Friday, May 30, 2008

Trippin': Cruisin' - Orpheum

Royal Caribbean
Enchantment of the Seas

The one thing about the ship that amazed me the most was their theatre. In my now under-imaginative mind, I thought the theatre/auditorium was going to resemble something that you would see at an AMC theatre. But it was not so at all! It was amazingly grandiose! These were the only decent fotos I could find of the Orpheum.


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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Graduation: Buddha

A couple of weeks ago, my buddy Buddha graduated from Pharmacy school. A wondrous occasion indeedy! His awesome parents threw him a spectacular party at Kimson. I super love Kimson food! This guy is probably the smartest slacker I know. I'm so jealous. The bf and I have both known him since our undergrad days at UH. Actually, if it weren't for him, the bf and I prolly would never have gotten together. I wouldn't say he hooked us up but it did help that he was good friends with each of us individually. So the bf and I are forever in his debt. Anyhoo, congrats buddy and good luck in everyone's favorite city: Seattle!


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Don't let the tattoos on this guy fool ya! He's a super nice guy and he's possibly the funniest guy I have ever known.

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The evil scientist wizard man graduates from the Ministry of Pharmacopoeia.

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Trippin': Cruisin' - Centrum

Royal Caribbean
Enchantment of the Seas

If you're thinking multi-vitamin, then you're WRONG. The Centrum was the very center and main area of the ship on deck 4. It was the very first part of the boat that we got to see right when we boarded. They had all kinds of things going on. A bunch of raffles, a scavenger hunt and a guy getting acupuncture. Yep, there was a nekkid guy (a towel was covering his bottom) laying on his stomach on a table with needles coming out of him. It's crazy how cruises have grown. You can now have acupuncture treatment while cruising. Insane! They had staff all around with info on anything and everything the ship had to offer. There were many, many ways that they tried to sucker people into spending as much money as possible. We didn't fall for any of it. Well, except for the pina colada's. They were soooo goood! They used Island Oasis. My super fave!


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In this foto, you can see how tight they make each floor/deck. The one at the very bottom is deck 4, deck 5 and 6 in the middle, and the one at the very top that's partially cut off is deck 7. They know how to squeeze as much as possible in a small space. I think there were 10 decks in all.

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My constant foto taking was distracting the band!

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Trippin': Cruisin' - Muster Drill

Royal Caribbean
Enchantment of the Seas

On the day of the voyage, there is a mandatory fifteen minute muster drill right before the ship sets sail. It's the law. Everyone's gotta be there because they will take attendance. You wear your life vest and head to a pre-assigned area. This is how the crew prepares everyone in case of a real emergency. They show what the emergency signal sounds like. Seven short blasts and one long and annoing blast. It really sucked because they make you form lines in super tight groups and you have to stay there until they're all done taking roll or whatever. I was getting claustrophobic! They were packing us in like sardines! And I hate sardines! Ptew! I spit on sardines!


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