Authors note: This essay is about the cruise I went on with my best friend when I lived in Florida
When my best friend Drew from Florida asked me if I wanted to go on a cruise, I was shocked. I had never been on a cruise before, I was so happy. About a month later we were supposed to go on the cruise, but my friends parents were having family issues. So we didn't get to go the first time. But then about another month or two later, they told me that we were going to go on the cruise this time. My friends parents booked the cruise three days later. I was so excited for it. About five weeks after, it was time to leave for the cruise.
Drew's family and I arrived at the dock of the ship after about five hours of driving. When I looked at the boat I was amazed, because I had never seen a ship so big. Drew on the other hand wasn't as amazed as I was because he had been on a cruise many times before. We had to wait in a line for about forty-five minutes because there were a couple thousand people going on this cruise. After the long wait in line we finally were about to board the ship. Then right when I was about to get on the boat, I all of a sudden got struck with fright. There was a metal bridge that was probably around 20 feet long and was very rusted right over the water that was probably a good forty foot drop. Every time someone walked on the bridge, it creaked. It really frightened me. I was nervous to walk over it.
When I entered the ship I was even more amazed than I was before. I was on the second floor of the ship and it looked like a building in Las Vegas. It had circular stairs and glass elevators. It was covered in lights and had a bunch of resteraunts and bars. It even had a casino. It was the coolest thing I had ever been in. Then we were all directed by the workers to the side of the boat for a safety presentation. The presentation was about ten minutes long, it was really boring ,but then after the people were done talking is when Drew and I started exploring!
Drew and I walked all around the ship at least three times. All the way to the top floor and all the way to the bottom. At night we sneaked around trying to find secret passage ways that Drew's dad said led to the workers rooms. We looked and looked, but didn't find one. It was okay though we still had fun looking. Then at around midnight we went swimming in the pool. Even at midnight there were tons of people in the pools and hot tubs, I was actually surprised there were still that many people. The pool had two decks. The top deck was for tanning and the bottom deck was shaded by the top deck. Then probably around one in the morning Drew and I hopped out of the pool and dried off, we then walked back to our room and fell asleep. When we woke up we went straight to the giant buffet breakfast that they make for the us every morning. I smothered myself in all of the food. After eating all of the food I didn't want to eat anything for the rest of the day. We then went to the arcade room after breakfast to compete against each other in air hockey. I had a blast. We then went to climb the rock wall. Drew and I raced each other to the top and I won!
The following day we arrived to the Bahamas. When we got off the boat the place looked very poor. Drew's family and I all walked to the actual village. There were a ton of people asking me to buy their items that they built themselves for an over priced amount of money. It was kind of weird. I had to keep my hands in my pockets because Drew's parents told me that I could get pit-pocketed. I ended up buying a couple neat things from the people. I bought a bracelet for my mom, a mini guitar made out of redbull cans for my dad, and a fake camera made from coca cola cans for my souvenir . All of the items I bought were pretty cool. After that we just walked around looking at the village. After about an hour of walking around we went back to the ship. Drew and I went swimming for the last time because we had to leave in the morning. We eventually went back to our room to pack up our stuff and we eventually fell asleep.
We eventually woke up and realized that our three days in paradise were over and we had to go back home. We had to wake up around six in the morning to start getting off the boat. I had an amazing time on the cruise because of the great food, the great entertainment, and over all an amazing time and a good way to spend a long weekend. As I exited the ship I was kind of upset because the trip was over, but it was still one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I will remember this trip for the rest of my life.
