VALOR Anyone??? 04/10/11 Western Caribbean Review

[alreadypacked]

Awesome review!! When I saw your name and started reading it, you sounded familiar. When you said you met your friends from St Louis for this cruise, I knew! I read your review from last year and thoroughly enjoyed it!! Thanks so much for posting your new review!!:D

[oncruisecontrol]

Very nicely done, Mrs Blair. Like other posters, I remember your review from last year. Thanks for posting your wonderful photos. Can't wait for the next installment. You guys had a beautiful day at Royal Palms; the last time I was there it was cloudy and drizzling, but we still had a good time. Keep the review coming!

[Catrin]

Loving your review and pictures!

 

Love some of the viewpoints of the ship you provided.... sounds like you are having a great time so far!

Catrin

[LBumb]

awesome photos

[lovecruzing]

Enjoying your review, much enjoyed your last review too. All the food pictures are making me soooooo hungry. Looking forwarding to reading more.

 

Bevie

[gapearl]

Hey Mrs. Blair! I loved your Miracle review, and I'm loving this one too......ESPECIALLY the food pictures. :p That serenity area looks fabulous. It's much bigger and nicer than the ones on the Fantasy class ships. I've been to Miami many times, but I've never seen a crowd as big as the one from your sailaway day. Good Lord that was a lot of people at the beach! :eek: Looking forward to reading more!

[workn2cruise]

So I am reading your review with great excitement and I see the picture of your friends -Steve and Sherri - and I keep going back to the picture trying to figure out why they are so familiar. I see the post from them - Workin2cruise - and realize that Steve and Sherri were our tablemates when we were on the Victory in November 2007. And I knew for sure when I saw the food pictures and saw the assorted cheeses.....I remember Sherri use to order this for dessert. What a small world cruising can be!

 

Hi to Steve and Sherri from Heather & Ron (magic&buddy) in Toronto.

 

Hi Heather & Ron! I remember that cruise well! It is a very small world. Glad to see you're still cruising!

[MrsBlair]

I enjoyed your last review and am enjoying this one also. Thank you.

 

Welcome back! :p

[MrsBlair]

Awesome review!! When I saw your name and started reading it, you sounded familiar. When you said you met your friends from St Louis for this cruise, I knew! I read your review from last year and thoroughly enjoyed it!! Thanks so much for posting your new review!!:D

 

Haha, that's us! Thanks for reading!

[MrsBlair]

Very nicely done, Mrs Blair. Like other posters, I remember your review from last year. Thanks for posting your wonderful photos. Can't wait for the next installment. You guys had a beautiful day at Royal Palms; the last time I was there it was cloudy and drizzling, but we still had a good time. Keep the review coming!

 

Oh man! That's a bummer! We had great weather all week - it couldn't have been better. Very lucky! You know, I think it may have even been our first cruise without any rain!

[MrsBlair]

Loving your review and pictures!

 

Love some of the viewpoints of the ship you provided.... sounds like you are having a great time so far!

Catrin

 

We had a blast! Thanks for reading. ;)

[MrsBlair]

awesome photos

 

Enjoying your review, much enjoyed your last review too. All the food pictures are making me soooooo hungry. Looking forwarding to reading more.

 

Bevie

 

Thanks!! Yes, the food pictures are great! :p

[MrsBlair]

Hey Mrs. Blair! I loved your Miracle review, and I'm loving this one too......ESPECIALLY the food pictures. :p That serenity area looks fabulous. It's much bigger and nicer than the ones on the Fantasy class ships. I've been to Miami many times, but I've never seen a crowd as big as the one from your sailaway day. Good Lord that was a lot of people at the beach! :eek: Looking forward to reading more!

 

Hey you!! I'm glad you found the review!! Yes, Serenity was very nice. The one on the Paradise was small. This one spanned two decks and wrapped around - lots of room! It apparently was spring break for a lot of people, so that may be why the beach was so packed. :)

[MrsBlair]

APRIL 13, 2011 – ISLA ROATAN, HONDURAS (12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)

 

Today we slept in and had a late breakfast in the dining room. We booked the beach excursion through Carnival that included unlimited flying chair rides, two beach chairs, a clam shell and two floats for $30 a couple. Great deal. We had a phenomenal day here. We also ordered lunch from the restaurant / bar. It was nice arriving at noon. It gave us an opportunity to get a bit of rest and just mosey off the ship when we were ready. Last April we did the Jolly Roger Catamaran and Gumbalinda Park. That day, it was 99 degrees with 90% humidity. It was just miserable. So, this year, we wanted to just have a day at the beautiful beach and relax. I also learned last April that the roads in Roatan are crazy (cliffs, narrow, etc.) – I will never leave the port / beach area there again. Which is fine, because I absolutely love that beach. J

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yes, he put his beach chair in the water...

 

 

Oh, THAT'S how I burned the top of my forehead only... Aha.

 

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Bye bye, Roatan!

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So since we were there until 7:00, once we got back on the ship (I think we got on about 5:30) it was time to shower for dinner. So, here are the pre-dinner and dinner pics.

 

 

 

 

 

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I'll have to remember in October to force-flash the dinner pictures in the dining room. These all look a little weird due to the lighting in the MDR. Oh well. Food porn is food porn. :p

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[New2Cruising24]

Loving the review!! Loading up on any and all info on the Valor for our upcoming October cruise. Will be our first with Carnival and only 2nd ever, I know we have a lot of catching up to do, LOL :)

 

We're doing the Eastern, but loving this review, may have to do the Western next time. :) Any tips, tricks, info on the Valor are greatly appreciated!! Looking forward to the rest of your review...thanks again for taking the time to post such a pic filled and detailed report!