Our Freedom of the Seas Cruise

Ted, Bradd, Heather,Taytum and Kaelan.


Our little Adventure Ocean pirates.


The H2O Zone was sooo much fun. It also had a (donut shaped) whirlpool pool that was really fun.

Niagara Falls and the Flower Girl

Here's some pictures of our visit to Niagara Falls and our grandaughter Taytum as the Flower Girl at Matt and Beth's wedding. For pictures of the Bride and Groom go to http://www.mattandbeth.org/.

Freedom of the Seas

Here's a picture of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This is the ship we are cruising on in September. As we were tendering ashore and watching the "pirate ship" we were able to get this interesting shot. The Freedom of the Seas and it's sister ship Liberty of the Seas are currently the largest cruise ships ever (154k ton). Next year Royal Caribbean is launching another ship in this class called Independence of the Seas. The following year they launch a Genesis class ship that will be 41% larger (220K ton).

Cruising

We just returned from a cruise on the Carnival Liberty. It was a 6 night cruise to Bahama, Grand Cayman and Costa Maya. At Freeport, Bahama we took a taxi to a beach and practiced using our snorkel gear. At Grand Cayman we tendered ashore and did some shopping. The picture of the boat above is as the tender was leaving (we did not have to dive in and swim to shore as it seems in the picture!!). The scenic picture is of Grand Cayman as we arrived. It was so windy when we got to Costa Maya that they weren't able to dock the boat so we had an extra day at sea. We had a really smooth sailing except for the day and a half getting to and from Costa Maya.

At dinner we were assigned a table with 3 other "fifty-something" couples. All had been married a long time and had grown kids and grandkids, which gave us alot in common. We enjoyed the company each night. The pictures above are of our table mates. Our table was at the back of the dining room against the window with a great view of the ocean and sky. Our server, Adriana, was great and we had alot of fun with her. The food was very good and our previous experiences gave me the confidence to order 2 lobsters on formal night!! And for dessert...Warm Chocolate Melting Cake...need I say more?

Overall, we relaxed, had a good time and met some nice people.