Welcome to the second instalment on our recent South Pacific holiday. This instalment aims to answer all the questions that you may have in relation to the cruise and also includes some photos.
Here is the traditional family portrait in the style of yesteryear
How was the food? The food was great. For breakfast and lunch we went to the buffet, where there was a wide selection of food. For lunch they had salads, sandwiches, pasta, Asian food, sushi, and assorted hot meals. Ella mainly had hot chips. Ben had hot chips, cucumber and watermelon. Simon normally had some salad and other food. For dinner we went to the main dining room, which was either smart casual or formal. There was a selection of entrees and mains each night. They also had a kids menu. Ben and Ella had chicken nuggets and chips each night. Simon had Caesar salad and chicken nuggets each night. Sarah and I enjoyed a bit more variety. It was quite exhausting keeping the children well behaved at dinner each night. We didn’t have anyone else sitting with us to provide distractions. Ben had a mirror next to him and spent most of each dinner talking to himself in the mirror.
How were the cabins? The cabins were great. They were bigger than on the last ship and this time we had interconnecting outside cabins. The only issues were that:
1. The kids had more time together (translates to more disagreements between the boys and Ella).
2. When Ella woke early in the morning or at night, she wasn’t just with Sarah in another cabin.
The service was great and every night the stewards made some sort of towel animal.
How were the kids? For the most part they were fine. The kids club on this cruise did not have the excitement factor on the previous cruise. While we had no complaints it was just missing a bit of spark compared to the other ship. This meant it sometimes took a bit of convincing to get the younger two to go. However once they were there they had a great time. Simon was quite keen since they had Wii and Xbox room where he could play games.
How was the cruise overall? We all had a great time, it was good to see some new countries. We had some time to ourselves. No cooking and cleaning for two weeks, very nice. Going in school holidays meant there were a lot more children on the cruise and some of them were pretty annoying.
Click on the album below to check out the photos.
1 comment:
envy! is the only word that comes to mind... I just told Uri that I want to come visit Australia... you live in the middle of the world - having fun and the kids look so beautiful!
keep on writing. We - on the other side of the world - READ.
Take good care,
Einat
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