By the time the sky was lit, I realised we were back in Singapore waters. I could see the Keppel skyline from a distance. I wished I could laze on the bed longer. But I figured out we should go for breakfast since everyone else would be up early too.
The disembarkation was an orderly process. Yesterday, we had already collected our passports from the staff. If we wanted to leave the cruise early, we could join the queue at 7am! But that was too early in my opinion! I surely wouldn’t mind spending a few more hours on the cruise! So we decided to chill and have a leisurely breakfast. Guests were grouped to disembark at different time slots! Ours was the last. We headed to Cafe 270 and waited patiently for our turn. By the time we cleared the immigration, our luggage was already waiting for us at the arrival hall!
Before we went on this cruise, I had many preconceptions of cruise. I wondered if I would feel bored being on board for 8 days. I’ve also heard from relatives who has been on cruise that it was boring, crowded with loud, noisy tour groups etc etc.
But when the last day finally came, I actually did not want it to end! True, 8 days sounds like a long time. But for families with young kids like us, cruise was a good way to slow our pace down and take things easy. It was convenient for us to head back to the rooms whenever we were tired, when baby wants to sleep or when we need to top up milk powder for baby. We could simply find an empty bench or sofa in a cafe and stare into space. My favourite spot was at the bow of deck 14 where I could just like back on the bench and stare blankly at the sea.
Fortunately for us, we also did not encounter many tour groups, possible because ours was a longer trip. So based on my own hypothesis, go for a longer trip and avoid school holidays if possible.
Will I be back on a cruise? I guess my answer will be a yes. Perhaps a time when my child is slightly older and can swim in a real children’s pool (not a dip-feet pool). And perhaps on another class of Royal Carribean cruise to different locations. For now, we have completed a triangle from Singapore, to Thailand, to Vietnam and back to Singapore!!!
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