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Honeymoon Haven Cruise - Day 1: Sail Away and Food Republic

Published February 14, 2018. Last Modified September 11, 2022 By Teri

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You can find the prior Honeymoon Haven Cruise post here.

Sail Away on the Haven Sun Deck

We left The District Brew House and headed up to the Haven Sun Deck for sail away. This was the perfect place for sail away since it was not crowded at all and had the perfect view. If you like the loud music/party scene for sail away, this would not be the place for you.

One other thing that was not so great here was that I think this is the only place in the Haven that allows smoking. It was ok once the ship got moving and there was a nice breeze flowing.

Leaving the Port of Miami

The view from the front of the ship while leaving the Port of Miami


Sail away on the Haven sun deck

Sail away on the Haven sun deck with the best view ever!


The Haven Sun Deck

Haven sun deck looking back from the front of the ship


Watching Sail Away in the Haven sun deck

Hubby enjoying the view


Jetty at the exit of the Port of Miami

Passing the jetty, which means we are out to sea!

Sail away on the Haven sun deckSail away on Haven Sun DeckSail away on Haven Sun Deck

We decided to head out to grab an early dinner. The Haven Sun Deck is right next to Vibe, so we walked through there one more time and it happened to be Shot-O-Clock. I'm not exactly sure if it's the same time every day, or what that time really was, since we didn't keep track of time too much. Shot-O-Clock is a time in the late afternoon where the Vibe bartenders make a shot for everyone there, and everyone cheers and drinks the shots together. I'm not sure what this shot was called.

Shot-O-Clock in Vibe

Shot-O-Clock in Vibe

Food Republic

Our next stop was dinner at Food Republic. This specialty restaurant was one of my top favorites of the ship. I think we ate here three times. This restaurant does cost extra and is not part of the Specialty Dining Package. It was so good to the point where we didn't care if we had to pay or not.

As I mentioned earlier, Haven guests do get 50% off of Food Republic on the first day, although this restaurant is only open for dinner. Don't skip out on this place!

Food Republic sign

All of the food we got in Food Republic we shared, since we both wanted to try a lot of different things.

The ordering system in this restaurant is a little unique too. There's an iPad at all of the tables with a visual menu showing pictures and prices of every item. You order through the iPad and also pay through the iPad right as you order (with your ship card). You can order a couple of things, eat them, and then order more if you want, as many times as you want.

The food also comes out as it is ready, so you most likely won't get everything at the same time.

Our first order was the Lobster Roll with yuzu (a type of citrus), celery and aioli (basically mayo). These were SOOO GOOD!Lobster Roll in Food Republic

Next was the Rock Shrimp Roll, which has shrimp (obviously), avocado, mango, spicy tuna and spicy aioli.Rock Shrimp Roll in Food Republic

This is the Elote Mexicano (basically Mexican Street Corn) which is corn on the cob, tofu cream and cotija cheese.Elote Mexicano in Food Republic

Pork Belly and Scallions Dumplings with spicy su-shoyu dipping sauce, which I think is some sort of soy-vinegar based sauce possibly?? It was good whatever it was!

Pork Belly & Scallions Dumplings in Food Republic

Duck and Pumpkin Dumplings with orange, almonds and soy brown butter.

Duck and Pumpkin Dumplings in Food Republic

The Toro Toro, which was one of my favorite drinks on the ship. It has Patron Silver Tequila, chipotle syrup, fresh lime juice and spicy salt. Yum!Toro Toro at Food Republic

Near the end of our dinner, the sun was setting and Food Republic had the most amazing views! (You can also see the iPads in the first picture.)Sunset in Food RepublicSunset in Food RepublicSunset in Food RepublicSunset in Food RepublicSunset in Food RepublicSunset in Food Republic

This was the end of the pictures we took on the first day, and I now can't even remember what we did that first night. More to come!

Click here for Honeymoon Haven Cruise - Day 2: Sea Day.

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  1. M. Ellithorpe

    February 15, 2018 at 1:11 am

    Gorgeous pictures and exotic food (at least to me it's exotic).

    It looks like you and hubby started your honeymoon out treated like royalty and enjoying yourselves.

    Thanks for sharing.

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