The Fiasco Cruise..

Hey!!

Paul and I went on a much anticipated 8 day cruise last week, to the eastern Caribbean. 

When we left to go to the Detroit airport, it was 6° in Ohio. We boarded Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas on Saturday in Ft. Lauderdale. 

On our way to the port with ships in the distance

exploring the ship until our stateroom is ready

A totally different ship from the Alaskan cruise. Being in the warmth enables the hollow center of the ship with pools, slides and rock walls. 

lots of shops and restaurants

a floating bar with fountains underneath.

The Boardwalk has 2 slides, a carousel, hot dogs and... 

an ice cream parlor.

So, since starting WW last year, I've lost about 20 lbs and haven't had ice cream that wasn't vanilla birthday ice cream in about 9 months. I decided to treat myself and got a 2 scoop, birthday cake, salted caramel cone. I realized quickly, a 1 scoop little bowl would have been a much better choice. Oh well. 

Evenings on the ship were beautiful with all the different colored lights and music etc. 

I love the decor we get to look at while riding the glass elevators. 

The metal gowns with all the sparkles were gorgeous! 

The photos just don't do them justice.

We spent a lot of time here in Central Park reading and knitting 

The food was amazing and the lasagna was THE BEST I've ever had. 

Lemon curd tart

Creme Brule

French onion soup

Paul got some kind of burrito

Salmon 

a mudslide

pecan crusted salmon

I'm glad I saved the magnets I bought for our 50th Anniversary Cruise to Alaska. I just got rid of any that had reference to our anniversary and they sure made it easy to find our room. 

Cruisers have fun with door decorations LOL! 

On the 3rd day, I was stepping out of the bathroom and the ship swayed only slightly but I lost my balance just enough to where my arm slid down the door jam and cut it pretty good in 2 places 😖. I'll spare you the gory detail pics. 

step

door jam

Since my skin is so thin, they put steri-strips on and the doctor said, absolutely no water (meaning no swimming) for the rest of the trip. Ugh! 

The next day, Paul's nose was running and he was coughing and feeling lousy. We went back to medical and..

Yep, positive for Covid 😖

We had to quarantine and let me tell you, we were so happy we got a balcony! We would sit in the sun with 80+ degrees with free room service and even got to watch free movies. I saw the Farewell Downton movie that I didn't want to go to the theater alone to see. 

Needless to say, we missed our excursions to St. Thomas, St. Kitts and San Juan, Puerto Rico. We did get off the ship when we got to Royal Caribbean's Island CocoCay. 

RC Wonder of the Seas is docked there already. 

I'm amazed these 2 ships can dock so close to each other! 

my phone camera had a setting wrong. super overexposed. 

that's better

I loved the plants and flowers in Central Park on the ship..

The same day Paul tested postitive, I was in the shower and a shampoo bottle fell from about 6' and landed on my toes...MAN DID THAT HURT! It actually was more painful than my arm! 

I did enjoy a couple of mudslides (and only gained 2.2 lbs!! the whole trip) and Paul spotted a ducky which I had been looking for. 

He will reside in my craft room 😊

On our last night of the cruise, I had one more appointment with the doctor to check my arm. She was so sweet. I gave her a thank you card and she got all teary eyed. God bless her-she took good care of me. 

Dr. Daniela from Columbia

Of course we were in constant contact with the kids when we could. Eric sent us this after saying we need to be kept in a bubble! LOL! 

looking out at the vast ocean in my opinion is very humbling. 

Of course I'm home for one day, feeling like I have a bad cold...

And now you know why I titled my blog post The Fiasco Cruise. 

As always, thanks for stopping by.