Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #76 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It was during this part of the tour that Rachel and I started getting very annoyed. As an architecture major who has taken her fair share of awkward field trips where we stop in the middle of the streets to sketch buildings, you'd think I'd be used to traveling in a group of idiotic-looking tourists. However, it continues to bother me (maybe I'll get over this after four months in Italy). And it was even more annoying that Dad walk walking around with his iPhone taking pictures like a maniac. I thought briefly about taking the photos off of his phone, but later decided that I didn't want to bother with any of that. Just know that he took a million photos and looked like an idiot doing so. There was also a guy taking photos with an iPad. Don't be that guy. DSC_6159 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6160 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6161 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6162 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6163 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6164 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #77 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6165 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6167 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6169 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6170 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6171 by vshingl, on Flickr Rachel bought a mini gordita. She was very excited about it. DSC_6173 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #78 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6174 by vshingl, on Flickr When getting off the bus, the tour guide told my dad that he was his favorite. I guess he tipped him more than everyone else. Or maybe it's because he walked around with him. We bought a few souvenirs before getting on the ship. And I took photos of flamingos. DSC_6177 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6178 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6180 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6181 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #79 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We were in the port with the Grandeur of the Seas, our first Christmas cruise was on the Grandeur. Got us addicted to Christmas cruising! DSC_6183 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6185 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted January 2, 2013 #80 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks, that is the most pictures I've seen of Cartegna. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #81 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Back on the ship, they were having Christmas festivities in the Centrum, hosted for the families by the kids' program. We weren't in the kids' program, of course, but they were letting everyone who wanted to participate have at it. This is the Wheelhouse Bar, empty as always - DSC_6186 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6187 by vshingl, on Flickr They announced that they brought on additional kids' club staff just for the holidays. The staff seemed to be doing a good job, as I saw them greeting the kids by name. However, I do have some complaints about the teen club. Apparently on the first day, they decorated t-shirts that said "Remix" (the name of the teen club) with markers. Well, the group of teens wore these shirts everyday. In addition to coloring in Remix, on th back of the shirt, they wrote "Boats and Hoes." The girls' shirts read Hoe #1, Hoe #2, Hoe #3, and the boys' shirts read, "Baywatch." I understand that it's kind of funny in a Ho, Ho, Ho holiday sense... if only they had spelled it without the "e." But I was a little surprised that they were allowed to wear shirts demeaning women around the ship. If the teens' club didn't stop them, you'd think their parents would. Back to Christmas festivities, Rachel and I decorated cookies. DSC_6190 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy15 Posted January 2, 2013 #82 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Love your review :D I hope to do this cruise next year, looks great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #83 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Our cabin attendent, Ryan, folded our chocolate wrappers into little birds! DSC_6193 by vshingl, on Flickr We had another uneventful dinner. We were going to go straight to bed after, but instead decided to see the hypnotist since we really enjoyed the hypnotist on our Carnival Dream cruise. I volunteered to get hypnotized. People asked me what it was like, and I remember everything she was saying, and I remember little things of what I was doing. Like she told us to play instruments, and I chose the violin. Rachel took a video of me playing the violin like a madman. I was the one person to (admit to) "waking up" and no longer being hypnotized. She touched me on the back, and I just bolted up, then looked around and realized that I was no longer in a trance and went back to my seat. Back in my seat, Rachel and I noted a few people who were definitely faking. This one girl kept laughing at herself, and she did everything late and over the top... maybe because she wasn't really hypnotized. But we're confident that she was faking. They hypnotist on the Carnival Dream was much better. He would eliminate the fakers from the stage and narrowed it down to five people who were really in a trance. This women allowed everyone to stay up which made her not look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth C Posted January 2, 2013 #84 Share Posted January 2, 2013 At first glance I thought the guy on the right was your dad and wondering why/how you let him out in public with those lovely knee high socks on ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #85 Share Posted January 2, 2013 At first glance I thought the guy on the right was your dad and wondering why/how you let him out in public with those lovely knee high socks on ;) Oh, no - Dad was taking the photo. If I had to guess, I would say that those are compression socks for people who get blood clots in their legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #86 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Day 6 - Panama Canal We got up at 6:30 that morning to watch the ship go through the canal. It was foggy and raining lightly, but this is why we booked the cruise, so we were going to watch it! We started on the top deck of the ship on the side, then decided to go down to the back of the ship on a lower deck. DSC_6195 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6197 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6198 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6199 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6200 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6204 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #87 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6207 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6208 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6209 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6212 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6214 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6216 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #88 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6217 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6222 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6223 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6226 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6228 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6232 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #89 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6233 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6234 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6235 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6236 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6237 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6239 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #90 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6242 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6243 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6248 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6264 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6267 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6275 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheel girl Posted January 2, 2013 #91 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Great review! Was that CD Richard Joseph I saw in your photo of Movies Under The Stars doing the Wake Show? Also looked like him standing in the Atrium area in one of the above photos. If it was him he is one of the best CD's. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #92 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6283 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6284 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6286 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6289 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6290 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6294 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #93 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6296 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6300 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6302 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6307 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6308 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6310 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #94 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6311 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6313 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6315 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6318 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6323 by vshingl, on Flickr Seabourn ship going through the locks - DSC_6327 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #95 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6330 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6332 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6335 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6340 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6342 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6343 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #96 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6345 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6347 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6348 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6350 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6351 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #97 Share Posted January 2, 2013 DSC_6352 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6353 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted January 2, 2013 Author #98 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Gatun Lake - DSC_6355 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6356 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6357 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6358 by vshingl, on Flickr DSC_6362 by vshingl, on Flickr Tendering people to excursions - DSC_6363 by vshingl, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickEk Posted January 2, 2013 #99 Share Posted January 2, 2013 BTW and fyi... that's a Silversea's ship. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUGal Posted January 2, 2013 #100 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Great photos! We just returned last month from the 14-day Island Princess Panama Canal cruise and seeing your pictures was like re-living it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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