Cruise- Day 1

We had been talking about this cruise for months and couldn't believe that the day was finally here! After some really really tough weeks for all 3 of us, we were SO ready to get away for a while! The best part about taking a cruise was that our cell phones wouldn't work, so we couldn't be distracted from relaxing. It was SO great!!

We were able to drive Ashley's car to New York and leave it with her best friend for the week. Then her friend came back and picked us up so we could drive home (after spending some time in NY, hehe). It was really nice to not have to worry about the travel at all!

We got to NY around noon and were able to get on the boat pretty fast. Our room wasn't available until after 2, so we decided to start off by getting some lunch.

After lunch we decided to take a tour of the spa, which turned out to be the best idea we had! They not only offered every service you could imagine (hair, nails, acupuncture, hot stone massage, sea weed massage, and SO much more!), they also had their own "relaxation" area. This was separated into male and female areas, as well as a common area. In the separate rooms, they had a sauna, steam room, and two individual whirl pools.

In the common area, they had a therapy pool (massaging bubbles everywhere!), a hot tub, heated stone lounge chairs, and cushy lounge chairs looking over the bow of the ship as we head from port to port.





Needless to say, we fell in love. At the end of the tour, they mentioned that we could buy an unlimited pass to the spa for the week. The best part was that although there were over 2000 people on the ship, only 84 would be allowed to get the unlimited spa passes. So, it would never be crowded! That sold us and we bought our passes! Oh, and each time we went in, they gave us a really comfy robe to wear. We spent a lot of time there throughout the week, and it was awesome every time!

After our spa tour, we were able to get into our room... which we LOVED! We had a king size bed and then a couch that pulls out into a bed. The bathroom was a good size (for a cruise), and we actually had storage space for all of our clothes, so we could store our suitcases away for the week.


And the best part: we had a balcony!!!

We slept every night with the doors open, listening to the waves. It was so great!

As we were hanging out in our room, we started to sail away from NY. We watched NY float by from our balcony, at sunset. It was beautiful.

From there we went to a really yummy dinner and then saw a comedian in the main theater. It was fun! And then we went to sleep listening to the gentle waves of the Atlantic ocean. It was a great first day. :)