Fun Day

Yesterday was my day off which I spent with my husband on our boat and we had a really Fun Day. We left home late morning and headed to Bay Side in Miami. The weather was perfect and the seas were calm. We had lunch while we were at Bay Side and did a little shopping before heading back to Fort Lauderdale. On our way back we stopped at a little Island that was completely deserted, it was just the two of us on a beautiful stretch of beach that really reminded me of the Bahamas. The water was a little too cool for swimming, so we just relaxed on the beach. When we headed back home there was a Dolphin following our boat, which was truly a magnificent sight.

Fun Days

The ship has been full for the past couple of days with spring breakers and we are expecting the same again tomorrow. Most of them spend five days on Grand Bahama, which means they will be returning with us this weekend, so we are in for some long nights. The kids have been great though, they have taken part in all of the onboard activities and made them great fun, they have actually entertained us. The party packages for Grand Bahama have also been popular so the onboard Shore Excursion Desk has been busy too. One of the most popular excursions this time of year is the Robinson Crusoe Beach Party. It includes round trip transportation, snorkeling at a spectacular reef and then unlimited Bahama Mamas or fruit punch with a Bahamian buffet lunch on a private beach, which is great value for money.

Pelican Point

Today I went out to a place called Pelican Point on the East End of Grand Bahama. I have to say that this is the most beautiful place that I have seen on Grand Bahama. If you are looking for a place to relax and just get away from it all, this is the perfect place to go. Pelican Point is a small quaint settlement of just about 52 residents that are the most warm and welcoming people you could ever wish to meet. Many people ask me about going to the out islands while they are on Grand Bahama and quite honestly there is no need to look any further than Pelican Point as that is the feeling that you get when you are there. The beach is absolutely breathtaking and I can guarantee you wont want to leave. I really wish it were closer to the ship so that I could visit there more often.

New Excursion

There aren’t so many passengers onboard today, but we have sent a lot of people on the Beach & Shopping Tour. The day started off kind of cool, so I didn’t really expect a lot of people would want to go to the beach, but the sun came out late morning and it has turned out to be a beautiful day. I will be going to try out a new excursion this weekend, which will be fun. I will be going out to a place called Pelican Point, which is in the East End of Grand Bahama. I haven’t been there before, so I am really looking forward to going. I have looked at some pictures online and it looks really beautiful out there, I let you know how it goes.

No Drill

We have had a nice quiet day today, but it is cold and a little bit rough. We relocated our outside activities to the Starlight Showroom as it was too cold to host the activities outside, plus there wasn’t anyone out there. There was only a small crowd in the lounge but they joined in all of the activities and had a great time. We got good news this afternoon; the US Coast Guard inspection has been postponed until June. Since we have been doing so well with our quarterly inspections we will now only be inspected annually and semi annually. That also means we won’t be having drills every afternoon so we will have time to get off the ship when we get to Grand Bahama. I didn’t go out today, as it was too cold for me. I am spoiled and used to nice warm weather, if it is below 70 degrees I want to stay inside. It is supposed to be a little warmer tomorrow so I might head over to the international bazaar for lunch.

Success

Well the new activity program went well today. We were all a little big nervous hosting the new activities but they went really well. We found some of the events might work better in other locations, so we still have a little fine-tuning to do, but other than that we have a good program. Since we have so many passengers debarkation took a while this afternoon, but I did manage a 30-minute run in the Lucaya Harbor area. Tomorrow is going to be a lot quieter than it has been for a couple of months now and we are all looking forward to a bit of a break. We have our quarterly US Coast Guard inspection coming up next week, so in preparation we will be having daily safety drills. This means no more afternoon runs or excursions until next week.

Spring Break Is Here

Today we had our first group of spring breakers and they sure were a wild bunch. The shore excursion party packages for the island sold well and the Robinson Crusoe Beach Party is going to be a blast on Sunday. Our new activity program is now set and ready for us to start tomorrow. We have a lot of new things and it is going to be fun for us all when we host them for the first time. I haven’t had time to go out on the island for a few days now, which is very unusual for me; I like to get out and about. Fingers crossed I will be able to at least manage a 30 minute run tomorrow.