Part 1 of 5-days Fun & Relaxing Cruise
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Marina of the Seas Cruise
Day 1. At 12pm on 2nd December we travel from Singapore on board the Marina of the Seas on a 5 days cruise to visit Malaysia Penang and Thailand Phuket. On arriving at the Sinagpore Cruise Centre in Marina Bay, we are directed to the custom clearance and then proceed to register indiviually with the staff. We make our seapass card which link our personal data with photogragh. Before boarding we have to indicate the type of payment for our on board expenses. This seapass serves a vital part of our travel for the 5 days cruise as it is use as a pass for boarding and alighting from the ship , as for record card for all our on board purchases, as a door access card to our staterooms and as a personal identification for our dinner reservations. By that time we board the ship it is already 1.30pm and we are informed to go for a bite at the restaurant on deck 11.
Our Stateroom
We check into our stateroom and found that our luggage has already delivered to our room. The room service staff, Jin from China, introduce himself and inform us that he is assigned to serve us and to clean our room for the whole journey. At 3.00pm we assemble at the station and are given a briefing on the safety routine on board the ship. The voyage begins at 4pm and we set sail for next port of call to Penang. We proceed to our reserved dinner table at deck 3 restaurant at 8pm and we are introduced to the assigned staff Soony, who will serve our dinner for the next few nights. In the evening we attend the ” Welcome Aboard Showtime” of dancing and acrobatic acts at deck 3 Savoy Theatre, which is hosted by Dan Dan Mian . He introduce the actvities available on the ship which include rock climbing, karaoke, basket ball, table tennis, line dance, 70′s disco dance, movie show, swimming, spa, games arcade, photo shoot session with Dreamwork characters, children educational program and ice skating. He also mention that the ship carries 3050 passengers including 900 children coming from 30 countries, of which 2500 passengers come from Singapore. Before we retire to our stateroom we patronise the casino located at deck 4.
Taking breakfast at decxk 11 Winjammer Cafe
Day 2. Our buffet breakast is served on deck 11 Windjammer Cafe from 6.30 to 9.30am every morning but we can order our breakfast in advance to be delivered to our room free of charge. At 3pm there is an ice skating show ‘Ice Under Big Top’. We are eagerly waiting to land on Penang today and to participate on our choice of the shore excursions. At 3.30pm Mariner of Seas finally arrives at the Penang port and by 4pm clearance is given for passengers to land. We paid USD29 for the Taste of Penang tour which bring us to shop for herbal products such as nutmeg oil, Tau Sar Phea, white coffee and Chikuteh. Next, we proceed to another local shopping centre to taste the chendol dessert and later be driven around Gurndy Drive.
Red Garden Hawker Centre
The last place we visit is the Red Garden Food Paradise, an open air hawker centre, where we found many Penang delicacies such as Penang Laksa, Fried Kway Teow, Bak Ku Teh and Fried Chicken wings. By 8.30pm we are back at the ship for our dinner. A 70′s Dancing in the street Disco Party is held at 9.45pm on deck 5 which features songs such as YMCA. and all the guests enjoy themselves dancing with the music. There are two more production showscase performing at different time which features “Gallery of Dreams”, a broadway musical show.
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