Mike & Tracy’s continuing adventures: B2B on Carnival Liberty & Carnival Breeze

Love that you finish each day with your towel animal - fun!

 

Your pics make me wish I had a cruise planned on the Liberty. I love that class of ships. But I have my 3rd straight Breeze cruise in November. I agree with you that it is a great ship, but I think I am ready for a change :)

Once you have cruise on Breeze, to me any other Carnival ships will feel like a step down. My goal was to cruise on a different ship each time but now we are more interested in the itineraries.

Wow!! Read this all in one day!! I am having a ball!! Thank you very much for doing this review!! It is truly a joy going on this journey with you and your family!! :)

Thank you for coming along on our journey.:D

Thanks so much for your review and all the great photos!

 

I noticed in photos of the aft pool area both on embarkation and again in Roatan that the dome was closed over the aft. Was it closed for the whole cruise and do you know why?

Thank you.

After checking my photos it wasn't closed all the time, as for the reason why it was closed for some of the time, I don't know.

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Thankfully the rain did let up and we took a chance and caught a taxi to 7 Mile Beach, more specifically ‘Royal Palm Resort’. The taxi rate was $4 per person. The entrance fee at the Royal Palm Resort was $2 each.

The water was not as clear as we remembered it. This was probably due to the weather.

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The prices are in Cayman dollars. One US dollar is worth approximately .82 cents Cayman. In other words something that is priced at $10 Cayman will cost you $12.20 US.

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The dark clouds were rolling in again and we decided to return to the port.

While we were in the shopping area, near where the ship was docked, we were hit by thunder and lightning with lots of rain. We stayed in the shops until it died down and took the tender back to the ship.

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Upon entering our cabin, we were greeted by chocolate covered strawberries, another Platinum perk.

We had dinner in the Golden Olympian Dining Room. Tonight was the second ‘Elegant Night’

Delice of the Ocean

Fried Vegetable Spring Rolls

Grilled Jumbo Tiger Shrimps

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Martini Braised Basa Fillet

Amaretto Cake

Tracy had brought a glass of wine from our cabin, to the dining room. Then she ordered a Tropical Espresso and a hot cocktail. At home we drink alcohol maybe once or twice a month but when were on vacation, we like to try a variety of different drinks.

Afterward Tracy and I went to several different locations to get our photo taken. This is the one Tracy chose.

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Since we were not quite full, we went to the taste bar to check out what they were serving.

Mitchel and friends.

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Tonight’s big production show in the Venetian Lounge was ‘Just Rock’. Tracy likes to sit in the balcony section.

One of Tracy’s favorite drinks is the ‘Tiramisu’

I’m having a ‘Long Island Iced Tea’

The show is about to begin

Not allowed but I snuck one photo.

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Great Pic! My wife and I have a similar pic. But, I am at the keys...fitting as the piano is my new found hobby (2 yrs playing now). Not only does a piano make great music, but its a great photo op too!

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Afterward we went to the comedy club to see Chris Wiles.

Overall an enjoyable evening. The show was good and the comedian was funny.

Goodnight

Next: Sea Day

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Aug 30th, 2013: Sea Day

Todays Funtimes

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On today’s agenda; ‘The Behind the Fun Tour’ and later Arielle singing on the big stage in Carnival Legends.

Well I was back to getting up early.

When Tracy got up we ordered room service.

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Our tickets for the tour

As mentioned earlier you cannot buy this excursion in advance; you have to purchase your tickets once onboard. The cost is $95 each. There is a limited number sold. There were two separate groups of approximately 16 people doing the tour. We met in the library at 9:30 am. They had refreshments such as juices and pastries. Security had a hand held metal detector to make sure you were not carrying any electronic device that could take a photograph or video. We had two crew members conducting the tour with security following us for part of the tour, especially in sensitive areas, like the bridge and engine control room.

The first area we visited was behind the stage in the Venetian Lounge. One of the technician explained how everything worked. How the big backdrops and props are used during a show. Then we went into the dressing room where one of the dancers answered all our questions about costume changes, working conditions, etc. Then we went to the crew’s outside deck. It has two Jacuzzi and some deck chairs. It’s either on deck 3 or 4 forward. We had our group photo taken.

The crew members explained to us what this outside deck was used for and answered all our questions.

Next was the main laundry room, they had huge machines that washed towels, linen, table cloths, etc. They also had other smaller machines that wash the guest laundry. They had machines that pressed and folded linen and other machines that folded towels. Next we toured the galley, the engine control room and the store rooms along deck zero’s long corridor known as I-95. We visited the crew’s gym, training room, internet room and dining room where we had more refreshments. Then we went to everyone’s favorite, the bridge, there we met the Captain and his crew. The Captain explained what all the different stations with monitors were used for and answered all our questions. We spent about 20 minutes on the bridge and had our photos taken with Captain Roberto Leotta.

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After the bridge we visited the steakhouse. There we received drinks, snacks and parting gifts.

Gift bag

Once back in our cabin there was another treat waiting for us.

Fun Facts

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake Recipe

This tour lasted 3.5 hours and was well worth the money. Since we could not take photographs I had to rely on memory alone to review this excursion. I may be inaccurate in some details and may have left out some of the places we visited.

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As usual the last sea day is when they have the chocolate buffet. Tracy and I decided to check it out. We had a small meal and proceeded to try different desserts.

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We did the Behind the Fun tour also. I think it was on the Conquest. We booked our tour as soon as we got on the ship. Like you said, it was well worth the money. Did you get the little carved soaps?

Mike as usual another great review, are you planning to go work for the Travel Channel when you retire?

Keep'em comin'!

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Life around the ship

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They were getting a bit loud and security came to talk to them.

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