Tony’s Notes
Well, we got up early, and got ourselves cleaned up and ready to get to the cruise ship. As we packed up the RV, I did things like turn off the hot water and dumped the grey and black tanks. I took some time to fill both grey and black tanks with water to allow them to soak for a few days while we were on the cruise.
Once we were unhooked and ready to go, we took the RV to a spot the campground said I could leave it for a few days. They only charged me $5 dollars per day to store it within their secure storage area. We drove the car to the cruise ship and had to pay $60 for parking the car at the parking lot for four days.
We were herded like cattle toward the cruise ship and went through security just like at an airport. I was quite thankful that we had purchased our passports a couple years ago, because it makes getting through security a bit easier. Once on the ship, we made our way to the upper open decks, and had a tropical drink. They immediately fed us lunch.
Back in 2002, we had gone on a seven night cruise with Celebrity Cruise Line to the southern Caribbean. So, I found myself making comparisons between the two different cruise lines. Celebrity was a bit more high-end and served better quality food. Celebrity was a bit more formal, and would have passengers dressed up in formal attire every night. Carnival was more of a Casual attire ship with many younger families. Both cruise lines were fantastic and great; it really just depends on what a passenger prefers.
Once we had lunch and a drink or two, we were able to go to our stateroom. Now, being that I booked at the very last minute and wanted the most inexpensive room, we were at the lowest passenger level of the ship, and a bit to the back part of the ship, or aft.
We had a nice big comfortable bed, and I was quite happy about that. Our luggage was waiting for us in the room, and we met our room steward we would have for the next few days. We unpacked, and rested for a little bit. Then, we got dressed in casual attire and went to dinner. We met and enjoyed eating with the group we would be dining with for the next couple of days. We had to go to the disaster training to learn how to put on life jackets and where to report for our assigned lifeboat. Late in the evening, at about 10:30pm, there was a ‘Welcome Aboard’ Show in the main theater. I enjoyed the dancers and singing talent. Afterwards, we stopped and had a couple drinks and went to bed.
When we woke up, we were shocked to find out it was 10:41am. We never ever sleep that late and we wanted to be sure to get some breakfast before the dining facilities were closed for breakfast. Carolina was getting ready, but time got away from us and we missed out on breakfast foods that day. While she was getting ready, our steward, Jose, knocked on the door and wanted us out, so that he could come in and clean up. Carolina was pretty upset because he was rushing her. This would be another comparison between Carnival and Celebrity. On our Celebrity cruise, the steward would have never knocked on our door. He always knew when we were out, and always came in while we were gone to clean up after us. So, Carolina was bothered and upset with our steward for the next few days.
I was disappointed because everywhere I went during the cruise I was waiting in a line for food. On Celebrity, we never had to wait in a line, and we had a better variety of food choices. Celebrity had more people onboard, but Carnival just did not have the same service to meet our spoiled fussy butts. Honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed being on this Carnival cruise. I was just very focused on being able to compare the two cruise lines.
We got off the ship in Freeport, Bahamas and took a taxi to a nearby beach. It was quite nice and I enjoyed strolling along the nice white sandy beach in my bare feet. I enjoyed the sunny warm weather. We spent sometime there for the afternoon, and then took our taxi back to the ship. We showered and changed our clothes, and got to dinner. It was a very nice lobster tail dinner. We had after dinner drinks, and went to the evening show. Tonight’s show was a juggler, and a comedian. The juggler was in the Guinness Book of world records for being the fastest juggler in the world. We enjoyed the show, and then walked around until we found ourselves in the Disco bar listening to Michael Jackson songs. Carolina took over the dance floor and ended up in second place on the Michael Jackson Dance competition; she was a maniac.
We were up late, and slept soundly in our stateroom until about 8:15am on the second morning. We were determined to get to breakfast on this day. So, we got to the sit down open seating dining room. They had a limited breakfast menu. It tasted good; I had an omelet. However, we both had stomach aches afterwards.
We docked in the Port of Nassau, Bahamas. Carolina and I walked off the ship and walked through the downtown area to the nearest beach. We played out in the Sun and I swam in the crystal clear blue waters all afternoon. It was a great day having fun in the Sun. However, in hindsight, I should have had us take a taxi to the Atlantis resort and toured through it. I heard it was quite fantastic. I did have a great time swimming at the local beach listening to live music and just relaxing.
Carolina’s Notes
Things worked according to plan with our morning plans. We boarded the Carnival Cruise ship Fascination right on time. We enjoyed brunch and hanging out on the ship until our stateroom was ready. Once in the room we unpacked and planned out the journey at sea. We had a nice dinner and evening enjoying the ‘Welcome Aboard Show.’
The next day we over slept until 10:40 a.m. by the time I was ready breakfast wasn’t being served. Things were tense for Tony and me. See Tony got ready quickly and he went to roam the ship and while I was getting ready the Steward (housekeeping) came knocking and RUDELY informed me to get moving. We tried to make the best of it but the whole day was thrown off from it. Tony and I enjoyed the fact that we were on our last hurrah so we made the best of what the ship had to offer. We looked forward to the Ports of Call.
The following day was our Freeport stop. We hung out at the beach and had a nice time. We tried not to get annoyed with one another and enjoy our time. Things weren’t perfect but the beaches were wonderful and Tony and I waded in the water as long as we could. I looked for seashells, which were NON-existent but managed to get some sand for my granddaughter. We had a nice dinner and watched the onboard ship evening show. Later that evening we stumbled into the Disco Lounge and I danced like I was seventeen years old again. I had a BLAST! Things were still tense with our bickering so I tried to get all my frustration out on the dance floor. I felt so much better. I went to sleep hoping for a cordial day with Tony.
The next day’s port is Nassau. We ate breakfast on board ship in the restaurant that serves you at your table. The food was awful but we ate it because we wanted to get into Nassau with breakfast behind us. Tony discussed how he was still unhappy with me and I tried to discuss how I was feeling. Again, we tried to stop bickering and move forward so we pressed into the Port of Call. We walked to one of the Nassau’s public beaches and all along soaked up the native environment. It was HOT and HUMID yet still over cast. Tony & I were not distracted because we wanted to get our feet into the sand. We enjoyed our afternoon despite the tense feelings we had lingering. We made it back to the ship and showered and dressed for dinner and our evening show. In spite of ourselves, we are having a great time.
The following day is our day at sea. We filled the day eating, bickering, watching shows, drinking and trying not to drive each other crazy. I honestly don’t know why I cannot get along with my husband. I love him so much yet we bicker almost every day. I’m wondering if it is because we need some breathing room. We watched a late night comedy show and the comedian touched based on love and marriage issues. These topics hit a cord with me…it actually helped. Tony and I enjoyed our late night evening and went to bed extremely late considering we had to pack and disembark the ship at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and drive toward North Carolina. Well, despite everything I went to bed happy to be with Tony cruising the Bahamas on Carnival Cruise Lines.
The next morning we disembarked and everything went according to plan. Tony and I were cordial with one another and we both were glad that we had taken the cruise.
Tony’s Notes
We were able to disembark quickly and were at our car by 8:30am. We drove back to the campground and hooked the car up to Harry, and off we drove north. We were on the road by 9:10am and I was thrilled because we had many miles to cover.
Well, we got up early, and got ourselves cleaned up and ready to get to the cruise ship. As we packed up the RV, I did things like turn off the hot water and dumped the grey and black tanks. I took some time to fill both grey and black tanks with water to allow them to soak for a few days while we were on the cruise.
Once we were unhooked and ready to go, we took the RV to a spot the campground said I could leave it for a few days. They only charged me $5 dollars per day to store it within their secure storage area. We drove the car to the cruise ship and had to pay $60 for parking the car at the parking lot for four days.
We were herded like cattle toward the cruise ship and went through security just like at an airport. I was quite thankful that we had purchased our passports a couple years ago, because it makes getting through security a bit easier. Once on the ship, we made our way to the upper open decks, and had a tropical drink. They immediately fed us lunch.
Back in 2002, we had gone on a seven night cruise with Celebrity Cruise Line to the southern Caribbean. So, I found myself making comparisons between the two different cruise lines. Celebrity was a bit more high-end and served better quality food. Celebrity was a bit more formal, and would have passengers dressed up in formal attire every night. Carnival was more of a Casual attire ship with many younger families. Both cruise lines were fantastic and great; it really just depends on what a passenger prefers.
Once we had lunch and a drink or two, we were able to go to our stateroom. Now, being that I booked at the very last minute and wanted the most inexpensive room, we were at the lowest passenger level of the ship, and a bit to the back part of the ship, or aft.
We had a nice big comfortable bed, and I was quite happy about that. Our luggage was waiting for us in the room, and we met our room steward we would have for the next few days. We unpacked, and rested for a little bit. Then, we got dressed in casual attire and went to dinner. We met and enjoyed eating with the group we would be dining with for the next couple of days. We had to go to the disaster training to learn how to put on life jackets and where to report for our assigned lifeboat. Late in the evening, at about 10:30pm, there was a ‘Welcome Aboard’ Show in the main theater. I enjoyed the dancers and singing talent. Afterwards, we stopped and had a couple drinks and went to bed.
When we woke up, we were shocked to find out it was 10:41am. We never ever sleep that late and we wanted to be sure to get some breakfast before the dining facilities were closed for breakfast. Carolina was getting ready, but time got away from us and we missed out on breakfast foods that day. While she was getting ready, our steward, Jose, knocked on the door and wanted us out, so that he could come in and clean up. Carolina was pretty upset because he was rushing her. This would be another comparison between Carnival and Celebrity. On our Celebrity cruise, the steward would have never knocked on our door. He always knew when we were out, and always came in while we were gone to clean up after us. So, Carolina was bothered and upset with our steward for the next few days.
I was disappointed because everywhere I went during the cruise I was waiting in a line for food. On Celebrity, we never had to wait in a line, and we had a better variety of food choices. Celebrity had more people onboard, but Carnival just did not have the same service to meet our spoiled fussy butts. Honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed being on this Carnival cruise. I was just very focused on being able to compare the two cruise lines.
We got off the ship in Freeport, Bahamas and took a taxi to a nearby beach. It was quite nice and I enjoyed strolling along the nice white sandy beach in my bare feet. I enjoyed the sunny warm weather. We spent sometime there for the afternoon, and then took our taxi back to the ship. We showered and changed our clothes, and got to dinner. It was a very nice lobster tail dinner. We had after dinner drinks, and went to the evening show. Tonight’s show was a juggler, and a comedian. The juggler was in the Guinness Book of world records for being the fastest juggler in the world. We enjoyed the show, and then walked around until we found ourselves in the Disco bar listening to Michael Jackson songs. Carolina took over the dance floor and ended up in second place on the Michael Jackson Dance competition; she was a maniac.
We were up late, and slept soundly in our stateroom until about 8:15am on the second morning. We were determined to get to breakfast on this day. So, we got to the sit down open seating dining room. They had a limited breakfast menu. It tasted good; I had an omelet. However, we both had stomach aches afterwards.
We docked in the Port of Nassau, Bahamas. Carolina and I walked off the ship and walked through the downtown area to the nearest beach. We played out in the Sun and I swam in the crystal clear blue waters all afternoon. It was a great day having fun in the Sun. However, in hindsight, I should have had us take a taxi to the Atlantis resort and toured through it. I heard it was quite fantastic. I did have a great time swimming at the local beach listening to live music and just relaxing.
Carolina’s Notes
Things worked according to plan with our morning plans. We boarded the Carnival Cruise ship Fascination right on time. We enjoyed brunch and hanging out on the ship until our stateroom was ready. Once in the room we unpacked and planned out the journey at sea. We had a nice dinner and evening enjoying the ‘Welcome Aboard Show.’
The next day we over slept until 10:40 a.m. by the time I was ready breakfast wasn’t being served. Things were tense for Tony and me. See Tony got ready quickly and he went to roam the ship and while I was getting ready the Steward (housekeeping) came knocking and RUDELY informed me to get moving. We tried to make the best of it but the whole day was thrown off from it. Tony and I enjoyed the fact that we were on our last hurrah so we made the best of what the ship had to offer. We looked forward to the Ports of Call.
The following day was our Freeport stop. We hung out at the beach and had a nice time. We tried not to get annoyed with one another and enjoy our time. Things weren’t perfect but the beaches were wonderful and Tony and I waded in the water as long as we could. I looked for seashells, which were NON-existent but managed to get some sand for my granddaughter. We had a nice dinner and watched the onboard ship evening show. Later that evening we stumbled into the Disco Lounge and I danced like I was seventeen years old again. I had a BLAST! Things were still tense with our bickering so I tried to get all my frustration out on the dance floor. I felt so much better. I went to sleep hoping for a cordial day with Tony.
The next day’s port is Nassau. We ate breakfast on board ship in the restaurant that serves you at your table. The food was awful but we ate it because we wanted to get into Nassau with breakfast behind us. Tony discussed how he was still unhappy with me and I tried to discuss how I was feeling. Again, we tried to stop bickering and move forward so we pressed into the Port of Call. We walked to one of the Nassau’s public beaches and all along soaked up the native environment. It was HOT and HUMID yet still over cast. Tony & I were not distracted because we wanted to get our feet into the sand. We enjoyed our afternoon despite the tense feelings we had lingering. We made it back to the ship and showered and dressed for dinner and our evening show. In spite of ourselves, we are having a great time.
The following day is our day at sea. We filled the day eating, bickering, watching shows, drinking and trying not to drive each other crazy. I honestly don’t know why I cannot get along with my husband. I love him so much yet we bicker almost every day. I’m wondering if it is because we need some breathing room. We watched a late night comedy show and the comedian touched based on love and marriage issues. These topics hit a cord with me…it actually helped. Tony and I enjoyed our late night evening and went to bed extremely late considering we had to pack and disembark the ship at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and drive toward North Carolina. Well, despite everything I went to bed happy to be with Tony cruising the Bahamas on Carnival Cruise Lines.
The next morning we disembarked and everything went according to plan. Tony and I were cordial with one another and we both were glad that we had taken the cruise.
Tony’s Notes
We were able to disembark quickly and were at our car by 8:30am. We drove back to the campground and hooked the car up to Harry, and off we drove north. We were on the road by 9:10am and I was thrilled because we had many miles to cover.
I loved the first picture, it was great with the
ReplyDelete2 ships side by side. This is a really cool post,
and i would love to hear more from you.
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