Bacchus2010

My wife and I did the Baths 3 years ago. We ferried to the Island and bussed to the top of the cliffs. The trail down was no too bad. We took it slow and easy. Now mind you we are both older and not in the best of shape and were warned it may be a bit difficult for us. The trail back up almost killed us. Literally. The Baths were beautiful and a once in a lifetime experience so we are glad we went but I could never walk that trail again. A swim in would be optimum for anyone concerned with the walk back up.

I have it booked for the tail end of the May 16 sailing.

I thought Burn the Floor was just ok. The performers were awesome but not the kind of show I'm crazy about. I guess I'm a Broadway type person since I liked Rock of Ages and Hairspray. Perhaps NCL could purchase the license for Jersey Boys or a tribute type show.

Saw a Frankie Valli tribute; "Oh what a night" on the Pearl a few years ago, saw them again in Branson and they are a terrific act. Would love to see them on the Epic!

I have this cabin booked for March 16th, I too would love to get a review and Pics. More particularly, do the lifeboats hinder the view from the balcony?

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This is going to sound like a scene from "The Hangover 4" but I swear it is true. In 2011 I took my 21 year old son and a couple friends on an Eastern caribe cruise on the Norwegian Pearl and we were making a port call in Samana. The night before my son hooked up with some Frat boys from the University of Michigan and they went on a bar crawl. He came in about 4 in the morning grabbed his blanket and went out to the balcony to sleep. The next day he was very hung over and possibly had a touch of alcohol poisoning but decided to hit the beach with us. As we boarded the tender, my friend TJ asked what was going on with guys on slings over the side of the ship. I told him they were doing some kind of cleaning and as we pulled away we saw a brown line extending from the 11th deck midships and stretching aft as it made its way to the water line. We all looked at my son who was pale and sweating profusely and he said; "ok, I lost my cookies over the side." Everyone in the tender heard it and we got some very angry looks. Most embarrassing!

Yet that was the beginning. As a former sailor I have been around the world a few times and was bragging to my friends about my independent exploring skills. Once on shore I was approached by a local who asked where we wanted to go and I told him I wanted to rent a car but I didnt want a driver and he said he would rent me his for $100, all day and no paper work. Yeah, Im all about shortcuts so I gave him the money and he handed me the keys and I said we would be back by 4pm. We all jumped in this Isuzu Rodeo and took off when I noticed there was no gas so I we spotted a gas station and pulled in. We must of waited 10 minutes for someone to come out when a guy walking up the street came over and asked if we wanted gas. I said yes, $30 would be good so he proceeded to pump gas into the car. I handed him the money and as I went to pull out the guy continued his walk down the street. I realized that maybe he didnt work there and we were just scammed. I didnt have any more cash so we took off. Very embarrassed and now very nervous.

I found a ATM and we all got cash and hit a resurant and did some shopping. My son had lost his cookies a few more times but was feeling better so he and my friend TJ went into a shop to look at sun glasses. My son was checking a pair out in the mirror when TJ said try these on. So he pushed the pair he had on back onto the top of his head and tried the other pair. He didnt like them and set them down. They walked around a bit and decided to come back to the car. Whe n they got in I pulled out and told my son that I like dthe glasses he bought and he said; "I didnt buy any glasses." Then realized he walked out with a pair ontop his head. Embarrassed again and getting more nervous. as Im stuck in traffic on a one way street and couldnt get back to the shop. Finally we said hell with it and would go in on our way back to the ship and pay for them.

But the day continues. As im driving I noticed a police car behind me and paranoia set in. I was sure they new we stole the gas and sunglasses and I started heading into the bad part of town without paying attention. I rounded a bend and saw this very nice house in the middle of a row of shacks and decided to pull in the driveway and turn around. As I pulled in the police car reappeared so I stopped and we all ducked down which was dumb because the glass was tinted very dark but the police car cruised by and we thought we were in the clear. Just then the doors to the house opened and we were surrounded by a dozen huge men and some had guns. It appears as though I found the local drug lords place and they were not happy we pulled into the drive. we talked our way out of that and they let us go laughing at us. At this point I feel like a complete idiot.

As we try to find our ay on the main drag we came upon a car on fire. My son and I were both volunteer firemen so we pulled over to help the firemen when they came. We stood there with some locals telling them we were firemen and help should be on the way and sure enough a firetruck came, stopped, decided the car was to far gone and pulled away. Now the locals are screaming at us to do something and began to gather up buckets and pots so we formed a bucket brigade from a pump to the car. We got it out but the car was a total loss. Did I mention how embarrassing it was?

At that point I said screw it, drove back to the pier and returned the car, caught a boat back to the ship and went to the topsiders bar and got very very drunk. By the way, that was the same day the Earthquake hit Haiti, we felt it while we were throwing water on the car. Im never going back to Samana.:D