This time we went with my wife's dad, Bernie. We did another eastern caribbean cruise out of Miami going to St. Martin/St Marteen, San Juan, and Labadee. We spent a lot of time on board this cruise and good thing since we had a junior suite this cruise so we had a larger stateroom than we normally do. It was amazing we didn't know what to do with all that space. When we boarded they didn't have the beds set up correctly but they got them pushed together later that day.
Time to explore the ship some. Which was easy since we had already been on Freedom and the set up is exactly the same.
We watched sailaway from our balcony. You can see we are following a Carnival ship out of port today. Another ship is following us so its a busy day in port!
My sexy wife all dressed up for our first night in the dining room!
First stop was St. Martin. If you want to read more about St Martin visit my earlier post on Navigator of the Seas. We didn't get off here but I did take lots of pictures from the ship. The ship is so empty when it is in port. No fighting for chairs on deck today.
There is that checker board plaza again!
Next stop was San Juan. No coast guard escort this time but lots of pictures of the town & fort as we head back out.
After dinner watching the parade from one of the upper decks because we didn't get there in time to get a good spot.
Last stop was Labadee. This is my favorite out island of any cruise. You can see it coming up in the distance here.
Village where the workers on the island live.
The new zip line. If it wasn't so expensive I would do this in a heartbeat!
You can barely see the lines but the zip line ends over there by the rocks.
I did the jet ski tour by myself this time. I had a good time but we had a crappy guide and didn't get to go very fast.
This local paddled out to sell some stuff.
People coming down the zip line
Back on board relaxing on the balcony
They also have a really nice area for the suite guests and diamond plus members, unfortunately it doesn't include the Jr Suites :( There are more of the cabanas but you can't see them in this picture.
This is the new dock they are building. No more tendering here!
They have really done a lot of work here adding lots of new things like the zip line and the new coaster they were building that wasn't quite done yet. Can't wait to come back!
All the waiters dancing at dinner that night. They even got my father-in-law up!
I was even able to get some decent pictures from the show. I don't remember the name of it but it was a pretty cool show.
A fun day at sea just checking out all the things going on. This is one of the cantilevered whirlpools that sticks out over the side of the ship.
The solarium pool area.
Boxing ring in the fitness center.
This is the flowrider on the back of the ship. I am going to do this one time when we go. It looks like so much fun!
Dodgeball!!
Rock climbing wall.
Overall this was a great cruise. We did prefer the Freedom over the Liberty just a little bit. To see more pictures from this cruise please visit Partridge Pictures.
