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So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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I walked through Senses, peeking in here and there and taking pictures.
I am a licensed hair stylist….though I don’t practice anymore I keep up my license…as you never know…so I like to check out the salons.
I moved on to check out the different treatment rooms.
I love the way they decorate the tables during the open house.
Good to see the tub fixed. Last time the panels were coming off.
Getting artsy.
I really enjoyed taking pictures in here.
The spa leads into the gym. They were doing a demonstration in there and the CM looked at me and said I took a bad picture of her. LOL. I told her she looked fine.
I love looking at the treadmills…..I just ordered a new one for myself at home. My old one was dying fast and has been pretty worthless for the last 2 years so I haven’t used it much and my body shows it. Skip said I could get a new one for Christmas and I can’t wait till it comes.
My oldest daughter Paige says I am the only person she knows who owns a treadmill and actually uses it. But like I said, the last 2 years it’s been on its last leg, starting with a badly slipping belt…to basically the motor starting to burn out after a few minutes walking now. Let’s just say it’s a fire hazard now.
I also own a cheap exercise bike….which I do not use as much….and should.
Banana anyone?
Or perhaps and orange?
Back into the spa.
This is the women’s locker room and it did NOT get a refurb…I think it needed on…to get rid of the awful peach colors in there.
I believe this was a sauna.
The heated tile loungers that so many people love.
This is like a sauna type room too (I am not very spa savvy so I am sure I am not calling things by their proper names) and it’s hot.
ahhhh......as I sit here sipping a hot cocoa under my warm blankie - I really enjoyed those photos of the spa! What I wouldn't give to be resting in one of those tile loungers right now
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Great photos from around Senses. You can tell Claire that we have a treadmill that I use, although I haven't used it in a couple of months now, as I ended up with strains in both legs after overdoing it on there.
Rainforest, is that just the area with the sweat tanks? I also would love to be there right now, even though we are temperate and wet in the 50s here in Oregon.
I agree, Vibe looks nice. Looks like they provided some hang-out and chat space away from screens. I'm screen-sensitive, IE I don't think too much TV makes us happier people, so when I see the movie screens in the kids areas, I cringe a bit. I love that there is a hang-out space for teens to do what they are supposed to do, talk about how to do things better than us.
ahhhh......as I sit here sipping a hot cocoa under my warm blankie - I really enjoyed those photos of the spa! What I wouldn't give to be resting in one of those tile loungers right now
mmmm hot cocoa sounds really good right now!
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Great pictures of Senses and The Rainforest!
Thanks
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Now I want to go to the spa... looks so peaceful!
LOL. I am cold right now so it would be nice for me too.
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Great photos from around Senses. You can tell Claire that we have a treadmill that I use, although I haven't used it in a couple of months now, as I ended up with strains in both legs after overdoing it on there.
good to know others use them too. I know a lot of people who have them and use them hang clothes on. My mom has one and mostly does that.
My MIL had one and really expensive one and did that too...but then she sold it. I told Skip then we should just get it because mine was so bad but he never asked her and she sold it because she needed money for something.
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Rainforest, is that just the area with the sweat tanks? I also would love to be there right now, even though we are temperate and wet in the 50s here in Oregon.
I agree, Vibe looks nice. Looks like they provided some hang-out and chat space away from screens. I'm screen-sensitive, IE I don't think too much TV makes us happier people, so when I see the movie screens in the kids areas, I cringe a bit. I love that there is a hang-out space for teens to do what they are supposed to do, talk about how to do things better than us.
I don't think for the most part kids watch much in the way of moves and such in the clubs. Claire did play a game that was on the screen with others but she was interacting...which made me happy.
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The spa looks great! Can you just walk around on your own in there during the open house?
Yes you can. They do offer tours but I just say no thanks.
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Back out to take a few more shots before leaving Senses.
I love this next picture.
And back out on deck to check out some more of the ship.
This place changed names….and I can’t for the life of me remember off the top of my head what it was called before.
The Cabanas sign.
I then took a walk around deck 4, working off some of that lunch.
I then went and found my family and we got Claire dressed again. It was getting time to do the muster drill. Our station was in Animator’s Palete.
They had freshened up this place and it looked nice. I can’t wait to see the new show.
Skip is doing his creepy smile here. He thinks he is funny when he does this.
As we waited, Skip’s phone rang. I told him to just ignore it and call whoever it was later as you weren’t supposed to be talking on the phone during the drill…..did he listen? Nope! I did give him the evil eye and he didn’t talk for too long.
Once the drill was over we headed out with the crowds and tried to make our way up to the top decks so we could watch the sail away show.
Claire and I found a spot near a railing and Skip wandered off. He did that a lot! She was worried about him but I told her that he is a big boy and I couldn’t worry about where he was every single minute.
Andy came out and got the party started. Skip LOVED Andy. He hung on every word he said…and I think he had a guy crush on him. All through the cruise he would say…. ”Andy says this is fun to do”…or something along those lines. If Andy recommended it, Skip thought it should be done.
Andy was on the last cruise I took on the Magic too and he is pretty cool.
Let’s get this party started!!!!
Brent was our cruise director.
I had never had him, but he is always in the promotional videos for DCL so it was kind of neat to have him. I know some people really are particular about who the cruise director is…..me not so much. I really don’t care, though I tend to have liked some of them more than others. Brent was one of my favorites so far. Actually of the 4 DCL cruises I have taken, there was only one I didn’t care for and I can’t even remember his name now, but he was on our cruise on the Dream in Nov. 2012.
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