Boo to the Halloween on the Highs Seas Crew Oct. 2016, Fantasy Trip Report

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For dessert Claire got a Mickey bar.

 

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She had this most nights, but some nights she would skip it so that her and Alexis could go get self-serve ice-cream. It was pretty funny, but this was Alexis’favorite thing on the cruise. She loved to go make herself a cone and she talked about this for months prior to the cruise. I think Alexis averaged 4 cones a day but one day she had like 8 or 9. We joked that she was eating her cruise fare in ice-cream cones.

 

I had noted that we were celebrating Abby’s birthday,which was just a month prior, so they brought out a treat and sang for her.

 

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That was our head server next to her, and again I no longer remember his name either, but he was one of the better head servers we have had as well. Very friendly and came over nightly to say hi.

 

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I have had this treat before. The mousse like stuff is good, but the top is like a chocolate jelly and it’s gross.

I also ordered for dessert something similar.

 

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I also got some sort of chocolate brownie or cake with ice-cream.

 

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I then remembered about the light fixtures and took a picture of them now open.

 

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Dinner was great. Ferdi worked with Amanda and her allergies and she had a fabulous dinner.Each night they would bring her a surprise dessert and sometimes I had wished they would have brought me the same thing as she got some neat things. She was very happy with her meals. They also let her order her breakfast and/or lunch from the dining rooms if she wanted to the night before. This took so much stress off her shoulders and she was able to finally relax.

Vicki also has some food allergies, though not as many,but she too was well taken care of.

 

Since the little kids liked to go to the club each night,they preordered as well so that their food pretty much came out as soon as we sat down. As soon as they were done,Abby, Luke and Jude would go to the clubs and Katie would take Violet to the nursery where she liked to “play with the babies”.

Katie and Thad had worried how the late dining would work for them, but in the end they liked it. They said it was so nice to finish the meal in peace and then they had a little time after to go and have a drink or do something.

 

After dinner, Claire and Alexis went off together. They really like to hang with Aunt Mary and Geoff and that is probably where they went.

 

I went for a walk to get some night time shots.

 

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For the majority of the cruise I used my point and shoot camera and my phone, with just a few shots with my big DSLR. It was just too heavy and big to carry around and I am becoming spoiled with how easy the point and shoot is. It does not give the same quality but I am happy enough with it these days and my shoulders and back thank me. In fact, I am leaving for Universal Studios soon and I think I am only taking the point and shoot this trip.

 

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The ship is just beautiful lit up at night.

 

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I never once got into the adult pool on the Fantasy or the Dream. I will have to remedy that in the future.

 

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A look in the Cove Café.

 

 

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The ice-cream self-serve station. I am surprised I didn’t find the girls here.

 

 

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The drink station.

 

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The splash area.

 

 

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A peek in the store.

 

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I took in the Pumpkin tree without so many people around it.

 

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I went to check out our boarding pictures, but the folders were locked up.

 

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You could look at your pictures digitally but it was down right now as well.

 

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D Lounge.

 

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A look through Europa.

 

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I was trying to just pop in and take quick pictures. Many didn’t turn out very good.

 

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I took a quick peek into Oh La La and snapped and was walking out when I heard my name.

 

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Geoff, Vicki and Katie were in there and I had just taken their picture without even knowing it. LOL. So I walked in and talked to them a bit. They were just finishing up. I had on my bucket list to get a drink here at some point during the cruise, but I still had a full week to do that.

 

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They had snacks out in the hallway.

 

 

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They looked good but I was always too full to have any.

 

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They have the coolest bathrooms in here.

 

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All the family members had used it at one time or another and commented on them.

 

 

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The Tube is where they often had adult games and shows in the evenings.

 

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Skyline

 

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This area has doors out to Deck 4 and I went out and took a little walk.

 

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It was really windy so I didn’t stay out long.

 

I headed back to the room and messaged Claire it was time for her to come back too and get ready for bed. We have a sea day tomorrow so she could sleep in, but I knew she would still have a busy day. We had told our Cabin Steward that she wanted to sleep on the bunk tonight, so he had that all set up for her and she climbed up and we both drifted off to sleep. Sleeping on the ship is like paradise to us.

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Oct. 23, 2016, Sunday, Day 5

 

Rise and shine!!! Our first day at sea!

I got up early and got dressed and walked out to see the sunrise and explore the ship.

One thing I noticed about our room is that though it was cool, it didn’t get quite as cold as I like it at night. It wasn’t horrible, but not comfortable either. I never had this issue on DCL before.

A quick look out on the balcony to see what kind of day it was going to be. The nice thing about balconies are that you can go out in your pj’s!

 

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I then did some ship exploring and took random pictures here and there.

 

 

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This is the Meridian.

 

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Just an FYI, when you go out on the port side deck from there, it is a smoking area. There are only a couple of smoking areas on this ship and 2 are in adult areas. The 3rd is on deck 4, but only legally during certain times of the day.

 

 

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You can’t beat a view like this.

 

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This is the bathroom that services Remy and Palo.

 

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I just kind of wandered.

 

I believe this was in the Cove Café..

 

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The staircase is so pretty. I realized later that the staircase is like a peacocks neck and the carpet makes it’s body and feathers.

 

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Shutters, where you can find your photos.

 

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Peacock!

 

 

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These treats were out by the Vista Café.

 

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You can book your next cruise here.

 

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That first morning I took a lot of pictures.

 

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Back towards the atrium.

 

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