zwosh Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 Hi all! This is our first cruise. We wanted to do an easy vacation after moving back to Maryland a few months ago. We’re about an hour from Baltimore, so Enchantment it was! We are on night 7 of an 8-night cruise. We really love this ship. We were looking for a relaxing vacation and we found it! My husband and I have found that relaxing on the pool deck or deck 10 are what we really needed. We have done some trivia and we go to watch karaoke. We have been enjoying Giles in the piano bar (Schooner’s) and just walking around the ship at night. We’ve been to all the headliner shows in the Orpheum as a family and we’ve all thoroughly enjoyed all of them. We could be doing the classes and the game shows and such, but we’re really enjoying our chill time on the deck. Our girls are 11 and 13 and they are having an absolute blast with all of the new cruise friends they’ve made. There may not be all of the bells and whistles of the bigger ships, but we are having a ton of fun and also chilling out. It’s been an amazing family vacation so far! We would definitely sail this itinerary again… Baltimore, Bermuda, Coco Cay. Other details: Husband has the Refreshment Package (which includes Starbucks beverages and Frappuccinos on this shop because there is no standalone Starbucks). Nobody else has a drink package. We’ve ordered mocktails and such and I’ve tried them with no problem. There aren’t any bracelets or anything like that. I brought a covered cup with a straw that I use for water, iced tea, lemonade, or whatever comes out of the juice machine. Highly recommend doing that. The kids haven’t cared one bit that they don’t have the soda package because they just go get whatever drink comes out of the juice machine whenever they want. (The teen club which is sort of their HQ is right above the Windjammer where all the drinks are.) We brought two bottles of wine onboard and have only had one so far. Not that we aren’t drinkers (we’ve bought a few drinks) and have done mocktails (all the calories without the fun haha) but I knew if we got the alcohol package I’d be trying to make it “worth it” and would suffer the consequences the next morning. All of the staff are amazing and our steward knew our names from Day 1. Inacio has been awesome! I was really worried that we had late dining because I booked the cruise late. We were able to call a week before the cruise and switch to My Time Dining. But guess what? We went the first night and haven’t been back. It was great, but there is so much (surprising!) variety at the Windjammer plus the ability to have multiple desserts LOL that we have just been going there. We went to Horseshoe Beach in Bermuda. Do not buy the $39 “excursion”! It’s $7/person when you get off the ship. Super easy! Bring cash. They use American money. Also, the shops close very early (even with our ship in port overnight on a weekend!). If you want a T-shirt, get it before 5 or you will end up with a shirt from a pub near the ship. Very cool, but if you didn’t eat there, you may not want a shirt from there. Perfect Day at Coco Cay: Oasis OTS got there a couple of hours earlier than we did, so a lot of the chairs were taken. We ended up first getting chairs by the beach but after we went in (wasn’t great for beach fun swimming because there were no waves and there was a lot of gross seaweed and rocks and stuff) we moved to the pool. We didn’t do the big waterslides (it was $140 pp for our sailing and we would’ve all had to buy tix because they aren’t 14) and my girls had so much fun doing everything else that they didn’t miss it. After seeing the number of stairs to the top of that thing, I’m not sure I would’ve done it more than once anyway LOL!). Here’s some stuff you definitely want to bring with you: - pump hand soap - hoodie - magnetic hooks (I already have a second set of these in my cart for next time LOL) - more tank dresses/coverups than you think… easy to just throw on so you can go to eat #1 Observation: NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. Please just be comfy and enjoy your time and get your tan on! Happy cruising! Feel free to ask me any questions and I’ll do my best to answer. I was so stressed out before we came but all of those stresses are gone! MTNeedsAVacay, Adriana, RedCoatMom64 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Sounds like a great cruise lined up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 My condolences for having to move back to Maryland MTNeedsAVacay, Ampurp85 and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBassMan Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Glad you had fun. Went on Enchantment in December on their first trip back out and really enjoyed it. I am in my mid-30s and I can confirm that while the Daredevil's Peak waterslide is a ton of fun, I was only going to make that trip to the top once. I actually preferred the Dueling Demons slide, which is a little bit less of a hike. That is the one that has the floor drop out from under you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnickerTail Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Thanks, we leave on that ship tomorrow! Frantically throwing things in suitcases now. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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