We have been so busy with other things, we haven't really spent much time focusing on our upcoming cruise that we booked months ago. Nathan booked it for us thinking that after the wedding and due to my dad's death landing on the holidays, that I could probably use it. He was so right with that! Still, I did very little planning for this cruise compared to the others so I was a little concerned that it might not go as well as the others have. I am happy to report that I had no reason to be concerned because the cruise was fabulous.
We headed down to Miami the night before and had family time. We exchanged Christmas gifts, played games and then we spent the night at Amibr's gorgeous new apartment. Here is a shot of Daniel and my mom chatting. I wish I had thought to take more pictures that night, and of the apartment but I didn't think of until bedtime.
The next morning, we were up bright and early. Ambir took us to the port, which was wonderful! It saved a lot of time and hassle and we joked that would be our new means of port transportation from here on out if we could pick. We checked in and sat down in the waiting area. We had Faster To The Fun, so we only waited about fifteen minutes before we were on the ship. We loved having FTTF! Best money we spent for the cruise and we will always try to do this in the future. Not only did we get to board early, we were able to go to our room right away. So we headed there first thing. We loved our room this time. It was huge compared to our two other cruises and it was very bright and cheery inside.
Now off to explore the Liberty. This is the biggest ship we have cruised on so far and she is a beauty!
We were quickly distracted by the food. This ship has The Blue Iguana and Guy's Burgers. I read online that both could be busy once we were sailing, so we took advantage of an almost empty ship and tried both right away. I tried the Mexican food and Nathan tried the burger. We both thought they were very good!!
After our meal, we went to find our favorite place on the ship, the Serenity Deck. We found it pretty quickly because it was right by the food. It was also located right above/next to the Lido deck, so I'm not sure how much serenity there will be due to the noise down below, but we decided to plant ourselves there for the Sailaway Party to find out.
We stayed here through the party, and nope, not much serenity going on but it was still a kid free zone and had gorgeous views so we were happy. We loved being close enough to the action for the party that we could hear/see it but not have to be in the congested area. So it was a win-win for us. Just a bit of the Sailaway Party fun:
After the party, we decided to head back to our rooms and get ready for dinner. We had Anytime Dining, which we also love. We have done that all three cruises and hope to continue to do it. After getting a bit dressed up, we went up one short deck to our dining room and were seated immediately. Dinner was great, the food was very good and we enjoyed the whole meal.
After dinner we walked around the ship some more. I loved that there were Christmas decorations up on the ship. It was so festive. It was like getting a Christmas cruise without having to put up with the crowd that would be there for an actual Christmas cruise. We heard Christmas carols being sung, and went to enjoy that and while there we had an extra surprise: snow! Yes, they had snow coming down from the ceiling which added to the holiday spirit.
When we were done with the singing and exploring, we headed back to our room to chill for the rest of the night. We knew we wanted to be up very early so we planned to go to bed early. Our towel animal and bedtime mints were waiting for us.
We can tell already that there will be a lot of goodness packed into this cruise. We can't wait to have tons of fun for the next six days!
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