We were up for the sunrise this morning and it really was beautiful. It was nice having our room just one deck below the outdoor promenade deck so we didn't have to go far to find these beautiful colors.
We moved forward to the helipad as we approached CocoCay, Royal Caribbean's private island.
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| This has got to be the heaviest letter "H" at least that we have ever seen! |
Once the ship started turning around, we moved to the back of the ship to watch us back into the dock.
I activated my 24 hour loyalty internet benefit this morning so we would have good internet both on shore and on the ship through disembarkation tomorrow morning.
We then stopped by the main dining room for some breakfast.
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| Dairy-free French toast! |
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| A breakfast burrito |
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| Chocolate Chip and Banana Pancakes |
The ship was slow getting clearance for passengers to disembark because the day before high winds had caused waves to crash over the dock which required some clean up. But about the time we were ready to go out, the announcement came that we had been cleared. It was still a bit cool so we didn't plan to swim. Our goal was to take our time meandering around the island.
We started by going left at the end of the dock and walking along Chill Island.
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| That's me in the background hanging over the ledge, trying to get the perfect photo or video. |
We made our way to a deck with picnic tables over looking the shore excursion docks and a beach near Coco Beach Club which had overwater cabanas.
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| I think this is a Palm Warbler |
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| Needlefish |
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| Overwater Cabanas |
We enjoyed lunch at the Snack Shack where they are known for their mozzarella sticks.
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| The hot air balloon wasn't flying today due to the wind. |
We walked by South Beach which was so busy that we didn't stick around. We then started heading back to the ship.
Back on board, we enjoyed some time walking through a pretty quiet ship.
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| The door to the Main Dining Room was open so we took a peek from the upper level. |
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| Parked outside Cafe Promenade |
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| Sorrento's in the Royal Promenade |
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| The Bull & Bear Pub on the Royal Promenade |
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| Vintages (wine bar) on the Royal Promenade |
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| Cafe Promenade on the Royal Promenade |
Some photos from the pool and higher decks
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| Chill Island Beach on CocoCay (view from one of the higher decks in the aft) |
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| CocoCay |
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| I love these ship maps located throughout the ship. |
We then played a little mini-golf. Paul had two hole in ones!
We finally found a quiet space in the Star Lounge during the afternoon.
Late afternoon, we snagged a good table in Vintages and ordered a glass of wine while we passed time waiting for the parade to start.
The parade was bit unique.
It was Italian night in the main dining room.
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| lasagna |
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| Tiramisu |
After dinner, we enjoyed some quiet guitar music in Boleros, did some packing, and then ultimately went to check out nighttime climbing on the rock climbing wall. It is harder than it looks. Paul was kind enough to make sure he got a shot of me where you can't see the ground so no one will know how high I got.
With a long drive ahead of us, we didn't stay up too late. Our goal was to be up for breakfast in the buffet shortly after it opened at 6am the next morning. The first walk-offs were expected to start at 7:15 am.
The next morning we enjoyed one last breakfast in the buffet. I wasn't so distracted this morning (like I was on Nassau morning), so I actually took the time to walk towards the back and found so much more variety. They even had avocado toast. And the chicken sausages on board were some of the best I've had on a ship. The donuts were so fresh.
Disembarkation lines started from deck 4 both in the forward and the aft. In the aft, the line started in the main dining room. We got in line about 6:50 am and were walking off the ship by 7:20 am.
Except for the few seconds it took to scan our faces at customs, we never stopped walking until we got to our car. It was an incredibly smooth disembarkation. The drive home was a lot less eventful than the drive there, except for one small detour we took around an accident. It took us about 12 hours. The car averaged 35.6 MPG going home over 739 miles.
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