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Decided not to chance connecting door - switched to 9263. Thanks for the advice.
So looking forward to Celebrity !
Im booked in 9263 Feb 18th sailing. I'll have to post my thoughts on the cabin if you are interested.
Rob
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after your cruise is over, do not get off the ship. If you do, you will be sorry........
lmao!!!
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Sure looks like a beautiful day to spend on the beach. Keep em coming Jeff
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Eleven cruises, and NEVER experienced this...at all. :eek:
i have a deck 9 balcony midship around the corner from the stairs. I've been second guessing this choice for the noise factor. Thanks for reassuring me it won't be bad at all.
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Don't mean to interrupt but was wondering if Rob is going on the NOV 7 out of Miami. My wife and I will be sailing this itinerary
Yes we are. Planning on going to roll call as well as the slot pull. Hope to see you there.
Sorry Jeff, now back to your awesome review.😎
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Following along on this great journey. First time cruiser here in 47 days on the Breeze. Your review has really got me excited for our upcoming trip. Looking forward to the rest of your review. Loving all the pictures
Rob
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60 more. On the Breeze
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Thanks again blue_water. Just been reading your post on all the beaches. Great job. Took quite a while to compile all that I'm sure. Armed with all the info I need to decide which one to go to. Now all I have to do is wait til November. Don't want to rush the summer away though!
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Thanks Bill and Blue for the replies. I figured it might be a tight fit to get to St John with a 4pm departure. 6 would have been much better. It looks like the smart thing would by to stay on St Thomas and do either Sapphire or Coki. I will save St John for another time. Now the question is......Sapphire or Coki?
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So we are going to be at St Thomas from 8-4. Does this give us enough time to go over to Trunk Bay for the day. Just hoping to make it a beach day with snorkelling.
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Hey Fellow Ontarian!! Welcome to CC!! Are you flying or driving? If so, flying into Miami or Ft. Lauderdale? We cruised out of Miami twice, once flying out of Buffalo and once out of Toronto. Found the cheapest flights go into Ft. Lauderdale. I'm sure out of Detroit, you can get some great deals! If this is your plan, you'll need to be book a transfer. We went with SAS transportation. Hotels in Ft Lauderdale will NOT transfer you to the port of Miami. If you are looking for a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale for the night before, let me know and I can offer you my research! :) Found easier to stay in Ft. Lauderdale and get the transfer to pick up from hotel and deliver to port the next day. One thing to consider is WHERE to purchase pop/water and wine that you can bring on board. :)
We've always cruised with our teen on Carnival. She's had great experiences with the teen club!
Ask away any questions you have. This site is a wealth of information. Sounds like you are a planner like me! What I did was create a Word Document for every port I was heading to. As I seen ideas on this site and others, I just copy-pasted into the word document and went over the info with my hubby who is NOT a researcher.
Have fun with your planning!!
Hi back from Ontario. I think one off the greatest assets of our location is being so close to Detroit. I have flown out of Pearson only once and won't do it again if I can avoid it. This trip I found a great price on Spirit for $700 round trip for 4 including 2 pieces of luggage. That's in U.S. dollars but still can't beat that. I can handle Spirit on flights less than 3 hrs. We are flying in on Friday night. Any recommendations for hotels would be greatly appreciated. I believe we land at FLL around 9:50 pm. Not sure the best place to stay would be. Hope you don't mind but I will take you up on your offer.
Do not overplan every little detail of your cruise. Leave time for relaxation and go with the flow. After all it is a vacation.Leave yourself plenty of time to get back to the ship at least 30 min before sail away. We always plan 60 min, and give ourselves a little wiggle room in case of delays. Bring your daily newsletter with you on shore. If you know you are going to be late, the port agent info and phone number is listed there to contact.
I know I get carried away sometimes but since it's our first cruise we will be getting off the ship at all the stops. We are beach loving folk and plan on chilling on a couple of the islands. DW wants to see the planes at Maho beach, so that's a must do. Other than that, do we sight see or snorkel, shop or sail on a cat is all up in the air. Plan on relaxing quite a bit on the sea days. Thanks for the tip about bringing a newsletter with phone info. I'm hoping not to be a port runner.
Rob
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Don't worry about planning. I kid that as a retiree, I have a full time job. I am the CPO (Chief Planning Officer) for Paul & Jeannie's retirement travels
Sounds like a great job to have. Hope to become a CPO myself. :D
Be sure to take the notarized letter. We got asked for it once out of all the times we've carried a friend with my Grandson. There's a copy of it here that I used to use (Grandson is now 21). Do a search or someone here can probably provide it for you. Covers everything and is short and simple. Make sure your son's friend has a passport or notarized birth certificate (we prefer the passport). We had one of his friends that cut it close with getting it.Won't leave home without them. Don't want any surprises along the way. Thanks
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Thank you everyone for the welcome here and the helpful tips. My OCD planning will kick into high gear now that I have a vacation to plan. My DW puts up with my insanity and let's me do all the legwork. She only wanted input in the itinerary. The rest is up to me. I know she will be sick of hearing about it until we go, but she will be happy afterward.
Thank you cdavid46 for the heads up about my sons friend. We took him with us to Myrtle Beach last summer and made sure we had a notarized letter from his parents allowing him to cross the border with us. I will make sure everything is in order again before we leave.
Looking forward to many hours on CC planning this cruise. I so want my DW to say after......lets go on another cruise soon!!!:)
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Hello everyone. I'll start by saying that i have been a long time lurker on CC. I have always wanted to go on a cruise but have only recently been able to talk my DW into it. When we got married, I wanted to cruise and my wife wanted to go to Disney World. We compromised and went to Disney World ;). Finally, almost 18 years later and a cruising we will go! We are booked on the Carnival Breeze sailing Nov 7-15. Best of all, I got my balcony. When it came time to choose our cruise, we needed something kid friendly for our soon to be 13yo son. That is why I chose Carnival. We are also bringing his best friend with us to keep him occupied. I'm hoping to enjoy some R & R poolside.
Going to keep this short. I just wanted to be able to finally post on CC. Looking forward to picking everyone's brains for information to make this a memorable trip for DW so she will want to go again. Me being selfish :)
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Rob
The gorgeous beaches of the BVI - Updated!
in Tortola
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We are here on the 2nd of January. NYE cruise on the Bliss. Also looking to hear how everything is doing. We would love to spend our money at Brewers or Smugglers if possible. Anyone with any updates would be greatly appreciated