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Each floor had a very helpful map of the ship
Our cabin
The Grand Centrum & Reception area - looking toward the elevators.
The Grand Centrum & Reception area (on deck 7) - looking from an elevator. Champagne Charlie's bar with the grand piano is on the above level.
The Tivoli Pool on deck 12 had a Roman theme and was surrounded by 4 hot-tubs at its corners, a bandstand at one end, a fountain at the other end and showers and plenty of seating on either side, including one level above.
The windowed area in this next picture is the top of the indoor Grand Centrum. There are murals on either side.
If you couldn't get a chair directly poolside, there were more on the upper level.
If you still couldn't get a chair, there were more on either side of the funnel, protected by wind baffles.
At the end opposite the Grand Centrum, overlooking the pool was the Bier Garten, where the burger & sausage bar was always open. We took advantage of this a couple times when we needed to eat at odd times.
Raffles Court Buffet - it was huge and always had more than enough to keep us happy. Although we ate in "Windows" or the "Garden" main dining rooms a few times, we found ourselves enjoying the incredible buffet variety most of the time. We'd try small portions of many different things.
There were also helpful signs that would show you which restaurants were the least busy.
Raffles indoor eating area with wonderful, big windows.
"Raffles Terrace" outdoor eating area (and bar) - where we sat as often as possible, outdoors with the awesome, ocean view.
It also overlooked the "Buccaneer's Wet and Wild" area for the kids.
As you can see the kids also had their own hot tub and a small, shallow pool.
The Japanese-themed hallway outside the Shogun Asian Restaurant and Cagney's Steakhouse.
This is half of the Library and Internet Café.
We only made it to "Galaxy of the Stars" lounge once.
Maharini's Lounge & Nightclub is where we met for Friends of Dorothy.
You had to go through Maharajah's Casino to get to Maharini's. We never got to play any slots this cruise. The one time we tried, we didn't want to waste any on-hand cash and then found there was a $100 minimum for taking credit from your ship account. We only wanted $10 or maybe $20 each.
We also only got around to playing Ping Pong once, but had a good time.
There was also a "Driving Range".
And so many more places that we didn't really get to....a basketball court, spa, gym and "Aquaswim" pools, the Card Room & several specialty restaurants. Also gift shops and photo gallery as they were always taking our picture. We did go to the Stardust Theatre a couple times, but the shows didn't seem as good as ones from past cruises.
Overall, a fantastic ship with fantastic staff!