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Legend 14-day to Aruba, Curacao, St. Martin, St. Kitts live Nov. 5

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This afternoon my daughter will be driving me 35 minutes to Port of Baltimore and not coming with me again on this cruise.  At least I have the bathroom to myself - when she comes with me she uses every square centimeter of space on the sink-top for her epic cosmetic collection, and spends two hours at a time with the bathroom door locked to get ready for dinner.  Conversations go like this... me: "Faith, I really gotta pee, you keep saying five more minutes."  Faith: "Five more minutes!"  me: "Faith you've said that every five minutes for the last 35 minutes, when will this makeup session saga end?" Faith: "Use the bathroom down the hall and stop rushing me you're only making it worse for yourself!"

 

So at least I have NOT that to look forward to.  But who am I kidding, all my best trips have been with my daughter.

 

We start with three "fun days at sea", which probably translates to "lose money at sea" days since I'll have all day and all night to go back and forth between casino and other activities.

 

I only have one excursion planned so far, full island tour on Aruba.  I might do the Morgan Freeman St. Kitts tour (Sanford Grey).  And I'll probably choose some Carnival excursion at the excursion desk at some point.  Otherwise I walk around port, especially Curacao as I enjoy walking around Willemstad and drinking the Blue Curacao Mojitos at a couple places.

 

I have Steakhouse tonight after embarkation so I hope to score a bottle of Kendall Jackson Cabernet at half price (aka double the wine store price).  I'll probably do Steakhouse again and other pay-for food because I can only stand so much MDR and Lido deck food.  

 

My last two long trips were Europe + cruise itineraries, so this trip might feel a little flat relatively but I hope not.  I have learned that for me, combining a cruise with land trips adds so much to my vacation, and makes the trips truly "vacations of a lifetime" as Carnival always promises on each and every cruise. 🙄

 

We are visiting my favorite four Caribbean islands and I didn't have to fly from DC for them which is a first.  8 days of glorious fun swimming in 80 degree crystal clear sea!

 

The live report will be heavy on pics, especially of food, drink, excursions and ports.  Some commentary, and let's sprinkle in some ridiculousness. 😁 🏴‍☠️

 

Itinerary:

 

Lose Money at Sea Day

Lose Money at Sea Day

Lose Money at Sea Day

St. Thomas

St. Maarten

St. Kitts

Lose Money at Sea Day

Aruba

Curacao

Lose Money at Sea Day

Grand Turk

Win Money at Sea Day

Lose Money at Sea Day

 

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14 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

Woo Hoo!!  I've been looking forward to your review since I found out about it (learning about signatures😉) and by the time you are finished with this cruise review I will be ramping mine up for Thanksgiving😃.  

LOL you're going to forget what USA is like after Italy, Greece, etc. and then your next cruise.  I'm curious as you start to be retrospective of last trip your afterthoughts on surprises/hidden gems like Taormina.

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1 minute ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

LOL you're going to forget what USA is like after Italy, Greece, etc. and then your next cruise.  I'm curious as you start to be retrospective of last trip your afterthoughts on surprises/hidden gems like Taormina.

I've heard Freeport is called the Greece of the Bahamas!🤣 I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my laptop this morning and my screensaver opening page was a beautiful pic of Taormina!  I showed Craig and we both had a moment of silence.  Ahhhhhhh.....Taormina!🥰

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8 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

I've heard Freeport is called the Greece of the Bahamas!🤣 I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my laptop this morning and my screensaver opening page was a beautiful pic of Taormina!  I showed Craig and we both had a moment of silence.  Ahhhhhhh.....Taormina!🥰

LOL, who told you that….😁

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3 minutes ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

My arrival time was 130-2. Faith dropped me off at 230 and our line hadn't even started moving. Both embarkation and sailaway were delayed 1.5 hours due to Coast Guard inspection. 20231105_142938.thumb.jpg.3b3f34f34f32e6f0683807b1c5c2d0d0.jpg

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Ahhhh, the dreaded Coast Guard inpection,

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I got one of the rooms with slightly more soft. Ironically, Faith would always comment when we got a small room, and now she's not here to enjoy the luxurious space.  As an added bonus I can walk around in underwear. Not like the drones can see, as dirty as these windows are.

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Steakhouse was delicious and to me, worth spending the OBC on. As an added bonus I was told I can have 2 more complimentary steakhouse dinners since I turn Diamond on this cruise. Half price KJ Pinot was almost double what it costs at the wino store back home. 

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10 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

I got one of the rooms with slightly more soft. Ironically, Faith would always comment when we got a small room, and now she's not here to enjoy the luxurious space.  As an added bonus I can walk around in underwear. Not like the drones can see, as dirty as these windows are.

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We had a sofa on Pride and it was helpful for staging my outfit for the next day. 👍😁

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