Fantastic Fun on Fascination 2/19-2/24 including Discovery Launch....TONS of Pictures

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The adult hot tub

 

VS the kid

 

The adults hot tub was empty most of the time and the kids was always full. I do have to say that the kids did just sit and talk in their hot tub. It was so cute. There wasn't any horse play or swimming. You can also see the yellow caution tape. They were painting around the stage area.

 

 

 

 

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After staying at the pool for a few hours we decided to head to the cabin to read on the baclony. DD and her friend wanted to do the dress the contestant activity in camp. Off they went. They had so much fun. It's similar to the adult quest but for kids. They divide you into groups of four all girls or boys. You go from cabin to cabin getting items off a list. Some of the items were sunglasses, a pearl necklace, a mans shirt, a belt, and a mustache. They give you a set amount of time to be back and the team who has the most items win. The girls had a ton of fun. My DD said that it was the best activity she did.

 

So I sat on the balcony for a while reading my book. DD was at camp and DM was taking a nap. I grew bored and decided to go out to the upper decks and explore some.

 

The lighthouse

 

Atlantis

 

 

This is the new dock built for Oasis and now Allure. It's so long that it took 3 shots to get it all.

 

 

[navybaby1113]

Great pictures of the Sensation docking.

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I wouldn't mind having this house

 

 

 

The Mini-golf

 

 

Looking down from the top

[Kel040]

Hey tmt218, great job on review ! I know it takes alot of time and effort to put these reviews together, really enjoying this.. :D

 

thanks so much,

Kelly :)

[tmt218]

Great pictures of the Sensation docking.

 

 

Thank You! I'm enjoying your review and pictures too.

[tmt218]

Hey tmt218, great job on review ! I know it takes alot of time and effort to put these reviews together, really enjoying this.. :D

 

thanks so much,

Kelly :)

 

 

Your Welcome. Glad that you are enjoying it.

[navybaby1113]

Thank You! I'm enjoying your review and pictures too.

 

Aww...thank you! It's interesting seeing the differences between the Inspiration and Fascination.

[tmt218]

More Atlantis Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The water taxi that takes you over to Atlantis

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Some more beautiful lighthouse pictures

 

 

 

The British Colonial Hilton

 

 

A Fishing boat

 

 

[beachbum6264]

Great review, loving the pictures. I grew up in Nassau and it kills me to see the photos from the Betty K fire. I remember when the original straw market burned.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but what kind of camera did you use? I'm thinking about a new one.... getting ideas.

thanks again!

[tmt218]

The Dream has her own reserved spot on the dock

 

More Sensation photos

 

 

 

[tmt218]

Great review, loving the pictures. I grew up in Nassau and it kills me to see the photos from the Betty K fire. I remember when the original straw market burned.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but what kind of camera did you use? I'm thinking about a new one.... getting ideas.

thanks again!

 

 

Thanks for the kind words. It is a shame about the fire. I hope they are open for business soon.

I used 2 cameras. The Canon D10 and the Canon Sx20 is which they don't make any more. Canon made a new improved one the Sx30 is. Most of my pictures are from the D10. The HMC pictures and the Nassau zoomed out pictures are from the Sx 20 is. You can find more info a couple of pages back in the review.

This reviewer has the same 2 cameras and her photos are awesome. I love the turtle pictures taken with the D10. I don't have any underwater pictures put her review will give you some idea how well they turn out.

HTH

Tanya

[navybaby1113]

I also shoot with a Canon SX20 and love it!

[RBCL]

Great Nassau photos!!! Looking forward to more.

 

:)

[tracier66]

What was with all the caution tape around the kids hot tub?

[tmt218]

After walking around and enjoying the sunshine and sunset. We headed back to the cabin to people watch on our balcony. Soon it was time for dinner. Tonight I had 2 Shrimp cocktails

 

Chateaubriand- I don't think people know what it is so they don't order it. Ha Ha. It was the best meal besides the lobster and the prime rib that I had.

 

For dessert my favorite WCMC

 

 

After DD went to camp. Tonight was the 3am all night party. She was excited about going but she was very tired. I had already signed her up earlier in the day. She was on the fence about going. I told her to go and I would check in on her late. DM and I headed to the Palace Theater. It was Liar's Club. They get 5 staff members for the panel. A real word is picked from the dictionary and they have to give the meaning. One is telling the truth and 4 are lying. The audience has to figure out who is teling the truth. Let me tell you it was hilarious. I have never laughed so hard. It was really good. I took pictures but they came out blurry. After that we walked around some more looking for what was going on. It was our first night out after dinner. We went to see what was going on in the piano bar Club 88. It was smokey in there and not much going on. Next was a stop at the disco Diamonds Are Forever. Nothing going on there. I have never seen a disco late at night with NO ONE in there. DM and I dance to Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees all by ourselves. We needed to shake our tailfeathers some. I know we are dorks but that's ok. No one saw us. We then headed over to the Puttin on the Ritz lounge for Karaoke Awesome with Jay. He was a hoot and so much fun. Not many people were there. Still fun though. We shut the place down at midnight. As we were leaving Jay was thanking his sponsors. Ha Ha. It was hilarious. We made our way up to Lido. Tonight was the Mega Deck Party and midnight Mexican buffet. This is where all the action was. We found a table and grabbed a few drinks and watched all the fun.

The Conga line-

 

 

The Bridge

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Some line dancing too.

 

 

The hot tub

 

 

It was about 12:30AM and I decided to check in on DD. They were having pizza and ice cream in Coconuts Buffet. She looked terrible. Her eyes had dark circles under them. She was trying to stay awake with all her might. Poor thing. She wasn't with her friends that she made precruise and had hung around all cruise long. She wasn't having a good time. I had to pay the full amount for the party. It was 26.00 so Carnival made 11.00 off of me. If I would have picked her up 30 mins earlier I would have been charged the per hour rate. Mental note for next time.

 

We headed back to the cabin. Waiting for us was this

 

 

 

That's all for tonight. I will start back tomorrow with our last sea day. Sniff Sniff.

[tmt218]

I also shoot with a Canon SX20 and love it!

 

 

It's a great camera. I wish I had the newer one they came out with. It's very popular.

[navybaby1113]

I want to try the chateaubriand, but it's always served on the same night as the lamb, which is my favorite dish.

[tmt218]

Aww...thank you! It's interesting seeing the differences between the Inspiration and Fascination.

 

I was suprised to see the difference between The Sensation and the Fascination. I hope to get to sail the Inspiration before it leaves Tampa but doesn't look like that will happen.

[tmt218]

Great Nassau photos!!! Looking forward to more.

 

:)

 

Thank You!

[tmt218]

What was with all the caution tape around the kids hot tub?

 

 

They were doing maintenance and painting the rails. They used the tape so people wouldn't use the stairs to get up there.

[Cricket63]

Great review!!! Thanks for sharing!