{"id":5873,"date":"2016-05-25T19:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T01:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2016-05-26T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T21:16:16","slug":"liberty-of-the-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/25\/liberty-of-the-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty of the Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vacation recaps are a bit of a connundrum.\u00a0 On one hand, I love having a day-to-day record of what I did, when I re-read this stuff I can remember it more vividly.\u00a0 On the other hand, it is probably boring as hell for anyone else to read.\u00a0 So, I think I’ll split the difference this time and give you the highlights (typically, what I have pictures of), but by day.<\/p>\n

Sunday: Embarkation Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Galveston isn’t exactly the prettiest port, but it was nice to finally be by the sea after a 4 hour drive.<\/p>\n

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Royal Caribbean has partnered with Dreamworks and there were characters all over the ship.\u00a0 This was the sail away party, Fiona and Shrek graced us with their presence.<\/p>\n

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I ate so much seafood this trip.\u00a0 This was dinner the first night, and it was the first time I haven’t been squeamish about oysters.\u00a0 They were not bad, and the rest of the dish was amazing.<\/p>\n

Monday: At Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Slept in, read in the morning, and then hit the gym.\u00a0 They left the spin bikes out from a class they did earlier, so I did my own for 20 minutes and then lifted weights and stretched for almost an hour.\u00a0 And, of course on vacation, you break out the unicorn fighting a giant t-rex robot capris.\u00a0 It’s mandatory.<\/p>\n

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Buffet lunches were pretty good (and pretty easy not to eat like an asshole).\u00a0 This is a pretty good representation of what I ate most days – grilled chicken, some fish with lentils, dragon noodles, lots of mixed veggies, and some roasted potatoes.\u00a0 Only one plate most days, if I was still hungry, I grabbed soup, but it was amazing how my appetite stayed sane.<\/p>\n

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We spent most of the day reading and taking dips in the pool.\u00a0 This is a necessary part of vacation for me.<\/p>\n

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Since it was fancy night, we got all cleaned up and I wore my “diamonds”.\u00a0 Zliten calls it my VEEP look.\u00a0 We clean up alright.<\/p>\n

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We went dancing and made friends and had a few cocktails, and there may have been a bit of dramatic posing in the photo gallery around 3am.<\/p>\n

Tuesday: At Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another glorious vacation day – slept in, buffet lunch, hanging out at the pool, and playing games with the ‘rents.<\/p>\n

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Dinner was great – the crab cakes were OK, but the slaw underneath was to die for.\u00a0 Zliten and I split the cilantro fish and the chicken cordon bleu and they were both amazing.<\/p>\n

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Our table was great, it overlooked the whole dining room and had a good view of the fancy stairs (this was the view from it).\u00a0 Every other night or so, the waiters would put on a show for us.\u00a0 Some of them were actually pretty great dancers!<\/p>\n

Wednesday: Roatan, Honduras<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Roatan day!\u00a0 Diving day!\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 Since we had to be off the ship at 9:30, and diving takes a lot out of you, I had breakfast instead of lunch today.<\/p>\n

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Even Roatan gets political.\u00a0 It was crazy to see these signs all over.<\/p>\n

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Diving with a group has it’s drawbacks, but the valet service hauling gear is super nice.<\/p>\n

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We had some great dives.\u00a0 We saw two turtles, and one was feeding so we got to get really close to him!\u00a0 I also saw a bunch of french angel fish, and if diving in Bonaire hadn’t spoiled me, I would have said it was my favorite dive ever, perhaps.<\/p>\n

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The rest of the day, we just chilled on the ship, drinking a few beers, eating dinner, playing games.\u00a0 Next time, I’m totally doing the zipline at the port (behind me).<\/p>\n

Thursday: Belize City, Belize<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We docked in Belize around 9:30am, but we didn’t really have a full day of stuff planned, so we hit the gym in the morning.\u00a0 It was empty, so I got to play on free weights and got a prime elliptical spot to do intervals.\u00a0 It was nice, and a way to avoid breakfast.<\/p>\n

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After a little snack, we headed to shore on a tender.\u00a0 Some people gripe about them, but I like boats and enjoyed an extra boat ride in my week.<\/p>\n

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When in Belize, we always visit the Wet Lizard bar and get Lighthouse Lagers and Belizean meat pies.\u00a0 This trip was no exception.\u00a0 We found our names on the ceiling from two years ago, but unfortunately they’re not letting people mark up the bar anymore, so we’ll probably be but a memory soon.\u00a0 At least we’re temporarily immortalized.<\/p>\n

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After a while, we realized there was free wifi, and logged on to check facebook and post a braggy picture in Belize, and this is how we learned about layoffs and I sent some messages and made some calls.\u00a0 I intended to have one drink, I may have had a few more. Simultaneously.<\/p>\n

We made it back on the last tender, making us late for dinner.\u00a0 Once I told my parents, they understood, and had ordered food for us.\u00a0 We got two orders of lobster and shrimp (I enjoyed it and didn’t eat my side dishes).\u00a0 After dinner, we headed out to hit the casino, and then to dance again, and we may have stayed up WAYYYY too late for the early wakeup we had.<\/p>\n

Friday: Cozumel, Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my.\u00a0 7am came really early, and we hadn’t gotten our shit packed or electronics charging, so we spent the morning scrambling.\u00a0 However, we made it to the bus on time, and if I had to spend anywhere in the world hungover and mad at something thousands of miles away, snorkeling in Cozumel isn’t a bad place to be.<\/p>\n

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We took a break mid-snorkel to try out the waterslides.\u00a0 They were super fun!\u00a0 Also, we made iguana friends.\u00a0 Or enemies.\u00a0 They ran away, but maybe with love?<\/p>\n

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We snorkeled for 3 hours.\u00a0 We saw many cool things, but this spotted ray was the highlight of the day.\u00a0 We also randomly met triathletes who live in Austin and spent hours sipping beers, eating lunch, and relaxing in the pool chatting with them.<\/p>\n

After getting back to the ship, we relaxed in the pool with more drinks and soaked up the last of the sun, and then met my parents for dinner.\u00a0 After our bellies were full, we both realized how freakin’ tired we were on 4 hours sleep and being in the sun all day and went to bed around 7pm.<\/p>\n

Saturday: At Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We read and slept away the morning, but we couldn’t hibernate the whole last day of vacation!\u00a0 We decided to go play in the water.\u00a0 We hit both waterslides, and the green one had DISCO LIGHTS.\u00a0 Hawaiian Falls needs to take notes and incorporate this into their 2017 plan.<\/p>\n

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