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After a trip to the internet cafe to leave the Andrew a message it appears that, after looking at my folio, I had a couple of drinks at the Atrium bar. Hmm. Interesting. I dont remember this. Yipes.

I went back home to my cabin after 11pm so that I could get ready for big beach day at LSC. I wanted to get off the ship as early as I possibly could

Turn down

What is this?

Here is my little picture of Andrew and my flashlight. AWWWW!!!!

While we are exploring the cabin, here is "the bar"

And where we kept our ice

And the porthole is now littered with tu tus and towel animals

UP NEXT....LSC!!!!

I ended up with a few shrimp, some breaded green beans and a pasta dish. Not very exciting but I saw a few friends and they were going to the grille to get a sandwich. SMH why didnt I think of this??? So, I got a rueben and I went outside to look at the big ship next to us and watch for pier runners.

I took some pictures of the sites around me with the lights and this camera *shakes fist at camera* this camera is not a low light camera or this operator does not know how to work it.

Example...here is Atlantis

Here is Norweigan Breakaway. It looks like it's alllll balcony!

Pulling away

A few of us waved and yelled things like "you look fantastic" or "you should be ashamed of yourselves" at passengers from the other ship. They played along. It was great fun.

The best of the worst attempt at getting a picture of the lighthouse while it was lit up in my direction. Yeah, it sucks.

I stopped by the Palace Theater to watch part of the Game of Love

Then this guy almost ran me over

Almost there!

You see the ship pulling in? That's the Norweigan Breakaway. It is HUGE! They were doing an overnight in Nassau

I made it!

I went back to my cabin to drop off all of my stuff and change clothes and go in search of dinner.

I found my steward Arthur!

I packed some glow in the dark horns for this trip so I put them on and a Halloween shirt and went up to the buffet to see if anything looked delicious.

Horns

I can feel myself getting nervous about this time (6ish I think) so I decide that I am ready to head back to the ship. Tanya and Tony had already left at this point so it was just me, Nikki and Glenda.

Nikki and Glenda had something they wanted to stop for so I continued on my way. I bought a beautiful seashell angel ornament for my Xmas tree inside Festival Center.

I headed towards my final destination. Still a ways to go yet.

Atlantis

I have never gotten a picture in front of this so I tried my best to do it on my own

Getting there

I kept hearing someone yelling something every few seconds and I was starting to get nervous. I couldnt make out what they were saying so I started walking a little faster but then I figured out what was happening. This navy ship was doing some sort of flag lowering ceremony. I am such a dork for getting so freaked out.

Flag lowering ceremony

Then I noticed an extra shot on the table. This floored me. I couldnt figure it out so I suggested that we each take a sip. As I went to reach for it, I knocked it over. (Y'all noticing a pattern of clumsiness here yet?)

I didnt want the alcohol to go to waste so I thought to myself, WWAD? (What would Andrew do?)

This is what he would do

Right off the table I sipped it with a straw.

Then the Disney ship left

Neato shot

The sun is setting now

I wanna stay!

Then we watched Fantasy turn around and leave. There was a little bit of a horn war between Fantasy and Fascination that I got on video. I will throw a link in here somewhere at the end with some other video that I took.

It's so weird to watch the ships leave. It feels like I should run back to the ship but we have plenty of time.

Now things start to get a bit hazy. Nikki ordered nachos

Someone ordered shots

And I of course located the pole and the sign was accurate! (TMI?)

So, I see all of these folks with their balloon hats and I know I want one since I got one last time we were here but...but....but, I am terrified of balloons.

Check out this sequence of balloon pic fun and laugh at me all you want.

You want a balloon hat?

It's on my head! Oh god it's on my head!!!

Pushing it down

And then a big hug and a kiss

Voila! Balloon hat!

The walk back to Senor Frogs was relatively painless and we found a spot overlooking all the ships and looked over the menu. I just wanted to order one drink since I was drinking on the beach and I knew I didnt want to be one of those that got hammered and missed the ship.

I have always wanted to take a picture in this chair. It's really difficult to climb up there. Well, it was for me.

So expensive. Which one to choose?

I stopped off into the ladies room after I ordered my cocktail and as I was washing my hands, I noticed this in the mirror.

What....the....

Sufficiently creeped out

I told Nikki about it and she said that if you lift his loin cloth then an alarm should go off somewhere. Good to know.

Then I took this picture because I havent done this yet

So want to cruise with you. You are much fun. I would join you in all your activities. Would you consider the May 3, 2014 Fascination 7 day cruise:)? Loving the review :cool:

Cool! Someone who would play along. I would love to go on a 7 day but I think I will be going on Fantasy on May 6th. Maybe some other time. :)

And now for more review!!!!!

This is, as always, a great review, Nancy.

 

I didn't know anything about the distillery. Next time I'm in Nassau (and not solo), I'll hike up there. Maybe you can be my tour guide. I promise I won't lag behind. :p

Thanks. I cant wait til I get to the LSC part! I am waiting for my MiFi hotspot to charge and then I will continue.

I would be glad to be your tour guide but be aware that my friends were calling me Drill Sergeant before it was all over. I am looking at a May cruise possibly. May 6th is LSC and Nassau...you should come with!

Hi Nancy, I'm enjoying reading your review. I'm going to try and work on mine a little more today too, I'm up to Nassau /Halloween day at this point! I haven't been to that distillery yet, will have to check it out one day.

Thanks! I will have to check your review out as well. :)

I swear I had more pictures I said I was going to tag team you with but... hmmmmm

 

 

Thanks for sharing the distillery pictures ~ much more fun to read than to walk! :) Love ya Penguin!

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And I love ya right back. Thanks for adding to the review. I was hoping that you would do so. Feel free to add as many as you want.

Oh, and if you want to sail again in May and you come along I will be more than happy to take you for a little walk to John Watling's. LMAO. It's just a little ways UP the road. :p I will pack a papoose so I can tote Kyle next time.

I'm loving your review!!

 

We are on the Fascination in less than 100 days (but who's counting?!;)) so I decided to read your review..lo and behold, we've booked cabin E7! We also have E3 next door..so glad you had good things to say about the cabin..we were a little hesitant to book a porthole cabin because of some things we'd read, but couldn't turn down the little bit of natural light for an interior price!

 

I assume you had no trouble with motion sickness or anything like that? How was the amount of motion in the cabin, if you don't mind me asking? We have one friend traveling with us who gets mild seasickness so she's a little concerned! Would love to be able to ease her mind...

 

Can't wait to read the rest of your review..subscribing now!

Thanks for reading! This has been my 3rd time booking a porthole cabin. I love them. I always check to see if portholes are available when I book my cruise because they are such a phenomenal deal. How cool is it that you are staying in my cabin. Look in the top drawer on the underside and see if the post it note I left is still there!

This sailing was probably the smoothest sailing I have ever been on. I didnt feel weird or wonky one time on this cruise. I did take ginger root everyday, twice a day for the week prior to the cruise and while I was on it. There was some motion at night while I was sleeping but it was minimal.

I really enjoyed the convenience of being on Empress Deck. Everything was close by and taking the stairs wasnt as hard as when we have stayed on lower decks. I stayed commited to those stairs from day 1 and only took the elevator a couple of times.

I believe at this point everyone was ready to head to the beach to cool off and have a drink or two.

Headed back on the way to Junkanoo Beach. Downhill was much easier

Almost!

Trees!

The tiki bar. I brought my own beverages so I just made a cocktail to enjoy on the beach

I headed out into the water with my drink in hand. I was very mindful to watch my bags since I didnt have Andrew to watch them. There was Security walking the beach but I still like to stay alert.

We stayed here for a good long while just swimming and drinking and chatting. I packed a thin sundress in my backpack so I went to the bathrooms really quickly to take off my wet swimsuit and throw on my dress. I hate sitting around in a wet bathing suit and I knew we would be spending some time at Senor Frogs so this worked out well.

On our way to Senor Frogs I found the FML Group of Companies! FML...hahahaha

Inside the Distillery

They hand package the bottles and they are all numbered

And more

When you walk back inside there will be a guy there handing out samples. You can sample all three types if you like. The white rum was $28.00 per bottle, The dark rum was $35.00 and the fancy pants one was $55.00. I got Andrew the dark rum and a rocks glass. The glass was $6.00 and had John Watlings etched on the side.

And then I went into the bar area where my friends were waiting and I took a picture with the bartender

And did this

Nikki, Glenda and Tanya went on to the bar that is onsite while Tony and I walked through the actual Distillery.

Out back

Info

Really deep hole

Back side of house

We made it!

Beautiful

The architecture is stunning and so are my friends. We are still friends....right?

Steps leading up to the porch

I think I lost a few friends again

The tour of the Distillery is self guided. There have plaques on the wall that tell you about the house and the stuff inside the house. I couldnt focus long enough to read it all though. Must have been the Bahama Mama I had at Twin Brothers and the fruity drink I got from the little stand outside Twin Brothers. I was really hoping there would be someone to walk us through and tell us a little about it.

You cant go up here but I want to

Shadow picture!

Nikki needed to lay in this hammock a moment

As we approached the street that leads to the Distillery we initially were a bit concerned. The street leading up there looked a bit sketchy and we almost reconsidered our trip there but we found another couple that were headed up there so we went for it.

You did notice I said the street leading "up" there right? Yeah, it's a bit of an uphill walk. (Sorry friends)

Church on the way to Distillery

Up we go

Keep going!

Are they still back there?

Great food and great service

Cracked conch and fries

Oh look! We found a Nikki!

After lunch, half of our group decided to take a jitney and go to the beach. Tanya, Tony, Nikki and her mom Glenda decided to continue with me on to the John Watlings Distillery. I hope they still like me after this walk.

We stopped and took a few pics on the way back

Pinch pinch

Looking towards the ship

Twin Brothers.

I took this opportunity to look for wi fi so that maybe I could Skype with the Andrew. No luck. The signal here was too weak. So, I called him instead. I have no idea how expensive this phone call is going to be. I guess I will find out next month. It was good to hear his voice though.

Lunch with friends.

We are still friends....right?

"Why did you make us walk so far Nancy?"

Kyle takes a direct approach

Walking. Oh, and they added a Fat Tuesday right next to Junkanoo Beach!

More walking

OOOOO a bar! Nope, keep walking

And then it was time for a break. I think at this point some of the group were second guessing their journey and adventure with me

I will just take some pics while y'all rest

And after a little more walking.....we have arrived. The lady in the yellow shirt is selling some real fruit drinky drinks. I bought one on the way back out.

At one point they all ducked behind a cooler while we were walking through Festival Centre. You guys cant escape me that easy. Come on let's get movin! I have my eye on you guys now!

My favorite lighthouse

I love it soooo much

Senor Frogs...we will be back there later

We stopped in front of the McDonalds for a little break and Jennifer gave a man a dollar for getting Kyle and Valarie across the street safely. We should have paid someone to bring him back too. He wandered off a little.

Then we ran into Bubba and Caz and they decided to join us for lunch

A group of us met in the atrium at 11am to hop off the ship and have some lunch at Arawak Cay (Fish Fry). Then some of us were going to walk to John Watling's Distillery, then a quick dip in the water at Junkanoo Beach then finally end up at Senor Frogs. Does that seem like a lot of things to do? Heck no! Let's do this!

Here is our little group of happy adventurers

Jennifer and Kyle show us where there cabin is. They had an aft balcony

We were in port with 4 other ships one of which was Fantasy!

Oh dear. They are already falling behind

I am going to get a cat herder tshirt

GOOD MORNING NASSAU!

I know that some folks really dont get off the ship in Nassau but I am one of those freaks who really love it here. I have been there 5 times total and I can always find something fun to do while I am there. We were in port from 9am to 8pm so I was in no real hurry to get off the ship until around lunchtime.

We had put out a room service order the previous night for some coffee and a few things. It's just Melissa and I and we put out an order for one decaf and one regular coffee. This is one of those instances that you just never know what you are gonna get.

Even for decaf that's a lot of coffee Melissa

I knew I wanted to use my free drink coupon on this morning and have some MDR breakfast so I grabbed my drink coupon and headed up to the Sensation Dining room.

I had the bagel with lox and cream cheese and some hash brown circles. Very tasty. I think I only ate half the bagel. I was seated with an older couple and a younger couple. I ordered my mimosa for my free drink and then after breakfast went out and took these pics.

So pretty

YUM Miami Vice and a bartender

I also ran into Kyle and Jennifer here as well as Sid the cockroach. Jennifer has a really good pic of me and Sid. Then Kyle wandered off and stood in a creepy way in front of the band. Oh, Kyle!

I do wish to make mention about a controversial subject here on CC. Smoking. I quit smoking over a year ago and I have to say as a now non smoker, there were areas that I just couldnt stay in because of the smoke. But, as a non smoker I realize that if I am in a smoking area I should not complain so I removed myself from whatever smoking area I was in WITHOUT fanfare and WITHOUT fanning smoke away from my face. LOL. I even had a hard time with it on the smoking side of lido. It made me a little sad though that I couldnt hang out with some of my smoking friends more but that casino bar is a really tiny area for a large group of smokers to congregate. I think it's absolutely nuts that it even bothers me like this. I never in a million years would have thought this would be a subject in one of my reviews. I will note, however, I never smelled smoke anywhere in the non smoking areas. Just a little 411 for you.

I stopped by the internet cafe to send another message to Andrew before I went to bed for the evening.

Oh, and a little funny side story for you. On one of our previous sailings the Andrew disappeared on me one evening for about an hour. When he showed back up he was laughing so hard and said that we needed to check out the pictures in the morning. He took one of the cheesiest pictures I have ever seen with an ocean backdrop. I had to buy it.

So, on this cruise, I went by a few of the casual portrait set ups and finally decided on this picture to give him.

HILARIOUS! And then it was off to bed for me as I knew we would be in Nassau in the morning and some friends wanted to tag along on some of my adventures.