Singapore: Cruise time!

On Tuesday, it was time to board our cruise ship headed to Malaysia. Daniel and I love cruising! We took a fabulous two week cruise for our honeymoon on Holland America and then a one night cruise out of New York City right before we left for Hong Kong. This time we booked with Royal Caribbean. We'd like to check out as many of the cruise lines as possible and figure out which we like best.

Royal Caribbean might be at a slight disadvantage because we took one of the smaller ships in the fleet. They have just branched out into Asia and the port in Singapore is fairly small right now (they are building a new one that can fit the Queen Mary), so they are using one of their smaller ships. Its still a huge ship of course, it just means only two restaurants instead of eight or nine. Perhaps because of this, we were nervous that we might not get enough to eat and decided to stop for coffee drinks before we boarded the ship. I love this picture. :-)

After boarding the ship, we immediately ran around to check it out. One of the highlights of the ship for us was the rock climbing wall and mini golf course on the open top deck. We immediately suited up and climbed the wall. Since this was the first time for the ship in Singapore, there was a camera crew on board filming for the news. They took footage of Daniel climbing to the top of the wall! We weren't in Singapore to see the news that night, but Daniel may have been on it conquering the rock wall. After we finished climbing we played a game of mini golf. While I may have won this first round (Daniel would never admit that), we would have to wait for a later rematch to see who was the cruise champion.

Some cruise pictures (many of which involve food):

Next up we went to explore the buffet! That night we left the port at 9 pm and made our way to Kuala Lumper!

And for our cruise ship comparisons & rankings, we still feel Holland America is the best line. The two primary reasons being the food, the funny cruise director, and overall appearance of the ship. The fact that it was our honeymoon in the Mediterranean may have something to do with it too. :-) But we may have to keep exploring on future to be sure!