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happychippy

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    ALL OF THEM
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Curacao

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  1. Just saw that the British Colonial in Nassau is offering Day Passes again. Loved being able to walk to that property and relax on their small private beach. I've done their Day Pass at least 5x in the past, last time it was just beach access but it was still perfect way to escape the crowds. https://www.resortforaday.com/british-colonial-nassau/
  2. You can check on Resortforaday dot com they have the Marriott Curacao Day Pass that includes roundtrip transportation. Very nice upscale luxury resort with minimum crowds. I see they increased their rates for 2024, now at $160.00 USD per each adult, but you do get back $65.00 each for food/drink credit.
  3. Breezes is also for guest ages 14+ so not an option if traveling with younger children. Margaritaville Resort is a good option as it's close to the port and it's a smaller size property, as well as access to the resorts private beach area. Also a possibility may be the British Colonial that recently had a soft opening in October 2023, so hopefully things are going smooth that they will be able to offer Day Passes again. But, yes above mentioned link Resort for a Day is a great website to follow and subscribe to their updates so if British Colonial starts their Day Passes again you'll get notification.
  4. A friend is looking to take her husband on a cruise, and I never realized how challenging it would be to find an accessible wheelchair friendly room. Do they hide them online so you have to call and request? here are the Carnival Sunshine Cabins that I have found that are accessible, but I have checked 4 sailings so far in March 2025 and none of these cabins show available. Inside 4D 5310, 5311, 6314, and 6341. 4C 3101, 3102, and 3103 4E 7118, 7119, and 7294. 4F 8304 and 8305. 4G 9130, 9132, 9117, 9119, 9136, and 9137. 4J 6105, 6106, 7103, 7104, 7105, and 7106. Oceanview 6B 2340 and 2341. Balcony 8A 6107 and 6108. 8M 5344 and 5345. 8T 11032.
  5. Openings did open up for events a couple days before sailing as many people cancelled the last day they could cancel without charge, and even on board a few events opened up. There are A LOT of events that do not require advance reservations, and it's just show up Early and patiently wait in line. Most events open the doors 30 minutes before, so I highly encourage someone to arrive 30 minute before to get the space you needed. When we did the Halloween cruise with the kids, my husband and I often split up where he'd be with the kids getting photos with characters and I'd go to the theatre early to get our seats. Did you sign up for the Fish Extenders? We didn't take kids this time so didn't sign up, but still hung a small gift bag outside our door and we would get some small gifts of "pixie dust" from other cruisers, also Duck Hunting/hiding is a big fun thing going on. There is also a fun scavenger hunt that starts down on deck 2 by the Enchanted Garden, my kids loved that.
  6. Found some ducks this morning, played Bingo again and lost again, this was the $5,000 jackpot Bingo, no one won the jackpot as you had to fill your card in less than 46 calls. Still entertaining and full room each game. Husband attended a Spider Cake Demonstration and then we met back up for lunch in Cabanas. I’m not a “foodie” and you will not ever hear me complain about any food that I myself did not have to prepare or clean up after. I think Cabanas Buffet is very large, plenty of seating although we do go early to get our table where we want before the buffet time starts so that helps, a lot of variety of different foods. Although many people stand in long line by door I think it’s okay to go around to the station you want as there are plate stations beside each food choice area. I’m also big on Washing hands Before going in, AND an after going through buffet and getting to table Sanitize hands again before touching anything. Same theory in dining room, washy before, and sanitizing after handing back menu.
  7. Spent the morning walking the ship to look at all the decorated doors and do some pin trading. We did not decorate our door, just a magnet to recognize the door. Our goal was pack as lightly as possible. We did hang a gift bag outside our door and was treated with a few “pixie dust gifts”. That was nice.
  8. The 5pm early dining seemed too early that with getting ready for dinner at 4pm that you miss some activities. I do think the later dining works out very well with the schedules. Early theatre show ended about 40 min before dinner so no rush to get there and still plenty of activities after dinner so it works out well. Less kids in dining room in evening as many stay in the kids club for the activities. Food in dining room has been great. No complaints on anything. Breakfast and lunch in Dining room are fabulous and very filing
  9. Last night we enjoyed the early theater show Beauty and the Beast. Amazing performance then watched Mickey pirate show up on pool deck before dinner, Dinner was in Animators Palate last night. Pirate Night so a few spicy menu items, I like Spivey food options so it was good and the dessert Rum Cake was heavenly. Finished up the day watching Pirates of the Caribbean poolside.
  10. Cruised many times and never played Bingo. Today we crossed that off the list. $40 for 28 digital cards. Loved the digital cards that did all the work for me. Didn’t win anything but I’ll cross that off my list. We arrived 30 minutes before and there was 2 lines out in the hall and room was filled to the max.
  11. Attended a Lobster cooking demonstration that was nice. Then lunch in Royal Palace.
  12. Time change forward this morning. Breakfast in Cabanas starts at 7:00am but more of just continental style until 7:30am. Royal Palace had sit down dining breakfast. We also found unused area called The Outlook on deck 14. Very nice quiet secluded areas. No pictures but we saw dolphins this morning on deck 4 walking track that was cool
  13. Dinner in Royal Palace was nice, we had a table to ourself but room was a bit loud so it was hard to hear waitstaff when they asked questions.
  14. Been a long day, but we grabbed a couple of drinks and watched sail away from balcony. Then enjoyed 6pm theater show of The Golden Mickeys, listened to the Pumpkin Tree story, had 8pm dinner, then a couple more drinks at PINK lounge in the district. We are totally exhausted and it’s 11pm so back in cabin and husband is already snoring lol.
  15. Buffet ended at 3:15pm so we went to other side of ice scream station to Mater and Flos cafe. We have 8pm dining. I will have to find time to figure out the Disney App to see schedule
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