We arrived on the red eye flight at FLL bright and early in the morning. Too early in face to do anything at all really. We sat for a few minutes to determine a plan and eventually decided to go to a hotel for breakfast, since we could leave our bags with a bell hop. Our cab driver suggested the Marriott, and e breakfast was quite wonderful. I had an egg white frittata with asparagus and crab! After breakfast we rested in the shade for a little bit until the shade became full sun and heat and we went inside. It was still to early to go to the ship so we went to the spa at the Marriott and has massages! So amazing. After our massages we went straight to the cruise terminal. When we got on the ship we had a quick bite to eat and then toured the whole ship, which is quite amazing. We had dinner in the main dining room and there was one other couple at our table. They were quite nice and the food was delicious. After dinner we saw Chicago, and despite our extreme level of fatigue it was a great production. Neither of us had ever seen the play so that was fun. After the show we went right to sleep and slept very deeply!
Today we docked in Nassau, Bahamas around 7am. Since there is nothing to do at 7am we had breakfast onboard and disembarked around 8am. We walked quite a long way from the cruise port over the bridge to Paradise Island. Mom showed me our new time share which is really nice, and then we went to the Atlantis. The Atlantis is awesome. Somehow we got to see some of the grounds without a day pass so we saw some fish and turtles and sharks. I can't wait to come back to the time share and have the chance to really explore and use the facilities. After the Atlantis we got a cab to give us a tour of the island. Our tour guide "M&M" was really energetic and knew a lot of history. It was wonderful. He even took us to put on a Junkanoo costume outside the home someone he knew, which was silly and fun. At the end of our tour we got conch fritters and some guava cake thing and then headed back to the ship.
Once back onboard we headed up to the solarium pool for sail away and to relax a bit. I had a quick dip in the pool which felt really nice. We then showered and of course... We went to Bingo! We were close on a few games but still no winning of the Bingo. Oh well. It's still very fun. After Bingo we got ready for dinner since it was formal night (aka just dress nice really these days). We went to the Ice Games show before dinner, which is an ice skating show on the ship. It was pretty cool to watch! We then had dinner at the main dining room again, but the other couple didn't come. We think we may have scared them off? Dinner felt a little bit slower than usual (maybe because it was just the two of us and we weren't constantly talking), but it was so delicious. I had a salad and shrimp ravioli. We split a soufflé and a lemon merengue pie for desert. After dinner we got some free champagne at e capitals receptions(yay free stuff) and then relaxed a bit in the room. We were tired, but since it was too early for bed we walked around the ship a bit and even played some ping pong.
Overall it was a very fun day and I'm excited for the rest! Tomorrow is our first day at sea, so lots of on board relaxation!
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