Little Cruised People: Early Days (1/3)

Company: Royal Caribbean
Boat: Voyager of the Seas
Dates not on strayan land: 22th-30th Jan
Location: lots of sea and some islands
People: Amy, Stephen, Eugene, Tina, Stephen, Amy's family, Amy's aunties, my mother and father
Fun rating: drunk/10

*warning you may think I'm a huge twelvie by the end of this post*

Day 1

Getting on the boat + getting used to the massive moving thing

We were all like wtf its so big. (ha ha)

Didn't bring sis along because she was being all vegetarian and charitable in India. 

The ship had this thing on every level which was like a weird map. They also had interactive boards everywhere so you could check if there were any shows/events happening. 

This was our room as we found it. 2 beds for 4 people. We were freaking out and tryna figure out how to fit 2 ppl on each bed comfortably. Then we called housekeeping and were like wtf????  They were like yeh you're in the right room but bunk beds come out from the ceiling so there are actually 4 beds. Still it was soooo cramped for four people and their luggages.

For our first meal we went to Windjammer which was this huge all you can eat buffet place. Didn't take any pics of it on the first day tho :( We were so amazed like OMG FREE ALL YOU CAN EAT!!!

Then for dinner we went to the Sapphire Dining Room which was a super fancy FREE a la carte dining place.

We were all like wtf did we do to deserve this. The waiters were super nice and like poured your water, got you whatever you wanted, GAVE YOU BREAD.

The food was either average or good. There were like snails, prawns, fish, steaks, fancy smoothie entrees and our favourite: FREE FRESH LEMONADE!!!

 Then we went exploring around the boat.

Spa outside the gym

View over the level 5 promenade

Then we chilled. I actually have no idea what we did on the first day. Or on any days that weren't island days tbh. Also the boat actually rocks a lot lol it was so hard to get used to. On the first day we were kinda getting headachy cus of the swaying but eventually we got used to it. 

Day 2

Formal night 1 + pub crawl

Yassss first and best drunk night. LOL.

The cruise has 2 formal nights were everyone dresses up nicely to go to dinner. 

Struggles of getting ready for formal night when you only have 45 mins.

The ship was like partners with dreamworks so they always had parades and stuff with characters from Madagascar/Shrek/Kung Fu Panda

 sxc group photo

 Andrew and Tina's prom couple photo ft. a weird third wheel Eugene.

 Sapphire dining room!!!

 The whole crew

Andrew enjoying putting copious amounts of butter on his bread. 

 Looking for land

The children being cats

 After that we were like omg we got all dressed up for no reason. Maybe we should get drunk!!! Then someone was like LETS DO A BAR CRAWL!!

LOL so that started our first hectic and arguably funnest drunk night.

Started bar/pub crawl at the Pig & Whistle. Drinks throughout the cruise were $10 USD which was a whopping $15 AUD.

Anyway this was us sober. We pretty much all ordered a cocktail. They were all really mild except for Andrew's which was like all alcohol. *I changed my shoes to thongs because ceebs running around in heels I'm not metal enough for that* (That was also a great thing about the cruise if you forgot something it would be a 2 min walk back to your cabin to get it.

 Tina, Amy and Andrew started getting a bit of asian flush lol.

Then I think we went to the R Bar but left straight away because it was really awks and there were only old people there. But we took photos??? Idek.

Then we chilled for a bit then went to the High Notes Nightclub which was on the highest level of the boat.

Some more drinks. Tina's frozen mojito was the bomb. I got an apple martini 2ND WORST DECISION OF MY LIFE it tasted like pure vodka with a lil bit of apple flavouring. So I chugged that shit down cus I wasn't even going to try and enjoy it slowly.

Andrew got a long island which I think was the first long island of the cruise. We all tried it and realised it was so fucking rank and that's what we should be getting for the rest of the cruise if we just want to get drunk.

Mother Eugene with her mocktail. It was very yummy. And only like $4 USD? so like $6 AUD. 

After our second drink we kind of let it set in on the dance floor haha. Idk how to dance I kind of just bop around a lot but yah it was fun. 

Amy's asian flush was lighting up.

Then we spotted our parents and we were like fuck lets act normal because I don't think they'll be a fan of underage drinking in a public space hahah. But we just ended up dancing with them??? So it was fine. 

Then we left high notes to continue our bar crawl. We kind of took a break and went to the arcade. Then the alcohol started to really set it.  

Andrew probably had the most alcohol in his drinks because they were so ratchet so he just lay on the floor for a while. Amy and I thought we were the funniest shits and started pretending his butt was a cash register.

At this point Eugene and Stephen started to get a little concerned hahah. But we all knew we weren't drunk enough so we popped down to the Tavern to get more drinks.

We ordered "EXTRA STRONG LONG ISLANDS. EXTRA STRONG. EXTRA STRONG!!!" The people at the bar were kinda looking at us like uhhhhhhhhhh idk if they can handle this shit?? But we were like WE WANT EXTRA STRONG!!!

So they gave us 3 extra strong long islands. Andrew chugged his again and Amy and I sipped ours pretty quickly. We were all like SEE WHAT DID WE SAY WE CAN HANDLE IT.

We were completely fine one minute. Then everything went blurry.

We went crazy we couldn't even sit straight legit. I was trying so hard to sit still but my body was just not having it. And this is where Eugene stopped taking photos because she was too busy trying to take care of us. We were all screaming and shouting and crying and rolling around on the floor. 

Eugene and Stephen tipped the bar people $25 for dealing with our shit. Andrew stumbled off and was about to start gambling but Eugene stopped him lol. The sober ones pulled us out of the bar and tried to feed us "vodka and coke" but we were like OMG THEY'RE EVIL ITS JUST COKE THEY ARE LYING!!!! They tried to make us drink some "vodka" but we knew it was just water. They so sneaky. 

So yeh couldn't see straight after that we were running around screaming and laughing. Someone said pub crawl just as the elevator opened so I screamed PUB CRAWL!! and tried to crawl into the public elevator. 

Andrew tried to get another drink back at the R Bar but they wouldn't serve him cus he was so intoxicated. He almost vomited in the bar but he swallowed it back up. 

Amy and Andrew wanted to race up the stairs to the 12th floor but we all turned around for one sec and Andrew as gone. 

The sober ones made Amy and I go back to our rooms and stay there. Then we started bitching about how they were evil and tried to stop us from being drunk. Eugene, Stephen and Tina looked all around the boat for Andrew for a very long time but they couldn't find him.

Then we heard a knock at the door and Andrew came in HAHAHAH he somehow found his way back to our cabin?? Apparently he had followed a chef to the restricted 1st floor where he got questioned by security and I think they took down his details and told him to go back to his cabin. He went back to his cabin but no one was inside so he stood outside his cabin for 10 mins then decided to come to ours.

So now it was the three drunk people in on cabin and all the sober ones outside trying to find Andrew. So I was like hmmmm I need to somehow get Eugene, Stephen and Tina back into our cabin but I have no idea where they are!!

So I stood out on a balcony looking over the promenade and screamed EUGENEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! and then she screamed back from some random part of the boat SERENA?!??!?!! I could see people down at the promenade pointing and me like wtf is this girl doing but I gave no fucks because reduced inhibitions and all that. So yah they all came back after that and then we all went to bed lol.

Day 3

Chilling + attempted bar crawl

So this was our fabulous deck. Two pools, a bajillion spas. We just hopped between pool and spa when it got too cold/too hot. They showed outdoor movies so you could just sit in the spa, chill and watch. They showed actual good movies like Inside Out, The Walk, Everest etc.

 Not many Eugene photos taken on the third day so idk what we did. Probs just swimming, gymming, eating.

They were making lots of seafood noodles on the deck. I hate seafood but it was actually so good. I think we went ice skating on this day?? or not idk. But yeh the ship had an ice skating rink lol it was so great.

Housekeepers folded animal towels for us (this was one in my parent's room)

At night we stumbled upon the Johnny Rockets part of the ship and there was this statue that looked remarkably lifelike!!@#!!!! Note the sarcasm bcus it did not look life like at all but Amy thought it was a real person for the longest time.

 My personal favourite:

Not sure if this was the night we watched the comedy show or not. But yeh I don't think I'm a comedy person because nothin was that funny to me. But it was at the La Scala theatre which was this pretty massive theatre. They showed movies there almost every night in 3D. We didn't watch any of them tho because we figured we could just watch them back on land. They had Mad Max on, The Martian and others.

 More dinner at Sapphire.

We started off our second bar crawl with four long islands at the Schooner Bar. 

 Then crossed over to the Pig & Whistle where we got some nicer cocktails because I was feeling sick from the alcohol taste. I think that was a pretty sad night. I dont remember what happened but no one was feeling it (except for me). I think Andrew had a headache? I don't remember soz it was pretty uneventful. I think it was the only night Stephen got actual drunk. He's such a strange drunk. He's completely normal in his head except he can't walk in a straight line. Like he'll just be talking normally then almost fall over. So I think it was a early night. I ended up being the most sober after Eugene so we slept in Stephen and Andrew's room that night and left the rest in our cabin.

Stay tuned for part 2/3 WHICH IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT THE ISLANDS WOOH!!