Epic Trip! Part 1...

 After a long series of flights to Miami, a continual nuisance when living in Alaska, we spent the night in a hotel and awoke ready and excited to board the bus to the boat!  Well, I was excited.  Pat was a little drowsy!

 I was surprised at the speed at which we went through security and boarded the ship.  I think airlines would be wise to take note.  We moseyed around the ship for a while, getting turned around frequently, and finally made our way to our stateroom.  We loved our huge balcony!  Oh, and did I mention how great it was to wear only one light layer of clothing?!

 We loved the balcony, but our room was pretty nice as well.  It felt pretty roomy and I unpacked all our stuff and still found tons of room to spare in cubbies that we discovered along the trip!

 Even Pat embraced the feeling of relaxing in our room in-between activities!  Speaking of activities, there were lots of them on the ship.  We mostly found quiet decks to lay out and relax for the first couple days of sailing.  We did find our way to the Sushi restaurant on one of those days!

 Needless to say, the sushi didn't last long, so we made our way to the main dining room for lunch number 2!  Pat thoroughly enjoyed ordering some yummy Gluten-Free bread and had some really spectacular meals.  As did I.  Our cruise was "Freestyle" so we went to eat whenever we wanted and sat at a table just for the two of us.  It was perfect!  We often sat near a window and got to watch the ocean pass by.

We took as many opportunities as we could to increase our Vitamin D intake!

 Night two was the night I wanted to dress up.  Again, we went "Freestyle" so there was no set time to go formal, so if you didn't ever want to, you didn't have to.  Living in Kenai, there are extremely few opportunities to dress nicely, so I was excited to dress up!  And this guy looks sooo good dressed up, too!

 We thoroughly enjoyed stepping out and feeling the warm breezes off our balcony.  We stepped out to breathe it all in as often as we could.

This formal night was in preparation for our night at the Cirque of Dreams show!  

 The food was superb and the show was amazing!  Our seats were right in front and we were literally brushing up with the performers; I gave one gentleman a high-five, and squeezed the bicep of another!  This was probably our favorite entertainment of the entire trip!  We came back and were greeted by the towel puppy in our room!  This was a fun event to anticipate after they turned down our room!

 We ordered room service for breakfast a couple times.  It was nice to have it all delivered.  We often opened our balcony door and let the warm breezes start our day.

 We discovered a top deck on the ship that was very often devoid of other people.  We decided to take advantage of that and enjoyed the sunshine and quiet!

 I mentioned how fabulous the food was? Yes, well, it was.  Pat would order his dinner the night before to ensure it would be Gluten-Free, but breakfast and lunch were usually easy to fix.  The Maitre 'D took great care of him!