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I loved the museum and the history and exhibits, etc., but for young children I agree with what flowers44 said. You can get up close to the dolphins at Dolphin Quest, and there are a good amount of grounds to walk outside and see the goats and some cannons and shells, and the goats. You can get a good picture of your ship from there as well if interests you too.

 

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I loved the museum and the history and exhibits, etc., but for young children I agree with what flowers44 said. You can get up close to the dolphins at Dolphin Quest, and there are a good amount of grounds to walk outside and see the goats and some cannons and shells, and the goats. You can get a good picture of your ship from there as well if interests you too.

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What we did on our last cruise to Bermuda was bring an extra suitcase that has a case of water, a case of iced tea, and some soda in it. Don't have to worry about the cases falling apart and then at the end of cruise you have an empty suitcase for all the souvenirs and other junk you bought! :-)

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Maybe also go to the Frog & Onion Pub for a Dark & Stormy or pint of beer and a snack.

http://www.frogandonion.bm/

This will take you to the glass blowing and rum cake sites.

http://www.dockglass.com/

http://www.dockyardcompany.com/BermudaRumCakes/home.html

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I just looked at the museum's website. The museum is open everyday but the "commissioners house", which was pretty nice to go through, is still closed for hurricane repairs. There are still a lot of grounds to walk around though. :-)

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The museum was very nice but was pretty heavily damaged by weather in the fall I believe. Not sure of its current status. Be sure to check out the Bermuda Rum Cake factory at the dockyard too. :-)

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The roof blew off the Commissioner's House at the dockyard and the webcam is still not back up and running. They are showing recorded videos of the hurricane.

http://www.portbermudawebcam.com/

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Why were two people taken off the ship I wonder??

One was the patient the other was a nurse from the ship.

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I was wondering the same thing. Maybe too much listing back and forth?

It is actually easier for the helicopter if the ship is moving. This is part of the evac procedure I found on a racing yacht site:

"During the hoist On helicopter approach, change course until the wind is 30 degrees off your port bow, or as directed by the helicopter. Do not stop. Maintain normal speed since the helicopter can make the hoist with better control at 10 to 15 knots if the vessel is underway. Ensure the requested course will not endanger your vessel. The pilot will give final instructions for the hoist and location after seeing the ship and its obstructions. Always allow the rescue device to touch the deck before handling it. During its flight, the aircraft builds up a static electric charge; anyone who reaches up to take hold of the rescue device will get a shock. For a high hoist or a hoist in a confined space, a trail line may be lowered first. Deck personnel can guide the rescue device to the deck with this line as long as they do not touch the rescue device itself. Do not tie the trail line or hoist cable to any part of the vessel . Until the hoist is complete, a crewmember must tend this line at all times to keep the line from fouling. Instinctively the patient will want to grasp the side of the rescue device. Instruct patient to keep hands inside the rescue devise to avoid injury during manuevering. When the patient is ready for the hoist, deck personnel should signal the hoist operator with the "thumbs up" and the hoist begins. Steady the rescue device to minimize swinging, using the trail line if so equipped. Do not stand directly under the rescue device. If the patient cannot be brought to the hoist site, the rescue device must be brought to them. Unhook the devise from the hoist cable, letting the cable go free. Do not hook the hoist cable to any point on the vessel . Usually the pilot will retrieve the cable and reposition away from the ship until he sees the patient is in the rescue device and ready to be hoisted. Once the rescue device is inside the helicopter, the crew may cast off the trail line. You may recover it or toss it overboard, but be careful not to foul your propeller...."

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It's been a while since I've been on the Gem, but I would visit the Bridge Viewing Room at least once a day on my cruise. It just fascinated me, but that could just be me. Deck 11, Port Forward all the way.

 

--Michael

Agreed, I loved checking it out too. Very interesting if you like engineering or technical stuff. : -)

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Awesome work!

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Thrusters going! Smooth sailing back home Seadog!

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Looks like all lines are in now!

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Oh boy, time to fire up portbermuda.com webcam!

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I see parking has gone up a fair amount since the last time I parked at the terminal (2011). I think it was $210 for the week then.

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Thanks nydrogers! I will check about the nfl network but I do not remember it before only espn international but they usually have national games televised as last thanksgiving we watch all the games that day.

 

 

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Enjoy your cruise Seadog! Will be living vicariously through you for the next week. :-)

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Last time in Bermuda we stayed in the Dockyard area on Friday and were back onboard about 2:30 for the (then) 5:00 departure. :-)

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Enjoyed your last play by play from the Gem. Subscribed to this one. Enjoy your cruise!

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Ship time usually will always be "local" time in my experience. For example we sailed to Bermuda on NCL out of NY. They left us notification in our rooms reminding us to change our clocks when we passed from Eastern to Atlantic time zone and they also gave us the notice on the return trip. I'm going to say it's the same on Carnival. They don't want passengers worrying about time conversions and potentially missing the ship leaving.

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We're from NY and used to fresh water lakes, etc., and we thought the water was warm. :-) It was cloudy and cool when we left NY but the following day it was hot on the ship sitting by the pool. I guess it all depends on what you're used too. The only thing we didn't like about going in May were the jellyfish.

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This was at the Dockyard. :-)

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We went on May 15th four years ago and it was fine. Water was warm and air temp upper 70's to lower 80's. For us it was the prefect time to go. One think to watch out for is that it's jellyfish season around that time. There were many in the water and they actually had people policing Horseshoe beach picking up the dead jellyfish on the beach. Enjoy!

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Agreed, it just sounded from your post like it was banned. :-) As I said we did buy snorkle gear at Horseshoe but we didn't end up using it there. Waves were a little too big. Wasn't a big fan snorkle park either but it was calm and we did get to see some nice fish and brain coral. :-)

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