SURPRISE! We're going on a-rocky boat!Wonder 9/30/07, Surfs up in the Mickey Pool!

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Day 1 Continued--It's Dinner time..."did you just feel that?"

We had 5:30pm seating and our rotation was TAAP. We had Georgi and Alvaro (sorry I forget the countries they are from). They were an enjoyable serving team, though Georgi was pretty big on his recommendations and non-recommendations. (one night he refused us to bring 1 dessert b/c he swore up and down that it wasn't any good. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. ).

Due to sudden wavy seas, I have no idea what I ordered for dinner. I am just racking my brain, but have no idea.

We ordered the fancy wine package because we wanted to try the Iron Horse (Fairy Tale Cuvee) sparkling wine. It was good--not sure if it lived up to the hype. But we did order it this night and on Parrot Cay night.

Somewhere around the Salad--we kept joking with each other in my party. "Did you feel that? We're moving!" Then it became a running joke...until we really wanted to know if we just felt THAT! Hmmm...dinner did sound good. Are we still so sure? Then--look out the window....that metal shutter just moved. Look...it did it again. Then clank clank clank.

Uh oh--this isn't good. This didn't happen on my cruise a couple of weeks ago.

Then the "when you wish upon a star" announcement chime sounded. The captain came on. Darn, I wish these people would quiet down so I could hear it. It's a weather report. Well isn't that unusual? Hmmm. Okay let's try to listen. "This is your captain--wha wha wha wha windy. wha wha wha wha wha seas. Wha wha wha wha 16 wha wha wha wha".

Did he just say SIXTEEN?!?!?!?


Noone knew--noone else can hear. (And yes that was my charlie brown adult impersonation )

Okay--so high seas...clank clank clank. Well that explains that.

DS was all nice and perched in his high chair with his lovely knew play-liner. I was feeding him his squash. He was making a lovely mess. Then the little Octopus, while I wasn't looking, grabbed for the container and was now wearing it, sitting in it, and loving it. So I take him to the stateroom to change him b/c--well--he's now Squash-boy. Going to the room was fun...coming back was FUNNER. NOT! It was a bit wobbly going there. By the time we came back....hello--less than 10 minutes!!! I was making friends with each room steward along the way. BUMP--I'm so sorry. Hello wall....oh looky--another room steward. Watch out!!!!! Yes this was all quite amusing...until later.

Back tot he table for dinner. I finish eating and have the creme brulee. Quite yummy. Now why they served it with a scoop of ice cream, I have no idea.

Oh dear, DD4 needs to go potty. Okay, let's go. Pass the promenade lounge we go--well, it seemed fine. Potty all done and time for the jaunt back. It's like watching a bunch of drunk people navigate a hallway--only noone's been drinking (or enough to wobble anyway)...I asked one lady, didn't the captain say 16 foot seas. She says no. And I foolishly believe her as DD4 finds her way to the window. Only she was trying to go straight. She thought it was silly the boat was rocking and impeding her walking. She won't think it is so funny in a few hours.


We finish dinner and wobble back to the stateroom. The kids want to go to the Oceaneers Club, so we drop them off in their pj's. The rest of the family changes as we are about done looking like the 4 musketeers with our matchy matchy outfits.

Tonight's show is Mike Super, an illusionist! Hubby is all over that and then some. He adore's magic/illusions/et cetera. Though I think he gets annoyed when we keep asking him how something is done. He enjoys it--but has too much of an idea how stuff is done. So he goes for the thrill of the hunt--to be amazed with something new he hasn't seen before. For this show--the levitating trick may have been it--had it not been for the rocky boat. Platforms levitating in air--wouldn't notice the wobble of the boat.

To the Walt Disney Theater we go. Hubby took the baby for me...so before we head there, DSis and I wander the boat a bit. My stomach is now doing backflips and I need some sprite. So we head up to the deck 9 soda station. (I don't know about you--and I know free soda isn't worth the extra money in and of itself....but it was nice that I didn't have to buy it.)

(NOte this is out of order as how I am remembering it, doesn't follow the deck plan--I blame the seas )

We use the stairs to head up...and whoa--someone is collapsed on the staircase. They won't move another inch for fear of . A room steward is using the phone to call for assistance. Upward we go.

While we are up there, we explore for a bit b/c we notice--hey..the pools are closed. Well it is a bit windy/blustery and rocky. Then we see--waves in the Mickey pool. The poor little man's ears have been emptied. And the water is sloshing on the opposite end to about my height. No wonder my belly is doing backflips.

We go to check the goofy pool as well. But see that it is roped off. We don't venture close as we didn't bring our surfboards.

We hit Treasure Ketch on the way back to the Theater for some shopping and some dramamine b/c my tummy really can't take much more of this. I find a pirate tie for the hubby--it's the last one. It rings up 50% off. Score!! I'll take some dramamine with that, please.

 

[Muushka]

Your report is a fun read. I am sorry the trip was rocky for you.

 

[granmaz]

I'm so enjoying your report but feeling a little reading the last one!!!

 

[Seahunt]

Great report! Now I feel better about a post I answered from another DISer the night before you sailed who must have been on the same sailing - I told her to be sure and take Bonine because I heard the seas were really rough, then felt soooo bad because it upset her.

Then I was worried about telling her and sure didn't mean to ruin her cruise, just give her a heads up! Hopefully she and her family made it through OK too!

 

[VacationKicks]

Great trip report! Keep it coming!

 

[CrazyZeus1]

Loving your trip report!! We're sailing on the 13th...this Saturday...and your high seas report helped me decide to put our Bonine, Dramamine, & SeaBands into the carryon & not the packed luggage!!!
Can't wait to see how you all fared....

And shouldn't they make a smiley that's throwing up?

 

[fairfax]

Your report is great! I've been smiling the whole time I've read it. I'm looking forward to more. We are also leaving this Saturday for the 7 night and this is making me even more excited . . . except for the rough seas!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

So it is back to the Walt Disney Theater for some fun magic...and some dramamine. Much different from when I was a kid. I expected this would make me sleepy--but it didn't....I guess 20+ years...and a few pounds...what, you don't believe me? Okay a lot of pounds more...not quite the same sedative affect.

But can I just say--orange flavored chewable dramamine? Doesn't taste one bit like an orange. More like I accidentally bit into an aspirin with a bit of a tums after-kick. NASTY NASTY NASTY!!!!! So I only take one. Let's see if that one works. I follow it up with a shooter of free-sprite. If only I had belched, then it would have been party time.

So I don't know if it was during an announcement or during the show or what--but the Captain did tell us that the rocking would be MUCH MUCH better by 11pm.

So we sit down to the show. Octopus-boy is sleepingly so quietly--we wait for the show to begin. Cruise Director man comes out all spiffy in his dress whites. He introduces himself, says a few words....did I just see that curtain sway? Then he asks if everyone knows who is really running the ship--everyone says Mickey Mouse...and out comes...the Captain! I must admit I was a bit bummed. But okay, let the human driving the boat come out and speak. He says a few words--says some joke about Mickey Mouse indeed running the ship....then it is time for Mike Super.

Now this man is a fantastic illusionist---with a mighty stable balancing act to boot. I thought it was funny of how WIIIIIIIIDE a stance he took on the stage---but then I kept being told...legs wider apart...easier to stay upright on a wavy ship. He was pretty much down in a squat position. Was this magic, or a pilates class? He places some guy in charge of a box at the beginning of the show--with instructions to keep watching it. Then the show began.

I will cut to the funny with the little boy--b/c honestly..I don't remember much of the beginning. The boy may have indeed been the beginning...but now I am high on dramamine and sprite wondering--did that curtain move again?

So Mike Super is looking for volunteers---sounds like he is scoping for adults, but he gets young ones. He gets this little boy and puts him on stage--has the boy pick a card from a very huge deck....and to move over to the other side of the stage (without a net or a safety harness ). Then he tells him to close his eyes.....oh he didn't just do that did he? With this boat rocking.

We are swaying in our seats---the curtain is making lovely little---rises and falls..only laterally...akin to how jan would move her hair when she walked in the Brady Bunch movies.

Boys eyes clothes---little boy tries to maintain balance...illusionist sense lawsuit and moves closer. I'm kidding....he didn't move too close.

So curtain swaying to and fro, little boy hanging low--wobbling to and fro with his eyes closed.

And that just keeps going and going.

So closed eye part finishes (maybe that was just for our high seas entertainment ) and little boy is still standing...YEAH!!!! Maybe that was the magic trick. Mike tries to guess the boys card--and gets it wrong....it seems--mike did an oopsie. So then he takes a drawing pad--and draws the deck of cards...then puts the marker down and jokingly says the he drew the card--then he makes the card appear IN MARKER!!! without a marker...and gives the boy the drawing...wickedly cool!

Then time for a levitating act---and I'm thinking...okay cheesy trick time. So then he goes on about ways the trick is done but he doesn't do--about the masked magician...etc etc. Then he gets a young volunteer...this time a girl. Brings her on stage--she knocks on the board...checks out ONE of two chairs....

And I will say this is the best levitating act on HIGH SEAS I have ever seen.... He puts the board on the 2 chairs....and then has her lay on it. First she is cross armed...and then there go those durn curtains again. He removes the one chair completely (you can see it separate from the board)....then he has her hold onto the board...I think this was the modified high seas special. Moves the other chair--and she is levitating..he does the hoopy thing once....

then the boat rocks--and the board....MOVES!!! Now I ask you--if it were floating in midair--I don't think it would be wobbling WITH the boat. I feel like the masked magician was helping him out.

I won't spoil the rest--but was able to figure out how the levitation occurred.

He then did a mind reading trick--the paper was in the treasure box....he passed a ball around the audience. We were solving a murder. I forget what happened....but it happened in the state of....Canada ...and the murderer was Mickey Mouse. The treasure box was moved to a table that was brought out by the sister/stage manager/assistant for Mike. And voila--his prediction was spot on of course.

Then he did the snow trick. A trick that I am not awe inspired by anymore. We've seen David Copperfield do it, the magician on our honeymoon cruise do it...and now Mike. The Mike had me at hello. It was pretty neat. I'm just finding it strangely coincidental that three matriarchs had always wanted to see snow and their sons just happened to be good at magic tricks and could create snow. The show--was still simply wonderful!

Hubby went to go fetch the daughters and I luckily took the baby back to the cabin.

Why was I lucky--well it seems as the hubby was arriving...he was being paged....and when he got there, he noticed that DD4 didn't look so....well...and as he told the counselors she was going to...ummm..well you know....there she blows. The good side of this--she now has 2 graduation shirts b/c they had to give her one when her poor pj's....well, let's just say Minnie had seen better days.

Back to the cabin and to bed for all.

It isn't 11 yet, so the bed is rocking....and that would be b/c of the waves.

I did a check of the stats on the tv....well seas are 20 feet....where were the 16 feet seas, my captain??? And we had Gale Force 9 winds. Well it sounds strong. And from what I remember for my jaunt for the sprite--it felt pretty darn strong.

Time for shut-eye and Day 2 will begin with a cancelled jaunt on the Deck 4 jogging track to be replaced with rock and rollin' treadmill time. And the OC that almost wasn't for my nearly quarantined munchkin (did they miss the memo on the high seas??????)

 

[granmaz]

That';s so funny. Thanks!!

 

[Muushka]

I did a check of the stats on the tv....well seas are 20 feet....where were the 16 feet seas, my captain??? And we had Gale Force 9 winds. Well it sounds strong. And from what I remember for my jaunt for the sprite--it felt pretty darn strong.

Oh my gosh! Finally someone like myself! On our cruise, where we had similar conditions, we spent a lot of time in the cabin because my husband was a little under the weather (literally ). I kept watching that TV for wave height and wind strength. We had a verandah and I was actually afraid to go out there! Me, being the one who loves to experience violent weather was afraid! The morning after 20 to 30 foot waves night we met our Palo waitress on deck. She was telling how she was also afraid and while jogging on the Promenade deck, she was getting wet with the tops of waves. Oy.

 

[mruhaak]

I was wondering how your kids did! Did only your one daughter get sick? I'm a little worried about my boys. Wondering if I should bring along some ginger snaps or something just in case!

 

[fairfax]

Oh my, I wonder if the seas will be calmer when we sail next week. Still loving your trip report! Orange flavored drammamine, LOL!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I was wondering how your kids did! Did only your one daughter get sick? I'm a little worried about my boys. Wondering if I should bring along some ginger snaps or something just in case!

She was the only one BUT she has an EXTENSIVE history of motion sickness. We now recognize the signs in the car now and can pull over and have a bag ready in a flash. For her--ginger snaps would have been futile. I really should have given her dramamine--but she seemed totally fine and thought the rocking was funny earlier in the evening.

Me, being the one who loves to experience violent weather was afraid!

Oh, yes....me too! I love hurricane season--crazy...but I love when we get blustery weather from some off shore disturbance. On a boat the other hand--I don't want to end up on the DCL version of Poseiden adventure....my mood changes quickly to that of a cat riding in the flat bed of a pickup.

 

[Muushka]

I don't want to end up on the DCL version of Poseiden adventure....my mood changes quickly to that of a cat riding in the flat bed of a pickup.

Too funny, and me to a "T"

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Day 2 is Here!!!


I don't know when the boat seemed to rock less---but big difference by the time I woke up at about 6ish. I checked teh weather stats--surely we were in 2 foot seas now....NOPE....still blustery with Gale Force 9 winds..and so it says...20 foot seas. Hmmm...did the Captain forget to update???

So I don my jogging gear--like a good little person training for the goofy....I had miniscule aspirations to jog on deck 4. First I head to deck 9...the lazy in me wanted to take the elevator...but what is 2 wimpy flights of stairs ahead of a 45 minute training session? So I schlep on up to the deck to get my water botter filled. (Sure I could have filled it in the cabin...but even if it is the same water source, I feel much better getting my water out of a water dispenser instead of the bathroom sink.)

Hmmm--water....lots of it....blustery blustery rain. Well--there goes the deck 4 idea. That's okay though---I like training on a treadmill. Just not on the treadmill of doom!!!

I do keep mentioning jogging--but I forgot. I am sidelined for the season from jogging--too weak of a body...physical therapist has me walking--definitely not going to do that on a wet and windy deck 4. <---my hair would have done that!

So I go up to the spa--ooh la la is it pretty! I'm trying to remember what the spa on the Glory felt like and I can't--so don't know if this was better....but it was pretty! I meander to the back where the gym is. Walk in then remember...I don't have a towel, I find the place where you put the dirty towels, but not where you get teh clean ones...(it was on the right as you came in...DUH!) So after going to ask a CM (didn't want to feel stupid asking the gym people who were way too cool to not be able to find their towels), I retrieve a towel and head to the treadmill.

Now--it really isn't the treadmill of doom for me...since I am walking at a slow 4mph. But--"Look Ma--no hands"--wasn't happening. Maybe b/c the gym is forward... . But we are definitely rocking. 45 minutes of me attempting to not hold own and the SS Wonder saying--not so fast there, speedy! A lady a couple of treadmills over stumbled twice. It's okay--she wasn't hurt--and she was as humored as I was about maintaining balance on a treadmill swaying too and frow. I'm sure the night before would have been absolutely HISTERICAL!!! My physical therapist would have been proud--marathon training AND a balancing session all in one...excellent for the core.

So after 45 minutes of weeble/wobble on the treadmill....I go and get the hubby a coffee from the Cove Cave. He loved this...chocolately coffee thing on the Glory--so I order what I think is the same thing...thinking...oooh ice cream, that sounds interesting.

**sidebar--I don't drink coffee, can't stand the taste of the stuff, so am just about clueless when I go order coffee for anyone. So the last thing on my mind...was ice cream + hot coffee = cold coffee!

The barrista dude (what is a male coffee guy called, anyway?) gives me what is now an iced coffee. Say WHAT?? I didn't order an ice coffee, but not wanting to sound like a complete idiot when I asked WHY it was now cold (ice cream--DUH???) I say thank you and return to the room to the hubby.

Our first and only continental breakfast has arrived. I apologize to the hubby for the ice coffee b/c I ordered what I thought was the same thing from the other boat (evidently they didn't use ice cream. Who knew???)...then have a taste of what at the time was a most heavenly croissant. For a mini-croissant, it was nice and light and fluffy.

The girls get ready to go to the OC--b/c once again, Nassau doesn't pique their interest. That's okay with me as we were there just 2 weeks ago and I got my little straw market fix then. They get all dressed in one of their new outfits--the denim with sparkles and the gold sweater from the Disney store. They are soo excited to return to the club.

Then hubby mentions one teeny tiny little detail from the night before...it seems DD4 cannot return until we go to the infirmary and get her cleared.

A moment of panic sets in. Are these people crazy??? Did they miss the puke fest from the last evening from EVERYONE on the boat? Did they not get the sales receipts on the orange-flavored-aspirin-with-a-tums-after-kick-tasting Dramamine from Treasure Ketch??? (All in my head--I didn't start any ranting....YET?)

***Let me add---I understand that the health of all kids on board is more important than any one kid being able to have fun while they are sick. But all evidence points that this was a fluke puke and not a stomach bug.***

Hubby thinks it is no big deal--OC didn't think it was a big deal. They were just following protocol that she had to be cleared. So I call down to the infirmary. Uh Oh--the gatekeeper let's me know that she has to wait 24 hours before ANY episodes of vomiting. Excuse me? Even if it was motion sickness? Yep. Then mini-but-controlled spewing of words occurs....

"You mean to tell me that my daughter with a history of motion sickness on a boat that had 20 foot seas that was acknowledged BY THE CAPTAIN and all the messes cleaned up on the ship and the folks collapsed in the stairway....when the cruise line KNOWS IN ADVANCE that folks are going to get sick and has barf bags EVERYWHERE for them to use...you mean she can't go to the kids club."

(yes I said it kind of fast)

Then the gatekeeper says--well it is supposed to be 24 hours, but when we open at 9:30, you can come down and get a note. I say thankyou and hang up.

Well what in the world does this mean? I mean--it would be totally NOT FAIR if they did this b/c I know they weren't quarantining staff in this manner.

So we prepare DD4 that b/c of getting sick she may not be able to go in the club--so we look through the navigator to look at ALL the things we can do together. She's cool with it (used to us sidelining her when we didn't catch on to the fact she had motion sickness and thought she just got sick often).

We all get ready--go and drop DD7 off at the club...then for the next 30 minutes endure my little one asking..."Is it time for my checkup, yet?" "Can we go now".

We find princesses (I think--when I look at the photos, I will correct if it was somebody else) in the atrium. So we line up for photos--and just like that...it is 9:30 and time for DD's checkup.

We head down to the infirmary. They are using the gangway there for the disembarking--so we ignore the directions to the door and head straight to the infirmary.

We sign her in and the gatekeeper, who was expecting us...asks her the usual questions. Advises us that typically it is 24 hours, but she will write that it was motion sickness (THANK YOU!!!!!!). Makes sure she had breakfast..how is she feeling today..blah blah blah. Checks her temperature...no fever! (but of course--she isn't sick!).

Unbeknownst to me--another nurse was there tending to a little boy who had hurt his ankle. She was too busy to interfere with us, but she did ask the nurse "Are you just going to let her go back in the club???" The gatekeeper replied--YES! Of course after that....it explains why she kept overemphasizing..."Now if she vomits again--bring her down here immediately". Yes I get it--you've said it 30 times now, thank you.

We buy some dramamine--I give her one (oops!)...ask the nurse if I give her one or two...she grabs the box and says 1/4 to 1/2. Oops--did I just benedryl my child?????? Nurse says to skip the next dose and that she might be sleepy and gives me the--"you are such a dummy" look. Oops! (note--DD4 never had an issue all day with the one chewable).

And with that--we take her to the OC where she remains until dinnertime.

Next up--breakfast at BBB, a shuffleboard tournament, and tropical rain forest for me/beer tasting for hubby!

 

[Muushka]

Will those seas ever calm down???? I am glad your daughter was able to return to the kid's club.

Did I read "buy" Dramamine or Bonine? I remember it was free, do they charge now?

Along those lines, does anyone know if you can buy the Scopolamine patches on board? I know they are prescription (here in the US), but can the doc on board prescribe and fill them?

 

[mruhaak]

She was the only one BUT she has an EXTENSIVE history of motion sickness. We now recognize the signs in the car now and can pull over and have a bag ready in a flash. For her--ginger snaps would have been futile. I really should have given her dramamine--but she seemed totally fine and thought the rocking was funny earlier in the evening..

I know what you mean. My one son can get suddenly ill and then be completely fine afterwards. Sometimes you can't see it comin!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Will those seas ever calm down???? I am glad your daughter was able to return to the kid's club.

Did I read "buy" Dramamine or Bonine? I remember it was free, do they charge now?

Along those lines, does anyone know if you can buy the Scopolamine patches on board? I know they are prescription (here in the US), but can the doc on board prescribe and fill them?

I don't know if they were on the first night or not.

Treasure Ketch was charging. The next day in the infirmary they had them for sale and she asked if I wanted to buy a single or a whole pack.

They had a flyer on how to deal with motion sickness (they must have temporarily forgot they printed this up. ) and for extreme cases, they could give you an injection.

I don't recall bonine being offered--just the dramamine and the wristbands. The flyer didn't mention anything about a patch you could get from what I remember. Maybe the shot is a heavey dosage of that?

My 4yo was TOTALLY FINE on the cruise from a few weeks before. So her getting sick was an unexpected expected anomaly (gee did that make ANY sense? ).


And I will save the drama (you'll get it later )...the seas were fine for the rest of the cruise...a little noticeable as we returned to Port Canaveral...they say that around that area...it is just more rough than the rest of the ocean. That is why they could say "after 11pm....it will be much better". According to the tv, we did have some seas the rest of the cruise...but nothing anywhere close to as bad on the first night.

And on Nassau day--despite the tv reporting high seas.....we didn't feel the boat move at all. (you know--b/c we were docked. )

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

After dropping off DD4 at the OC, we head up to Beach Blanket Bingo (1 of a handful of times where we just barely made it before closing ). My sister and her family opt to head into Nassau. They ended up going to Atlantis.

We go through the breakfast line--everything looks delish...though I didn't notice grits and totally missed the sign about them being available upon request. I was able to enjoy some Mickey Waffles since a DISer kindly delivered a baggie of Cracker Barrell Mickey syrups to my door that morning. I had asked hubby to get me an eggwhite or egg-sub omelette when he ordered his...but he totally didn't hear me. I had plenty to eat though. Lots of yummy food!!!

We opted to sit outside and enjoy the sites of Nassau from the boat. Pretty blue skies and a lovely view of Atlantis. I don't know why--but it looked larger and more beautiful than when we were there on the Glory just a couple of weeks prior. The water seemed greener as well.

We checked out our Navigator and hubby decided he wanted to do the beer tasting later that day. So we go to purchase tickets at Guest Services. Well just him...for adults only activities, they don't let you bring kids. No big deal. Just wanted to ask b/c I was confused about where and when you could take the kiddos.

Ticket purchased, so we head to another activity DH chose--the shuffleboard tournament. We were way earlier..so we practiced. Trust me...if you don't play...practicing will come in handy so you can get a feel for what you need to do. Another family and their kids arrives and we don't see a CM. Finally a CM arrives...he was the "landlord" of diversions. Anyway--very very cute guy...but really looked like he got "stuck" with this lightly attended event. So the adults set the rules--we decide to do family against family....DH and I and I think the dad and grandfather from the other family. We will do 2 rounds. Basically--we all suck at this game. Really bad. And then the other team gets a negative. Woohoo!!! On my last round...during one of my turns, I get 8 points! So now it is 8 to negative 10. then hubby gets in the negative. NOOO!!! But then the other team bumps him out of there. Thank you so much!!! They did end up scoring, but I think it only got them to zero. So we won the game!!!

We got a nice little souvenir. DH and I each got a little winner's medal...it says "I'm a winner" and had the DCL logo on it.

We head back to the cabin to put the baby down for a nap. We opt to give the girls the medals and place them on their bears on their beds.

When baby is out--hubby decides to watch a movie and I take the time to go to the Tropical Rain Forest.

When I arrive--I am given a key for the locker where I found a robe...and the tiniest little bath slippers (I have size 10/11 feet ). I make my way back out and find a CM and explain that I need a bigger size. She looks at my feet...and I had to tell her that I wear about a men's 8. So they take the tiny Barbie slippers away and brings me back some nice big slippers. Back to the locker room I put on my robe and then my slippers and head to the Tropical Rain Forest.

I must say--you can take it either way...as heaven or as overrated. On this day--it was heaven. The fountain was running...it was calm and serene in there....the little reclined "rock" chairs were warm and surprisingly comfortable. I could have easily fallen asleep on them.

I tried a couple of the saunas. The one that was supposed to be aromatherapy--I was a bit confused b/c it didn't seem so aromatic to me. Whatever I was supposed to be smelling...it was lost to me. Then I went into what I call the fog room....if not for the safety hazards--I could have probably stayed there all day as well.

The showers on the other hand....I didn't get it. There were options--but when you tried one..you couldn't try another. (i.e. change your mind while it was running.) It was lost on me, so I gave up.

Lastly--the water fountain--I just couldn't get it to work.

But even with these snafus...I did like the tropical rain forest.

Now--what would have been a nice addition is a private whirlpool. The Glory had one of these--probably b/c it was truly the only place to have an adults only whirlpool. But they had a waterfall running into it. I never got to use it though. I think that would have been something neat instead of a couple of the showers.

After my TRF time...I went to the adult pool area. A nice area--that was surprisingly crowded on the at sea day. The whirlpools were nice.

Then my short-lived mommy time came to an end and I had to head back to the cabin so hubby could go to his beer tasting.