Mariner of the Seas
Photographed from the air in Dubai
Those of you who follow my blog are aware that recently for
six weeks my home was the Mariner of the Seas. In my postings I shared the
places where I visited but really told you very little about this temporary
residence of mine. In fact a loyal reader and commenter mentioned to me he
would like to know and see more of this wonderful ship. So this is for you
Keith.
Like a city has a mayor who is in charge of things, our ship
had a master and that was our Captain Flemming, actually Flemming B. Nielsen
who was born in Denmark and now resides in Arizona when not actually onboard
and performing his duties.
Mariner's Officers & Directors
Captain Flemming has been with Royal Caribbean International
since 2000 and in 2010 was promoted to Master on the Mariner of the Seas. Like
a good mayor he was quite accessible and I spoke with him on several occasions,
a very likeable chap.
The Mariner of the Seas has a total of 1,557 staterooms so
that would work out to a passenger population of over 3,000 people. To take
care of all these people the Mariner had a crew of 1,200 from 65 countries. I
had stateroom attendants from the Philippines and India and working in the
dining room waiters and assistants from South Africa, China, Turkey and the
island country of Mauritius.
There were five dining rooms and in addition five other
dining facilities, from fine dining to Johnny Rockets yummy burgers. A complete fitness center, pools, full size
basketball court, miniature golf course, jogging track, rock climbing wall and
ice rink to just name a few of the amenities.
One of the onboard doctors
We had lots of lounges and bars and pubs, the Savoy Theater
holds 1,362 and in addition Studio B and its ice rink with seats to accommodate
904. Even a medical facility complete with operating room and during our voyage
we had two doctors onboard to take good care of everyone.
Ice show performance
Under the Big Top
The Promenade, which I liked to think of as our Main Street was lined with boutiques and cafes where you could have a drink or a cup of coffee or even an ice cream cone.
Familiar Ben & Jerry's on hand always
The Promenade in evening time
In the late afternoon and evenings lovely music was offered
up and once on each leg of the cruise a wonderful parade with costumed
characters was presented complete with massive amounts of confetti that would
later have to be dutifully cleared away each time.
View from Deck 6 down to Deck 5
Guest Services Desk on the lower right
It wasn’t mentioned if there was a jail but there was a
morgue. But maybe if you keep people happy, educated, and well fed and provide
adequate medical care, jails aren’t needed. Hmm food for thought.
Putting the jogging track to good use
I can't believe there was an onboard ice rink. You kept deep, dark secrets from us, Annie. The ship looks like great fun. Thanks for sharing the view (finally).
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