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EddieWalker
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Thank you everyone for you help. I got back from the cruise today and have to say that it was a lot of fun. I'm afraid to see how much weight I gained!!! The food was incredible everywhere we ate. We mostly drank tea and juice, so the bar tab wasn't too bad. We did pose for and buy quite a few pics that they took. It was fun taking them, and since we didn't have to buy any of them, we where able to be picky in what we did buy. Our room was on the 8th floor, midship and an interior cabin with a king bed. It was plenty big and nicer then any RV that I've stayed in. They cleaned our room twice a day.
The weather was perfect. We where at sea for two days and then on Wed morning, we where at Montego Bay, Jamaica. We went on an excursion to touch and get pics with the dolphins, then climb Dunns Falls. The drive was a bit long, but not bad. The dolphins where fun, and eveyone was joking around. The water falls where the most fun ever. We had a blast and want to go back and just spend a day hanging out there going up it again and again.
Next day we where in Grand Cayman. We booked a luxery 58ft yaht to take us out snorkling and then to have lunch on a private beach. The water and sand are the best I've ever seen. Crystal clear water, white sand and warm water. Just incredible. Then when we got back to town, we still had a few hours, so we went to 7 mile beach until it was time to leave. FUN FUN FUN!!!
Our last stop was at Cozumel. We booked the all day excursion to see Tulum Mayan Ruins in Playa. It was an hour on the ferry, then an hour on the bus. We had 3 hours to see the ruins with our guide, but where allowed to go on our own at our own pace. The time zone was an hour off from ship time, so we knew that we had to be back one hour later then local time. What we didn't know is that several hours after being there, the time of the phone would change from ship time to local time. We didn't have a clue and where eating lunch, talking about going shopping when the tour guide found us and said we where 15 minutes late and they where waiting on us. OOPS
Because it's a Carnival excursion, they held the ferry for us, and we all made it back to the ship about half an hour late. We got lucky, but the next day we where talking to some people who met a lady who had the same thing happen to her. She was on a different ship out of Galveston and missed her ship. They put her on our ship with just the clothes on her back. No passport either. How she got back to Galveston and all of that was something we guessed about, but don't really know. We're just glad that it wasn't us!!!
Something we learned real quick is that the rules are just generaul guidlines. Nobody enforces them, or really seams to care. Where what you want to dinner, leave when you want for the tour, and best of all, we left to exit the ship an hour before we where supposed to. We where an hour on the road by the time we where scheduled to leave our room to disembark.
We're talking about going again, maybe this summer. It really depends on my schedule, and where she wants to go with her kids. We might do the Eastern Caribbean or we might just stay at a resort. Grand Caymans has the best beach and water, but Playa has the most fun things to do and cheapest prices.
I took 1,324 pics, plus two waterproof disposable cameras that I need to get developed. We bought a dozen pics that I'm going to scan into my computer and make an album when I get it all organized. Right now, I'm having fun posting a few pics on facebook.
Eddie
The weather was perfect. We where at sea for two days and then on Wed morning, we where at Montego Bay, Jamaica. We went on an excursion to touch and get pics with the dolphins, then climb Dunns Falls. The drive was a bit long, but not bad. The dolphins where fun, and eveyone was joking around. The water falls where the most fun ever. We had a blast and want to go back and just spend a day hanging out there going up it again and again.
Next day we where in Grand Cayman. We booked a luxery 58ft yaht to take us out snorkling and then to have lunch on a private beach. The water and sand are the best I've ever seen. Crystal clear water, white sand and warm water. Just incredible. Then when we got back to town, we still had a few hours, so we went to 7 mile beach until it was time to leave. FUN FUN FUN!!!
Our last stop was at Cozumel. We booked the all day excursion to see Tulum Mayan Ruins in Playa. It was an hour on the ferry, then an hour on the bus. We had 3 hours to see the ruins with our guide, but where allowed to go on our own at our own pace. The time zone was an hour off from ship time, so we knew that we had to be back one hour later then local time. What we didn't know is that several hours after being there, the time of the phone would change from ship time to local time. We didn't have a clue and where eating lunch, talking about going shopping when the tour guide found us and said we where 15 minutes late and they where waiting on us. OOPS
Because it's a Carnival excursion, they held the ferry for us, and we all made it back to the ship about half an hour late. We got lucky, but the next day we where talking to some people who met a lady who had the same thing happen to her. She was on a different ship out of Galveston and missed her ship. They put her on our ship with just the clothes on her back. No passport either. How she got back to Galveston and all of that was something we guessed about, but don't really know. We're just glad that it wasn't us!!!
Something we learned real quick is that the rules are just generaul guidlines. Nobody enforces them, or really seams to care. Where what you want to dinner, leave when you want for the tour, and best of all, we left to exit the ship an hour before we where supposed to. We where an hour on the road by the time we where scheduled to leave our room to disembark.
We're talking about going again, maybe this summer. It really depends on my schedule, and where she wants to go with her kids. We might do the Eastern Caribbean or we might just stay at a resort. Grand Caymans has the best beach and water, but Playa has the most fun things to do and cheapest prices.
I took 1,324 pics, plus two waterproof disposable cameras that I need to get developed. We bought a dozen pics that I'm going to scan into my computer and make an album when I get it all organized. Right now, I'm having fun posting a few pics on facebook.
Eddie
