I didn't get lost on the ship, I swear, just feeling a bit overwhelmed lately with a lot of things going on all at once. We got back from the cruise a week ago and it was great but not everything I expected. Trying to unpack and get back to life after 7 days of being away can sometimes be a bit much.
We loved a lot of things about the cruise. I didn't set my expectations high because I knew we were traveling with a toddler and wouldn't be able to do much but what I didn't expect was for everything to be so repetitive. We went on another Norwegian cruise in November of 2009 but despite the fact that we were on a different ship and 4 years later I was pretty surprised to see that the shows and entertainment is exactly the same. They had the same performances, same game shows, same everything. They even had the same exact songs they played by the band! We couldn't do much in the evenings because Annabelle went down to sleep at 7 but it didn't even matter because we pretty much saw the same stuff last time.
The waters were very choppy! The first night at sea S got super sick and almost threw up. He said he was very surprised because he hasn't gotten sick since he was in 6th grade and has never gotten motion sickness. I was fine for most of the time and A loved everything and slept like an angel. I think the rocking really helped her. At one point I had to go to the service desk and ask for nausea medication for S.
The excursions were nice and we had a lot of fun but it was hot! When we got to Nassau it was so hot we were only able to be on land for an hour max because even thought A had on sunscreen (which she later rubbed in her eye.. not fun..) she was getting very overheated sitting in a stroller. I was also a bit disappointed in the beach at the private island, Great Stirrup Cay. The shore was so rocky that some man coming out of the water was yelling "this beach sucks!" and I don't blame him. Thankfully we rented a shell so we had our own private section that was shaded.
We paid A LOT for this vacation and even though some parts disappointed me, getting a suite vs. a regular room was something I do not regret. Having priority boarding and not having to stand in lines was amazing! We had our own private restaurants for only people in suites and first go at everything. We had a soaking tub in the room which made giving A baths a breeze. The extra large balcony was great for relaxing in the evenings once A went to sleep and we even had a butler that bought us milk for Annabelle every day. Our mini fridge had more milk in it than alcohol! We had a coffee/tea machine and A got frothed milk every day instead of her regular boring milk. She was loving it! Every day we got some kind of a treat from our butler, either chocolate covered strawberries, baked goods, snacks or fresh fruit and we loved it!
Now we are back to life. S went back to work on Tuesday and we are slowly falling back into our routines. I loved our trip but for the price I wish we would have taken a bunch of little trips instead of one big one. Lesson learned and there is always next year. I think next year we will do some nice camping trips.
I'll leave you with these two images. One of the water in NYC and one from The Bahamas. Yea, take a guess which one is from where.
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