It was our very first RC cruise. Overwhelming is an understatement, we didn't know what to look at or do first. Finding our way around the ship for the first 2 days was the biggest challenge. Of course the kids wanted to do everything at once! Ice skating, flow rider, basketball, shuffle board, arcade...... the list goes on.
There was loads to keep us occupied and when there wasn't we played cards in the library or out on deck. My husband and I spent many an hour on deck 4 enjoying the gentle breeze, watching the ocean, searching for ocean junk and enjoying a quiet drink or 2.
Our ports of call weren't exactly what we would have chosen but we chose the cruise for the timing-our school holidays. The 5 day continuous stretch at sea from port Hedland to Bangkok was rather long for us. Boredom was starting to kick in and we were getting cabin fever. You can only do so many quizzes and we didn't want to roast in the sun on a lounge chair all day.
Our cabin was ridiculously small for the 4 of us but we are not used to being in such close confinement with each other. Our stateroom attendant, Naville was fantastic. We also had a nasty incident when my son vomited everywhere one night. It was awful. The staff came immediately, shampooed and vacuumed our room, thoroughly cleaned etc. That room was shampooed 4 times in the end to get the smell out. Naville did everything in his power to make our room comfortable again for us.