At Sea

Let me tell you a. Little about this beautiful ship. It is the newest in the Royal Caribbean Fleet. Having made its maiden voyage in the summer of 2014. It spent the first 6 months out of Newark, now permanently repositioned to Shanghai. Its the longest passenger ship in the ocean at over a 1000 ft. Holds 4070 passengers when full which it is not on this repositioning . 1700 crew they are some of the best I've encountered in my 15 cruises. Very high tech. Several very large public rooms are great to deposit yourself. The front of the ship is a large solarium with multi layer pools.and a fantastic view of whats ahead. The rear contains a large 2 story room that doubles as a lounge in the day and a special theatre at night. The rear room called 270 reportedly cost 33 million and was my favorite place. We had daily lectures there from a history professor, the ex-DA of LA county, and the ex-president of Paramount Pictures. At night there was a spectacular Circ d'Sole type show or they lowered the blinds and had show which were projected on them. Instead of the usual massive dinning room with assigned seating, there are 4 large theme restaurants which are complimentary. There is a steak hose with a charge. We did it one night when John worked a deal but its really not necessary as the Beef Tenderloin in the "American Icon" is as good as Marie's in Houston. The buffet called the Windjammer was spectacular and very well designed. Plenty of seating. Oh did I mention there was a bakery with right out of the oven cookies and scones. I made regular trips to this. There was a gondola ride on the top called the Northstar with magnificent views over the ship. The only time I felt crowded on the ship was at the main pool but a found other pools to cool off. Sea days were very relaxing!

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