Our Cruise Vacation: R to Z
by Jenners • 08/25/2012 • Travels • 82 Comments
Since this series of posts has dragged out longer than the actual cruise, I figured it was time to wrap it up with the rest of the alphabet. By the way, I’ve included links to three videos. However, since I’ve never used many videos in my blog before, I’m not 100% sure they will work. I hope so … one of them includes the accidental nudity I’ve been teasing you about.
R is for Rock Climbing Wall. I was doing great until I reached a little sticking out part and it was all over.
This is probably as high as I got.
Does this harness make my butt look fat? (Yes, Jenners. Yes it does.)
S is for Snorkeling. (I’ve been putting this post together for an hour now and have nothing more to say about this.)
BB and me snorkeling … a view from underwater.
T is the Three-D Movies, which they showed every day on the ship (including Madagascar 3!)
U is for Ungodly Amounts of Food, which we ate at breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, midafternoon snack, dinner and evening snack. Trust me, you will NEVER go hungry on a cruise.
V is for Vitality Spa, which is a gorgeous two-floor spa facility with exercise classes, spa, salon … and aggressive therapists who told me “You’re getting old now. You need collagen. This costs $145 but you need. Also this cream for $75. And this balm for $80. And this extra special super duper anti-aging cream for $95.” This pushy sales stuff was a real turn-off and eroded the relaxation of the massage I’d just had.
W is for (inflatable) Water Park. Let me tell you, this thing is NOT made for adults. I felt (and looked) like a beached whale in my attempts to get on the various floating things. A video of me wallowing on a floaty thing like a hippo should appear when you click the link below.
X is for X-Rated Surfing. Since this isn’t a “mature” blog, here is the PG-13 version of the clip where I fully exposed one boob during my Flowrider lesson.
Y is for “Yes, I’ll have some extra chocolate croissants.”
“I will eat all of these all by myself and share with NO ONE.”
Z is for Zip Line, which you can find 9 decks above the Boardwalk. I was the first to ride on our cruise, which didn’t get me a t-shirt, medal or applause. Click on link below to watch my entire zip line ride!
That rock wall looks like so much fun. I don’t believe I would make it all the way to the top though!
My legs and arms were shaking and getting so sore. It takes a lot of strength to do rock climbing — strength I don’t have!
This post won’t ever convince me to take a cruise but you can always make me laugh!
Well, one out of two ain’t bad.
You are really awesome! Zip lines and rock climbing. You make me want to get harnessed up and try that wall. My teenager would probably yell up to me, “Hey Mom, don’t break a hip!”
OOOOH CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew you would appreciate the chocolate croissants. They had a whole chocolate breakfast thing going on during the at sea days and it was fabulous!
I don’t think that you stayed busy enough!
I know … all that sitting around and doing nothing!
The harness doesn’t make you look fat, it makes you look awesome. That rock wall is insanely high! That scares me just looking at it. Looks like you had fun. The endless food sounds lovely, as do chocolate croissants.
If it made me look awesome and not fat, maybe I should walk around halfway up a rock wall at all times!
Alright, that rock wall looks way tall. Too much for me. And I’ve got to disagree with you about the harness. The zip line sounds fun. I tried to watch the video but my laptop did not have the correct software. Cool that you was the first on the ship. That’s saying a lot on such a large ship. Sounds like the ship itself is an experience in itself, too. I am so glad you had such a great time and ate lots and lots of great food.
Too bad you couldn’t watch the video. I never know what format is best for the most poeple. Urgh! : )
wow! I’ve got to try out one of those cruises!
You do!!!! They are so much fun and have something for EVERYONE!
Wow. It is AMAZING that there is so much stuff on a cruise ship now. My husband was sold once I told him there was Starbucks. And if we go, I’ll wear a VERY sturdy bathing suit.
You rock for posting that video, even edited.
The big mega ships are really like floating towns. Really amazing all they pack into it — even Starbucks! HA! And yes … a sturdy bathing suit (perhaps a surf shirt is a must if you attempt the Flowrider.)
Lets hang out. You look like the funn-est, cool-est gal ever
The surfing boob shot though scares me because you had a pretty conservative bathing suit on and it still all came out…..
Now I know why people want those jobs…..
Let me tell you, the most conservative bathing suit in the world cannot withstand that fast moving water!
I must say I’ve never much wanted to do any kind of cruise, but you make a pretty convincing argument for it.
Looks like a blast, thanks for taking the time to write the posts, they were fun to read.
Glad you enjoyed reading it. I wonder if I could get a commission for cruises booked as a result of this series?
Well, your harness might make your butt look big, (like it would mine), but you are sure a fun date, and so daring!
I’m only a fun date if you think doing stuff like this is fun though! Otherwise, I’m sure I’m annoying! ; )
Oh. My. Godness. ZIP LINE!!! Awesome!!! I’ve always wanted to try one of those but they normally involve going to some remote nature place or someplace high and dangerous. I can’t believe that they actually had one on your cruise! Ok, I’m sold. Book me on the next available cruise on this boat because I want to try zip lining.
I thought it was a great way to try it out. Not too long, easy to access (as long as you are on the cruise). It makes me want to try one of those jungle zip lines!
I swear that surf instructor seemed to be like- okay now I am going to let go of your hand and sit and watch you fall. Yes, she needed to give you a chance to try but seriously she seemed so relaxed as she watched you crash.
Love the flowers
I thought so too! As soon as she saw I was going down, she let go and backed away!
I’m not sure I realized just how adventurous you truly are, but this post has opened my eyes. First off, I laughed like hell at the boob video. I know it was a flowrider video, but it will always be the boob video to me. I love ya! You never fail to get a laugh out of me.
It is a boob video more than a flowrider video. I almost (ALMOST) considered posting it without any “coverage” over the boob but chickened out. See — I’m not THAT adventurous!
My hubby, son and I are going on one a cruise next year (our first), and your posts have me more excited about it than I already was!
And thanks for the Flowrider video!! I now know to wear something that will in no way no how expose any of my pieces parts!!
Oh I’m so glad I’ve gotten you more excited about your own cruise. They are just a ton of fun and I wish everyone gets a chance to experience one. I think they are really an ideal vacation. And yes … a t-shirt/surf shirt would be recommended on the flowrider!
All those activities…you deserve another croissant! Two in fact!
Are you treating!?
You and water together make for hilarious fun for us! That cruise really does look like a great time though!
It is true that water + me = many misadventures. I think I’ll have to stay on land more often.
I agree that I never went hungry on the cruise I was on, but something funny about that was that at the first dinner, we had escargot for our appetizer , and then the second day, on the lunch bar, there was escargot soup. We joked that they never, never waste food on a cruise ship. They just recycle it!
I’m sure they do!! They would have to! Where else are they going to put it?
I almost feel like I took the cruise with you! Thank you for the mini virtual vacation.
I’m sure it feels like you did — I posted about it almost as long as I was on it. Glad you enjoyed your virtual vacation.
Jenners, you know how to have some fun! I know I’ve said it before, but that cruise is awesome. Great vacation posts!
I hope to pass this sense of fun and adventure onto my son — it is a large part of why I do a lot of this stuff.
LOVED LOVED LOVED the videos! I laughed out loud at the flow rider one- it looked totally hard though! And why did the instructor let you GO when you fell? She stepped away and let it happen!
The zip line looks terrifying, so kudos to you for doing it
and the inflatable thingy looks WAY to hard and sticky to bare skin. Boo.
I guess the instructor didn’t want to go down with me! When I see it now, it does look very casual how she just lets go and backs away. I guess there is no saving someone once they begin to fall. And the inflatable thingy was incredibly difficult for grown-ups. Kids, however, were scrambling all over the place. You can see a guy in the background of the video — he was struggling to get through this one part for like 10 minutes. We were dying laughing at each other.
Wow – what an amazing cruise. I’m totally jealous. Enjoyed the videos too – everything looks like fun. Except I would not be doing the zipline!
The zip line was a cinch compared to the Flowrider!!
This looks and sounds like a great way to travel and enjoy yourself–except for the ill-mannered salon workers! Great post, I have one more video to watch.
I’m guessing they get paid commission on whatever spa products they sell. The thing is that perhaps I would have purchased something if she wasn’t so aggressive about it.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of your videos and am so impressed with your wall-climbing. Considering you jut out over one of the bridges, I don’t know if you would get me on that thing. It looks like you took full advantage of everything offered on the ship, and I am definitely jealous at how much fun you had! Thank you so much for sharing all of this!
I did pretty much do everything I could on the ship — except for ice skating because I know I’m horrible at it and it hurts my ankles.
Although these posts took longer than your cruise, it’s a great to immortalize your trip.
My favorite is the zip line…priceless
In so many ways, a blog is like a scrapbook of life. I love having these memories preserved and sharing them with others.
That was such a fun series of posts, and I loved the videos! I can’t believe that they tried to sell you stuff by telling you you were getting old! Craziness!
I know!! It was crazy how aggressive she was and it kind of veered into insulting at points.
I think it’s really unfortunate about the hard-sell at the spa. That seems to be a given and it shouldn’t be allowed.
This is all hilarious (as usual).
Great theme, too. But I’m surprised you didn’t edit out the moment when your boob popped out while you were on the zipline.
Thanks for helping to drive traffic to my zip line video! : )
Anything for you. I wonder. Did it make you double-check the video?
I’m still trying to figure out how you choose which activities you want to participate in. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to do everything!
There aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything. You pick and choose according to what you like and feel like doing. There was stuff we didn’t do … so we’ll save it for next time. That is the beauty of a cruise.
This ship looks amazing – I loved reading your posts about it! I have always wanted to surf so I think the Flowrider looks awesome but I am sure I would fall all over the place. Glad you had such a fun family vacation!
I’ve since heard that the Flowrider is not really like surfing — a person who has been surfing for 15 years had trouble and wiped out. I think it is a given that everyone wipes out often when they are starting out!
*weak* hehe..
My knees got week just seeing the rock wall! Loved the zipline video
It is one of those things that you don’t realize how high you are getting because you are concentrating on the wall in front of you and then you stop and look around and go “OH MY GOODNESS!”
I said this on your last cruise post, but WOW! I cannot believe how big the ship is and how much there is to do. So much fun!
It really is a most impressive ship with so much to do. And believe it or not, there was stuff we wanted to do but didn’t. It is a great way to vacation.
Ungodly amounts of food is right!! Still, I miss that.
The massage people ARE pushy. I only had a massage at the end, and specifically told my person the reason I’d avoided it are the sales pushes, so she was really gentle with me after my massage – told me about stuff but then let it drop.
I had forgotten about the pushy sales aspect of the spa. I wish I’d thought to say something ahead of time. They do kind of ruin the good vibe you had during the spa treatment.
I’ve only been on one cruise but thoroughly enjoyed the adult swimming pool area off the back deck ~ I parked in a chair next to the railing, had a stack of books and a cute cabana boy….I don’t think I ever left that chair the whole cruise! (well, except for the food ~ which was fabulous!) So glad your experience was wonderful, for the most part
My favorite thing about cruises is that everyone can have a totally different experience depending on what they want to do. It can be active, restful, busy, quiet … whatever.
What cruise line did you use? Yours was soooo much more impressive than ours — though we did have a ton of fun. One thing that remains the same on ALL of them is the enormous amounts of food!!! Glad you extended your blogging to share it all (and I do mean ALL) with us!!!
We were on Royal Caribbean on their Oasis class ships (Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas). Those are the biggest ones in their fleet and they did an amazing job designing it. We were on smaller cruise ships before and still had fun but nothing was as impressive as this ship.
You are so amazingly brave and adventuresome and fun! My hero-ine (if only I could figure out how to spell it before coffee)!
I think you spelled it right! : )
And I can’t wait until we meet in person … I don’t come off as brave or adventuresome in person at all.
I’m seeing you in a who new light Jenners after you A-Z Cruise posts…..impressive…LOL
I’m hoping the new light is flattering and good! : )
Wish I’d been there. Though I think I would have given the flashing incident a miss.
Frankly I wish everyone who witnessed the flashing incident had given it a miss.
I don’t think you missed a thing on that cruise! There is no way you’d get me on that rock climbing wall. I looked at the harness and wondered what would happen if you slipped – would you hang there upside down?
If you slip, you just dangle (right side up) and then you slowly come down. That is how you get down — you have to let go of the wall and come down. It wasn’t scary.
Yes I have been the victim of the sales job at a spa. Really? Just shut up and rub me. I think you are such a good sport to do all these things. Boobs DO fly out when you are hurtling down in fast-moving water! You just crack me up!
I guess this high-pressure salesmanship is a regular thing at spas. I really do hate it — it ruins the experience. And I won’t be going with out a surf shirt in fast moving water ever again! I’ve learned my lesson!
It sounds like your shipmates enjoyed your Flowrider wardrobe malfunction, and I loved your squeal on the zip line!
And if cosmeticians would have told me about collagen and aging skin and wrinkles, I’d have been annoyed – I bet they were all of 19 years old – they should send YOU their pictures when they hit 40, and see who recommends what!
The primary laugh is Mr. Jenners — or perhaps I should say “evil giggle.” And the spa lady was quite young. I hope she wrinkles like a raisin!