Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas Cruise Day 3

This trip report is from our Royal Caribbean Western Caribbean cruise onboard the Freedom of the Seas. If you’re just joining us, start from Day 1 by clicking here: Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas Cruise Day 1.

 

On our 3rd day, we arrived at Labadee, Haiti, Royal Caribbean’s private peninsula on the Northern edge of Haiti.

We had our daily breakfast in the Windjammer and then disembarked from the ship.

We wandered around a little before our first excursion, the Discover Haiti Coastal Cruise. We boarded a two-level boat and sat upstairs in the front set of seats. We took a slow, relaxing cruise along the coast of Haiti to see the villages, different parts of the island, and the Citadel, a large fort on top of a hill in the distance.

After we returned from the excursion, we went back on the ship and had lunch in the Windjammer. They offered free lunch on land (hamburgers, hot dogs, wings, etc.), but picky Brett didn’t want any of it. It was a good decision though, as we enjoyed a large buffet lunch with a nice view of the island from 11 stories up with hardly anyone nearby.

Then we went back to our room where I took a little nap and then it was time for our next excursion, the Dragon’s Breath Zip Line! It’s a 2600 foot zip line over water that reaches speeds of 40-50 mph. Yeah baby, let’s do this.

We checked in and were weighed to make sure we didn’t exceed the weight limit. Whose cruel idea was it to weigh people after they’ve been stuffing their faces with food onboard a cruise ship for 3 days?!

We put on our harness gear and then went to the mini dragon, a practice zip line, to get the feel of the main event.

Then we took a truck up to the main line.

Brett was first to take the trip down, with me right behind him. It was so much fun, but over so fast! I would definitely do it again!

Afterward, we walked around the area a little to take in the scenery.

Then it was back to the ship to get ready for departure at 4:30pm and dinner. But first, we played in the pool a little and tested out the waterproof camera.

Daily ice cream cone building competition.

Bye, bye Haiti!

Tonight for dinner, I had the pork loin and Brett had fish.

For dessert, I had a berry cream cake again and Brett had a lemon meringue mini pie.

Ummm…and shots.

Tonight’s main show was “Now You See It” which was a magic show by Drew Thomas, a past contestant on America’s Got Talent.

 

That’s it for today…Day 4 tomorrow: Jamaica!

 

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