Lelaine cashed in on her Christmas gift on Friday, as we boarded the Sovereign of the Seas in Port Canaveral with our friend Doug for a cruise through The Bahamas. It ended up being a great weekend with Lelaine and Doug deciding that the cruising lifestyle is for them.Friday night Lelaine adjusted to life on the sea. We were quickly acclimated to the various things to do on the ship and navigated all of the food options per the advice of our wonderful waiters Eliston from India and Walter from the Philippines. The ship was a bit old - the oldest in the fleet - and showed her age from time to time - the flushing mechanism on the toilet worked about half the time - but it was nice (Lelaine and Doug's opinions may differ on this one). We also befriended a blackjack dealer from New Zealand (Doug, what was her name?) who gave us the inside scoop on everything about the ship.
Saturday we arrived in Nassau. While I wanted to go to Cable Beach to relax in the sand and see Palmyra, the house of Emilio Largo (SPECTRE #2) from the Bond movie Thunderball. Unfortunately, I was outvoted, throwing what some might call a tantrum, and we took a water taxi to Paradise Island to tool around Atlantis. It was nice, if you are into ridiculously large hotels that require a map to find your way around, multiple private beaches, several lagoons that are home to many types of sharks, a dock so exclusive that the yachts tied up all had smaller boats hoisted on them, a casino where the smallest domination chip you can get is green, and an aquarium that is so large it is easy to miss a sting ray that is at least 10 feet wide. Luckily for me I took a walk off the resort and saw The One and Only, a hotel where 007 causes some trouble in Casino Royale.
Sunday we were off to Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean's "private island". It was very nice with a beautiful beach; the clearest water any of us had ever seen; great snorkeling that allowed you to swim in the middle of a school of fish; and Cheap Freddy, the worlds greatest Coco Loco drink salesman. We spent most of the day laying out in the sand, snorkeling and sleeping in a hammock hanging from palm trees. This gave Doug, whose dream is to become a captain, plenty of time to think of questions about the trip. For instance, how does one get invited to the captain's dinner? Does the captain carry any weapons? And since we were led to believe Coco Cay is a private island (which we have since found out it is not), does it have any type of government? Do they have defenses? Could Cheap Freddy be their ambassador to the UN?
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