Burly
April 6th, 2004, 10:11 AM
First a note to Kevin & Dawn, I can't beleive we did not meet. Dawn I gave two people in your party my room# and you froze me out. My daughter said she met you on the last night around 3:30 am in Tiffany's. I guess it was a good thing I propably couldn't hang with you anyways. LOL
Now to the reveiw, keep in mind I traveled with my wife another couple and my 18yr old daughter and her three friends whom all were on Senior Spring Break.
Arrived Saturday night in Houston stayed at Hampton Hobby and all went to Dinner at the Black Eyed Pea or something like that. It was very good. We do not have this chain in Kentucky.
Had Extreme Elegance Limo service pick us up at 8:45 am on Sunday. We had to go early to get two cars for price of one. Six ladies equals a lot of luggage and I had the most (will get to that later) We had a Black Excursion ( Drove Rapper Nelley during Super Bowl in this Limo) and a Black Town car. $20 per person each way. A steal if I must say.
We had to be some of the first people in Galveston on Sunday. Everything went cool except one of the girls almost left her Birth Certificate in her checked luggage. She was able to run back downstairs and retreive it before they sent luggage on boat. What is scary is that the luggage just sets in a corner and no one said a thing to her about getting in her luggage to retreive the B.C.
We were able to get on Boat about 12:20 and went straight to Lido Deck and had lunch. After lunch I bought my only drink of the trip. To get the Glass. It was OK but not woth $6.50 or whatever.
I was upgrded from IS guarentee to a 6B oceanveiw. Sweet!! The room was very nice. The girls were 4 rooms down and our friends next door. Since this was my first cruise I have nothing to compare to but the rooms are larger than I expected. My wife was happy and you know the saying " If Mamma's happy we all are happy"
Other notes about the rooms. The Hot water in the shower is about 800F PLEASE be careful. It takes a great touch to get the temp just right for your shower. When the toilet flushes it seems like the whole ship is going with it.
Luggage arrived a little later than I had hoped around 4pm I figured being first group on may mean last to get luggage.
With great anticipation It came. I was pleased to find in my two bags. One case of Bud Light, 2 750 ML plastic Travellers of Bacardi Rum 1 750ml Vodka and 24 Airport size Vodka and Rum bottles. Can you beat that Dawn?
This is why I was able to limit drink purchases on the ship. My wife did drink 4 Pina Coladas and some Tan drink of the day. She liked my drinks better.
I went to the gift shop bought the souvenir bottle with the insulated Carnival wrap with lid and straw and off I went. From 9:00 AM until 11:00AM was screwdriver time Vodka and OJ from the drink station. At 11:30 they switch drink offerings and so did I. I went to Rum with half Fruit Punch and half Lemonade. It was the Burly Blaster. I drank these until 4:30.
We then met our friends for Happy Hour at the Drama Bar outside the Casino. With my Fountain card I ordered Diet Coke and spiked it with Rum. So good. This went on everyday at Sea.
Ship is beautiful and very clean The staff is very nice. The only guy that pissed me off was Mike the Social director. He is a bambling idiot. The second day on the boat a Golf putting contest was to start at 9:00 am and a Sports trivia contest at 9:30 bad scheduling because most men would like to do both. Neither started on time and Mike goes to Lido deck stage to do Sports Trivia when the Capers says Drama Bar. 15 guys setting down there and that guy could have cared less. I asked him for a sheet to do the contest and he say's hey Buddy where giving answers now. Hey Mike during Bingo just give the friggin #'s you moron. I feel better.
Larry the cruise director is a talented man and a Fine person. The rest of the staff is great. Our wait staff was unbeleivable. Lordonna from Romainia Rolondo (Pumpkin) Francis and Michael Table 153 say's your the best. Our girls cried like babies that last night. It was a awesome seen. They exchanged E-mail addresses with the crew. Seeing those four 18yr olds puttin cash in those envelopes and wanting to, was awesome. We tipped well as a group if they deserved it. Our Cabin steward was not friendly but he did his job and had to wait for the kids to wake up.
The Food was very good. My daughter ate French Fries everyday. The grill food and breakfast was the best. The red meat at dinner is not very good. It took me four days to get this through my head. You can also get the first entree as a starter. This is a recommendation from me. Had room service once and it was OK. The Pizza is OK but they only have Cheese and Pepperoni most of the time. If you can wait 6-10 minutes you can get what you want.
Progresso was a fun stop. The Flea market right off the bus. Get your stuff here you will pay double of triple for the same stuff in Cozumel and Beleize. Bracelets, Rings and Fake Snakes for my wife's kindegarten class. I made my way to the beach stopping at the Corona store. We all got one I got two. Then across the street they all got Strawberry Daquaris. We went to the Beach ready to party. A band was playing with two girls dressed in Lime green outfits dancing like Beyonce. They grabbed our girls and to my suprise one of our girls could do the booty shake better than those girls. She had a big crowd of people around her. The girls had a ball. I went across the street to the 7/11 and bought 6 coronas and a bag of ice for $6.50 Party was on. The down side to Progreso is they are friggin ridiculus about peddling their stuff. They will send 2yr olds at ya. It was a trip. The more I drank the more fun I had with it.
Cozumel I took the whole crew to Paradise Beach WOW what a beautiful place. Every thing is free except Food and Drink. The place is off the charts. $26 cab ride for 8 people each way. 5 SOL beers for $12 Frozen drinks $6.50 ea. A must do in my opinion. The girls made us leave around 1:30 so they could shop. The shopping was a disappointment to the girls at the pier stores. They wished they had stayed at Paradise.
Belize we didn't do much, one wanted Cave tubing the others didn't. We just shopped. It was OK my least favorite.
Our girls had several thousand pictures taken on the boat. My wife loved the Watches at the gift shop and purses. We bought $60 worth of pictures.
My total sail and sign for three people was $401.00 This is with $210.00 worth of tips and I handed out $50 more to the ones I really liked.
This boat rocks and I would Cruise again. Any questions I will try to answer.
Now to the reveiw, keep in mind I traveled with my wife another couple and my 18yr old daughter and her three friends whom all were on Senior Spring Break.
Arrived Saturday night in Houston stayed at Hampton Hobby and all went to Dinner at the Black Eyed Pea or something like that. It was very good. We do not have this chain in Kentucky.
Had Extreme Elegance Limo service pick us up at 8:45 am on Sunday. We had to go early to get two cars for price of one. Six ladies equals a lot of luggage and I had the most (will get to that later) We had a Black Excursion ( Drove Rapper Nelley during Super Bowl in this Limo) and a Black Town car. $20 per person each way. A steal if I must say.
We had to be some of the first people in Galveston on Sunday. Everything went cool except one of the girls almost left her Birth Certificate in her checked luggage. She was able to run back downstairs and retreive it before they sent luggage on boat. What is scary is that the luggage just sets in a corner and no one said a thing to her about getting in her luggage to retreive the B.C.
We were able to get on Boat about 12:20 and went straight to Lido Deck and had lunch. After lunch I bought my only drink of the trip. To get the Glass. It was OK but not woth $6.50 or whatever.
I was upgrded from IS guarentee to a 6B oceanveiw. Sweet!! The room was very nice. The girls were 4 rooms down and our friends next door. Since this was my first cruise I have nothing to compare to but the rooms are larger than I expected. My wife was happy and you know the saying " If Mamma's happy we all are happy"
Other notes about the rooms. The Hot water in the shower is about 800F PLEASE be careful. It takes a great touch to get the temp just right for your shower. When the toilet flushes it seems like the whole ship is going with it.
Luggage arrived a little later than I had hoped around 4pm I figured being first group on may mean last to get luggage.
With great anticipation It came. I was pleased to find in my two bags. One case of Bud Light, 2 750 ML plastic Travellers of Bacardi Rum 1 750ml Vodka and 24 Airport size Vodka and Rum bottles. Can you beat that Dawn?
This is why I was able to limit drink purchases on the ship. My wife did drink 4 Pina Coladas and some Tan drink of the day. She liked my drinks better.
I went to the gift shop bought the souvenir bottle with the insulated Carnival wrap with lid and straw and off I went. From 9:00 AM until 11:00AM was screwdriver time Vodka and OJ from the drink station. At 11:30 they switch drink offerings and so did I. I went to Rum with half Fruit Punch and half Lemonade. It was the Burly Blaster. I drank these until 4:30.
We then met our friends for Happy Hour at the Drama Bar outside the Casino. With my Fountain card I ordered Diet Coke and spiked it with Rum. So good. This went on everyday at Sea.
Ship is beautiful and very clean The staff is very nice. The only guy that pissed me off was Mike the Social director. He is a bambling idiot. The second day on the boat a Golf putting contest was to start at 9:00 am and a Sports trivia contest at 9:30 bad scheduling because most men would like to do both. Neither started on time and Mike goes to Lido deck stage to do Sports Trivia when the Capers says Drama Bar. 15 guys setting down there and that guy could have cared less. I asked him for a sheet to do the contest and he say's hey Buddy where giving answers now. Hey Mike during Bingo just give the friggin #'s you moron. I feel better.
Larry the cruise director is a talented man and a Fine person. The rest of the staff is great. Our wait staff was unbeleivable. Lordonna from Romainia Rolondo (Pumpkin) Francis and Michael Table 153 say's your the best. Our girls cried like babies that last night. It was a awesome seen. They exchanged E-mail addresses with the crew. Seeing those four 18yr olds puttin cash in those envelopes and wanting to, was awesome. We tipped well as a group if they deserved it. Our Cabin steward was not friendly but he did his job and had to wait for the kids to wake up.
The Food was very good. My daughter ate French Fries everyday. The grill food and breakfast was the best. The red meat at dinner is not very good. It took me four days to get this through my head. You can also get the first entree as a starter. This is a recommendation from me. Had room service once and it was OK. The Pizza is OK but they only have Cheese and Pepperoni most of the time. If you can wait 6-10 minutes you can get what you want.
Progresso was a fun stop. The Flea market right off the bus. Get your stuff here you will pay double of triple for the same stuff in Cozumel and Beleize. Bracelets, Rings and Fake Snakes for my wife's kindegarten class. I made my way to the beach stopping at the Corona store. We all got one I got two. Then across the street they all got Strawberry Daquaris. We went to the Beach ready to party. A band was playing with two girls dressed in Lime green outfits dancing like Beyonce. They grabbed our girls and to my suprise one of our girls could do the booty shake better than those girls. She had a big crowd of people around her. The girls had a ball. I went across the street to the 7/11 and bought 6 coronas and a bag of ice for $6.50 Party was on. The down side to Progreso is they are friggin ridiculus about peddling their stuff. They will send 2yr olds at ya. It was a trip. The more I drank the more fun I had with it.
Cozumel I took the whole crew to Paradise Beach WOW what a beautiful place. Every thing is free except Food and Drink. The place is off the charts. $26 cab ride for 8 people each way. 5 SOL beers for $12 Frozen drinks $6.50 ea. A must do in my opinion. The girls made us leave around 1:30 so they could shop. The shopping was a disappointment to the girls at the pier stores. They wished they had stayed at Paradise.
Belize we didn't do much, one wanted Cave tubing the others didn't. We just shopped. It was OK my least favorite.
Our girls had several thousand pictures taken on the boat. My wife loved the Watches at the gift shop and purses. We bought $60 worth of pictures.
My total sail and sign for three people was $401.00 This is with $210.00 worth of tips and I handed out $50 more to the ones I really liked.
This boat rocks and I would Cruise again. Any questions I will try to answer.