The Hood!

 The Atrium became our neighborhood.  Ady staked the claimed on behalf of the family.  To bad we didn't have a family flag, a orange one at that to let people know it's ours.  There was entertainment also.  We had our favorite staff getting our drinks.  It was a meeting place also.  Paqm & I liked it cause our room was on that floor.  It also had the International Cafe there.  It had really good dessert, & lunch snacks there.

Party at the Atium

Some of us went to see the party at the Atrium.  They had music & dancing.  They tried to keep every one busy. 

 We spent some time dressed up.  Some people started doing the other option so they don't have to dress up.  Pam & I like dressing up.  It's the only time that we get the chance to dress up & go to dinner.  

 Sometimes we would go out & enjoy the outdoors.  Everyone looked really nice when they dressed up.  We only did it for dinner.  We had 2 formal, the rest was casual.

Cruise Director

To the left was our Cruise Director.  Her name was Lisa Ball.  We had her on the Ruby.  I guess she was following us.  She does a good job.  I guess they wanted to make sure we had a rock en time!!

Beaches

 We spent a lot of time on the beaches.  They are soooo beautiful in the Carribean.  I can understand why the Europeans fell in love with that area when they came upon it.  We rented a van to take ourselves to wherever we want.   We spent 3 days on shore, 3 days at sea.  We went to Princess Cays, Aruba, & Curacao.

Dance party on our cruise

 Like when we were on the Ruby, the Crown had a party on deck that involved dancing.  Most everyone had fun dancing.  This is where Pam & I are different, I don't dance, she likes to. 

Here are the ones who danced the night away. 

Cruise 2012 P. 3

 One of the things that we did was Karaoke.  I loved when Brian went up cause he loved it.  I don't have a photo of him.  I have one of him on the last cruise.  This is Pam, Karen, & Kirsten singing.  They did really good.  Ady sang Louis Armstrong, twice! 

 We spent a lot of time in Club Fusion.  Bob won I think $350.  Go Bob!  We had a lot of activities their in that club.  Between the 2 Cruise's it was like our home.

2012 cruise P 2

 Well, here we are on Princess Cays.  This is the 3rd time for Pam & I.  Bob & Karen had the most time there but I don't know how many times.  It's one of the best days.  There are lots of food, snorkeling.

CRUISE 2012

 The cruise this time was on the Crown Princess.  It's a sister ship of the Ruby that we were on lst cruise.  It had a few modifications.   On this cruise was Pam, myself, Bob, Karen, Ady, Kirsten, Christian, Her sister-in-law Shelley & Mary.  The Cruise was from the 28th of Jan.-5th of Feb.

Pam, myself, Mary along with the Vander Hoevens left Seattle on the 27th on Continental.  We landed at Houston.  We had about 45 minutes till we left for Miami.  We had a hotel and it was a Marriott on the beach.  It is fun to just check out the sights before you go on a cruise.  We don't like to travel the day we depart.  There can be to many problems.  It's also odd to see the sun set and not over the beach.  Wait for part 2.