Lesley and Bill’s Caribbean Cruise

To celebrate our 42nd wedding anniversary we went on a 7-day Caribbean cruise. We chose as our ship the Royal Caribbean International “Rhapsody of the Seas”. This nine-year-old luxury ship is 915 feet in length with 11 decks and comfortably carries almost 2,400 passengers. A crew of 754 men and women from 26 different countries mans the ship. “Rhapsody” is one of about 15 ships operated by Royal Caribbean International.

After dropping our luggage at the ship’s terminal and parking the car in a long term lot we boarded Rhapsody in Galveston at about 1:30 PM on Sunday, June 18th. We had chosen a large ocean view stateroom on the second deck near the bow on the port side of the ship. Our window looked right out onto the water and when underway we could sometimes see the white foam on the waves created by the movement of this huge vessel through the water. Read the rest of this entry »