I’ll tell you that I was a little nervous about this, having never been on a cruise before. I expected it to be a sort of floating shopping mall, but it’s basically a high end resort on water. They call it a floating city and that’s really not far off. What really made the cruise though was the steampunk themed cruise in the middle of it. There were musical acts, which were amazing.
Take a moment and go over to This Way to the Egress and The Unwoman. Listen to some of their music why you look through the photos, then buy an album.
I was also rooming with a mermaid. The first night aboard, she swam for us in the Solarium aboard the ship while This Way to the Egress played. The Solarium is a salt water pool styled to look like something out of Rome. The only people up there were steampunk cruisers and everyone looked fantastic. It was magic.
The whole week was, really.
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