What a fabulous way to spend Christmas and welcome in the New Year 2017

We spent Christmas and New Year's celebrating on the Navigator of the Seas.  Typically these holidays are not covered on 1 cruise, but the weekend holidays this year made it possible.  It was so festive with tons of activities for the whole family.  The ship was decorated beautifully with the right amount of spirit and fun given to Christmas, Chanukah and New Years.  The New Years Eve celebration was like being in Times Square.  Awesome.  And what could beat starting off January 1 on the beach.  

If there was one thing that could have been improved it would be the food quality in the main dining room on Christmas.  They really did not bring out the steak and lobster until New Years.  For the price of the cruise, I would have expected some better choices, especially on formal nights.  Also the chefs need to improve their fish cooking skills.  Almost every fish was overcooked and dry.  I will say they did a nice job on the soups, especially the lobster bisque.  

In case you are wondering, you can find some very nice wines for $12/glass.  Some even better ones for $15/glass.  If you get the Ultimate Beverage Package, it covers drinks up to $12/glass.  I would suggest it highly for a cruise like this one where there is lots of celebrating.  It even covered our Starbucks drinks.

We did not try any speciality restaurants as they are expensive and too much food.  Delicious, but too much for us.  Maybe if you have a large group.  We did go to Johnny Rockets for lunch one day which was super good and so filling we skipped dinner.  That was only $6.95 for the works so quite the deal. 

Excursions were quite varied and should cover any interest. We did a walking tour in St. John's Antique and a tour, beach and lunch trip on Bonaire.  Both were nice.  We were really lucky as this was only the 2nd time the ship had been to Bonaire and the first time at St. John's.  Not great shopping, but culturally less impacted by all the tourists so interesting. 

If you are into Art, there were several Art Auctions on boards with champagne flowing.  We are and loved them.

All in all, we had a wonderful time and highly recommend a trip like this for couples or families. RC really knows how to take care of their guests.