Pictures of our cruise.

[tkyes]

It took me 2 months but I finally got around to scanning our last vacation pictures.

In December DH and I took a cruise with my parents and my brother. We sailed Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas and visited Ocho Rios, Grand Caymen and Cozumel.

I won't bore you with a lot of pictures, but I thought a few of these might warm everybody up! :)



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This is a giant sculpture in one of the two main staircase areas on the ship.



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This is Royal Caribbean's private island Labadee as seen from our balcony. We spent the day here sunbathing, swimming and the boys went jet skiing.




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A little additional touch that helped make the "island" a little more rustic.


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Our boat as seen from the beach. It was definately a city on water. It had everything you could imagine including an ice skating rink :)


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DH and I on one of our formal nights.


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A stingray in Grand Caymen. We did a stingray swim and were able to feed them.


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A view from the shore on Grand Caymen.



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Another formal night.


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Our final picture of the trip, our arrival home at the airport.


tamie

[ChiTownZee]

I could only see two of those :(

[tkyes]

Really? hmmm....

[helenabear]

I was able to see four of them (#2, 6-8), but those were wonderful!! That underwater shot was cool!

[dizneenut]

Nice pics. :)

[RitaZ.]

Beautiful pics! You and your DH make a cute couple!:D

[Verandah Man]

I only saw a couple, then I right clicked on the boxes and copied and pasted url codes into the address bar, then clicked go, then clicked back, and the photos came up.

Very nice photos, made me warm inside, especially since we are expecting more snow by the end of the week. YUK!!!

[newmousecateer]

I couldn't see all of them, but the ones I did see are wonderful. Thanks for sharing with us.

[tkyes]

I wonder why some aren't working????? How frustrating.


Tamie

[oldkicker]

I think it's just Imagestation being persnickety....

I was able to post the URL into a browser to see them. :)

Looks like you had a great time! :)

[tkyes]

Don't ya just love imagestation? ;)


Glad everyone likes them, it was fun looking at them again.



Tamie

[Patrick IL.]

I can see them now Tamie, wonderful pictures..you guys look great! :)

Patrick

[grinningghost]

Thanks for the pics - makes me want to get out of here!!!:D

[catsrule]

Nice pics, Tamie. :D

[tnkrbell]

Now I want to go on a cruise!!!!! :) :)
You guys are a gorgeous couple!! Im glad you had a great time and thanks sfor sharing with us!!

[Gail T AGAIN]

I could just see 1,4,6,7, I think that was the order of them.

[nativetxn]

I could only see a few of the photos but they were wonderful. Thanks for posting these.

[Brisully]

Three of the pictures aren't coming up because you have some extra code in there. (after the .jpg, there's some extra stuff in there)

[Michelle]

Great photos, Tamie! I love your hair short now, you need to change your signature picture. :)

[tkyes]

Thanks Bris - That I took all that extra stuff out. Imagestation still is being a pain though.

Thanks Michelle - I do need to change my photo, I just need to decide on which picture :)



Tamie

[Luckymommyx2]

I'm really glad we decided not to go back to Disney World this year and take the cruise instead. I can't wait!! Thanks for the pictures...they're great! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[Dan Murphy]

As I said the other night, Tamie, wonderful!!!! You guys look great, the cruise looks super!!! Thanks.

[Tony-NJ]

I have to get on a cruise one of these days!

[Gail T AGAIN]

I got to see all of them today, they came out great, you both looked fantastic dressed up. Thanks for sharing:D

[shep]

Very nice..:)

[Patio]

I really loved these pictures. Was your ship the one that has rooms overlooking an atrium? Were the rooms a good size? Was the balcony room worth it? Any other details would be great.

[chelsea&austinsmom]

Nice pics. I would love to go on a cruise someday but DH doesn't want to go on a cruise.

[tkyes]

Patio - The rooms were a decent size. I don't have anything to compare it to though.

I thought the balcony was great. It was wonderful to eat breakfast out on the balcony. It was also a lot of fun to check out our stop for the day from our balcony too.

If you have any other questions let me know. :)



Tamie

[JulesMom]

Great pics!

Thanks for sharing!:D

[Jeafl]

Beautiful pictures! I could see them all.

We are going to Grand Cayman on our cruise over Thanksgiving. Any tips on what not to miss?

[mamajoan]

WOW!! loved the pictures.. it looks as if you had a grand vacation!
btw.. you and your dh are a couple of cutie pies! really!!

I have one ? Did you tender off the ship to various ports including the private island.. or did you dock? Thanks for the info!

[tkyes]

Jeafl - In Grand Caymen we did the Stingray City tour (which we loved) and just went shopping and ate lunch. The exchange rate is a little high so shopping in Grand Caymen isn't really a good deal. It's a beautiful place though!

Mamajoan - Thanks, you're so sweet. :) If I remember correctly, we tendered on to Labadee and on to Grand Caymen. We were able to dock at Ocho Rios and Cozumel. We didn't have to wait for any of our tenders though, they were really good about that.



:) Tamie

[mamajoan]

Tamie! thanks.. the tendering ? has to do with my wheelchair use.. docking is just a whole lot easier for me.. thank you so much for a quick answer.
sometimes it is WAY easier getting a clearer picture of things when I ask ?'s here on the dis.
Sometimes.. hec many times the cruise people have no idea how to answer ? re: w/c's

[yasuern]

Thanks for sharing - I saw all the pics - You make a lovely couple!

[tkyes]

Yes, I can see how docking would be much easier for you.

There are ramps to get you from the ship to the tender boat but I'm not sure how smooth they are to get off and on from.


:) tamie

[mamajoan]

Ramps would be AOK.. I have heard they use ladders sometimes. and that would be impossible...


cool.. Ramps!

[Marla Hellwig]

Nice - thanks for posting!

[Princess Michelle]

Your pics are gorgeous, Tamie! I'd love to be there right now! :sunny: