Royal Carribean 3rd Time Day 5

It is home sweet home. Sob, I didn't want my holidays to end yet. On the final day, I finally managed to drag the boy to join us for a walk on the deck. 

Good morning Monday!

Our scheduled disembarkation was at 8.15am and we had enough time for bfast before the final packing. 

As per the last 2 cruises, the disembarkation procedure was very smooth and we left the cruise before our scheduled timing. The release by batches also meant little crowd at the immigration. Soon, we were in the grB headed for home. My end to my last holiday for 2021.... sob!

How was this cruise as compared to the last 2? I did miss our teenager a fair bit but she was so busy throughout our absence and only responded to my texts in the morning and night. I actually enjoyed myself a lot more this time bcos it was 2 parents to 1 kid and I get to do a lot less parenting and got the chance to really enjoy the activities. 

Bcos we are such experts with the Qunatum of the Sea, we managed to book and participated in most of the activities that we wanted. I did find the food choices a little stale though but I aren't no foodie and made do. We did many of our meals at the Windjammer bcos we were too lazy to Q for food at the Main Dinning Room. 

Would we keep up with our regular Royal cruises? I am not sure. I would love to really travel out of Singapore anytime. Finger crossed. 

Mummy Lim

Royal Caribbean 3rd Time Day 4

I was very pleased on day 3 to remember that we had an extra day on this cruise vs the previous 2 cruises. I never have enough of holidays, especially now that the kids are older and I get to enjoy the holidays as much as they do, other than just mothering. 

The alarm got set alright and I was up early for my morning exercise. The NB that I like so much but worn out so quickly, would be thrown onboard. Hoho. 

Yay, I got this fetish to bring old clothes to wear while on holidays and to throw after that. Hoho. It is different to just throw old clothes away at home. The feeling to be able to do it again while on holidays is super shiok. Hoho. 

Me, myself and 1.

After my Hiit set and it drizzled a little. 

Going back to the cabin to wake the boys for bfast. They were awake already lah. Zaky woke up with a chicken hair and we found his friend with the same hairstyle. 

Waiting for the boys to take picture together with Sunday. 

While waiting for the morning dance class, I saw a full rainbow. 

I ran up one deck to the open deck to try to catch the full rainbow but it had faded so much that I couldn't catch it on camera. The rainbow made me very busy bcos right after I went back down 1 level, it appeared in full glory again. Zzzz. 

So pretty.

By Day 4, Daddy Lim felt that the activities were getting a little stale. Zaky was lazy at times but otherwise attacked the activities with as much enthusiasm as I did. Hoho. I am a good holidayer. We did Bingo and the host did a very entertaining job. While we didn't win, it was enjoyable booing the winners, egged on by the host. Lol. I was telling Daddy Lim that the winners may be super lucky to win the Bingo but earned themselves 1 year of bad luck with so many guests booing at them.

We had a turtle waiting for us back in the cabin.

The other highlight of the trip has to be the iFly. It cost USD40 to fly for 1 min but it is super popular and the slots were fully booked out the last 2 cruises. Zaky had been wanting to do iFly and we finally managed to book a slot this time. The preparation to fly for 1 min took about 30 mins. There was the safety briefing and trying out the posture. 

The gearing up.

They cleverly added little hooks to the helmet to accommodate the masks. 

The "flyers" were led to the air tunnel. It was raining and the spectators had to brave the rain to watch. Heng I got my waterproof jacket. Daddy Lim was not so lucky. 

While waiting for his turn. 

There was a family of 5 with 3 young kids trying out the iFly too. The youngest boy is 3 and was seen busying grabbing the instructor in the air tunnel. He looked more scare than anything and probably thinking what the hell his parents put him through. Hahaha. 

Finally, it was Zaky's turn. His parents were busy helping him take pictures and videos. His face was so distorted. Lol. That was one obvious reason why I didn't try the iFly. I don't think I appreciate flappy face skin pictures. 

Did he fly? He did and 1 min was up so quickly. 

Daddy Lim did a great job with the pictures taking bcos Zaky didn't actually fly as much/ well as what the pictures showed. The instructor did comment that he did a great job though. I bet his weight helps to stabilise him. Haha. 

We asked Zaky about the experience and he said that he didn't know when the instructor was holding him or when he was left go. He exclaimed that there was water (droplets) in the air tunnel and he only felt the wind blowing his face and the water hitting his face. He had initially thought that the water droplets were his drool. I think I can create that sensation with less than USD40. Haha. 

The iFly was followed by the foosball. The last time the kids played foosball together they had so much fun. Bcos Daddy Lim is so pro with foosball, Zaky and I got bored playing with him. Lol. 

I cannot win him even when he was playing singlehandedly and with his left hand lor. 

In the late afternoon, we headed to the jacuzzi. 

We headed to the indoor pool bcos it was raining. The indoor area was aircon and I was hoping for a heated pool. No lor. The water was icy cold, probably due to the rain and the aircon. I didn't last very long and had to warm up in the jacuzzi. That marked our one and only dip in the pool and jacuzzi. 

We didn't partake in many activities in the evening bcos we had a tired boy who didn't nap. Daddy Lim and I went for some live music while the boy stayed in the cabin. 

We returned to find him dozed off. After tucking him properly into bed, we left for another live music performance. This was supposed to be party music band. The 1st set wasn't too bad. We were joking that these performers may had been chefs and game hosts in the day and performers by night.

I realised how much I missed clubbing and this was like the closest I can get to clubbing now. No dancing was allowed; we were required to be seated but that didn't stop me from wriggling to the music in my seat. 

We returned for the 2nd set at 11.15pm and stayed for about 20 mins before I urged Daddy Lim to go. Why? The set was getting boring. It was supposed to be party music but how can Adel be party music? Zzzzz.. moreover, the bags were not packed. 

Daddy Lim said that he would help with the packing. He ended up walking around the cabin and passing me random things. I was more efficient doing it myself. Lol. 

Last night of our sweet holidays. Good night!

Mummy Lim

Royal Caribbean 3rd Time Day 3

Bcos I forgot that it was the weekend, my weekday usual alarm didn't work and I didn't set the alarm, to wake up only at 7am. Daddy Lim got to share the bed with Zaky this time. I must have made a lot of noise bcos Daddy Lim woke up while I was getting ready for my morning exercise. Thus, there were 2 pairs of feet to greet Saturday.

It was a walk a jog morning. We walked 1 round and Daddy Lim needed the toilet. I jogged the 2nd round while waiting for him. Then we continued the 3rd & 4th round and he decided to go back to the cabin, leaving me to complete my morning job. Not bad, not bad. My week's run quota completed. 

Bfast was again at Windjammer followed by more morning activities before we returned to the room to this.

Happy Birthday Daddy Lim!

Royal Caribbean gifted Daddy Lim a towel bday cake and card! I was hoping for maybe like a 50% off the next cruise or something but bo leh. Haha. Must at least take a picture for memory sake. 

We got turned away at the next activity bcos it was at full capacity. While the boys were super unwilling, I lured them to join me for a kpop dance. Hohoho. We were early and went picture taking. 

Me too.

With Daddy Lim.

That dance class was my only chance and unfortunately they hated the dancing classes. Haha. I had to go for the rest of any of the dancing classes on my own. 

What we did do that is interesting is the pickleball. It is like a mini tennis game with this hard plastic ball at the Seaplex. 

Zaky needed the exercise. Hoho. 

We also took place in the Scavenger Hunt. I had wanted to do it the last cruise but didn't get a chance. We had to run around the ship, taking pictures to win points. This was like exercise again, round 2. Good, the boy needed to run around more. 

Despite 3rd time on cruise, I realised that I didn't know where are some of the places that were in the game. I needed to come back to the cruise the 4th time. Haha. My phone now have so many pictures of the ship. 

There were groups who almost got full score. That is like impossible lor; we were almost running the whole 20 mins and got 3/4 done at most. I think they probably done this game previously and had pictures already in their phone or split up the group to divide and conquer. Daddy Lim says that I should keep the pictures for the next cruise's Scavenger Hunt. Haha. 

The last highlight of the day had to be the night boogie boarding session that the Customer Service staff had helped to book on Day 2 morning. We didn't get any boogie boarding sessions for Day 4 bcos yours truly was in morning dancing class at 9am, which was the time the 4th day slots were opened for reservations. I had asked Daddy Lim to bring Zaky to the Customer Service counter to book but they were lazy, so too bad lah. 

No sun, very good. 

We had 3 back to back slots for Zaky, from 8pm to 9.30pm. The staff were strict and each pax was only allowed 1 round (2 to 3 tries) per slot. Most of the participants seem to be 1st timer and the staff were more focused on letting them "experience" and few did more than the basic superman pose.

Of course Zaky had a great time. 

Actually, the night time sessions were quite empty. I even managed to book a slot for myself while Zaky was boogie boarding but I didn't think the staff would allow him to "take my slot". They looked and felt more unfriendly than the day time staff. 

On the way back to the cabin, he even got a dip in the Jacuzzi. 

Good night!

Mummy Lim