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I was really bad with pictures in Aruba. Probably good since I was a driver of one of the UTV’s. I will try and get some pictures from my wife and post later. Here are a couple. 

Here are some random photos from curaçao. Sorry don’t think I got any at the aloe Vera farm. My wife probably did so I will try and get some later. 

Last night after dinner went and saw Effectors. Special effects were pretty cool. After that it was to the 80’s party. Cruise director Ricky and his team did an awesome job. Energy was great. It was in music hall which I would say just makes it so not as many people can participate as can when it’s on the promenade on oasis class ships. 

Got all dressed up nice and fancy tonight for formal night. Dinner was in MDR. I had the French onion soup, my favorite. Still mad it isn’t available every night. Also tried the calamari. For Entree I had the beef tenderloin and the seafood linguini. And dessert had the apple cobbler.  The soup and dessert were really good. The beef was decent. Didn’t care for the linguini. Service was good and we were out of there in about 90 mins. Here are some food pictures. 

Breakfast this morning in the MDR. 

After dinner went to karaoke. Boy was that a mistake. I by know means even begin to claim that I can sing, but somehow on this cruise we got all the people who flunked 5th grade music class up here singing 🤣

Service and food was great!  I think I got pictures of everything we had. Sorry @OCSC Mike, I thought with 8 people we would have more variety. Ended up 4 people ordered the lasagna 😂🤦‍♂️

So small gripe. The picture guy came and took our pictures at the table before food came which was great.  However, then he comes back trying to sell the pictures while we have only gotten our appetizers. I asked if the pictures were available at the photo desk and part of the photo package as I bought a 100 package, and he said those photos weren’t part of the package. Seems dumb that they wouldn’t be. However, the pictures were really good and we had all dressed up for white night so we wanted the pictures. It was $35 for to get both the couple picture and then the group picture. So now we are sitting with photos while having to finish our meal. Seems like that part should have been done at the end. 🤷‍♂️

Since we had a large group the server said he would just bring out all the appetizers. The rest of the people in my party didn’t quite understand what was happening. It was quite funny watching the confused look on their faces. Here’s the appetizer picks. 

My favorite view ❤️

A few pictures of the silent dance party and fireworks forgot to post earlier. 

After dinner last night we went to see The Book. Got there a few minutes late because dinner ran over. But it was pretty cool. The talent of the dancers is just amazing. 
 
 

Dinner tonight was Teppanyaki. It was amazing!  Sorry I did a bad job with the food porn pictures, I will try to get better as the cruise goes along. But my wife did get a few. Had a table facing the ocean, but unfortunately it was dark so that didn’t do us any good. Chef said the food was made with love! 

Rooms ready right at 1pm. Balcony room for us on deck 10, port side, aft. 7 ships in port today!  Celebrity Apex being one of them. Think we had a couple famous people from this sight getting off there today. 

Got on ship about 11:15. Got reservations for the 3 night dining made right away. Doing Hibachi tonight at 7pm. Giovanni’s tomorrow at 5:15 and Chops day 6 at 5. Night 3 and 7 are formal night so will do MDR those nights. Will decide later what to do the other nights. After that came straight to solarium bistro for lunch.  I’m usually not very adventurous with food but tried some lamb and loved it.  Selection seems a little smaller at this solarium than on Symphony, but food taste pretty good. 

A couple pictures of the ship as we pulled up. 

I would say 1 did and 1 didn't.  Everyone has the 1 kid that listens right 🤣

I would say 1 did and 1 didn't.  Everyone has the 1 kid that listens right 🤣

Would someone actually use those?  Love my wife, but not wanting to take a dump with her 😂

Darn. Yeah agree. My hope is to be able to get on some group cruises in the future. 

Darn. Yeah agree. My hope is to be able to get on some group cruises in the future. 

Finally made it home. We left ship around 730ish with wonderful Norman and Kenny concierge escort. On road before 8am and arrived home after 500 plus miles of driving around 430pm. I’m smoked and have added joy of work tomorrow. Did I mention I wish I was retired? 
awesome week with getting to meet @OCSC Mike and his lovely bride and seeing matt briefly twice. Wonder is just an awesome ship. Crew killed it as always. Royal for the win!
Next cruise is icon in August. y’all thanks for following our posts. 

These rooms are really well designed and it is clear that this is a newer ship than Allure. 
We're off to mini golf and the dry slide. Oh, and my husband created a WhatsApp group for the "Morning People" - my mom, my daughter and him, so I created one called "Party Animals Up All Night" for my son, my Dad and me.

Would someone actually use those?  Love my wife, but not wanting to take a dump with her 😂

I'm showing my age!