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At the end of the hallway, all the way to the front of the ship is the gym.
One of the instructors asked if we would like a picture together.
We all made our strong look and posed.
Shelly is not in that picture…not sure where she had roamed off to at the moment.
The instructor was from Austria. I couldn’t help but think of the Saturday Night Live skit with Hans and Frans. This guy sounded just like them and he was ready to “pump you up”!
Some of the gals looked at a few classes, like detoxing, etc. I skimmed it, but I didn’t want to comment just yet to anything. I wanted to think over exactly what I wanted to do and I didn’t want to sign up and then not show up.
While he talked, I took some pictures out the front window of the ship.
This is the crew pool….which was almost never used. Even our waiter made a comment one night that no one ever uses it as they just don’t have much time to. On a side note…one afternoon Lisa was watching the camera on TV that shows the front of the ship. She was all excited to see a couple of people out on that deck. It was kind of twilight out and the camera doesn’t capture it great, but I swear there was a girl and 2 guys…and though I am sure this “wasn’t” going on…it almost looked like there was some sort of standing threesome going on. Lisa was cracking up so much. She kept saying to me…”look now…..what do you think that looks like?”
Back to taking pictures of the gym and spa.
I am not sure how this works? On the Dream they have water coolers with fresh lemons in the water. Here there is a drinking fountain with lemons next to it. LOL! Do you filter your water with a lemon slice as you drink it?
Back to the spa.
If you ever finding yourself needing a razor…come here…they have tons you can use.
I took a picture and Susan happened to be there. Carolyn says it looks like she is trying to hide quickly in a game of hide and seek. LOL
These are a HUGE hit with people. The heated stone chairs in the rainforest room. I heard they are fabulous, but I never did try them for myself.
These are hot saunas. When Brook opened the door the steam was pouring out.
These benches were heated too. I didn’t know that till several days later when I was making the rounds early morning to take pictures with the tripod and I sat on one and WOW…they are really hot.
On we went down, the hall. They had several rooms decorated so cute. I only took a picture of a few of the rooms. Each was slightly different, but I actually was tired of taking so many spa pictures at that point.
As I rounded back around the circle near the reception desk I saw a door open and several people walked out. My guess is that they were having a meeting in there. It was the hair salon and being a licensed cosmologist, I had to go in and take a few pictures of that as well.
We came back out and some of us asked about different services, etc. Some were really interested in the rain forest room. I liked the sound of it, but honestly I don’t see myself using it enough to pay for it. I think Susan and Carolyn did a couples package, which basically means 2 people in the same cabin, for the rain forest room on sea days (3). It was cheaper to do it that way over the single packages. Lisa considered it and asked me, but I just couldn’t commit. What if I totally hated it? I could only see me sitting on the hot stones for short periods of time …. And then what if I loved it. I was then worried I would spend too much time there and miss other fun events. I’m complex that way.
In the end we didn’t get it and Lisa never do get a single day or sea day package. Maybe next time I will give it a try.
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Great pictures. I'm the same way, hemming and hawing over everything and then end up, of course, not doing it but wish I did. Those heated chairs and benches do look pretty cool though. Do you know what the two round medal things attached together are? You can see I've never stepped foot in a spa.
Great pictures. I'm the same way, hemming and hawing over everything and then end up, of course, not doing it but wish I did. Those heated chairs and benches do look pretty cool though. Do you know what the two round medal things attached together are? You can see I've never stepped foot in a spa.
We decided to split up after the spa tour. It was almost 1:30 and I was so excited with how much I had done and seen already at such an early hour.
My next destination in mind was the kids clubs. I wanted to get a few pictures while they were still open to anyone.
We said good bye to the other girls and off we went ….with pictures along the way.
I had given Lisa the option of going on her own too, but she was interested in seeing the clubs a bit too, and I think she was still too nervous to yet go off on her own.
First we came to Flounders Nursery.
It was very cute. It was also bigger than I had thought it would be.
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Then we hit the bigger kids clubs. I think we went in the lab first then over to the club, but I can’t swear to it and I can’t remember off the top of my head which is which. I do like the Dreams set up better where both clubs run into each other and kids can go from side to side. On the Magic the age groups are completely separated.
You have to go around to the other side of the Atrium on deck 5 to get to the other club.
I’ll let you in on a secret. I had trouble finding both clubs. It was set up so differently than the Dream that I walked by them a couple of times and had to ask a CM to direct us.
And this is why I want to be a kid …….the pirate ship!
It was actually very different than I had pictured it…but still looked like great fun for kids.
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That hot tub doesn't look inviting at all.
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I love the Rainforest - it's my favourite place to hang on whenever I'm on a cruise. 
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