emmysmommy

First of all, you have amazing brochure quality photos!! You can't be a newbie to DSLRs! :D

Your photo review brings back great memories of our Valor cruise a couple of years ago.

Thanks for sharing!!!

I love your photo review so far - lovely pictures! Thanks for taking the time to share. I too, search for photos to anticipate our next cruise experience so it is nice when someone comes back and posts their photos/reviews.

We did this itinerary a couple of years ago on the Valor and I would definitely do it again.

Here's a photo of the cheese plate that I got this summer on the Spirit. The cheese was great, the fruit was fine, the bread was a bit too dry and tateless. I belive it was a date/nut bread.

In case this has not been mentioned... on our recent Spirit cruise my mom who had a wheelchair did not have to attend. The room steward told my dad to go for the both of them. I was surprised at that.

As for me, I do everything I'm told and havent' missed a drill. :p [just don't ask DH if this is true!.]

I am loving your review! You have great photos and the dresses at dinner are adorable! Did you have to bring different shoes for each of the dresses? :D:D

Nicole: So sorry you are not feeling so well but glad that you are improving. Thanks to Stephanie for taking care of her sister! Take your time healing and I am soooooo looking forward to the final chapters of your review.

Sorry for the long wait, all. We had a bunch of errands to run on Saturday and I was up in Wisconsin for most of yesterday and I just didn't have the time to sit down and write.

 

Someone left a comment on the blog wondering why I don't put up pics of grandma, and I thought maybe some other people were wondering, too, so I thought I'd answer. Grandma doesn't really understand the concept of the internet and because of that, I don't feel comfortable putting up her pictures because she can't really give her consent because she doesn't understand the vastness of the internet, if that makes any sense. Mom and Stephanie know that when I take pictures of them, potentially hundreds and thousands of people could see them, but grandma doesn't really get that, so I don't put her pictures up. But if you want to know what she looks like, I'm told I look a lot like her ;)

 

I wondered as well but I thought it may be rude to ask. :p You answered this perfectly. Grandma should be proud to have such a mature and considerate grandaughter.

Hooray! You posted part 5!! :D I'm so loving your reviews that I think you should cruise once a month and write a detailed review with photos so I'll have some good reading!

I had never thought of going to the afternoon tea but now I don't want to miss it!

Can't wait for part 6.

Take care,

Brenda

Nicole: I LOVE your reviews, I LOVED the Miracle, and I LOVE that you are taking so many photos and providing so many details. You are including so much information that I like to research before I cruise - you are a veritable cruise "hostess"! Thanks for the extensive photos and comments on the food because, to be honest, that is one of my favorite parts of cruising! Ahhh... it brings back so many good memories of breakfast danishes early in the morning to ice-cream and pizza late at night...

You make a fantastic travel writer! Your review makes me want to take my next cruise out of NYC and enjoy the city for a few days pre-cruise like you and your family did.

Can't wait for your next installment.

It sure is hard to only pick one! :) :)

These are (L to R) Cane Garden Bay (Tortola), Sapphire Beach (St. Thomas), Nassau, Bahamas, Liberty in Tortola, and cruising into Puerto Rico.

Back on board we got involved in many activities and were on the travel log DVD quite a bit so of course we had to purchase it. If you decide to buy it wait until almost the last day they get marked down $5.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I waited too long to buy the DVD as it was sold out on the last morning. :(