Caribbean Cruise

The Florida Savages went on a western Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Sea.

The following are a few pictures.

Here are a few pictures on the ship.

One of the first things we did was get the boys airbrushed tattoos on their forearms.  You will see them from time to time.  Wyatt has a skull.  Ryan has a pirate.

Here are the boys on the pool deck making wooden cruise ships with hammers and nails.  We got to keep the aprons and goggles along with the boat.  It was a great activity while we were at sea for a day.

Here are the boys playing in the pool.  We were sailing in 10 plus ft seas that day.  It is hard to tell in this picture but the waves in the pools were intense.  In this picture you can see a wave under the hot tub behind Jeff's shoulder.  Standing in the corner of the pool where they are felt like standing in tide pools.  The water would drain about 2 feet slide to the aft end of the pool then slosh back to the front bringing good size swells.  The pool in the back of the ship under the glass solarium overflowed and got the stair well soaked.  They had dryer fans going for 2 days.

We hung out by the pool when we are not at port.  We kept taking over this little corner of the pool.  We had lunch and snacks right on the wood you see in front of the boys.  There was a 10 year old girl who loved the boys.  Every time we went swimming she was there with her parents.  She would always come and say, "Hi" and ask if she could play with them.  The 3 of them had a great time together.  

What is a cruise without shuffleboard?  We had this area to ourselves due to the wind.  Jeff and the boys had their own version of shuffleboard.  More like hockey, but we had a blast.

Here are Wyatt and Ryan eating their pillow mints before bed.  Tomorrow we will be in the Bahamas.

Wake up to coffee and pastries on our balcony in Nassau.  The weather was too bad at Coco Cay to tender in so the Capitan opted to dock in Nassau for the day.  Better than another day at sea.

Here is our balcony on our sea day. 

Since we missed Coco Cay, which was the main reason we booked this cruise was out.  We decided to check out the Pirates of Nassau museum.

Even though we were on "vacation" we were still strict with our punishment enforcement.

After the beatings we checked out the cannons!

After our pirate experience we went to Royal Bahamian resort and played in their pool and beach for the rest of the afternoon.  Here are Wyatt and Ryan floating on the swim mat.

Jeff and Wyatt also went kayaking.  That is our cruise ship in the center of the picture.  (3rd from right)

We also went to Cozumel.  We took a taxi to Chan Kanaab National Park.  We spent most of the day there snorkeling.

There is a large coral formation about 30 yards out and 10 to 25 feet deep.  Ryan was in a boat with a rope that Jeff held onto.  Wyatt swam with mask and fins like a pro.  There was a platform about 100 yards offshore that the boys loved to jump off of.  We did not tell them that the water was 25 feet deep.  

Below are our underwater pictures.  

This area of Cozumel is called an iron shore.  There is only manmade beaches in this area.  But that means the coral reefs come right to the shoreline.  This means tons of fish.  As you can see its true.

A couple sunken cannons.

Here is Jeff at the bottom of the reef.

Jeff is grabbing a statue that is sunk on the bottom of the ocean.  You can see the rope he used to tow Ryan in his boat.  Also Wyatt's fin shows up in the top left corner of the picture.

Wyatt swam like a fish.  Even in the afternoon when the swell/current was stronger he kept up with Jeff like a pro. 

By the afternoon Wyatt was diving about 8 to 10 feet deep.

One of the things the boys loved the most about the cruise was the Adventurers Club.  After dinner we would take them to the kids club for 2 hours while we relaxed.  They had Star Wars Jedi academy for Wyatt's group.  He is now a Jedi Knight.  Ryan did lots of crafts.  The last night of the cruise the club takes over the ship.  They put on pirate costumes and storm the whole ship.  They get on the glass elevators in the Centrum and ride them to the top.  Then they hit every button.  Stopping on every floor they yelled AARRRGG!  They had a blast.  So did mom and dad.

It was a great cruise.  How can they not be.  The boys are already asking when we are doing another one.  Who knows.  We will cruise again.  We really enjoy the experience. 

Last updated 06/22/2007