Hiya, all!
So, since we're now back from our fabulous 7 day Bahamas cruise, I see that it is my duty as scribe for the Bradshaw family to record the events that took place while we were otherwise unavailable. Sidenote, pictures are below, at the bottom.
Oh, and, sidenote, read this from top to bottom. It works that way. (As opposed to the first time I tried to post about a trip, the Disney Trip.)
Day 1 – Saturday (embarking): "So, this bed can hold a person?"
On Saturday, we left the house about 1.30/2.00-ish to head to the port to board our ship, the Norwegian Majesty. Upon getting close to the port, we discovered that, due to some serious fog, everything was delayed. We sat dead stopped in traffic waiting to enter the port terminal until close to 3.30; we were supposed to leave at 4.00pm. Needless to say, that didn't happen. The ship was then told that, because of the fog, it couldn't leave port. We finally left Charleston at 6.00 or 6.30pm Saturday night. Once we got onto the boat, we made our way to the Bradshaw suite, our postage stamp sized stateroom, room 926 on deck 9, Norway Deck. No, seriously, it was a bit bigger than a postage stamp. The bathroom wasn't, but... Anyway, there were two twin beds and two fold-down bunk beds that were attached to the walls by hinges. Allie, my darling genius sibling, saw the beds, realized that she was sleeping in a bunk and made the most brilliant statement of the whole cruise. She pulled a bunk down, put a little pressure on it, and said, "So, this bed can hold a person?" Not a statement. A question. It was fantastic. We went up on deck and ate. I kid you not, we weren’t on the boat an hour and we were eating, and more than that… Dad went and grabbed a hamburger, which they were grilling on a barbeque. Because he was hungry, he woofed it down. Now, for those of you who are thinking clearly, eating really really fast is not the best plan ever. Needless to say, it came back up, very quickly. Within two minutes of eating the burger, it came back up… in his hand… which he then proceeded to finish regurgitating the disgusting remains into a garbage can marked “Plastic only”. No, I can’t make this stuff up. After completing our meal, we returned to the stateroom to unpack a few things. After that, we went down to deck 6, where a small theater was located. The production crew put on a nice little opening variety show, with music, and lights, and singing, and dancing. Also, there was a comedian who was to perform later in the week, as well as a few musicians who would be performing onboard. The entertainment on this ship was actually of a much better quality than I had thought it would be. So, that was fun. We then went back to the room after the show and went to bed, knowing that we had a couple days to just explore the boat at our leisure.
Day 2 - Sunday (at sea): Getting in the swing of things
So, Sunday was our first day on board. We were at sea all day, so, basically, we spent the day doing pretty much nothing. When we got up, we all got ready, a tricky process with four of us and a pint-sized bathroom. We headed up to deck 10, where a buffet resided. Dad scouted out other stuff on the ship while Mom, Allie, and I just chilled on the deck in the sun, reading. It was truly a nice afternoon. We returned to the room and got all dolled up, so that we could get some nicer pictures with all of us, before we got too tired, or had too long days to want to get all nice to take pictures. That night, after dinner on deck 5, in a nice little restaurant called the Seven Seas, we went back up to deck 6 for another show, this time one composed of music from Broadway shows. Again, it was really a nice show, very well done. Some excellent singers, dancers, and musicians on that boat, to be sure. Randomly, Allie had a hard time remembering which direction our room was, so we were heading towards our room, trying to decide which way she thought it was. Dad turned her in the correct direction, and she was all, I knew that. Dad responded with “Really?” Allie said, “Si” (yes in Spanish). Mom said, “Oui” (yes in French). There was a brief silence. Simultaneously, both Mom and Allie said, “Queso” (cheese in Spanish), a reference to another Bradshaw joke. (Queso, it’s cheese… in Spanish. See other blog entries on stupid Bradshaw statements for more info.) The running joke for the week seemed to be that, if all else failed, “The Dark Knight,” the newest Batman movie, would be on the ship’s onboard channel. So, we returned to the room and watched a little of “The Dark Knight” before going to bed, knowing we had to get up early the next morning.
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