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Hanging shoe organizer and heavy duty magnets
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Thank you so much for this amazing review. We are down by PAX and are looking forward to our first Baltimore cruise in August. The last cruise was a 10 hour drive to the port, so this should be a lot easier.
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We loved the Fascination. Not sure if this has changed since August 2015, but it did not have Guy's Burgers or Blue Iguana. The water slides were a lot of fun. But everything else is pretty basic.
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Thank you so much for all of the details in your review. We will be sailing on the Pride for the first time in August. Even though this will be my 7th cruise, it will be my first one with Guy's and our first balcony. And, hopefully my first time at Half Moon Cay. 2015 cruise we had to skip HMC for weather😢😭. We have our cabana booked (again) and we are hoping to get to use it this time!
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We did it and it was fun. $45 per person
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When I was supposed to go to HMC, we found out an hour after we were supposed to dock that we would not be going. It was so disappointing. I cannot imagine if I was also planning to get married. It is a big risk that I would not be able to take. I guess if you are at peace getting married on the ship, it would be worth the risk.
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Thank you!!! I am so looking forward to trying this menu, but I have to wait until August!!
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It's a vanilla and chocolate bread pudding with an amazing sweet sauce poured over the top. I hate break pudding but tried this once and now I am hooked! Right up there with the WCMC.
I love all the hot soups, escargot, filet, ribs....the list goes on and on!! 28 more day until I get to do it again!
Thank you. I had no idea what it was.
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We did taxi one way and water taxi the other when we went. I liked the water taxi because of the great view of the island. I think it was $4 or $6 a person. Very easy.
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I vote for the 7 day. The hubs and I had a wonderful time snorkeling in Cozumel, by far our favorite shore excursion of all of our cruises. We just found someone right off the boat to take us snorkeling. It was inexpensive and absolutely beautiful (besides the sunburn from being out on the water for so long). You can definitely do the ports on the cheap. Also, family members got us gift cards for the cruise as Christmas and birthday presents. That makes it easier to do the fun stuff since we already budgeted the price of the cruise.
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I loved the Fascination. Check out Jamman54's review. I did a small review on it last year. I am not sure how to post it here, but you can search on my name.
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We did it and loved it! We have 2 kids, so I loved not having to schlep all of the carry on stuff around when we boarded. We have booked FTTF for our next cruise too.
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We just booked for the Pride next summer. Not sure why we have not tried it yet, since we live in Maryland. It is so encouraging to read all of the positive comments! Thank you.
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We were refunded to the sail and sign card, and then used the money toward our bill.
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I didn't use the late night, but one night I did come at almost 10 pm and the 2-5 kids were laying on mats with pillows and blankets watching Cat in the Hat. It was adorable! I think it was 1adult for 3 kids in the 2-5 class. It was fun, organized and calm.
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I would have gone to the Seuss Breakfast without my children. It was really cute, but I am an elementary school teacher, not a normal adult;)
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I am not too sure how to link my post, but I just recently wrote a post titled, "Carnival Fascination Camp Carnival/Family Review". I have Fun Times attached to the review. Hope this helps.
Sara
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We participated in all 3 of the Seuss at Sea events. On the first sea day, we were in the parade. It was so cute. The Camp Carnival staff handed out cow bells and pom poms to the children and banners to the adults. The Cat in the Hat came to lead the parade and we walked from the Putting on the Ritz Lounge to the Palace Theater. The parade leader said, "Dr. Seuss" and we yelled, "On the loose." It was so cute!
When we arrived at the Palace Theater, they brought the children up on the stage and chose volunteers to participate in the reading of the Cat in the Hat. As an elementary school teacher, I was loving this and the children enjoyed it too!
On the last sea day, we participated in the Dr. Seuss breakfast. It was $5 per person and started at 9 am. They had decorated the MDR in such a Seussical way and it looked awesome. We were very excited to look through the menu, which looked just like a Dr. Seuss book. The boys also received Dr. Seuss activity booklets to do while they waited.
I had an omelet, hash browns, bacon and trufula tree pancakes. Everything I had was good. My boys had the waffles, which had pink and blue icing stuff on them. They did not like the icing (my husband tried it and said it was gross, not just that the kids were being picky). Everyone, except for me, was missing part of the order, including my poor husband who was served his food 15 min. after the rest of us. I was surprised at the bad service, since we had such a positive experience in the MDR for dinners. The Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 & Thing 2 and Sam-I-Am visited us for pictures while we were eating. So, even though the service was not so good, I would still do it again because it was cute for the children and I just love anything Dr. Seuss!
The Cat in the Hat Ice Sculpture was so cool!
Breakfast for the littlest take 1:
Breakfast for the littlest take 2:
(and now I figured out how to put the pictures in with the text, wish I would have figured this out a few days ago!!)
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Our first port day was Nassau. Since we were planning on a beach day in Half Moon Cay, we decided to not do the beach here. We took a taxi over to Paradise Island ($4 per person) and bought tickets for the aquarium. It was well worth the money ($46 for adults, $36 for kids) to us. Since we were not with a Carnival excursion and we went right over to Atlantis, we had the place almost to ourselves. We wandered around enjoying the sea life for a few hours and then toured the property. One part of the aquarium that I liked was that their were not any labels on the tanks. It made it look really cool, and less "aquariumy". I still wanted to know what everything was, and I was happy to find a 2 foot by 2 foot laminated paper with pictures of the most common fish and their names. They had a stack of them at both ends of the aquarium, so we could take them with us and know what every thing was.
After we were finished exploring, we took the ferry back to Nassau. This was also $4 a person. On a lot of the reviews, people mentioned having to wait until the ship was full to leave. We did not have that problem. All of us loved looking at the sights from the water and it was cute to hear the tour guides explanations. I liked going to/from the island different ways and the children did as well.
We went back to the ship for lunch. Two reasons we did this: less expensive and my food allergies. Then, my 8 year old could not wait to get back to Camp Carnival, so we let him go while we went shopping.
The Straw Market was where we decided to go shopping. My 4 year old was happy to get some inexpensive toys and I was happy to not pay that much. This was my in-laws first time at a market like this and they were a bit overwhelmed. They did not like the people coming over and beckoning them into the shops. To each his own. After my little one got some toys, we walked back to the ship without the rest of the family.
As soon as I got back on board, I went to pick up my oldest, who did not want to leave Camp Carnival.
Fast forward to 3 am before we got to Half Moon Cay. My husband was woken up by lightening and thunder and the ship rocking. The rest of the night had bad weather also. When we woke up, we were very worried about getting to HMC. Unfortunately, the weather was just too unsafe to have people on the tenders. We were SO disappointed. To be honest, I went back to the room by myself to cry. But, when my family came back, I put my big girl face on and worked hard to cheer everyone up. My youngest and I went to the Lido Deck and had ice cream for breakfast, in hopes of making ourselves feel better. Camp Carnival was open and the boys spent a lot of the day playing there, since it was not really weather for slides or pools. Thankfully, my husband won the coveted gold plated plastic ship on a stick for his amazing trivia skills, and that definitely cheered him up. We did have a good day, but it was definitely a disappointment to not go to HMC.
Pictures: aquarium with the boys figuring out the fishes, youngest and me eating ice cream for breakfast, husband and his trophy!
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I assumed they were all magnetic. I guess that would have stunk if they were not because I did not bring anything else. I thought I read on hear that they were????
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I had heavy duty magnetic clips that I used last time. They worked well. I also kept some clips for the inside, where I put the Fun Times and the 2 different Camp Carnival schedules. It was so easy to find the room and it was fun too. Enjoy!
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When we purchased it for our cruise on the Fascination at the beginning of August, I doubted I would use the "front of the line" perk. So many reasons to use it this time and it was so nice. Especially on the last night. My father in law was lucky enough to get chosen for a mandatory immigration check that started at 6:45 am. He saw the letter at 10 pm on the last night, so you can imagine how long the line was, with everyone needing to check their balances. We were very happy to not wait when we were asking questions about it. I tried my best to talk us out of it, but it turns out that there is a wanted criminal with the same name as my father in law. Crazy. All that to say, you never know why you might need to use the perks but we were SO thankful we could.
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Here are the rest of the Fun Times. Hope this helps.
I will continue with the review on Monday. Still to come: Nassau, Seuss at Sea, Hasbro the Game Show and Debarkation.
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I have the tear outs for Day 1 and Day 2, then I just added the insides of the Fun Times from Day 3 and Day 5. Since we missed Half Moon Cay :(:(:(, I have the updated schedule for that Day 4, as well. Hope this helps.
Looks like the attachments take up a lot of space, so I will have to do them separately.
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I did a Google search and a Cruise Critic search of our room (Pride 5160) and could not find any up to date reviews of it. This is my first balcony, and I figure a balcony is better than no balcony. Any opinions from people in a similar room? Pictures?? Thank you!!!