The ship was built in the north of Germany.
14000 to 16000 meals are cooked per a day on the ship.
Only one person has ever fallen off the ship, but it was not this specific ship. He was leaning over his balcony during a storm when he fell off from the 10th floor. A woman on the 5th floor saw him fall past her balcony so she alerted the staff. They found him after 37 minutes. It is a miracle that he survived the drop.
These particular ships also do not release any waste into the sea. The sewerage goes through a bacteria-eating plant and any remaining solids are burnt. Then only does this filtrated water get pumped out to the sea. The American cruiseliners take pride in being above the required standards regarding this.
Yesterday and today we had sea days. We slept in and took advantage of the various activities the ship puts on offer every day. We spent majority of yesterday at the pool and watched the hilarious love & marriage show where couples who volunteer to participate are asked questions individually where the aim is for the answer to match up with their partner's answer. It was also our last formal night. I had another chance to sing karaoke, but there were many talented people performing that night. Our show was the last Royal Caribbean cast show. This was brilliant and the orchestra rocked the audience with snippets of well-known theme songs such as: Harry Potter, Star Wars and E.T.
The next day we were greeted in the dining hall with an all-chocolate breakfast. Of course, this was an option, but only for those odd ones who have something against eating chocolate for breakfast...like my mom. Nicole had chocolate hazelnut swirl to start with, Julianne had chocolate waffles with caramel and banana toppings, and I had chocolate banana bread and chocolate crumpets. But the treats did not stop there. For lunch, we had barbecue pork ribs and an array of delicious toppings for our sundaes. Supper time arrived and we were so stuffed that we gave it a skip...who am I kidding, it was our last night, of course we didn't miss supper. My family started with Boddingtons beer-battered cod fingers, while I had the duck carpaccio and orange and cranberry sauce. For mains my family had Beef Wellington wrapped in bacon and I had a garlic butter Chicken Kiev. For dessert, we had a mixture of blueberry and banana cake, chocolate brownies, pear and apple pie and butter almond ice cream. There was an extra appearance from the Zoots and a demonstration of all the towel animals that we have received throughout the trip. My favourite was the elephant, my dad's was the swan, my mom's was the bird in the nest, Nicole's was the swan but only when it had sunglasses on, and Julianne's was the dinosaur.
The show was a combination of a farewell performance from the cast and a vocalist and comedian named Jonathan Clark. After that our cruise director, Dru Pavlov decided to tell us about a couple of stupid questions that he had been asked by passengers over the years. Here are a few of them including some of his quirky responses:
1) Does this elevator go to the front or the back of the ship?
2) Does the crew sleep on board? A: No, helicopters fetch them very night... (This passenger ended up complaining about the helicopter noise at night which caused him not to sleep).
3) Is the pool water salt water? A: yes. Oh, that's why the water is so wavy.
4) What altitude are we at right now?
5) Does the ship supply it's own power? A: No, we have extension cords that follow us all the way from Harwich...
6) How do I tell which of these cruise photos are mine?
7) Do you think that's the same moon we see in America?
Later we watched a jazz session performed by the ship's orchestra. My favourite musician was the drummer, later on I preferred the main saxophonist. Before we retired we went for a walk around the deck and had a quick conversation with one of the older couples on the ship. They randomly started telling us how they believed God had a sense of humour because after their first daughter they were told they could no longer have children so they decided to adopt. 11 years later they had two more daughters naturally. It was really great having them tell us about their experience with God even though they did not know us from a bar of soap.
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