELL YES. Vanilla and peach. Sweet. Too bad we can’t have it til we get off the ship.
Got in, we three were all still pretty gone, so we just went in search of food. Much to our dismay it was horrible timing and both Johnny Rockets and the Windjammer were closed. BLASPHEMY. And obvi we didn’t want to go to the nice dining room drunk so we had to settle for food in the Promenade, which was obvi subpar. Regardless, we stuffed our faces and returned to the room for a quality nap around 6:15.
Woke up around 8, felt shitty, so edited some pictures for a while. We hit some pretty rough seas, probably the worst thus far bc I was kinda falling down when I walked around. Felt even shittier and began to question if the ice really WAS from filtered water in Mexico. I decide that throwing up will be most beneficial before I shower because you can feel the boat rocking most when you’re in there. Ridiculous mistake. It burned like whoa and was all daiquiri. Maybe 7 or 8 little ones really was a bad plan. Well.. I think it was 7 or 8. I kinda lost count because the trash guy took all my cups away.
Anyway whatev. Chilled out for a little while after that, showered, had some alka seltzer (most foul liquid EVER I’d rather take pepto next time) and hit the casino. Won 75$, score. Went to the promenade with Alex and just talked for almost 2 hours. It was fun, he’s really nice. And it was kinda funny, he was on the debate team when all that stuff happened w/ Jon senior year so we discussed, lol. After that I was wiped, so I just came back and went to sleep.
Day7:
Was so lazy all day long. Straightened up the room in the morning and packed up most of the clothing. Edited pics, eventually showered and went to Johnny Rockets. It was fab of course, the waiters and waitresses all broke out into a dance when “Stayin’ Alive” came on- awesome. Came back, hung out with Scott and his friend, and then changed and went off to dinner. Ate ridiculous amounts of food (ha), took pictures with our servers and stuff, and watched the little farewell show they put on. After that we checked out the pictures taken the previous day and then hit the casino early. My dad just gave me 25 to play with, and I ended up winning it back and giving it to him and then I won 100 more. I heart that casino. And blackjack. Left after that, came back to the room and finished packing.
Went back down to the casino to meet up with Matt, realized I locked myself out of my room. And my alcohol. Lol. Hung out and watched half of “Proof” w/ gwenyth paltrow and jake gyllenhal while Matt and Corey drank. Went back down to my room w/ the boys to luckily find scott there. We drank and went back down to the casino. Matt played first bc the tables were craaaaaaaazy and he just broke even after a lil while so I decided to play 20 more. At first I was super lucky and I cut so everyone was obsessed with me because the whole table started doing really well, lol. I had the funniest asian guy behind me cheering me on. At one point I was up to about 60 or so, Matt played behind me bc I was doing so well, but after the dealer changed I just ended up back down at 20. Found Corey, hung out with him and some random other people in the Promenade. Went up to the top deck so Matt could check for cell service to see if he had to work on Monday, chilled for a little bit, then went back downstairs for water and ran into Derek. We tried to find a cute girl for Corey but he was rather wasted so we gave up. Matt walked me back to my room, by then it was about 4, so I passed out for a 2 hour nap.
Fucking awesome vacay.