Princess Ariane

Day One

Royal Caribbean Crushed by 137 000 tonnes, balcony-lined metropolis, Enchantment of the Seas, moored in front of him, 180, 45 meters long, Royal Princess, sporting only one tenth of the ship's gross weight to 30,200 tonnes old, had a 28 , 3 - m width molded, bridges and ten, and accommodated 710 passengers and 340 crew members. The relatively small ship would serve as my floating home for the next two weeks and should provide, by sea, the North and South American continents.

Powered by four diesel-powered electric 13,500 kilowatts to 720 rpm, it consisted of two four-bladed, 750 kW bow thrusters, twin rudders of 19.4 square meters semi-balanced, two stabilizers 9.9 meters square, and sailed between 18 and 20 knots.

Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St. Nazaire, France, in 2000, he was originally delivered as the Minerva II next year, but was reconfigured and renamed this Princess Royal in 2007 when Princess Cruise Lines was acquired.

boarding the tender and the purser's office were located on decks 3 and 4, respectively, but all public areas were on decks 5, 9 and 10. The first was the Cabaret Lounge at the casino bar, photo gallery, shopping, art gallery, restaurant and club and bar, while bridge 9 wooded spa, hair salon, fitness center, game room, bar by the pool, the pool itself, the barbecue grill, pizzeria and buffet Panorma. The Royal Lounge, directly above the deck 10, was followed by the internet cafe, fitness title, the library, the Sterling Steakhouse and Sabatini Trattoria.

Releasing its moorings in 1705, the Princess Royal 30 200 tonnes maneuvered his berth of the port through its thrusters in the wake of the Enchantment of the Seas in cramped, dark blue Intracoastal Waterway Port Everglades thresholding, under powder blue sky and then began a gradual, starboard bow behind the cruise ship at a speed of four knots logging.

Clearing the rocky breakwater embankment thin pencil-speed node-15 30 minutes after starting the engine, the ship apparently landed his yacht and local pilots took a 082-degree heading. Enchantment of the Seas had himself off the corner forward on the starboard side to begin its Eastern Caribbean itinerary.

The silhouettes indistinguishable from Ft Lauderdale, now six miles behind the stern and further inhibited by the blinding sun hovering behind them, fell in the distance, the last vision of North America.

The Club Restaurant, Royal Princess major sites of dining on deck 5, had been decorated with dark wood paneling and furniture upholstered in red suede and a bar, small round tables and a marble fireplace simulated at its entrance, while the main dining room itself sported windows on several floors at the rear. The first dinner at sea had included Cabernet Sauvignon, a lobster and seafood terrine with emulsion of mustard dill cheese tortellini and spinach, watercress, radish, iceberg lettuce and covered with blue cheese house dressing ; barramundi and pencil asparagus with brown butter, lemon herbed Israeli couscous, a perfect banana nut with caramel sauce and coffee.

The sun, an orange circle concentric, had slightly toward the western horizon, where it had sunk into tomorrow, making the sky black and shiny stars. In parallel on the starboard side by two lighted silhouettes from Port Everglades megaliners, the royal princes.