This cruise was on the Adventure of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International. The cruise began April 17th and ended April 24th. We boarded the ship in San Juan.
The ship was beautiful. The Royal Promenade on Deck 5 is something to behold. There is great art displayed throughout the ship. There is something to please everyone.
If one is not interested in dressing up for dinner, there is the Windjammer Café on Deck 11. The buffet style café offers great dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For those interested in dressing up, there is a 3-deck dining room, each deck with a different name (Mozart, Strauss and Vivaldi)! There were 2 formal nights.
We visited Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten/St. Martin and St. Croix, with the first day at sea. This cruise was a gift to myself for my 60th birthday.
I will make an attempt to display photos in order taken.
These photos were taken from Cruises 2011 A-C of old site
Day One of the cruise
April 17, 2011
Boarding the ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ship's photographers
Like the design on my shirt? In reality, it's a blue striped shirt. Don't know why shirt showed up this way when scanned.
Pool area
Mural outside the Spa. Continued to the left.
Centrum, forward
Centrum, midship
Centrum and display above the Imperial Lounge
Carnival Victory all lit up in San Juan's harbor
Day Two, spent at sea
April 18, 2011
Display, midship
Display, aft
Another view of pool area
Jacuzzis next to pool. The one covered was under repair.
Royal Promenade Vintage car
For those interested in rock climbing
Day Two continued
April 18, 2011
Sports Deck
Elton enjoying the view
There was artwork all over the ship
This, and one on left, were in a stairwell
Entrance to the Viking Crown Lounge
The Royal Promenade
Day Three
April 19, 2011
Adventure of the Seas sign by pool
Looks neat right? This is before it's "attacked" by the passengers! Passengers always eager to soak up the sun!
Area had display of various Royal Caribbean ships
Sunrise
Artwork
Most artwork appeared to be Norwegian
Two Canadian Navy ships as seen from the balcony of cabin 8330
Barbados Elton and I when we got off the ship
Day Three, Barbados
April 19, 2011
Elton on the dock by ship
The Adventure docked
Jorge
Jorge, pull in your gut.
Another view of the Adventure
The two Canadian Navy ships
Once outside Elton by the Welcome sign
Bougainvillea
Barbados continues, on a tour
April 19, 2011
Adventure of the Seas
Elton taking photos of a band playing as we walked off the pier
Part of the Sugar Factory I think photos taken from inside vehicle
View from a hotel we stopped at for a drink
I think the hotel was the New Edgewater in Bathsheba
Bathsheba, rugged east coast of Barbados
Barbados - The tour continues
There were surfers in the water though not visible in this photo
Rocks in the water
I named this "Lady in the Water".
White frangipani (Plumeria). On Barbados, I saw many colors of frangipani I had never seen before. My favorite was a deep red with a pink center but I did not get close enough to take a photograph
Vendors close to the Mushroom Rock
Different views of the Mushroom Rock
End of tour, back to the ship
April 19, 2011
Mushroom Rock
Ruins of what was once Farley Hill Mansion
View seen from the ruins of the Farley Hill Mansion
Another view
Is our cabin on this side of the ship?
Aft view of the Adventure
Workers cleaning the side of the ship
At every port, the ship hooked up to the local water system. When the hose was removed in Barbados, the water began to shoot into the air. We left the port and the water was still pouring out of the pipe.
Lines to get back on the ship
Another view of the passengers waiting to get back on board
Barbados - Sunset, $2.00 bill
Front
Back
On the Adventure, the beautiful night
April 19, 2011
Aft entrance to the Casino
Artwork in one of the staircases
Tribute to Waiters and Assistants
A closer view
The Lyric Theater
Bat - A towel figure
The sea at night.
Due to setting used, the moon does not look round. Beautiful reflection
St. Lucia
April 20, 2011
On our way north, we passed St. Vincent. I have never visited this island
The sun beginning to rise. Les Pitons
We are headed north to the dock in Castries
Another view of Les Pitons
Les Pitons from the cabin's balcony
A small airport close to the pier
This, and next photo, are of the Serenade of the Seas
Another Royal Caribbean ship in port
St. Lucia
April 20, 2011
A tug. Did it help bring the Adventure into the port?
When we got off the ship in St. Lucia
Serenade as seen from tour bus
Adventure from the tour bus
Marigot Bay
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Catholic church, Anse La Raye, a fishing village
Canaries Another fishing village
Les Pitons (Gros and Petit), seen from the stop we made to have lunch. The town seen is Soufrière
St. Lucia
April 20, 2011
A close-up view of Soufrière (means sulfur in the air)
The entrance to where we had a delicious lunch Villa de Pitons (Heaven on the Hill)
We then visited a botanical garden
It is said that if one touches the flower, it dies
Decorative banana
More St. Lucia
April 20, 2011
The decorative banana does not bear fruit
Diamond Fall Water accumulates in tubs where people bathe. It is said the water has curative powers.
Elton
These railings are new. Apparently due to accidents, visitors are no longer allowed to walk onto the volcano. Qualibou Volcano is geothermally active.
Jorge in front of the fall.
A St. Lucian taking a dip in this warm bath
Leaving St. Lucia
April 20, 2011
The Serenade is still docked.
Martinique as seen from the balcony of cabin 8330
Antigua
April 21, 2011
Sunrise from the cabin's balcony as we headed to Antigua
Montserrat Another island I have never visited. Arrow, the singer, was from this island.
Smoke can be seen coming from volcano
Did you forget what day it was? Just look at the floor of the elevator!
Flag of the USVI Plaques from different islands visited hung in this room
Looking to pool deck from inside the ship
Another view
Antigua
April 21, 2011
Lots of birds on pier next to us. Not empty for too long, due to lines from ship.
Photo taken when we got off the ship Antigua
The Arcadia docking
I was told by a passenger on the Arcadia they were on a 72 day cruise around the world.
Adventure next to the Arcadia
Another view of the Adventure
Dow's Hill - On our tour of the island
Century plant (agave). More information follows
Century Plants is said to bloom only once in their life, the blooming spike is so large and grows so fast that it saps all the resources of the plant, which then dies, leaving a tall wooden seed stalk. The plant is called "century plants" because of this "once in a century" bloom (actually the plant lives an average of 25 years). It was also an important plant to indigenous people, being used for medicines, fiber, needles and food.
My Mother had a century plant n her garden for many years. I remember it bloomed only once.
Tour of Antigua
April 21, 2011
Hummingbirds getting nectar from the Century plant's flowers
A license plate
Montserrat The white smoke is coming from the volcano
Shirley Heights, a restored garrison
Shirley Heights
Me outside A little of Montserrat can be seen to right of cactus
English Harbor
A close-up. A fort, which at one time protected the harbor, can be seen
Tour continues
April 21, 2011
Display at Nelson Dockyard museum
Another display at the museum
One of the buildings in Nelson Dockyard
A Card Phone
Moravian Church
Put this together with the next two photos and you get a mural in St. John's
Heading back to the ship
April 21, 2011
The ships as seen from St. John's Cathedral
On the pier between the two ships Adventure on the left, Arcadia on the right
Names of ships written on various areas of dock
Arcadia getting ready to depart
Arcadia, P&O cruises, leaving the pier. Part of Carnival Corporation
Passengers looking out as ship left the pier
I suppose these guys help maneuver the ship out of the harbor?
A close-up view
Leaving Antigua
April 21, 2011
And off she goes
The Arcadia as seen from inside the Adventure Taken from the back of the Adventure, Deck 4
Bye He had just taken care of the Arcadia
The guy that was partly responsible for letting go of the ropes that secured the Arcadia. A boat later picks him up.
Card used for everything - opening the cabin door, making purchases, leaving the ship/re-boarding. We changed to Vivaldi, Table 369, Deck 3. Can't recall why the change was made. Possibly a smaller table? One becomes a gold member after more than one cruise with RCI. This was my 4th cruise with RCI.
The photos of this cruise continue on Cruises I-2
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