Vacation Part 3 (Subtitled: Days 1 & 2 of Cruise)

Somethings didn't go according to plan in getting on the boat, but it all worked out okay evantually.  This photo here shows my favorite part of a cruise.

Notice how the where the wake from the ship hits the natural waves from the ocean, you get the water splashing up into the air.  I love that.  I could watch it all day.  I did just sit and watch it a number of times.  Other than Hartly Helment Dive which I will get to in a couple of days, just watching the water was my favorite part of the whole cruise.  Prior to going on a cruise, I never understood why anyone would want to take one of those cruises that just sails out around in the water for a few days and then comes back to the same port it left from.  I get it now, and would do it in a heartbeat if I could afford it and get the time off.  My later posts will have more of these photos and videos, but here's just one more for now.

But I will move on for now to my other early cruise photos.

 This was from the front of the ship in the Windjammer Cafe.  We mostly ate in the main dining room but this is only option on the first day and some the views from there were nice.

Another view from the Windjammer while still in port.

 This was taken as this little tugboat was pulling us out of port.

 This is from the Viking Crown Lounge at the top of the ship.  I just thought it was a fun shot.

This is from the floor of the casino.  I dropped a few bucks in a couple of machines while on the boat, mostly just so I could say that I did.

It seemed like a fun shot.

Our stateroom attendant was not all that great and we only got towel animals on two of the 5 days.  But this was the first one on day 2, and I thought it was fun.  I think we decided it was an elephant, but that is certainly open to interpretation.

Okay, one more view of the ocean just cause I like it.  The first two days were actually somewhat rough sea days.  Many or maybe most people were not fond of this.  I however loved it.  It made the sea more fun to watch, and I liked feeling the movement of the ship.