Max's Mom on the Explorer ~ 10/13/13 ~ My Picture Diary

[bluecookies]

i can't tell you how much i agree with what you just said.

 

agreed!

[maxs mom]

Friday ~ October 18, 2013 ~ Bermuda

Woke up early this morning to a beautiful day! Love our port side balcony!

Good Morning!!

Had breakfast this morning with two other couples that were cruising together. They met on another cruise and became friends and like to cruise together now. Turns out one couple were in the cabin right next to us! Great food, service, and conversation!

After breakfast we all set out to stroll the Dockyard once more.......the weather was beautiful......it even got pretty HOT.

[maxs mom]

I went back to a store to get a sweatshirt that I had seen earlier. We went to the Rum Cake/Glassblowing place. First we sampled the Rum Cake. My favorite was the Rum Swizzle!!

Then we watched some of the Glassblowing stuff. Really interesting. They have a neat show of this on the Celebrity Solstice Class ships.

Lots of pretty things to buy:

Right, Janet?

[maxs mom]

More strolling around:

After lots of strolling......we decided to stroll over to the Frog and Onion once again!!

[maxs mom]

The Frog and Onion was a great place to take a load off.....and......they have "free" Wi-Fi there. We had a couple of pints of their craft beer and got in touch! Nice!

Afterwards, we headed back to the ship.

[boaterette]

I loved the sunset picture. It sure looks orange.

[maxs mom]

I loved the sunset picture. It sure looks orange.

 

That was really beautiful that night!

[allentownahoy]

Thanks for the great review and wonderful photos. I will be boarding her soon.

 

Do you happen to know when Wendy will be leaving to get married? I have several Explorer cruises over the next few months and always enjoy seeing her.

[maxs mom]

So it was back to the ship in time for lunch.

That's our cabin.....the last one on Deck 7. Tiny little balcony!

One last look at this beautiful harbor!

Some folks were still out jet skiing!

We went to the Windjammer for lunch. It was a little more crowded today.....but still not that bad. I must say that I have been very happy with the Windjammer all week.. Crowds were not bad and the food was excellent. I enjoyed the fresh salad and the meat from the carving station. I also enjoyed the paninis that they had. Desserts are still lacking, in my opinion, but they did have some really good bread pudding one day and some rice pudding that was really good. Thank goodness for the frozen yogurt machine.

Edited October 26, 2013 by max'smom

[maxs mom]

Thanks for the great review and wonderful photos. I will be boarding her soon.

 

Do you happen to know when Wendy will be leaving to get married? I have several Explorer cruises over the next few months and always enjoy seeing her.

 

I'm not really sure, but she said something about a couple of months. Hope you can see her again. She is wonderful!

[DeBlasio1]

Just want to add my thanks for this wonderful review. Congratulations on your retirement, mine is planned for 6 months from now.

 

I'll have to admit that I haven't sailed from New Jersey since I went on the inaugural for Freedom, mainly because that embarkation was very painful. I was happy to read that it seemed much easier for you, maybe I should try it again.

 

I may get an inaugural on the Quantum which I understand will be sailing from that port so I could get that chance.

 

thanks again for your review!!! (since you were a teacher maybe you can check my spelling)

Hello, we are doing the QOS inaugural and I think with the new terminal being completed by then the embarkation process should be much easier and less painful. Enjoy your weekend.

Thursday ~ October 17' date=' 2013 ~ Bermuda[/size']

 

Woke up early and it was pouring down rain.....oh well.....what can you do?

 

 

 

Go get some coffee in the CL I guess. I was surprised when one other person came in and got their coffee and left. The coffee machine in the CL is one of the old ones, but it worked well and I think the coffee was better than from the new fancy machines that they have on the newer ships!

 

 

We had another fabulous breakfast this morning at 8:15 and while we were eating, the weather began clearing up!!

 

We finally make the decision to go to the beach!! Yay!! Janet and Gene decided to go to Hamilton.

 

Those of you that know me know that I seek out the very best beach possible on each island and that's where we go. I can't stand beaches that are crowded and have too many cruise passengers!! Ha! I go to the beach to relax, have lunch, adult beverages, and a quiet time. We had reservations at this resort yesterday, but since it rained, they said that we could come today instead. Good thing because this ended up being the highlight of our trip!!

 

I learned of this resort from one of our roll call buddies, Gail. She had been here before and was very helpful in providing the info we needed to make reservations and other arrangements.

 

We have been to Bermuda many times before and have always enjoyed Horseshoe Bay. But the last time we were there.....the crowds were unbearable, so I wanted to try something different and I am sure glad we did.

 

The name of the resort is Coco Reef. It is adjacent to Elbow Beach. They have a day pass available for $49 pp. This includes 2 chairs, an umbrella, towel, beach, pool, a wonderful two to three course meal with beer and wine. Wow!!

 

Luckily we met up with Gail and 3 others at the taxi stand and we were able to share a taxi out to the resort and that was very affordable. The taxi fare was $44 and we split it 6 ways. Very reasonable and much better than taking the bus. The bus stop is out on the street and there is a long walk from there to the resort......not an option for us. We arranged with the taxi driver to come back and pick us up at 3:30. Great deal!

 

After about a 30 minute taxi ride, we were dropped off right at the door of the resort. This is the lobby:

 

 

We checked in easily and got our towels then walked out through the restaurant area and the pool area and down to the beach area.

 

 

 

Again, than you for taking the time to do this wonderful review. Horseshoe Bay was one of our favorite spots, but thank you for the hint here. Beautiful photo shots as well..thank you for sharing these. I appreciate all your time you have been putting into this review. Have a wonderful weekend.:)

[Shar27]

I can't tell you how much I agree with what you just said.

 

Sure, now if only I could convince our friend. Isn't that where they hide the caves?? :rolleyes:

Edited October 26, 2013 by Shar27

[Dharma517]

Love this review. I feel like I am experiencing our cruise all over again :D. I can tell you all enjoyed EVERY moment! Nice job.

[maxs mom]

Hello, we are doing the QOS inaugural and I think with the new terminal being completed by then the embarkation process should be much easier and less painful. Enjoy your weekend.

 

Again, than you for taking the time to do this wonderful review. Horseshoe Bay was one of our favorite spots, but thank you for the hint here. Beautiful photo shots as well..thank you for sharing these. I appreciate all your time you have been putting into this review. Have a wonderful weekend.:)

 

Thank you! Most of the beaches on every island that we like going to have gotten so popular that we have been forced to go elsewhere. I enjoy getting off the beaten path and we have found some great places.

[maxs mom]

Love this review. I feel like I am experiencing our cruise all over again :D. I can tell you all enjoyed EVERY moment! Nice job.

 

Hey Dharma!! Very nice meeting you and Dave. And yes.....we did enjoy every moment!!

[maxs mom]

Did a little reading after lunch.....then I went to the Top Tier sail away on the Helipad at 3:45.

Thy had champagne and sugary drinks up there. There was a guitarist.....nice ambiance.

It was so crowded that I couldn't see anything. It was very HOT up there as well. Met up with a few CC people. Wendy gave out s few crystal blocks to people.

[maxs mom]

This is Leigh making some announcements:

 

 

I had a nice chat with Wendy. I told her that LA's like her are few and far between. She does such a nice job!!

 

 

 

Beautiful sail away:

 

 

Edited October 26, 2013 by max'smom

[maxs mom]

So here we go......back to Bayonne!!

[maxs mom]

Went back to the cabin for a little nap before dinner.

It was formal night and we decided to go with just a short dress and a shirt and tie tonight.

The CL was, once again, pretty dead. I got bored and took this picture!

Julian had some time to spend with us:

And Pat came in and joined us as well:

Denzil was in a good mood:

As well as the greeter in MTD!

[maxs mom]

In the dining room, we were back with Rodney and Kenger tonight, so that made us happy!

I had the mushroom pastry tonight......always good.....

We both got the Prime Rib......very nice cut.....but too salty and too much to eat!

Dessert was the Grand Marnier Souffle......very nice!

Very nice dinner!

[beachbuddy]

Jane, finally caught up......LOL

 

Enjoying your review. That resort you spent the day at looks very nice.....will have to check that out next time we're in Bermuda.

 

Patty

[Ocean Boy]

Sure, now if only I could convince our friend. Isn't that where they hide the caves?? :rolleyes:

 

Yup! Crystal and Fantasy Caves. They are beautiful!! I think she has just had a too sheltered life.;):eek::D

[maxs mom]

After dinner, we slowly made our way to Studio B.....for the Quest.

We met these two girls who were just chomping at the bit to be team captains:

Leigh made a grand entrance:

He was hilarious.

Everyone was having a good time:

[Ocean Boy]

Thy had champagne and sugary drinks up there. There was a guitarist.....nice ambiance.

 

That's it. I'm retiring from medicine, grabbing my guitar, and taking up my new career.:)

[maxs mom]

Erkey and Leigh did a nice spin on the old bra joke:

Real proud of Janet and Gene for participating in this quest.......how many people can your team get with both feet on a beach towel. I've never seen that one before.

We got 20. The winning team got 24.

Out team's final Quest:

We didn't win, but a good time was had by all!