DragonOfTheSeas

I just wanna let everybody know while we’re in Nassau that we are at the Starbucks. It is on Bay Street .1 of a mile from the straw market. They are selling the been there series mugs in case anyone collects those.

I appreciated the talent. Especially the gymnastic ability of the dancers. They were phenomenal. just not my cup of tea

One thing that the Anthem has done that is a really nice touch is provide music as you’re arriving for breakfast. Each morning one or a few crew members are stationed outside of the main dining room, and providing us with music. Today it was beautiful flute melodies.

We are docked in Nassau. Woo Hoo. This is a picture as we got close. We are docked in the 4th berth. Nassau is not my favorite port. But I’m very interested to see what the new port area looks like. I don’t have any excursion or plans here but I do plan to get off and look around. This was the pilot boat arriving at the ship early this morning. I wasn’t able to get a picture of the pilot, jumping onto the ship. we have been following the Norwegian pearl in each of our port stops. And she’s here, docked beside us.

Shortly after we board at the ship DD and I walked around on the15th deck. We went to an activities desk in the seaplex. one of the guys there told us that to reserve the north star for the basic trip, (free version) to check the app after 6pm. The previous two nights we had tried, and never saw it pop-up. Tonight, our daughter was just looking on the app for something else regarding tonight‘s entertainment, and the basic version of the Northstar appeared. She followed the prompts to make a reservation for 9:30 in the morning and told me to do the same thing. I was standing right beside her, so did. I immediately tried to make the reservation, but the 9:30am slots were all gone so I picked 9:15am. It’s no problem that we’re not going together. I just wanted to point out how quickly those times fill up. If you want to try out the basic version of the Northstar be on your app right at 6 PM the night before your port stop.

Tonight DD And I had reservations for the show Spectra. It’s very hard to describe. when the show was over, I told DD that if cirque du Soleil and a computer had a baby it would be this show. The special effects, lighting and costumes were excellent. But there was no storyline, and the use of the computer generated content was just weird. And I was not the only one that thought that it hurts several people talking about it if they left. The performers were all very talented and amazing dancers. it was just not my cup of tea.

No, I do not get notifications if I forget the phone. It is good to know that even if I fouled up that the Apple Watch would not likely trigger the huge bills I read about. Oh well, learning experience.

The music got a little louder as the day went on. But it was still fine with me. The only one of the songs that I recognized was by Beyoncé. And I didn’t know what the name of it was. Ha ha ha ha. The pool was never crowded. There was always one or two of those in water loungers empty. I thought they would be full by 10 o’clock but they weren’t. I think there’s so many children on this ship that the parents and grandparents went to the waterpark or other parts of the island with the children. look at these two women dressed in bright Caribbean costumes. There were a few of them around the pool, dancing, and generally trying to encourage the party atmosphere. A couple of them were carrying around champagne bottles fixed with triggers, and shooting a mouthful of champagne into everyone they passed. I passed on the opportunity, but DD enjoyed it. They had pretty good aim from a foot away. You can tell they do this a lot. sorry, I was in the pool at the time and didn’t have my phone with me and didn’t get a picture.

oh, most of the flights are not dressed, but there are some that are from certain places. but I will tell you that a lot of the people that I know that cruise out of Baltimore are not going to drive to the New Jersey New York area. we have tried to get them to go on a cruise that we thought was good out of Bayonne and they wouldn’t do it. I will drive there either.DH and I take the train. And they could do that, but for some reason they don’t do that either. not saying that this is Royal Caribbean’s fault. This is a disaster not of their making. But there will be a number of people who would not drive to New Jersey.

So I think I’ve made a mistake with my smart watch. I am new to an iPhone . My son bought it for me because I had a bad fall last summer and no one was nearby. So this way I always have a way to contact someone. I put my iPhone on airplane mode, my Apple Watch, is connected to my phone, but does not have a separate Verizon account. I never thought to put it in airplane mode until today. Oops —on day four of my cruise. I guess I should be expecting a big bill when I get back. Will it stop collecting data and phone or test since my s iPhone was in airplane mode? I know all the young people ot there are rolling their eyes. This is one of those old lady questions. Thanks for your help.

My first Coco Loco of the day. I’m not usually a day drinker. But Coco Cay is an exception.☺️

I don’t know what Reno they were doing at Norfolk. But we have sailed out of the Norfolk terminal many years ago and our son lives in Virginia Beach. The Norfolk cruise ship terminal is absolutely beautiful. It has an entire wall of windows that overlook the Hampton roads. They rented out for wedding receptions. It’s so nice my only issue with Norfolk is the traffic because it’s in a highly congested area of the city and there is no immediate parking. The city has several garages, but there are a couple blocks away. You either have to park and push your luggage for a couple blocks or take their shuttle

Here are some pictures of the bar and the cabana area. I want to take a picture real fast before people got into those cabanas. The pool area looks especially also, I am someone who does not like loud music. And that was something that kind of concerned me about coming here really the only thing. But I decided to come anyway because of the adults only and heated pool features I don’t know whether they’ve turned the music down today or not but it’s fine. I’m not bothered by it at all. It gives it a nice vibe.

Here, a few pictures of the beach and pool

It’s a beautiful day here on Coco Cay. I’ve been missing getting my sunrise picture, so here was today’s sunrise Coco Cay is in the Berty Island group. Norwegian cruise line uses one of those islands as a private island also. And they were pulling in this morning. We are sharing the island today with freedom of the seas

Merino Mom thank you for answering. They do not put the sheets introducing the important people in your state room anymore. I did not go to the top-tier event. So I wasn’t there to meet them and I asked one of the waiters in the dining room, and they could say his name, but they could not spell it for me. (and there was no way from the way they were pronouncing it, that I could spell it.) I still have this on my mental list to find out so you save me the trouble😃

We are headed to Hideaway Beach today in Coco Cay. I will post some pics in a little while.

We are leaving Port Canaveral right on time at 8 PM. It was fine while it lasted.

We did a small amount of shopping at Ron Jon. It’s a huge store and the lines were long.

Cocoa Beach is hopping since it is spring break. We were late arriving in port compared to other ships. some of them seem to be packing up and leaving. The last bus for us is at 5:30 tonight. it’s a red flag day so everyone’s limited to the breakers.

I didn’t look on my phone this morning until I got into Port Canaveral. I will shocked to see the key bridge collapse. We have good friends who are sailing on the vision right now. And Baltimore Cruise friends who are scheduled on the next two cruises. at least one of our friends on this cruise on vision was with us on the last cruise on grandeur of the sea when sailing stopped for the pandemic. They closed the port of Baltimore. But the governor made an exception, and allowed us to return. I feel for her, and all those that are aboard

Yes, it’s working out very well for us. Our waiter and assistant waiter are excellent. If they offer this in the future, we will certainly sign up.

I purchased three tickets for the Ron Jon beach shuttle. It will take us to Cocoa Beach. Our time is 1:45 PM to meet the bus. We have a later port day so that’s not a problem and DH and I will probably only stay about three or so hours at the beach. Since we don’t have any suntan yet, we don’t want to scorch on the first day. The later excursion time lets us have lunch on the ship, which is much easier to do for us, instead of finding a restaurant on the shore. I know many people enjoy doing that but we have to think about what works best in our situation.

We spent a good part of the morning in our happy place again.. . Otherwise known as the solarium. I was taking a selfie on the swing when someone else came up and said they would take a picture. Our.DD always makes her 20 something send a picture when they’ve gone on a trip each day. She calls it the proof of life 🙄 Here is my proof of life for today

We are pulling into Port Canaveral now woo hoo! there is a campground right at the entrance to Port Canaveral, and a beach nearby.