We are back from our Honeymoon and we had an AMAZING time!!! We flew into Orlando the day after wedding, Sat. We stayed in Orlando over night and then we headed to Cape Canaveral to board the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship. This is the biggest ship in the world, but next month, Royal Caribbean is introducing their new ship, the Oasis of the Seas, which will take the title as the worlds largest cruise ship. You could see Kennedy Space Center from the port which was awesome. We wanted to take a tour but didn't have enough time.
We got onto the ship pretty early and immediately started to explore our new home for the next week. The ship was HUGE!! The 5th deck was called the Royal Promenade. This is where they had all the shops and restaurants. It was sweet. We were on the 6th deck, so we could just walk down the stairs and were at the Promenade. There was a pizza restaurant and a little cafe that you could eat at whenever you wanted. There was a Ben and Jerry's there too that you had to pay for. There were a ton of shops but they were the kind of shops you don't really buy anything from, unless you have a lot of $$!!
We headed to the top deck, 12th deck, to check out the pools and get ready for the "sail away" party. We got a Virgin Pina Colada and watched as we sailed away to our destinations.
We then explored some more of the ship and found Joe's sanctuary...the Video Arcade!! What more could he ask for then to be able to play Guitar Hero on his honeymoon!!! He just couldn't resist :) We also found Johnny Rockets, the miniature golf course and the rock wall.
That night we decided to have dinner at one of the Specialty Restaurants, Chops Grille. We had the best Fillet Mignon!!! We then headed back to our room and enjoyed the gorgeous sunset and view we would be having the next week from our balcony.
Monday was a day at sea, so we had the whole day to lounge around and do whatever we wanted. Of course we ate all the time!! We wandered out to the front of the ship for a while and then spent some time lounging at the pool. That night we had a formal dinner night. It was fun to get dressed up and get treated like royalty. When we got back to our room, we had an elephant waiting for us made out of a towel. Every night they would leave us a different animal.
Tuesday we stopped at our first port-Labadee, Haiti. I was a little concerned about going to Haiti, but once we were there, I was more comfortable. Royal Caribbean owns it's own private cove on the island so the only people there was us and a few locals. We took a tour on sea doo's along the coastline and then went parasailing. We then went swimming and then walked around and listened to some locals bands and shopped a little. The water was an amazing turquoise color and soo warm!!
Our second stop was at Ochos Rios, Jamaica. This was Joe's favorite stop mainly because this is where we went ZIP LINING!! It was AWESOME!! We went on 9 different courses and it was a blast. I wasn't scared at all and got pretty brave that I would do a running start and jump off the platforms!! We zip lined through a rain forest with a river below which made it even more incredible!!!!! We had a little hike to the course once we got suited up and a bit of a hike back when we were done. You can't beat hiking through a rain forest following a roaring river!!! Afterwards we had to get some Jerk Chicken which was sooo good!! We then stopped by the beach so I could collect some sand to bring home. I decided to collect sand from every island we went to as a souviner. Joe then wanted to stop by the Harley Davidson store and then we headed back to the ship.
This is the half way point of the cruise. I will post our remaining stops in a few days...too many pictures to post tonight!! Stay tuned for the rest...
