Back 4rm Freedom Mothers Day Cruise 5/13/2012

[Shatima]

So Nanny getting left was just a computer glitch. WHEW! You know you really got our attention and had us thinking that Nanny REALLY got left! :eek: Still enjoying your review girl! :)

 

Lololol Hey mama *=* Yeah The had DN check off the Ship, cut those cards off, and said that they had her left in Jamaica.. It was a HOT mess.. Glad I got Yalls attention, lol:D

[Shatima]

Welcome to Jamaica

 

 

 

 

Phil L and I

 

[Shatima]

Learn b 4 U go, lol

 

 

 

River Tubing time

 

Panio Bar

[Shatima]

Margaritaville, party inside and Man that bends his body

 

Girl in the Green shirt WON!! SHake what ur mama gvae yeah..

 

 

Waiting to get on the Ship

[Shatima]

Time for some drinks.. Past guest party

 

Freddy was in the House

 

This night was all so the 2nd Formal Night

 

Felling good

[Shatima]

What is the cost for Dunns River and tubing?

 

Thanks for answering.

 

Loving your review.:D

 

Im Not sure, I dont want to lie to you.. i didnt do that part as I said above. But I will tell u to click the link on the above post that goes to Phil website, and the prices are up there, U can make ur own package ;-) Thanks so much

[Shatima]

Movie night with my baby, Under the moon. Men and Black2.. Then took her to see it this pass weekend ( it was really good)

 

Pass Guest Party(the tuna or chicken salad was the bomb, not sure which one it was, lol)

 

A nude Island (U wanna go?) lol

[Shatima]

I went looking for some pix just like my cabin, well it doesnt get any closer then this.. Just flip the Cabin around and hee ya go..

 

 

 

 

 

[Shatima]

Had to be up early again this morning.. I was going to do something I have NEVER done b 4.. Folks dont know this about me, But I like Cruising so much I went off to NCL tranning camp.. I got sick one Week b 4 i was due to leave for Hawaii to start on the ship/../ GOD just didnt have it in my plans.. But I knew I wanted to go behind the scenes of the Freedom.. We had to meet in the Libaray at 8:30. You get to go over all the Do'S & Dont's. If you have a cell phone then u must take it back to the cabin or the young lady will hold it for you, then you get wonded down by security, and please know thats NOT the only time you will see them... We went to so many places from two floors under deck 1, the galley, the crew's Bar/Work out room/computer room, freezers(did you know that a dog walks the food b 4 it gets on the ship? have to make sure there are no DRUGS hidden in there) , laundry room, the Dancers changing room, the bridge,the Engine control room (not the actual room though) and alot of other places.. Along the way we got treats, we seen a guy cruving the watermelon, etc we took 3 pix, and when I got back I had treats waiting on me. Which this was a lonnnnng tour so I didnt get back until 12noon. I just have to say this Tour was More then worth the $95 thanks DGF *=*

When that was over I went walking around to look for DGF,DN,DM. By now U should know that DGF was in the Casino (open all day it was a Sea Day) and my mom went to the BIG jewerly sale, its held on the last sea day, and honey them women were lined out the door.. I have to say it was some nice items in there.. A lil side note. My mom was in there shopping and she said this older lady had 5 boxes in her hand, mom said you sure do like them hu? and the lady told her, her kids were making her take them back, she had all ready brought 10 braclets and then went back to buy 5 more.. loll Her kids told her she better not come back to the room with them (that lady was a shopping mama, lolol)

I wanted to knock the packing off my list so since I knew where everyone was I went back to the Cabin to pack our stuff.. We ALL ways leave it outside the door on the last night.. If u dont know what im talking about.. In the last night of the Cruise, U have a choice to carry ALL of ur OWN bags off the ship with you the following am, or have them waiting at custom for you.. thats works for us, we get a porter and they will walk with you in the line so u dont have to carry all those bags, just tip them well..

After I got done with packing I went to go round up the Family and take pix.. The sun was not out, but hey who cares... I really wanted to get some Pix of DN,DM, and I. And what better place then on the Ship?? That was fun, we had lost track of time,, So we got down to the Dinning room to get ready for what would be our Very last evenning on the Cruise.. Our friends at the tables near us were all there and we were chatting saying good by and getting emails/pic. Then we had to say good bye to all the Waiters and you know they did there Good Bye song.. Now when I turned around and seen DM shading some tears, I couldn't believe it!!!!!!! Was that the same women that use to fuss at me about taking so many cruises, and just couldnt understand WHY i loved them so much.

WEll I am happy to say, Mom has book us all for the Breeze in Sept2013 and Glory for Oct2012 all in the 2 weeks that we have been back :-)

After Dinner we just met up with friends, got some DOD's and shared lovely memories about the past 6 days... Oh I hate that its over :( The following morning went by so smoothly. Our flight was at 1pm but I got the Early Zone #, got off the ship as they were rolling through the zone #'s fasttttttttt, see our CD was leaving the ship as well for his Vacay, so he wanted to get us off, lolol.. I did see the DOGS again, this time he was in the truck with the gate down and window open.. He was sniffing as you walked by...

I will do fill in the blank questions tomorrow, and re trace things /tips I missed or just thought off, plus pix.. Thanks for hanging in there with me everyone.. I never would have thought it would had been so much going on..

[CruisinAuthor]

Sounds like you had a great time! I'm doing this itinerary on the Freedom on June 24. I'm glad to hear everything was cleaned up from that scary norovirus a few weeks ago. Glad to hear Nanny didn't get stuck in Jamaica. Your review is awesome, thanks again for sharing your adventure! Cheers!:)

[Shatima]

Sounds like you had a great time! I'm doing this itinerary on the Freedom on June 24. I'm glad to hear everything was cleaned up from that scary norovirus a few weeks ago. Glad to hear Nanny didn't get stuck in Jamaica. Your review is awesome, thanks again for sharing your adventure! Cheers!:)

 

LOLOL yes she is ok :) And thank you SO much for reading it.. We did have a ball,. and I know u will too... I really LOVED the Freedom

[VitaminDLover]

LOVED your review Shatima!!

[Shatima]

LOVED your review Shatima!!

 

Thank you SO much for reading it :)

[Spring1onu]

Great review! So glad to know nanny didn't actually get left behind - whew! Again, loved your review and pics :) thanks so much for sharing!!

[Shatima]

Great review! So glad to know nanny didn't actually get left behind - whew! Again, loved your review and pics :) thanks so much for sharing!!

 

lolol And me too.. lol. Thank you for taking time to read it...

[Robpuffdaddy]

Great review. I am glad that you enjoyed your cruise. June 16th can not get here any sooner.

[Shatima]

Great review. I am glad that you enjoyed your cruise. June 16th can not get here any sooner.

 

I know thats right!!!!!!!!! Its all most here..

[teetee6263]

 

 

 

 

Girl I must say I love this dress, well all of them actually. Love reading your reviews & Gapearl's, it helps me justify all the dresses I pack, nothing like playing dressup for a week!!!

 

I think it is so funny, last year you did Destiny & I'm on Destiny this year different itinerary...Freedom for you this year & next year for me, same itinerary. Then I read your booked for Glory later this year & I'm seriously considering it Sept of next year. So according to our pattern it looks like next year I'll be booking Breeze for 2014 ;). Tell Mom thanks, the Breeze looks wonderful.

[Shatima]

Girl I must say I love this dress, well all of them actually. Love reading your reviews & Gapearl's, it helps me justify all the dresses I pack, nothing like playing dressup for a week!!!

 

I think it is so funny, last year you did Destiny & I'm on Destiny this year different itinerary...Freedom for you this year & next year for me, same itinerary. Then I read your booked for Glory later this year & I'm seriously considering it Sept of next year. So according to our pattern it looks like next year I'll be booking Breeze for 2014 ;). Tell Mom thanks, the Breeze looks wonderful.

 

 

LOLOLOL Thanks so much, Aw U are sweet.. Yeah I love her reviews too.. Thats crazy about our pattern.. Yeah buddy I cant wait to GET on that Brezeeeeeeee.. I hope one day to meet you on a ship :-) Thanks SOOO much for reading my review:p

[needabreakcanada]

Loved the review and pics.

 

Only problem is now i have to hunt for a comparable dress!

 

Live in Canada - so not sure where to find such fine attire in my size.

 

Have to wait until Sept 2nd (my actual 29th anniversary) for our cruise.

 

But you have given me something to dream about in the meantime - thanks for that!:)

[ribbitt]

Excellent review, loved it so much I have looked over it twice! You really had me going with Nanny getting left in Jamaica. That is the one stop I am a little nervous about. We have the Dunn's River Fall and beach break booked through the cruise line. I don't want any chance of getting left in Jamaica ! Getting ready to do the single digit dance!

Love your dresses, they are so cute and look really comfortable. Did they all come from Deb, I have never heard of that store. We don't have it down south, I guess.

[nyja33]

I love it Shatima. The Breeze is next!

[sunshinecruiser62]

You sound like my kinda lady.. I only paid $14.... WoooooooooHooooooooo :0)

 

$14.00!!!!! That is incredible! Guess where I'm going before my next cruise??!! LOL:D

[harleymouse]

thanks i am going to diffrent islands i will make do.

I though I had ALL of my fun times but I dont SO I can't tell you about the 2nd day :( Bu if you are going on this Cruise that I went on.. on the 2nd day you willstill be in Florida (KW) and you should be able to use ur cell(if u have that on ur cell) i do see on that Thursday We lefton a Sunday. They have this More for your money use the web 4-6pm for a ten min session and u get ten mins free.. Sorry I dont have more info for you.. It was just to high, so I didnt pay alot of attention

[gapearl]

Girl I must say I love this dress, well all of them actually. Love reading your reviews & Gapearl's, it helps me justify all the dresses I pack, nothing like playing dressup for a week!!!

 

LOLOLOL Thanks so much, Aw U are sweet.. Yeah I love her reviews too.. Thats crazy about our pattern.. Yeah buddy I cant wait to GET on that Brezeeeeeeee.. I hope one day to meet you on a ship :-) Thanks SOOO much for reading my review:p

 

OMG Thanks for the shout out in Shatima's review. LOL :) Girl yes, pack as much as you can handle so you can have plenty of options! ;)

 

Just out of curiousity, what were you going to do on the NCL ship? I just flew with a guy last week that worked on their Hawaii based ship for 14 years before coming to the airline. He LOVED it!