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  1. I can't say enough good things about our tour with Dora The Explorer in Cartagena, Columbia. First, the cost per person was cheaper than a ship's excursion to almost the same places. The group size is small, but on our tour, we were the only ones and we got a private tour with a guide and driver, who were both excellent! The ship tour used a large bus with 50-60 people and the bus couldn't drive the narrow roads up to the church on the hill. but our small van could. The admission to the church was included and we had great views of the city. Then they drove us to the old town and we took a walking tour. The guide was excellent and informative and because it was just us two, she was flexible and we did a detour to find a geocache at Plaza Bolivar. There were no problems getting us back to the port with ample time. We really enjoyed our tour with Dora and we recommend them for a tour of Cartagena.
  2. I can't say enough good things about our tour with Dora The Explorer in Cartagena, Columbia. First, the cost per person was cheaper than a ship's excursion to almost the same places. The group size is small, but on our tour, we were the only ones and we got a private tour with a guide and driver, who were both excellent! The ship tour used a large bus with 50-60 people and the bus couldn't drive the narrow roads up to the church on the hill. but our small van could. The admission to the church was included and we had great views of the city. Then they drove us to the old town and we took a walking tour. The guide was excellent and informative and because it was just us two, she was flexible and we did a detour to find a geocache at Plaza Bolivar. There were no problems getting us back to the port with ample time. We really enjoyed our tour with Dora and we recommend them for a tour of Cartagena.
  3. We took your advice and booked Dora the explorer for a Cartagena tour. What a great tour! we also recommend dora. The cost was reasonable at $80 per person, payable in cash at the end of the tour. we found it to be cheaper than a ship excursion to almost the same places. The tour was advertised as a small group tour, so we were expecting other people, but they were waiting for us at the end of the dock and told us we were the only ones and we had a private tour. They walked us to the waiting air conditioned van and with a guide and driver took us to spots where a big bus (used by the ship's excursions) couldn't get too- the church on the top of the hill, where we had great views of the city. Then we drove down to the old town and toured the old town by foot. Since it was just us, the guide was flexible and detoured to a park for me to find a geocache!. The tour was fun and informative and they got us back to the ship with ample time to spare. We highly recommend Dora the Explorer.
  4. I am going to be in Key West Florida on 1/28/24 after a cruise. I would like recommendations for a nice bar/restaurant/place to watch the NFC Championship Game starting at 6:30 pm on Fox on that day. Hopefully, West Coast Friendly and not an Eagles roost. Thank you in advance.
  5. Thank you all that replied. I do pub trivia every week and I have also done many cruise ship trivia activities. It's all good to me. I look forward to our cruise and participating in the ship's trivia activities.
  6. The review of the Viking Mars on this website: https://www.cruisecritic.com/cruise/viking-ocean/viking-mars/activities States: " Notably, activities like trivia or "name that tune" contests are not offered onboard Viking Mars." Is this true? It's hard to believe that a sailing with 10 of 17 days at sea,(we are on the Panama Canal cruise on 1/3/24) wouldn't have this activity. We have sailed on a viking river cruise in Europe and even those small ships had some type of trivia activity. As you may guess, I like the trivia contest activities. Please tell me the above review is wrong...
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