The first port of call for our Odyssey of the Seas cruise brings us to Labadee.
Labadee a private destination for Royal Caribbean (it's not an island, rather, a peninsula) and it's a usually a beautiful stop for beach fun.
I'm not sure what time we docked, but I know the "all clear" announcement woke me up. We weren't planning to be the first one's off the ship, but we also didn't want to sleep away the day.
Before heading off the ship, we went down to Cafe @ Two70 to get a quick bite to eat and coffee.
Cafe @ Two70 is similar to Park Cafe, and it offers specialty coffees, bagel bar, and some hot breakfast sandwiches. It's also complimentary.
The great thing about getting food in this spot is you can walk right out to Two70 and have a great view with your drink and food.
After getting some food and caffeine, we walked off the ship.
The weather was great and substantially less humid and hot than our previous visit in July.
We booked a over the water cabana at Barefoot Beach. I really like the convenient location, as well as the buffet area reserved just for guests here.
I was surprised to see a few new water features added to Barefoot Beach, including an inflatable "Aquabana". They also added floats, which the kids liked for islands to take a breather.
I've seen the floats at Perfect Day at CocoCay, but I've never seen the Aquabana before. Fun addition!
We spent the day relaxing at the beach and the water and air temperature was absolutely perfect. It was warm enough to be outdoors and swim without being uncomfortably hot.
All aboard was 3:30pm, so we eventually headed back to the ship to shower and change.
I also took this opportunity to sneak in a quick nap before dinner.
Dinner was at Teppanyaki, and it's my favorite hibachi of the entire fleet simply for the views.
Our chef, Ryan, was excellent and put on a great show. And the food was great too!
After dinner I ran into the stowaway piano player in the elevator and enjoyed a show during my ride!
After dinner I went back to the cabin to do a live video on the RoyalCaribbeanBlog YouTube channel. The connection dropped twice, but so far Odyssey's internet has performed much better than Starlink on Independence or Allure of the Seas.
We went to Two70 to see the "Two70 Experience", which is a technical demonstration of all the cool things the technology in this space can do.
Hosted by the Cruise Director (Anna), she showed off the Vistarama and Robo screen technology.
It went through several vignettes and was really interesting to see how great everything looks.
After the show, it was back to the pub for some music before bed.
Tomorrow we will be in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Stray Observation
The pepperoni at Sorrento's Pizza looks very different than on other ships. It's really large.
