Day 5 Harmony of the Seas Cruise Trip

This was going to be a full day of being on the ship. I think they were going a bit faster and the waves was rocking the boat a bit more… wasn’t feeling as good.

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We went to Windjammer for food! It’s so nice up there with the breeze and the sun! They had a variety of food… It’s alright. I just go gaga over being able to try many different kinds of foods at once.

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Yes. I ate all of this. I’m a fatty.

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Absolutely beautiful day!!

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Every night you receive a short newsletter on what’s happening on the ship and the theme of the day. Today was a formal night theme so we had to dress up.

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I’m pretty impressed with myself that I took a picture of the menus. XD.

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Smoked chicken breast. I would not recommend this. The chicken tasted like a tough piece of ham. This salad needed more sauce because everything was just really dry.

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I had the tomato bisque, which was alright.

IMG_6400.JPGThe tuna salad was okay~

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Lobster nightttttttt. They cut it up in front of us which made us feel like VIP :3. But what I didn’t like was the butter poured on top… It tasted more like that fake butter they put on your popcorn in the movie theatres… hmm… some people got lobster that was cooked just right, some were overcooked.

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The salmon was so dry I didn’t even finish it x.x

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Our server was super nice and brought over an extra piece of lobster without us asking! Though I think we were too full… and we literally had to split this one dish in fours.

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Praline souffle, this was not bad! Quite yummy, but we were too full to fully enjoy it.

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I got the shortcake. It was nice and moise with strawberry sauce mmm.

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Darn lighting, makes my photos look crappy. This was nancy’s key lime pie. This was really good haha. Moist and tart.

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After dinner we went to see our shows! First up the Columbus musical! It got delayed quite a bit because the big ship component had some technical difficulties :(. We were so worried we would miss our next show! REALLY liked this musical though haha.

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Definitely didn’t take many good pictures at all. Our second show is the Journey in Time, it takes place in an ice rink on the cruise ship! It is chilly in there so I recommend wearing something warmer! It also had a magician? component to this. We were taken in awe by the beautiful costumes too.

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Back at the bionic bar. Clearly I was really proud of myself in creating a drink. Their system is really cool as you can order other drinks people made up and you can rate it too! I wonder if people liked my drink… hmm..

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Here’s how the drink looked… have to admit it just looks like juice haha.

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I wish I had my nice camera… but how we ended the night was just amazing. We all went up to the upper deck and just stared up in the pitch black sky filled with stars. It was REALLY beautiful because we would be able to see the full constellation. The most notable being the big dipper. But it’s also because we didn’t really know how the other constellations really looked. We played music and just enjoyed the sound of the waves.

 

It kind of spooked me a bit because we realized we’re in the middle of nowhere, and there’s no other lights or anyone else around us for miles. And without the lights from the ship it would be pitch black…

ANYWHO. Nice way to end the night 🙂


Cheers,

Michelle

Day 4 Harmony of the Seas Cruise Trip

GUESS WHAT! We woke up and landed in Jamaica!! We were super excited for more action-filled activities. I think we were starting to feel a bit dizzy or sea-sick on the boat…

The boys went down Park Cafe?) for breakfast. I really wanted to sleep in, so my dear Nancy went down to grab me some food. Bless her soul.
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It’s essentially a big area full of lots of shops selling all kinds of souvenirs and a few bars!

 

Waiting for our bus to arrive! For today’s shore excursion we chose the Good Hope Thrill Seekers’ Pass!

Reminder: bring cash!! You’ll want to tip tbe guides along the way when doing activities on shore excursions.

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Our bus driver and tour guide were super funny and made us laugh the entire way! What’s even funnier was that our bus was originally a bus from Japan (all the warnings and text were written in Japanese, it even used a map of Japan routes).

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We learnt that Jamaica has 41 types of mango!! And we didn’t get to try any :(. I really love this photo btw, it was taken during a bumpy bus ride so bit blurry.

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The boys are ready.

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Okay, I didn’t have fancy go pros like everyone else did to take photos and such during the ziplining we did… So please take this picture as evidence I did go on it! We had three guys that helped a group of us zipline through some beautiful hill tops. They cracked a lot of jokes and made us laugh the entire day!

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It was kind of confusing after the ziplining, because we thought there would be someone guiding us from one activity to another. But they basically drop you off in this area that has everything and you need to kind of manage your own schedule.

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Sorry Brenton, you weren’t looking in this photo. But we had a lot of fun on the adventure course! I’m kind of scared of heights, but I got used to it after a while :).

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TIME TO EAT. Because we said so. This ginger beer was much needed. It was so hot! It tastes like ginger ale but with more fresh and prominent ginger taste.

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This is the most amazing jerk chicken we ever had. The meat was so tender and the flavour was just… amazing. Sugoi. We definitely put some HOT sauce on that 😉

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We would just recommend getting jerk chicken without the sides…

We squeezed in some river tubing! Sadly it started to rain while we were on it. Creds to Nancy for her hard effort in getting a photo out of her gopro video LOL.

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SO, who’s a fan of rum?! I don’t really know my alcohol, but we had to try this famous one since we’re here! Appleton Estate rum. My stepfather has clients that send him this every Christmas. It’s quite expensive x.x

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The history behind this place is incredible.. being established in 1749. That’s like over 268 years old?! Dayum.

 

 

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We tried three kinds: Signature blend, reserve blend, and the rare blend. For those who haven’t tried rum, I’d describe it as liquid fire going down your throat. I’m not sure how appealing that sounds but the burn strangely felt kind of nice.

Signature blend: it’s aged around 4 years and has a beautiful light amber or honey colour. It’s warm and more fruitier tasting, bit of orange peel taste in there.

Reserve blend: This was our more preferred one. Bit stronger, and aged for an average of 6 years. You can taste more spices and the colour is a bit darker.

Rare blend: We were lucky and got to try a newly opened bottle of this! This was REALLY strong, it just hit us. This is aged for an average of 12 years. It has a much darker colour and tastes more woody? I can’t explain it. It was too strong for me… that’s all I remember. XD.

NOTE: do not buy any liquor when you’re on the cruise, because when you go through security before heading back to the ship they actually confiscate it…? I’m not sure why they wouldn’t warn you beforehand?

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As we were leaving we ran up to the top to see the view. There was one guard dressed in a safety vest that waved and shouted us goodbye as we were leaving. He got us to shout something back and overall we were left with such a good impression of Jamaica haha.

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And we’re back to our original dining area! Our servers were so sweet and said they were wondering where we went and that they missed us T^T.

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The Maryland crab cake. The sauce was very yummy but I wished it was more fresh crab meat. I feel like it tasted like imitation crab meat??

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The roasted garlic soup. Nancy says it’s yummy!

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Ahh the french onion soup. Can’t really go wrong with this, other than it’s super oily and you feel like you need a salad after haha.

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This was the ahi tuna steak! To be honest, this wasn’t as good as I was thinking it would be… but the colours are beautiful! 🙂

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In case you were wondering, this is how we ate every night on the cruise. These are only the entrees too XP. And yes. We get quite a few stares.

What a night! we just did more trips to snack places and the mix bar (the guys bought the drink package and really needed to get their money’s worth… LOTS OF ALCOHOL lol).

Stay tuned for the next post whoo!


Michelle is out!

Day 3 Harmony of the Seas Cruise Trip

Day 3 we landed in Labadee! We have to admit we were tired and wanted to sleep in a bit so we left the boat a bit later.

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We were super excited to finally get off the boat. This is also the first time being able to see the whole boat!

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The water is just so beautiful here (as seen in cover photo hehe)! Labadee is one of the spots that the Royal Carribean bought so it’s just a tourist area. And of course a mandatory picture of the place’s name with the ship in the background

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We were trying to find the perfect palm tree to take a photo with. Spoiler alert: it didn’t happen. ahahah

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I got two platefuls of food hehe. The buffet was okay, there was very watered down juices available. But all the fresh fruit that I wanted to eat!! WATERMELON and pineapples MmmMmm.

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Oh look, Nancy’s foot completed this picture. 🙂

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It was here where I first met Timothy.

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He even introduced me to his family.

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We were pretty lazy this day and just played fail volleyball, looking for seashells and splashing in the water! P.c. Brenton

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Justin’s the best ;). Can’t ever be overprepared. P.c. goes to Brenton Chung

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We came back to find our room attendant made some cute animal with towels! Not quite sure if this is a dog or a goat or something… what do you guys think?

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We all have assigned dining rooms to eat at, but today for some reason they brought us to the American Icon Grill? I think we all agreed we liked the look of it better than the usual one we go to. Maybe because it was well lit up with all the open windows to look outside.

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Anyways the MOST important moment you guys have all been waiting for is dinner!

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Terrible photo sorry. But here we have Justin a bit tipsy ahaha.

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The chilled shrimp was okay, it tasted just like the shrimp platter you get at superstore with that typical cocktail sauce.

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Salmon Tartare! Not bad, bit bitter though.

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Justin got the Iceberg wedge. Not really the best tasting and it’s kind of difficult to eat, but if you miss veggies, this is the thing to order. (we’ve been eating way too much meat on the cruise haha)

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The papardelle? Nancy’s theme on the cruise ship was TRUFFLE. It was really good the first beginning bites but then it got to be a bit too heavy.

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The almond crusted haddock. It was alright, not much flavour. I wish the almond slices were thinner and the potato underneath was really dry.

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The grilled New York Sirloin steak. It was kind of dry and tasted like slightly spicy seasoned beef.

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Grilled chicken breast. We’ll just leave it at that.

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Justin ordered the rack of lamb. It definitely couldn’t compare to the Jamie Oliver one we ate. And it was way too overpowering for me. Though Justin says it melts in your mouth (he was also a bit tipsy so I’m not sure about his judgement :p)

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I believe this was a mango cheesecake with passionfruit drizzle. It wasn’t what I expected :(.

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If I remember correctly this is the apple pie with ice cream? It was good!

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For the boy’s room, look what the room attendant did! haha

Anywho the server we had today was super sweet and funny! She called me Michelle, ma belle :3. What did we do the rest of the day? O.O It’s a blur. Was this the night we cracked the wine bottle open in the room?


LOVE.

Michelley