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[gambee]

Cannot wait to see what you thought of the sea day! That's the one I've been waiting for :)

 

It was a fun day, and we were celebrating a Birthday ;)

[Chakuna]

 

Gambee...next time you are in Grand Turk...go here. You can see the Cruise ship in the background. This boat and the pier behind it....lots of fish!!!!

[janeyzee]

I only saw a few of the silver/white fish. But the water was a godsend!

 

What a great shot! You are very clever with all of your selfies.

[gambee]

 

Gambee...next time you are in Grand Turk...go here. You can see the Cruise ship in the background. This boat and the pier behind it....lots of fish!!!!

 

Thank you, I will be sure to make it there then :)

[gambee]

What a great shot! You are very clever with all of your selfies.

 

Thank you :o

[gambee]

Day 5, Sea Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

[gambee]

 

Well, it was a bittersweet day for us that day. It was our very first sea day aboard the Carnival Victory, but at the same time it was also our last day aboard the ship. We had no serious plans for that day, other than taking easy and celebrating my aunt's birthday.

 

My uncle and I woke up early as usual, around 6:30 or so. I am not sure why, but I just can’t seem to get myself to sleep past 7am while on vacation. I guess I just want the most out of my time while on vacation, who could blame me. When we were kids, and came to the US on vacation, my family had a saying. "You don't sleep on dollars", the term comes how expensive it is making it to the US in the first place with the Peso devaluation and whatnot. Tradition holds, and it is something we still do while on vacation.

 

That night my uncle had a hard time going to sleep so he took his radio and went to the aft pool area to try to get a signal. Surprisingly, most of the cruise he got some kind of signal at night. He is exactly how grandmother was, they can’t go to sleep unless they have their radios under the pillow. Oh, by the way I am talking about the old style am/fm radios. They mainly look for news channels. His radio is actually quite fancy, and it searches through a bunch of frequencies not available on regular radios. I was quite impressed with it.

 

Anyway, we headed to the balcony.

 

 

It was a beautiful day =)

 

 

Land Ahoy!

 

 

 

Did anyone see the cable snapping on the Costa Ship? Scary stuff. (By the way I don't like his site, but I could not find the news elsewhere)

 

 

My aunt did well for the most part that day. The ship had some movement that night, but by then it had died down. She was still nervous most of the day, but I think the idea that she was getting off the ship the next day was calming her down. I am not sure if she will sail again, she really loved the experience, but she was very nervous during several occasions, who knows. I think new cruisers should really stick to 3 day cruises, just to test the waters.

 

 

Edited August 25, 2015 by gambee

[gambee]

 

Could you believe that this was the first time that I actually turned on my computer on this cruise? I kid you not. This means that this was the first time that I backed up my files :eek:. And that was a really stupid move, because my camera kept getting an error very similar to the one on the Allure review where I almost lost all of my data, which I kept ignoring.

 

I think one of the reasons why I failed to turn on my computer is because now all of my cameras can connect to the phone wirelessly. So there is no need for the computer to share the pictures ASAP. I guess we were also really busy during most of the cruise to really take it out.

 

So, I took my computer and worked on the files for the first time. I was trying to figure out how I would combine so many pictures from two cameras. I usually do so, but I never edited so many pictures. Both the GoPro and A6000 require editing. While I sat there trying to figure things out, my uncle was just playing with my binoculars.

 

 

He also showed me one of the string lights that they used for the party the night before. Since he had gone out the night before, he actually spent a fair amount of time next to the DJ booth. He loved it up there, he had a great view of everything.

 

 

I forgot my uncle had actually stepped out for the sunset. That is why I brought up the light sleep for that night. On the way back, he brought my aunt some waffles as her happy birthday bed in breakfast gift.

 

 

We all got ready slowly. There was no rush to do anything really. The plan was to head to the MDR for brunch as soon as it opened. I have had brunch on the Breeze, and I absolutely loved it.

 

By the way I just figured out that I never drank my complimentary bottle of water… I guess it is a good idea to check your benefits before getting off the ship ;)

 

 

We made it to the MDR for Brunch.

 

 

 

[gambee]

We were sat promptly right by the window (just ask for one ;)).

 

 

 

Our table with an ocean view =)

 

 

The menu.

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

The birthday girl.

 

 

Mom had bought a few items to celebrate.

 

 

Brunch took 40 minutes for the food to arrive to the table since we ordered. Not a horrible wait considering they have to cook everything to order, but I still felt the need to point it out. On the Breeze it was quite faster.

 

Originally my mom had ordered only some fruit. My guess is that she was not feeling very good, but our server convinced her to order more just the fruit. It is a good thing, since the fruit came out 2 seconds after we ordered and she ended up sharing most of it with the others.

 

 

The coffee was ok. I still manage to drink 4 cups by the time the food came out :D

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

There were a few other people in there, but not many at that time. I guess everyone had partied hard the night before.

 

 

It is kind of sad, we missed the towel animal demonstration that morning, it was in the main theater. I much rather when they do it on the pool deck on the last port day.

 

 

My uncle and I both got the Steak and Eggs. It was really good! But I think the best part of it is that I finally saw hash browns again! Keep in mind that what I really wanted was the eggs benedict, but, well, you know. No, Thank you!

 

 

The french toast was huge! And Delish!

 

 

[gambee]

My aunt’s

 

 

And mom’s

 

 

Everything was really good, and well worth the wait. We stayed there for a little while talking and just enjoying the life go by. These are the memories that you remember for ages to come.

 

Other than the longish wait, service was impeccable!

 

 

On the way out we noticed a big leak from the roof, the servers joked that it was raining outside. Seemed like a pretty big problem to me.

 

 

 

[gambee]

We headed back to the room to get the party decorations up. My mom, my uncle and I went in the room and started decorating while my aunts waited in the other room.

 

 

 

 

They have Madagascar running continuously. One of my favorite movies, but I can only take so much of it.

 

 

Mom making the cake, with me helping :D

 

 

[gambee]

I really wasn’t much help :D

 

 

Everything came out really good. And her gifts were in the garbage can :rolleyes:, I guess we could have used some help in that department.

 

 

Then we went and got her. She was really excited, she kept saying how this was the second best birthday. She said her best was when she went to St. Marteen last year with us. But then again, she said she could not decide. She loved them both equally.

 

She truly is a blast to travel with, she really appreciates everything in life. It is hard to find adults like that now days. It seems like most have forgotten to appreciate the small things in life.

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

Mom bought her that shirt :confused:. Before we boarded the cruise.

 

 

 

We also gave her some cash and a coke :D

 

 

The cake. It came out really cool! Mom said she had been searching for ideas for a while. Good job mom! God knows I would had never been able to come out with this.

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

FAMILY PICTURE :p

 

 

[gambee]

 

While I was there, I noticed that a lot of data in the information channel were missing. My aunt made a point to tell me that a lot of the information was missing the entire cruise. Not very useful.

 

 

 

More importantly to my aunt, sea conditions were missing.

 

 

We stepped out to the balcony for a little while before heading to the lido deck.

 

 

 

[gambee]

The pool was pretty full, but it was still the best pool to be at during a sea day. Well, unless you have kids that is ;)

 

 

 

There was a group of about 10 ladies all dressed in white, they looked really great.

 

 

We were lucky enough to score our favorite table.

 

 

[gambee]

The view from up there is to die for.

 

 

 

We relaxed there for a little while, I believe we went in the jacuzzi a few times. Eventually I grew impatient and went out for a walk to see what the rest of the ship was up to.

 

Thank you Carnival for enforcing the no kids policy in the aft pool!

 

 

 

You will not struggle to find a resting place on this ship.

 

 

[gambee]

By the way remember my mom slipped on MSC Divina slick floors! I am happy to report that Carnival has used their years of experience, to prevent those issues. All Lido floors had a great amount of abrasion. I welcome that =). That was a very sour moment for me aboard Divina.

 

 

 

This seems like a nice area to relax.

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

 

 

 

 

That pool actually has some nice shade.

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

I though these stairs were a little dangerous, they should have built at a normal angle.

 

 

I imagine they are even worse when the ship is rolling.

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

Believe it or not, this was the second time that I made it to this part of the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2015 by gambee

[gambee]

As you can see even with a full ship, and all open decks full. Serenity had a lot of open spots. The reason? IT WAS SO HOT UP THERE!

 

Those matts were insanely hot!!! Where is the shade?