Vancouver Cruise May 2013

Vancouver Cruise May 2013, a set on Flickr.


Just got back yesterday morning from my first cruise. It was a girls trip with my Aunty Janet and Grandma Evelyn. We started in Vancouver, sailed to Port Alberni (where I was born), to Seattle and then back to Vancouver.
With 3 Nights away this Mommy had some time to relax. I missed Jonathan and the kids but it was nice to come home and feel that much more in-love. While I was away Rebekah got 3 teeth! Samara is talking even more and Angeline and David seem that much more grown up too. It's funny what can happen in just 3 nights.
Some highlights for me were the 2 dinners we ate in the dinning room, hot tub and pool and even sun tanning on the deck and the two singing and dancing shows (missed the magic show because the boat was really rocking and I had to go lay down).
The cruise was not without its share of hiccups so while I enjoyed my time of relaxation and the company I would not recommend Holland America or cruise with them ever again. We were turned away from the dinning room the first night because they couldn't accommodate us (empty tables but not enough staff). The food on the Liddo Deck was nothing to get excited about, there were quite a few mix ups and they frequently ran out of cutlery! The show ended at 9pm but there was no snack until 10:30pm... when they served us hamburgers. We took them back to our room only to find out after first bite that they were cold and red on the inside. (Just to name a few). The icing on the cake was the power outage while we were docked in Seattle. It went out around 3:30pm and was out for about an hour (during that time we could not flush the toilets) they transferred back to land power and we were not able to sail at the scheduled time of 5pm. We didn't sail until 11pm so thankfully Vancouver is not very far from Seattle. It was a worry trying to sleep when we didn't know where we would wake up in the morning.
Things went well at home while I was away and the kids were all happy to see me when I got back (Jonathan too)! Rebekah was happy to be nursing again. David said he liked all his presents but the best present was having mommy home (so sweet)!