The food on the ship was pretty good. One could go to your designated dining area for meals or go to the upper deck where there was a buffet meal. We used this one for lunches, as it was open from 1.00pm – 4.00pm and offered a wide varieties of foods.
You could sit and eat all afternoon staring out at the most wonderful views of islands and sea.
We did however have to pay for all our drinks on board the ship. This is where our cards came in handy, as you would hand your card to the waiter and order your drinks. We were also allowed to buy drinks in duty free shops and bring them aboard.
The mini bar in the cabin was ridiculously expensive, but at least we could keep our drinks cool in there.
There was also 24 hour room service offered but with a family of five, this just was not an option.
Our dinner’s and breakfasts we took in our allocated dining room. We had a good waiter who waited on us hand and foot.
We couldn’t believe how many waiters there were. The crew were multi nationality and a lot of them were Asian. They all made a huge fuss over our little Lara.
Our rooms were cleaned up every day, beds made etc. and at night, we would get back from dinner or a show, to find our bed linen turned down and the children’s bed made up.
This was really something I got used to!! No one seems to want to do it for me here at home.
We went to two of the shows in the theatre. They put on a different one every night. The entertainment coordinator would welcome everyone in 4 different languages.
In fact, any announcement that was made on the ship was always done in 4 different languages being: Italian, French, German and English.
We had a firedrill on the 2nd day. We all had various areas in which to assemble and we all had to wear our lifejackets. After the demonstration of how to use the lifejacket, the photographers descended on us. One could go to the photo gallery and choose photos that were being taken on a daily basis. These came at quite a hefty price.
We had a gala cocktail evening where we got to meet the captain. This was a formal evening, and we all got toffed up for the occasion. We stood in a queue for ages to have a photograph taken with the captain, who was such a small unfriendly man. If he had smiled, his face would have cracked!! (A real people’s person he was!!)
We were then treated to cocktails and snacks in the one lounge. This of course took hours and was done in two sessions.
We also had a Captain’s dinner one evening, where everyone donned their fine and fancy once again. Towards the end of dinner, the entertainment co-ordinator came in and introduced us to certain staff members, the chefs and then all the waiters. Lastly, they dimmed all the lights and the waiters came out with Baked Alaska’s with sparklers all over them. We were then given some champagne to finish off our dinner and enjoy our Baked Alaska.
That was just some of the things we were offered on board this wonderful floating hotel.
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