Rachel and I ate at Horizon Court and then went to the pool deck. Typical. This morning, they played The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - it was a good movie I'd never seen before. I enjoyed it.

In the afternoon, they did a little boat race. There were two boats competing. One was made out of bottles and duct tape. It worked. The next was a replica of the Island Princess that this little girls' grandfather spent 72 hours building.





The announcers were giving the Princess replica a hard time for dropping the cargo and not being the most efficient, but it was the chosen winner by the audience.

I then decided that I needed to photographically document the ship. This was something that I had planned to do but put off all week.




Sports deck. I went up here only to take this picture.



Look at all this deck space with no chairs...



I didn't know this was even here until the second to last day. It's an oddly hidden mini golf course.





Why no chairs!?!?!????



Oh, here's some chairs...



One chair...



Two chairs...



No chairs!?!?!!!





The Splash Pool is a little less than exciting. Not sure it qualifies for such dramatic signage.



There aren't many chairs up here, either.



Horizon Court. As soon as you walk in...



You can tell it isn't lunch time.



Lots of wasted space here. I'm not sure why they need a grand piano in their buffet.



We took a photo with our favorite bartender before dinner.



Now, I took more photos of the ship after dinner. I have been planning this ongoing project in which I will analyze the aesthetics of different ships and cruise lines, and I wish I would've spent more time doing this throughout the cruise because I really felt pushed at the end.



I really liked these well-decorated hallways on the 6th and 7th floors of the ship. They're themed to their surroundings.

Explorer's Lounge -



Water feature in the atrium -



Favorite bar on the 5th floor -



This was the hallway outside of Blue Bayou -





Hallway outside Sabatini's -





I was happy to see Mickey in the art gallery.



Hallway outside Wheelhouse -







Empty as always.



It's such a large venue. They really should schedule some entertainment there. Right now it's basically a waste of space.







Hallway to the theater -





The Atrium -


Martini Bar usually had a good crowd -









Luckily, I was never bored enough to have to go into the card room during this cruise.



The Island Princess definitely has the biggest library I've seen on a cruise ship.







The Universe Lounge is actually where they held the majority of their shows, rather than the theater. Probably because egress is such an issue in the theater.



Princess gives chocolates at turn-down. Royal Caribbean stopped doing this several years ago.



NEXT: Day 11 - Disembarkation