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| Todd caught a photo of the Norwegian Dawn in the New York City snow as we waited (and waited and waited) to board |
Our first turn-down service - a rabbit! |
Stephanie was especially thrilled with the bunny |
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| Todd on the Monday formal evening |
View of the Port Canaveral, Florida area from our cabin window |
We went on the shore excursion to the Kennedy Space Center while in Port Canaveral |
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| The launch tower at Kennedy Space Center |
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The launch tower and one of the liquid fuel tanks (center). You can also see the gravel track where the "crawler" vehicle hauls the shuttle to the launch pad |
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| Liquid fuel tank, launch pad, water tank, other liquid fuel tank |
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) - a really, REALLY big building. They could also fit the Saturn V rocket (vertically) inside the building |
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| Stephanie was pouting because we weren't taking enough pictures with us in them |
The tower that we climbed to get our great views |
Stephanie and the business end of the Saturn V rocket |
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| Todd and the Saturn V |
Stephanie with the Astronaut Transport Van |
The huge hall that houses the Saturn V |
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| Size comparison of the Saturn V |
Todd with the various Apollo mission logos |
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| The vehicle that explored the moon (with Stephanie in the background) |
Steph and a replica of Jim Lovell's space suit |
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| Stephanie and the Explorer shuttle on display outside |
Do not feed the alligators! |
Stephanie with the rocket garden |
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| Our cabin, looking back towards the door from the bed |
The sink area of the bathroom (toilet was to the right, shower to the left) |
The shower |
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| Stephanie and our alligator towel creature |
Steph on the phone to her Mom while we were docked in Miami |
View of the special, private forward jacuzzis |
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| A container ship in the port of Miami |
A Carnival Cruise Lines vessel was being fueled up while in Miami |
Steph, enjoying the fact that most of her fellow passengers chose to disembark in Miami! |
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| Todd, with the Miami skyline and a plane |
A big rescue vehicle -- part of the Norwegian Dawn -- participated in crew drills while we were in Miami |
The pool area |
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| One side of the jogging track |
Stephanie with the 13th floor list of destinations |
The top part of the ship |
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| Steph in the basketball/volleyball sport court |
Can you pick out Stephanie? |
There she is! |
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| At the stern of the ship |
Stephanie on the helipad (we hope they remove those wires above before trying to land a helicopter here!) |
Looking down from the 14th deck at the T-Rex kids' play area and pool |
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| Todd and the Miami skyline |
Stephanie |
Todd and Steph! |
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A very cool modern building in Miami |
Todd fell in love with the tugboat |
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| Another tug moved the fueling barge alongside our ship |
Stephanie on the jogging track (it was closed due to the refueling) |
Steph takes a swing (maybe she isn't ruined for golf after all?) |
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| Stephanie near the pool |
Todd near the pool area |
Steph with an unidentified towel creature - trunkless elephant? Still cute. |
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| Mom and Dad in Nassau, Bahamas |
The Norwegian Dawn docked in Nassau |
Mom and Dad with the ship |
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| Todd and Steph with the ship |
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Señor Frog's in Nassau, near the straw market |
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| Steph, Mom and Dad at the Cuban restaurant in Nassau |
The main drag in Nassau |
Oh, thank goodness they have Tanzanite! We didn't know what we would do if they didn't have it! |
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| View of the Dawn from a beach in Nassau |
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Stephanie with some of the ship's anchor ropes (they were big ropes!) |
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| An idea of scale: Stephanie is that green speck in the lower right |
Cabin 8006! |
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| Sunset in Nassau |
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This looks like it would be a nice place to live in Nassau - it was on a little peninsula |
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| The lights in the pool area |
The pool area BBQ |
Deck 8: our home! |
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| Towel creature: a ray! |
View from our cabin window while we were at sea |
Note the whitecaps! |
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| The top of the ship |
View out the back of the ship |
Sunset at sea |
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| Towel creature: a snake! |
Stephanie, utilizing our rotating room status wheel |
"Turn down cabin" was our favorite status! |
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| Todd coming down the hall towards 8006 |
View down a long hallway on deck 8 |
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| Steph in one of the stairwells with some Andy Warhol artwork |
Stephanie near the Bamboo restaurant |
One side of Bamboo - the sushi and sake bars |
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| Todd with the rest of the Bamboo restaurant |
View of the atrium and front desk area |
Eating area in Salsa, the Tex-Mex restaurant |
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| The Java Café in the atrium |
View looking up from the Java Café |
Todd at the popular picture-taking stairwell |
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| Stephanie at the stairwell |
Steph power-walks through the Blue Lagoon, the 24x7 restaurant |
Outside the Galleria, the duty-free shop on board |
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| The Venetian: our favorite dining spot |
Sample menu from the Venetian |
Part of the Venetian's dining room |
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| Attention: For your own safety please use the handrails. Watch your step. (Especially important in rough seas!) |
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Todd entering cabin 8006 |
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Mom and Dad in our cabin on the last evening of the cruise |