SLO Live/SLO Jam 5/10/2018 Bliss

Audra and Ken:

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Sea captain:

Signing the anti prohibition petition. Look for funny names:

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We called it an early night and went to bed. We had a time change and lost an hour. I don’t know what time to go by now as my Apple Watch, phone and ships time are all different! Mike at least fixed my phone time.

I have been looking for another laundry bag day but it hasn’t happened yet. I take 3 showers a day every day it seems like. With pool, spa , working out etc. I’m running out of clothes! So I’ve had to wash in the sink and hang out on our warm balcony to dry. Works pretty well. I also bought a couple of shirts from store, one is hand made in Panama.

Here are dailies for Sunday Day11:

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The grounds were pretty too:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We just found out that we could buy the same rum onboard in the duty free shop for 10% less :(

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Sea captain:

 

 

 

Signing the anti prohibition petition. Look for funny names:

 

 

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I’m curious. I don’t drink alcohol at all so would the price be the same price for me if I won’t be indulging?

Yes $23.94 includes gratuity.It is a fun show but it includes alcohol. Show itself is almost worth it. The drinks made it more fun. They must have virgin drinks for those who need this but I don’t know. I would recommend bringing your own drink in.

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Today we have race cars at 11:00, los lobos at 6:00 and levity at 10:00.

We got a glimpse of dolphins playing from our room, no pics. We were near Zihautaneo, Mexico.

First breakfast at Haven, so pretty.

May was our server. She is married to bartender Yad-z, one of our favorite bartenders. She is great! They have 3 kids ages 4-10. Her Mom watches kids in Philippines. They went out on a date last night at Cagney’s to celebrate May’s birthday. I’ll have to get a picture of them soon!

I worked out. 2 miles (walking) on jogging path.

Ok we went up to race cars. What fun! Why did we wait so long to try this out? Well to be honest, it’s because of unlimited beverages. No alcohol allowed before driving. We guess they check your card.

No pics of this because this was our first time. Here is the pic from earlier this cruise:

Ok so you get the safety briefing, they give you a clean bonnet like a nylon ski mask hoodie thing. Next they give you your car number.

You get in your race car, it is a tight squeeze. You buckle yourself in before you put on your helmet. You put on your glasses after you put on your helmet. Close your visor. Everyone in your group needs to be ready before they start you off.

Accelerate right foot/pedal, brake with left foot/peddle. You wait maybe 4 minutes before they let you go.

Green light! Go! Pedal to the metal baby! These are real race carts and they go!

Recommend: try to get in front if you can do you don’t have to go around slow people.

Wow! So much fun! I passed 3 people and I finally caught up to Mike, I wanted to pass him so bad! But the race ended.

I forgot that the cart had a brake and ran into the back of Mikes cart! A no no. Oops

Casino fun and drinks. Lunch was bar food at Haven bar:

I had swordfish sandwich, Mike had chicken wrap. Both came with fries. They are very skimpy on their ketchup. I went through the ketchup in about 5 fries. I asked for 3 more ketchups. I guess it’s an American thing. (I would have been happy with mustard and or ranch too). It was perfectly cooked and excellent.

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I got a mojito to go from Amir.

Found Mike in casino. It’s just too pretty to be inside.

I had chocolate Cowboy make me a spicy passion. And then about 1 hour later. I had the cucumber jalapeño

Just watching the water from deck 8. Smooth sailing today and flat water. Beautiful! Warm 80 degrees and not very humid at all.

Stairs from casino to waterfront with chandelier/light feature.

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Walk about deck 8 before dinner:

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More waterfront:

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Los Lobos for dinner:

Come with a big appetite.

I had spicy margarita, mike had special margarita. Then he ran down to casino, he gets premium drinks for being sapphire. He ordered patron anejo.

We ordered table side guacamole. Our guacamole maker was Absolum.

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Thanks for the great review! I'm awaiting my July sailing not so patiently!! There have been rumors (and even a couple pictures) over on "that other site" talking about a six hole mini golf course being constructed currently, but my TA's contact at NCL says that is a myth. Can you confirm or deny? Supposedly it is somewhere near the race track?

Thanks for the great review! I'm awaiting my July sailing not so patiently!! There have been rumors (and even a couple pictures) over on "that other site" talking about a six hole mini golf course being constructed currently, but my TA's contact at NCL says that is a myth. Can you confirm or deny? Supposedly it is somewhere near the race track?

Yes I saw something about that too on fb. We have an early morning sport fishing excursion in Mazatlan today, I’ll try to check it out later this afternoon. :cool:

Los lobos continued:

Empanadas:

Chicken Enchiladas with Mole sauce. Mole was excellent:

Chicken burrito (giant, it came “wet”. It was huge but only had chicken in it).

We had Mexican corn and tamales as sides:

The corn was excellent.

Tamales were good but not as juicy as empanadas as expected.

Here is desert menu:

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I had only the Mexican coffee

This day was all about waterfront on deck 8. We walked around deck 8 a few times after dinner, because we were stuffed!

Sun was setting with pretty rays.

Now on to Levity headliner Mark ?. He was very funny.

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Next we went to Q to watch and dance to siglo band play 50s and 60s music. It was fun. A lot of the NCL people were out there dancing with passengers. We made our own dance place by the bar.

One problem for me were these very awkward bar stools to get up to and sit on them. It wasn’t just me. Other ladies were having difficulty getting a leg up to sit on them. I saw one husband literally picking up his wife to hoist her on the bar stool.

Anyway we weren’t on these seats much as we danced a lot.

Good night. Tomorrow is Puerto Vallarta day.

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Day 12 dailies:

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Mariachi band playing:

We had an 8:00 meeting time for las calitas hideaway, along with many hundreds )seemed like) of people. We got in a long line on the pier area. We walked about 1/4 mile to waiting large catamarans. There were 2 catamarans. Actually we can’t figure out where the first catamaran to leave went because our boat arrived first to las calitas

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Here was a good opportunity to get pics of Bliss and to show you the catamaran.

We sat up top. Nathan was our “cruise director” Juan Carlos was our captain. There were many crew members. They served breakfast on board (but we had gotten room service from our Butler Kelly in the morning). Besides it was quite difficult to walk while the ship was under way.

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More of Bliss from our catamaran.

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So the crew tries to sell you extra activities while we are sailing to our destination. Scuba, massages, personal new snorkeling tube for $6. We bought the snorkel tubes.

They also provide entertainment. Music and a wonderful Mexican singer.

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