Blatt Cruise II 2013
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
Sheraton welcome desk
Tile fountain
Tile fountains
Sheraton pool deck
View from our hotel room
Sheraton San Juan registration desk
Emlyn, Pam & Dad
Emlyn, Pam & Dad telling embarrassing baby stories
Mom & Bill discussing politics
Peek-a-boo Emlyn
Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan
Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan
Sheraton Puerto Rico, San Juan
Sheraton casino entrance
Sheraton casino entrance 2
Puerto Rico Convention Center
Bus to the cruise ship
Pam & Emlyn's legs checking in
Now boarding Jewel of the Seas
RCCL ship comparison
Our waiter Nash explains the wine packages
Emlyn, Pam & Bill in the Centrum
From the port of San Juan
Bill reviews the day's agenda in the Cruise Compass
Centrum
Centrum 2
Centrum 3
Crown and Anchor in ice
Bounty of the buffet in the Windjammer
Glass art going into the Coral Theatre
Champagne from the Jewel of the Seas maiden voyage
Glass stairs of the Centrum
Nash taking dinner orders
Pool deck
On deck for sail away
Leaving San Juan
Leaving San Juan 2
Leaving San Juan 3
El Morro as we depart San Juan
Warm sea breezes
Pool deck 2
Fireworks in San Juan
Crown & Anchor reflection
Docks in St. Thomas
Roots go straight into the water
The Branagans went on a sailing excursion
Sun in the sail
Blackbeards Revenge, St. Thomas
St. Thomas
Solarium (adult pool)
Solarium 2
Cocktail Time in the Champagne Bar
Pilot boat picking up the harbor pilot
Pilot boat heading home
Day 2, Formal Night 1
Emlyn and Pam
Mom
Dad
Karen
If it wasn't photographed, it didn't happen.
Emlyn and Pam
Patriarch and fils
Sean's eyes aren't even crossed
Rob and Sean
Sean and Don
Nash prepares soufflé for Pam
Matriarch
Formal night photos
Divas
Towel snail
Sean having fun...
...sort of...
...not so much.
St. Kitts
Ships
Ship
Rocks
Awesome desserts
More rocks
Our big ship
Walking past the ship
Smoke 'n' Booze
St. Kitts shopping plaza
Karen and Donald
Jewel of the Seas
Rocky shore of St. Kitts
These are some of Karen's photos from their shore excursion
Pods
Treetop
Dappled light
We are not walking up that far
Bill looking over St. Kitts from our balcony
St. Kitts
St. Kitts
Flora
Sean is the fauna
Dinner with Sean
Dancing in the Centrum
Big Dip
Not drunk at all
Pam graduates to Luis
Pam & Luis
Pool boys
May's birthday card
Unwrapping the teapot lid
Dinner at Chops
Good service
Bill pouring using fancy wine aerator
Karen & Sean
Delicious Desserts
Pam & Emlyn in the Centrum
Happy towel monkey-duck-thing (that Bill accidentally decapitated a few minutes later)
On our way to the submarine tour
Submarine ahoy!
Fish Guide p1
Fish Guide p2
Bill looks out with anticipation
Shipwreck 1
Shipwreck 2
Reef Butterfly fish came right up to the window
Barracuda
Raining Purple Parrotfish
A second shipwreck
Under the sea
Yellow Snapper
French Grunt
Turtle
Turtle
Water
Water
Water
Water
Aruba shopping
Looking out
Small island off Aruba
Kiddie pool shower
Aruba
Freewinds ship (insert fart joke)
Looking out the front of the ship
Pelican catamaran
Sean and a friend
Looking down the Centrum from the 12th floor coffee table
Side of the ship. The bulge above is the hot tub.
Piano & waterfall in Tides (main dining room)
Dining room 1
Dining room 2
'You can't have my dessert'
Centrum with big band
Freewinds
Lit cocktails by the pool
Cocktails by the pool
Leaving Aruba
Winged ice sculpture
Midnight buffet
Moonlight
Mossy rocks
Crack
Dragon! or lizard, you decide
Poisonous fruit tree
Sean taking it all in
Pam and Emlyn
Fountain in Curacao
Curacao shopping
Painted ladies of Curacao
Tug down the channel
Dutch style with Caribbean color
Bell tower
Curacao
Dushi
Cinelandia 1
Cinelandia 2
innovaciones Patricia
Tables ready for service
Crashing waves
On the Boardwalk
Vending cancer
Jewel from afar
Jewel at port
Queen Emma Floating Bridge 1
Floating bridge open for pedestrians
Floating Bridge 2
Plaza Hotel in Willemstad, Curacao
Bar & Terrace
Tiffany & Co & artillery
Our ship
The famous Dutch-style buildings
Architecture
Fruit market
It means 'sweetie'
Don is not so sure about this place.
You are here
Curacao
Architecture
Architecture
Fairytale colors
Blue Curacao in Curacao
The end of the dock
Leaving Curacao
Pilot runs up to say goodbye
Towel Bird
Siblings happy at the Champagne Bar
Boogie Knights
Mom & Dad peering down
RCCL All Access Tour pass
On stage in the Coral Theatre
Coral Theatre stage 2
Back stage
Crew cabin 1
Crew cabin 2
Laundry
Laundry robot
Laundry folding machine
Laundry machine 1
Laundry machine 2
Bridge wing controls
View back from the port bridge wing
View back from the port bridge wing 2
Command deck
Captain's chair
Helicopter pad from the bridge
No helicopters have landed in at least 3 years
Incinerator exhaust
Remove limes from beer bottles
Engine control room
Crew general store
Crew lounge (for 850 people)
Crown & Anchor logo, or frog cake?
Deck 4 galley, veggie prep area
Deck 4 galley, hot food line
Deck 4 galley
Deck 4 sous-chef
Deck 4 pastries
Deck 4 bread prep
Proud of their new $10,000 espresso machine
Deck 4 coffee station
Swan melon
Flower melon
4:00 = Martini Time!
Champagne Bar cocktail hour
Looking up through the Centrum
Sean & friend in the teen club
Teen club
Karen, Rob & Emlyn
Suitcases ready to leave tomorrow
San Felipe Fort in Old San Juan
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
Bill looks out
Wells to the cisterns
Don emerges
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
El Morro
Serpentine, Shelly, SERPENTINE!
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
San Felipe Fort
Our ship, The Jewel, from the fort
Bill on Blatt Cruise II 2013-07
Blatt Cruise II, family formal 2013-07