Arriving early is a huge success with your past history Chris! Hope the 2nd leg of your flight goes smoothly.
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Arriving early is a huge success with your past history Chris! Hope the 2nd leg of your flight goes smoothly.
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Landed!
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Found a waterfront bar!
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Darn, have to drink for an hour while we wait for a table. HHH
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coconuts bar.
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Heirloom tomatoes with may tag blue cheese & champagne vinaigrette. So good
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Excellent mahi mahi fish tacos.
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Fish & chips with mushy peas. Only ok.
Great service & fabulous time. Easy going thanks to Uber.
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It is hot & hazy this
Morning. The drawbridge has been very busy.
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Just finished up breakfast on the balcony & packing up again to head up to on over!
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Love the pics! Food and drinks look great! Bon Voyage!!
Happy sailing Chris!
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Have a wonderful trip! Can't wait for the report. Especially looking forward to the Canal pics.
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Have a safe cruise
Room pictures. Neptune Suite.
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Love the extra window.
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Double sinks and medicine cabinets - score!
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Separate shower & jetted tub.
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Should hold me for a couple days if my new best friend Roland is busy.
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Aft Wrap Balcony!! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...c6bdf6830e.jpg
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Almost time to wave goodbye to last night's hotel.
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Although I fully understand the importance of the life boat drill, it doesn't mean I have to like it!
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Lmfao, Chris! A true Joker, for sure!Quote:
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The Neptune Suite is gorgeous, you should have a cushy cruise. Love the balcony. You sure are doing it up right. So good the journey there went off without a hitch.
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I hate those damn drills! Great picture though!Quote:
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We have sailed away! Will try to update from Aruba! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...df5ce0d1b9.jpg
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Loving the photos and update!!
Great pictures. Love the suite! Have a great trip.
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I want to be you in my next life. :excitement: Have a fantastic time on your cruise. I am glad to see Frank actually got to go somewhere for a change. Can't wait to see more pics and hear all about it!
I sooooo freakin miss you!!!!! Have a spectacular cruise with your wonderful hubby Frank and can't wait for more pics!!! Enjoy that fabulous room and balcony!!
Ang
Fantastic cruise so far! The suite and balcony are great and we ate enjoy big the perks. Casino is small & too
Many repeats but treated me ok the first 2 nights. Last night not so
Good and we are in port until
11 so I can wont be her tonight.
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Food is good. There's a bit of porn foryou.
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Gorgeous day on half moon cay. Beach was crowded but he sails & I swam & drank so
It was a fine day.
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Aruba today. Fabulous snorkeling at Arashi beach. Pics on the underwater camera so will
Post later.
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Local beer Balashi is tasty but tiny bottles dammit!!
Internet time running out so Tara for now. Off to Curaçao in the morning.
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Looks and sounds so great!!
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Forgot to mention50 knot winds and some
Nice
Rough seas last night. Awesome!
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Some nice wins! Weather looks great enjoy all that food.
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My Frank and our driver in Curaçao for the day, Mr Frank.
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Nice beaches and great diving.
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Floating market
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Tiny beers here too HHH.
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Curaçao has a unique look.
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Love the updates Chris! Your suite is beautiful.
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Are the beers not 12oz?
They were not 12. Not sure if 10 or less? But for $2 not complaining too much.
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Last day at sea today. Arrive Fort Lauderdale in the morning and hope to be home with the pups by 8. Will update then. Have had a blast! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...776fecd6d3.jpg
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Chris, I've loved the photos here and on FB. What a fantastic cruise you two are having!
I meant to wrap this up when I got home, but my Vegas trip came up so fast I didn't get a chance. So here's a bit of an update. I left off in Curacao which was a lovely day. So:
Next up was the Panama canal, a first for us both and a longtime bucket list item for my husband. It was nothing short of amazing!
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This guy guided us into our first lock
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Because we were Aft, we checked our progress on the Bow Cam on our tv periodically.
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It is amazing that the same technology that existed when the canal opened in 1914 still works today.
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Went out in my pjs on this windy morning to watch
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Frank was a happy man.
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Hard to believe those gates will hold all the water we need!
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Peeked in here on the return. It was very cool & creepy at the same time.
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The train thingy looked like an amusement park ride. We were attached to this dude all the way through.
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Panama rolls filled with mandarin oranges and cream were available
Only today. They were delicious!
Our Aft Wrap balcony was the PERFECT spot for viewing, and I remained onboard. History buff & engineer type DH took the Panama Canal Experience excursion which entailed taking a ferry through all of the locks to the pacific and then taking a bus to Colon to get he ship. It was a very long day, and he loved it although he did say the diesel fumes on the ferry (from the other boats in the lock) were unpleasant but that it was all worth it.
This was an EPIC DAY!
Last stop was Costa Rica and we opted for the Rainforest Aerial Tram Excursion. The 2 hour ride each way was long (and the Puerto Limon area is very poor and not terrible scenic) but could not be avoided if we want to experience the rainforest. The tram ride was not scary at all, and the rainforest was amazing. Because most of the wildlife is nocturnal, we mainly saw trees and other plants. We had a great guide that made it al very interesting. We saw the sloth that (literally) hangs out in a tree near the entrance, and a viper that was sleeping off a big fat meal (he is also right at the entrance - hmmm), and after the ride we saw a tapir chomping on bananas also near the entrance (do you see a theme here?) The included lunch was quite good and we left the rainforest satisfied and humbled. It is truly impressive at how forward thinking Costa Rica is environmentally. It was another fantastic day.
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Viper with a bulging belly after a big meal. He is bigger than he looks. Made me nervous on the hiking portion of this excursion!
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Sloth hanging around.
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So green looking straight down, You can hear movement, but can only see green, green, green.
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Us and a bunch of other fat asses I thought we might go crashing to earth a couple of times but we survived! I figured I'd the guide got on, we would likely live.
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That was our last port of call, and then we had 2 very, very relaxing days at sea. AA little casino time but it had become tedious so not too much. I read, I napped, we ate, and hung out on the balcony. It real was a wonderful cruise in spite of being on a bit of an old ship filled with old people - haha. We fit right in ;)
Here are some more random pictures.
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Room service
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Limoncello dessert. One of my very favorites!
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Frank's tiramisu
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Thanks! Love your writing style and the pictures are interesting!
Chris, I could read your posts all day. I always get a good laugh. Your trip seemed amazing. All of the pics are fabulous. Iam so glad that you got to experience. Even happier that Frank finally got to go somewhere. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
I had missed this TR earlier and just caught up with all your posts. I agree with Zeus, I always chuckle at your pictures and posts! Nice to see a "fellow northern girl" having a blast! Thanks for sharing with us.
I have been away from the forum for a bit, so just getting caught up. I love your adventure, and the way you share your experience. That cruise is on my bucket list. Thank you for bringing me along.
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