An Alluringly Amazing Anniversary * LIVE Allure OTS Dec 8-11th *

[mandyleighflies]

18 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

WooHoo, let the fun begin.   Happy Anniversary💐

 
Thank you!!! ❤️✈️ 

 

 

Parked. Bags checked. Pre-Check. Club. 
 

Vacation is way more fun than work 😆

[mandyleighflies]

 

Our beautiful 757 to take us south today. 
 

 

Enroute with only the most appropriate beverages. 

[death_star]

We're doing the 4n version of this next month and leaving from BWI probably.

 

I am curious if you're doing a one way rental and dropping it off at port canaveral. We've done this a couple of times and it's hard to know if anything has changed with the rental companies and the shuttles or lack thereof.

 

Have a great trip!

 

[mandyleighflies]

9 minutes ago, death_star said:

We're doing the 4n version of this next month and leaving from BWI probably.

 

I am curious if you're doing a one way rental and dropping it off at port canaveral. We've done this a couple of times and it's hard to know if anything has changed with the rental companies and the shuttles or lack thereof.

 

Have a great trip!

 

We have the car roundtrip. We like to be in “control of our destiny” with these things. 
 

Bags retrieved and car rented. We are on our way to the space coast! 
 

[SilkySal]

We're packed and ready to board the Adventure in the morning! Safe travels and a great cruise! Will pop into your blog from time to time to see how it's going! Bon Voyage!

[mandyleighflies]

3 hours ago, SilkySal said:

We're packed and ready to board the Adventure in the morning! Safe travels and a great cruise! Will pop into your blog from time to time to see how it's going! Bon Voyage!

Have a great cruise!! We sailed Adventure last summer to Halifax and loved her! 

[mandyleighflies]

 

 

 

 

We had a lovely afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center. It’s approx $75 per adult to enter (there are $5 discounts for seniors and military) and that sounded steep to us. However, it included every exhibit, bus tour, simulator and experience you could as for and we throughly enjoyed ourselves. We spent about 4 hours here, got lots of steps, and saw more awesome space history than we expected. This was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon. 
 

We are now heading to our hotel to get settled in and probably find beverages/food…mainly beverages 😆

[mandyleighflies]

 

We decided to try a local spot for dinner. We popped down to the Sandbar Sports Bar just down the street from our hotel. Tonight happened to be pizza night so we split a large pizza, had two drinks and called it a night. We did NOT try the Hurricanes 😆 

 

 

We ran to Publix for candy and water and called it a night. Today was a long and fun day but we are exhausted. Time to relax and get ready for Allure tomorrow!! 
 

Goodnight CC! 

[mandyleighflies]

CRUISE DAY!! 
 

Slept pretty well…just under 12 hours lol 

 

My husband loves a great meal. 
 

 

Waffle House is his guilty pleasure. The man flies around the world for a living eating amazing exotic foods. Waffle House is his favorite place. We indulged ourselves this morning. 
 

We are going to walk the beach a bit, maybe find more coffee then head to the port. We hope to arrive for boarding around noon. 

[Mary&Jim]

Enjoy your cruise. I'll be following.

[mandyleighflies]

We always fly in the day prior to our cruise. I am a scarred witness to delays and passengers missing cruises due to aircraft/weather/crew issues. You “day of” fliers scare the you know what out of me. 
 

This time around we stayed at the Hampton Inn and Suites Coca Beach. It was a typical Hampton Inn, clean, nice staff and a free breakfast. This one is also located in walking to distance to Publix and several places to eat. They also apparently have a park and stay package but we did not partake in this offer. 
 

 

 

 

 

These photos were our post stay but y’all get the idea. 😆 

 

 

It’s 68 so layers for today. We are going to drive around and see some of coco beach before heading to Allure. 
 

See Y’all at check in! 

[mandyleighflies]

We are ONBOARD!! 
 

Check in as a suite guest is a dream. 
Parking is a nightmare. 
 

Whatever 😆❤️

 

 

Cheers from Schooner!!! 
 

 

The Junior Suite has long been Pete and I’s go to stateroom type. Just the right size for us when it’s just us, plus suite perks don’t hurt. 
 

Full ship this sailing. Will report how it feels but so far it’s not too crowded aside from the elevators. 

[mandyleighflies]

 

Big Hello to SilkySal on Adventure!!!

 

 

Cheers to a wonderful cruise!! 

[BecciBoo]

On 12/7/2023 at 11:32 AM, SilkySal said:

We're packed and ready to board the Adventure in the morning! Safe travels and a great cruise! Will pop into your blog from time to time to see how it's going! Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage ya'll!!!!!!!  Toast one for me!

[mandyleighflies]

Good Morning!! We are pulling into Nassau for a day here. Not too sure what we are doing yet but we will get off and walk around. 
 

Dinner at Sabor was amazing. I’m self admittedly not a food photo taker so no photos but the food and service was amazing. Highly recommend to anyone sailing on Allure. 
 

We spent our evening having drinks with new friends and called it a night around 10pm. We are clearly party animals. 😆😆 

[BecciBoo]

1 hour ago, mandyleighflies said:

 

Dinner at Sabor was amazing.

We all loved the short ribs the best...delish!

[mandyleighflies]

Nassau is one of those places we come to so often that we rarely get off the ship. Today we did get off and walk around. We got a nice 2 miles under our belts. The new port area is beautiful! We enjoyed seeing this upgrade. 
 

We are in port with Carnival Elation, Disney Wish and Liberty OTS. 
 

 

 

 

 

We did walk to the Margartiaville resort. It’s not a bad walk and it looks nice. Not sure it’s worth the $70 per person (plus food and drinks) to use the facility IMO. 
 

 

 

 

 

We worked up quite the thirst on our “workout” walk. Took in some sights and drinks at Senor Frogs, typical experience there but LOTS of bees. I’m not sure if that’s normal but they were every where and very active. If you have a bee allergy be careful visiting here. 
 

 

 

 

 

[mandyleighflies]

Once we got back onboard we took naps and relaxed a bit in our room. Since we have a suite we still have twice a day housekeeping. 
 

 

We came back to a WABBIT. ❤️ 

 

Once nap time was over we got out and explored some more. This sailing is too short to see and do everything but we are giving a valiant effort. 
 

 

We attended afternoon trivia and then went up top for sail away! 

 

 

 

 

 

[A&L_Ont]

Beautiful sunset photos. 

[mandyleighflies]

1 minute ago, A&L_Ont said:

Beautiful sunset photos. 

Thank you!! It was a beautiful day in Nassau today. 

[mandyleighflies]

 

 

 

Pre-Dinner views and beverages at Vintages. 

[mandyleighflies]

Dinner tonight was Main Dining room. 
 

Italian night. 
 

 

Beef Carpaccio

 

 

Minestrone 

 

 

Ceasar Salad

 

 

Mushroom Rissoto with a side of grilled chicken (my request) 

 

 

Lasagna 

 

 

Tieramisu

 

Delicious. Hot food was hot. Cold food was cold. Overall, great dinner. Wonderful service. We were in and out in 45 minutes.  

 

[mandyleighflies]

 

Being the ever exciting people that we are (and that Pete had enjoyed Vintages a little too much 😆) we called it a night after dinner. I grabbed a chamomile tea and read in bed and tired eventually fell asleep around 930pm. During night, however, the alpha code was used at least once, I think I heard it a second time, but I cannot be for sure.  I just hope those people are ok. 

[mandyleighflies]

Perfect day at cococay and funky wifi so sorry for the delay! 

 

 

 

Our balcony was at the beginning of the hump so it allowed for some extra space. 

 

 

 

We backed into port around 630am with Liberty at our heels. It’s amazing how they can back these ships up to dock. I cannot park my car backwards. 😆

 

 

We were on the island by around 930am and were able to snag a nice set of chairs with an umbrella with no issues by the Oasis pool. In fact, even with two big ships in port it never felt crowded. The Oasis pool is the one with the swim up bar, let’s just say the 3 day cruisers know how to party. Carnival had NOTHING on the pool party that happened at Oasis yesterday. 
 

 

 

We purchased the water park tickets and while this is more Pete’s thing than mine, I still went down the giant red slide. It was fun but not my cup of tea. He did the drop slide and I recorded it, hilarious 😆. I will be back to Cococay next week so I’ll do a more through breakdown in my next live on Freedom.
 

 

This view will never get old or not be impressive. 
 

 

Upon our return to the ship we were surprised with a couple of beautiful swan towel animals and a card for our anniversary. Such a nice touch. 
 

 

[mandyleighflies]

We watched Liberty sail away and got ready for our anniversary evening of vintages and chops. 
 

 

Cheers to 3 years!! ❤️❤️ (well tomorrow lol) 12-12-20

 

 

I started with the shrimp cocktail. 
 

 

Pete had the crab cake. We thought both of these app’s were good, on par with other Chops experiences. 
 

 

I ordered the Filet Migeon. 
 

 

Pete had the ribeye. 
 

 

I asked for medium rare and got exactly what I wanted. The steak was tender, juicy and huge. 
 

 

The shareable sides were mashed potatoes, asparagus, guyere tater tots, Mac and cheese and creamed spinach. 
 

 

We both opted for the chocolate cake for dessert and overall gave Chops two thumbs up. Great service. Awesome food. 
 

It rained basically the entire evening and since we had such a busy day on the island we were exhausted and once again called it a night early. 
 

 

Exciting. I know. They call me the life of the party at Bob Evans. We know how to through down…until 9pm 😆😆