Our MAGICal B2B with a side of ELATION cruises (with pics) - 10/7/17.

My plan was to head up to the Red Frog Rum Bar and hang out with my buds until I could be served. Patti was going to make a quick stop at our cabin before heading back upstairs and eventually meeting me……

Jay has given us our first towel creature of this cruise…..

Patti photographs the empty Lido Marketplace. In no time at all this place will be packed!!

To be continued…..

How could you forget!!! :D:D:D

We will never forget! But seeing the pictures and re-living the week will be great fun since our next cruise is so far away.

The beverage stations and ice cream machines are stocked and ready to go…..

Guy’s Burger Joint is ready for action!!!

He’s enjoying the calm before the storm…..

New passengers are embarking now……

I’m having my first Thirsty Frog Red of the cruise. Within minutes, I will be joined by some of my CC friends!

To be continued…….

Patti grabs a burger from Guy’s before the rush and joins me at the RFRB…..

After she eats she is on the move again. This is some of the luggage and supplies for this week’s cruise waiting to be loaded onboard…..

To be continued…..

Are those skinny french fries I see in the Guy's Burger pic? I miss the fries Carnival used to have.

They aren't skinny fries. They are good but gave me the runs the second time I had them, so no more for me. EM

Are those skinny french fries I see in the Guy's Burger pic? I miss the fries Carnival used to have.

They are potato sticks. Available at the Fixins' Station. There was a discussion on here quite a while ago about them. A lot of people have never seen/heard of them and a lot have them in stores and grew up on them like me! :evilsmile: I am not a fan of Guy's seasoned fries but have been told you can order plain. Jamman, I am crushed that Patti did not order a Caribbean Colada to celebrate the start of the new cruise! :eek::confused:;p

Thoroughly enjoying your review Jamman (and Patti’s pictures)! Thank you for taking the time to do this!!!

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Love the pictures of Costa Maya! I never been so it looks like tons of things to do and see without booking an excursion! So excited! And then I got sad to think when the cruise ends...lol

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They are potato sticks. Available at the Fixins' Station. There was a discussion on here quite a while ago about them. A lot of people have never seen/heard of them and a lot have them in stores and grew up on them like me! :evilsmile: I am not a fan of Guy's seasoned fries but have been told you can order plain. Jamman, I am crushed that Patti did not order a Caribbean Colada to celebrate the start of the new cruise! :eek::confused:;p

Hey Karry! We used to eat potato sticks all the time when we were kids. Patti drank quite a few Caribbean Coladas during our cruises, but she also liked the mango drink. :cool:

Thoroughly enjoying your review Jamman (and Patti’s pictures)! Thank you for taking the time to do this!!!

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Thanks for following!! :)

Love the pictures of Costa Maya! I never been so it looks like tons of things to do and see without booking an excursion! So excited! And then I got sad to think when the cruise ends...lol

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I think Costa Maya surprised us in a good way. We didn't get sad when the first cruise ended because we still had 12 days to go! :D

Viviana is back on her guitar again playing for the Beach Pool crowd….

Patti found a venue she didn’t capture last week, Camp Ocean……

To be continued…….

Here are some more Camp Ocean views……

To be continued……..

At some point we both made our way back to the cabin to escape the crowds up on the Lido Deck. We had been sent some bon voyage gifts in honor of our B2B from the Hotel Director Donato……

Soon it was time for the muster drill, and yes, you still need to attend even if you are on a B2B. This time we were allowed to descend to the Southern Lights Dining Room via the crew stairs which were right outside our door. Once the muster drill was over we went back to our cabin to watch us sail away from our balcony. Over yonder, the passengers on the Disney Fantasy are doing their muster drill…..

We have pulled away from the pier and are sailing again!

To be continued…….

Hi Jeff! As always, I am enjoying your review and photos!

Just re-read your most recent Pride review with great interest! We just booked the Pride November 2019 Journeys cruise to the Southern Caribbean with friends from the Vista Repo. Looking forward to finally experiencing the Pride!

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts! Looking forward to the rest.

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They are potato sticks. Available at the Fixins' Station. There was a discussion on here quite a while ago about them. A lot of people have never seen/heard of them and a lot have them in stores and grew up on them like me! :evilsmile: I am not a fan of Guy's seasoned fries but have been told you can order plain. Jamman, I am crushed that Patti did not order a Caribbean Colada to celebrate the start of the new cruise! :eek::confused:;p

Oh dang. I do enjoy potato sticks, but was really hoping they found skinny fries somewhere. lol

 

A couple of times this week I had the pleasure of talking to a couple of CC friends. It was great meeting you!

 

 

To be continued…..

Can't believe I made a Jamman review. Great meeting you. I hope one day soon we can enjoy some more TFR's!

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Hi Jeff! As always, I am enjoying your review and photos!

Just re-read your most recent Pride review with great interest! We just booked the Pride November 2019 Journeys cruise to the Southern Caribbean with friends from the Vista Repo. Looking forward to finally experiencing the Pride!

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts! Looking forward to the rest.

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Thanks for following along again! I think that you will really enjoy the Pride. :cool:

Can't believe I made a Jamman review. Great meeting you. I hope one day soon we can enjoy some more TFR's!

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Of course you guys made the review! The next time we cruise together the first round of TFR's is on me! :D

Another Great review of CM, Sea Day, and Turn around day. I still haven't done a B2B. One day. LOL.

Another Great review of CM, Sea Day, and Turn around day. I still haven't done a B2B. One day. LOL.

Hey Barb! B2B's are the best. Very relaxing and you only have to travel once to the port and back. :D

That’s me on the balcony enjoying our sail away……

The Disney Fantasy will be following us out…..

The Magic is heading towards the channel, and then out into the Atlantic Ocean…..

Since we covered the sail away pretty extensively last week, I’ll just be touching on the highlights. Here is the Observation Tower……

We are sailing past Milliken’s Reef and Rusty’s Seafood and Oyster Bar…..

To be continued…..

Next up is Fishlip’s, then Grill’s Seafood Deck and Tiki Bar…..

The Sheriff’s boat is once again providing security…..

We are now almost out at sea….

Passing the Victory Casino Boat…..

To be continued…..

We are approaching and then passing Jetty Park…..

We are gliding past the Jetty Park beach and out to sea…..

The Port Canaveral Pilot Boat follows us out…..

The Disney Fantasy is following us. She is also headed to Cozumel…..

To be continued…..

We have left Port Canaveral behind…..

Since we have the couple’s spa pass again, Patti decides to go up there and read. I elect to remain in the cabin and watch the Yankees / Astros game.

Once again we have Late Seating Dinner in the Southern Lights Dining Room. As requested, we changed our table from last week. This week we are at table # 608 which is right across the dining room from last week's table # 607……

Our servers this week are Alvaro, Pablo, and Singh. These guys were absolutely fantastic all week!

On this week’s cruise you will see less food porn. We will only show you menu items if we did not have them last week. Here are tonight’s menus…..

For dinner tonight we had almost the same dinner that we had last week. Patti had the quesadilla, tomato soup, Caesar’s salad, and the sweet & sour shrimp.

I had two orders of shrimp cocktail, corn chowder, sweet & sour shrimp, and one new thing, which was the pork chop…..

For dessert Patti had butter pecan ice cream and I had a banana split.

Afterwards, we took our customary walk around the ship and then back to the cabin for the night.

Coming up next: Another Fun Day at Sea!!!

Thanks for letting me know Belize is the only place where you stop, and have to do a tender.

I was thinking that the two formal nights would be on the two sea days, but with our itinerary, the second sea day was on Friday, and I don't think that would work, with everyone getting their luggage out, etc. Can you tell me when the 2nd sea day was, or at what port?

The pictures of the bread, "reminded" me of the different kind of breads they serve, and I normally don't eat bread, but I found some "favorites" there.:)