We began our cruise with a sea day with a bright sky and lots to do onboard.
I was happy to see quite a lot of activities offered onboard, so we started off with breakfast in the Windjammer once I could get the kids up and going.
There's a waffle station for breakfast, which is fantastic.
With the sea breeze on the pool deck, it was a nice start to the day and a lot of people decided to head up to the pool deck.
There's a Starbucks kiosk on Mariner of the Seas, so I decided to get an iced coffee from there. It's not included in my drink package, but I greatly prefer their iced coffee taste to what Cafe Promenade.
Our morning was fairly quiet, and we had our first group cruise event, where we played a Royal Caribbean edition of "Super Password", the classic 70's and 80's game show.
We had a conference room rented for our group, so we held our version in there. For fun, here's a copy of the clues you can challenge your kids to:
- Parade
- Walkway
- Sorrentos
- Pub
- Neighborhood
Can you guess it? Royal Promenade!
At lunch, we had a private meal in the main dining room and got to enjoy the same lunch menu as The Key guests receive, which is essentially Chops Grille.
I had the steak burger, and it definitely hit the stop.
I headed back to the room after lunch to relax for a bit and then it was time to do a bar crawl around the ship.
A fun group cruise event is to go from bar to bar and explore the ship, while having a drink in each bar and hanging out with each other.
We ended up going to seven bars in a little over an hour. The bar service on Mariner has been fantastic. Little to no waits at all.
Dinner is our second night of the three night dining package, and we headed up to Jamie's Italian.
I think the best part of the menu at Jamie's are the appetizers.
When we got out of dinner, I headed to the casino to spend a little money. The craps table was very kind to me, and I did well for myself.
Our evening entertainment was in the Royal Theater to see "Gallery of Dreams". I'm not sure if I've seen this show before, but it's a collection of popular songs that the cast sing and dance to.
There was a lot of energy, and at the very least, I knew the words to almost all the songs.
Tomorrow is our first port stop, and we'll be in Labadee.
Stray Observations
I met Captain Panos!
There was silent disco held on the Royal Promenade for families in the afternoon
In case you're wondering, Playmakers had the right TV feed to be able to show the homerun derby.
