The S.S. Emerald Seas - my wife, sister-in-law & her two sons, our 5 year old, and I took our first cruise on this ship. A memorable experience. I shall never forget being on deck gazing down into the ocean as we were about to dock in Nassau that morning. I thought I was seeing the reflections of the clouds in the sky. I turned, looked up, and there were no clouds in the sky. I was gazing at the bottom of the ocean. The water was that clear. About a year ago, I sailed to Nassau on RCCL's Majesty of the Seas. Needless to say the water there is brown, the docking area has expanded exponentially. Seven ships in port whereas when we went in the 70's, the old Rotterdam of HAL was the only other ship there. Also, I'll never forget the little native Bahamian boys who would climb the mooring ropes onto the front deck of the ship and dive off the ship into the water for quarters, nickels, or dimes. Those scenes and that of the open-air straw market will always be with me. Now the straw market is enclosed and some of the flavor that I associated with it has now gone like the wonderful Emerald Seas. I have sailed to Alaska, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera, the North Sea, a Transatlantic cruise, but I'll always remember with most fondness that first cruise on the Emerald Seas.
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The S.S. Emerald Seas - my wife, sister-in-law & her two sons, our 5 year old, and I took our first cruise on this ship. A memorable experience. I shall never forget being on deck gazing down into the ocean as we were about to dock in Nassau that morning. I thought I was seeing the reflections of the clouds in the sky. I turned, looked up, and there were no clouds in the sky. I was gazing at the bottom of the ocean. The water was that clear. About a year ago, I sailed to Nassau on RCCL's Majesty of the Seas. Needless to say the water there is brown, the docking area has expanded exponentially. Seven ships in port whereas when we went in the 70's, the old Rotterdam of HAL was the only other ship there. Also, I'll never forget the little native Bahamian boys who would climb the mooring ropes onto the front deck of the ship and dive off the ship into the water for quarters, nickels, or dimes. Those scenes and that of the open-air straw market will always be with me. Now the straw market is enclosed and some of the flavor that I associated with it has now gone like the wonderful Emerald Seas. I have sailed to Alaska, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera, the North Sea, a Transatlantic cruise, but I'll always remember with most fondness that first cruise on the Emerald Seas.