Finally got around to it! Photo TR of 1st Med cruise 2010

[travelbug24]

I have a question regarding the laundry room. Do you need to swipe your card to use the iron?

Can you request an iron from your housekeeper?

 

[Becx N Gav]

We did the FE gift excahnge - it was agreed we'd give something small and/or edible as many people had luggage restirctions.

Here is some of what we were given - everyone made a fantastic effort

Our tip envelopes - don't know why I took a pic of these, let alone 3!

 

[Becx N Gav]

I have a question regarding the laundry room. Do you need to swipe your card to use the iron?

Can you request an iron from your housekeeper?

No the iron is free - the sign instructs you to set the timer but that is it!

You are not allowed an iron (one from the ship or your own) in your cabin so your stateroom host would not be able to bring one for you.

I found on a previous cruise the cost of getting garments ironed and delivered was quite reasonable if you only need a couple of things. I think if you need to iron anything and don't want to pay just make sure you go to the laundry room at a time when not many people are there. It's worth trying the other laundry rooms if the one you go to is busy, if you use the elevator it isn't too much hassle getting from one to another.

 

[travelbug24]

No the iron is free - the sign instructs you to set the timer but that is it!

You are not allowed an iron (one from the ship or your own) in your cabin so your stateroom host would not be able to bring one for you.

I found on a previous cruise the cost of getting garments ironed and delivered was quite reasonable if you only need a couple of things. I think if you need to iron anything and don't want to pay just make sure you go to the laundry room at a time when not many people are there. It's worth trying the other laundry rooms if the one you go to is busy, if you use the elevator it isn't too much hassle getting from one to another.

Thanks so much Hopefully there won't be too much to touch up.

 

[Becx N Gav]

I've been meaning to get back to this for while - time just flies!

The dinner theme tonight was Captain's Gala

The menu

The shrimp appetiser - both the same but Gav only had 2 on his plate! He asked for another one

Cured meat and roasted veg

Salad

I think this was a mushroom soup

Chicken parmesan entree

Lobster

Tuna

Desserts

Tonight we came back to a crocodile (or an alligator!)

Another FE gift

The next day was a sea day. We had breakfast at Lumiere's (turned out to be our favourite place for breakfast)

Then we started packing our stuff (I wanted to get most of it out the way early) however things took a turn for the worse when we headed into a storm! It started out a bit choppy and we wandered around a bit, went to the stores. But it soon got worse - at one point standing on deck 4 mid ship, out one window we could see the sea out the other the sky! It was a stuggle to stay upright! We went up in the elevator and there was water pouring down the inside of the doors! It was coming on deck futher up (I think they emptied the pools already).

It got so bad we had to go back to the cabin, we were both feeling a little green but I carried on packing, thankful we'd bought things before we felt bad. I had to give up though as the ship was rocking in four directions and I needed to lay down. Neither of us was sick but this was a force 11 gale we passed though! We had a high tea booked at Palo in the afternoon and thankfully we both felt better! Infact I was quite hungry!

I could have eaten a whole plateful to myself!

We did get a nice big pot of tea

Scones with cream and jam

I'm afraid I can't remember what we had for dinner that night - I think we may have had room service?

But that is pretty much the end of the photos, I didn't take any on the last day and when we were travelling. It was a shame we lost a sea day to the motion but we probably wouldn't have done much more - maybe an activity but we wanted to take it easy.

We had a great time and Gav has talked about doing another Med cruise (maybe not 2011 but in a few years). It certainly won't be our last cruise!

Thanks everyone for reading

 

[Jennifer48]

Thanks for sharing your fantastic photos! I'm sorry to hear that you had that motion sickness but at least you got to enjoy Palo and you weren't confined to your room.

 

[thinkoflaura]

awesome pictures!!!

what kind of camera do you have?!!!

also - your meal photos are amazing -- and depict a lot of food. even when you say it was just the 2 of your food, it seemed like a lot. can i ask, what's a typical meal - how many courses?

 

[jns]

Spent a lovely evening looking at your report
even more excited about our cruise in June

 

[GeneMachine]

Many thanks for posting all the photos and details of your Med cruise last year. It's been enormously helpful to me as we prepare for our Med cruise in July. As a first time cruiser, I really have no idea what to expect. Your photos and descriptions, especially on the ship, have been great and have answered many questions I've had, but didn't know where or who to ask.

I wanted to send you a thank you via PM rather than clutter up your great thread with a thank you post, but my post count has to be 10 or more before I am allowed to do so.

Cheers to you both!