Sydney Day 4 and Getting on the Ship

We had the morning in Sydney before heading out on our Royal Caribbean cruise, so we started it off right, with pancakes.

My kids cracked me up, because they begged and begged for this fancy pancake, but after eating the marshmallow eyes and the strawberry nose, they said it was too much sugary sauce and asked for plain pancakes.  We made sure they were full, and then, as promised, we went back to the big playground.  We ended up having it practically to ourselves, wheee!

There was also a flying fox.

Elena was fascinated by all the flying around her big sister was doing, but preferred to observe and support rather than participate.

Elena went for the more controlled experience of swinging, while Vivian climbed all things big and small.

After about an hour we declared them done, and went back to the apartment to get our bags and head to the ship.  The cruise was set to sail up the east coast of Australia with port stops in Newcastle, Airlie Beach, and Brisbane.  Unfortunately, a cyclone had just blown down the east coast a couple weeks before we came.  Most areas had recovered, but Airlie Beach had been hit head on, and hadn't had electricity since.  Our excursion to the Great Barrier Reef was cancelled, and we weren't sure if we were going to be able to do anything in Airlie either, but we were excited about the rest of the cruise, so we headed to the terminal with high hopes.  We spent the afternoon exploring the ship inside and out.

This window was crazy.  It was on Deck 12 and looked all the way down to Deck 4.  It was in an area close to the kids club, so the girls had to peek down into the ship every time we walked past.

We had a so so dinner in the main dining room, and then said good bye for now to Sydney harbor.