Enchantment of the Seas Live Blog - Nassau
In:Hello from beautiful Nassau!
They were calling for rain and not the best weather, but we got lucky because the weather was perfect.
Before we get started I thought I’d talk a little about my cabin and Internet. For my cabin I booked an Inside – N, on deck 3.
The location of the cabin is great and it’s one of the newer cabins they added during the stretch on Enchantment of the Seas. My room is 3623 and I highly recommend the room for location, and one of the newer cabins.
The Internet is $20 per day for one device. With my Crown & Anchor Society Diamond discount of $40 off, the weekend package is only $20 for the whole cruise.
For the most part it’s worked really well, we have found it does not work on the pool deck well.
Sea Morning 8am – 12pm
I like to call this morning a sea morning, since it’s the only time at sea on this cruise.
I did my very first casino slot pull at 10am. We had 12 people and each put in $15 into the slot machine. We each did 3, $5 bets for max payout, sadly there was no max payout.
It was fun meeting some new friends and us all pulling for each other. Thanks to Nick for putting this group together and hosting the pull.
Next I moved to the pool deck for some sunrays before we dock in Nassau.
I have some sad news to report about poolside lunches. The Enchantment of the Seas has always had a big bbq lunch as we dock in Nassau. I noticed around 11am they had not started setting up for the lunch.
I went over to the Cruise Director Marc and talked to him about the lunch. He let me know they are no longer aloud to set up any food poolside anymore across the fleet. He said, something about health codes and wind blowing on to the food.
Once we docked at noon we did a little walking tour around Nassau. We headed over to the Queen’s Staircase. This was about a 15min walk over to the staircase and was absolutely beautiful.
It’s free to walk through the staircase, but there are tours that will take you here for a charge. After the staircase we walked through a few other places, but the highlight was the Jim Watling’s rum distillery.
This is also a free tour and last about 10mins. Once you arrived they give you a free sample of their rum, which is great.
After the tour you end up in their bar area, and it’s 2 drinks for $18.
Once we finished up with the rum drinks, we headed back to the ship for some afternoon fun on the pool deck.
But on the way, we decided to stop into the Hilton resort.
I have passed this resort for years now, and never went inside. They offer day passes here at Resortforaday.com for $60, but you get $40 back in food/bar credit.
It was a beautiful setup and I’ll be spending the day here next time I’m in Nassau.
Evening Hours – Formal Night
Tonight was formal night and the Captain’s reception. They were handing out free champagne at 7pm – 8pm.
The captain did a little speech about the passengers onboard and where everyone was from.
After his speech they turn the event into a parade of flags around the world. They talk about where all the crew are from and then they dance with their countries flags.
Dinner
Tonight we had dinner in the main dining room, also known as My Fair Lady dining room.
They have filet of beef on night 2 of just about every cruise. We all mentioned how great the meat was, and that we enjoyed it more than Chops Grille.
I know that’s hard to believe, but it was so tender and full of flavor. Our waiter actually brought out a little extra cut for us to eat, which we didn’t turn away. They also brought out a few other plates for us to sample, which in a large group is always nice.
Post Dinner
Tonight is the pool deck party under the stars, as we sail out of Nassau.
They have a DJ playing live music for some dancing fun. The turnout was great and the weather was perfect. The turnout was much larger than I’ve seen in the past, which made for an even better time.
That’s a wrap on a full day in Nassau. We are headed to Coco Cay tomorrow, so stay tuned!
