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[Aplmac]

15 minutes ago, bstel said:

is this a Carnival thing? or do all cruise ship lines do this?

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All ships generally do this, both cargo and passenger!

It's part of a very old maritime tradition

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Ancient Greek Mythology relates

that the River Styx is a barrier that separates us mortals

from a successful transition to the afterlife.

If you don't successfully transition, you'll be stuck in 'limbo' for eternity.

 

Charon provides a ferry service across the River Styx

but he requires some small payment in the form of coinage.

He doesn't take cards, and he certainly won't accept bitcoin!

 

Charon is described in the literature

as having transported the souls of the newly dead

across this river into the afterlife.

 

This small financial requirement ties in

with a very old maritime tradition in sail-boating and shipbuilding,

when Mast Stepping is the process of raising the boat's mast.

It also refers to a ceremonial occasion which occurs when the mast is 'stepped' towards the end of a ship's construction.

The ceremony involves placing or welding one or more coins

into the mast step of a ship, and is seen as an important ceremonial occasion in a ship's construction

which is thought to bring good luck.

 

Although such coins were originally placed under the main mast of a ship,

they are now generally welded under the radar mast (sometimes in a protective box)

or laid in the keel, as part of a keel laying ceremony.

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The guy draped in red ... is Charon.

He's waiting to take you over. Notice those left behind in despair..

on the river bank at lower right. They missed their cruise!

 

They didn't walk with spare change -Geez that's all Charon asks!

 

[CoolOne56]

Conquest 2017 - Aruba

Salt Mine - Curacao

Leaving Amber Cove

Woman made from car bumpers - Curacao

Wedding Cake House - Curacao

 

 

[PortSideCruzan]

4 hours ago, Aplmac said:

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Aha!

I have one or two of them myself - Ship's Lucky Coin!

 

 

Hi Aplmac ☺️

 

I always hunt down the ships coin on every voyage, every cruise line we sail. However, I also locate the (Ships Plate) as well. Since I dropped the Breeze coin in my earlier reply, I'll drop the Splendor's ships plate below. Plates are located in many various locations on cruise ships, from pool areas to lower outside decks.

 

 

Since I inserted the ships plate on the Splendor, above, I may as well drop the coin too, lol

😊

 

🌴

Edited March 11, 2019 by PortSideCruzan

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Germaine's Luau, Honolulu, Hawaii - January 2015 - Carnival Miracle

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Panama Canal - Early Morning entrance, Evening Exit - January 2019

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[Aplmac]

16 minutes ago, PortSideCruzan said:

 

Hi Aplmac ☺️

 

I always hunt down the ships coin on every voyage, every cruise line we sail.

However, I also locate the (Ships Plate) as well. Since I dropped the Breeze coin in my earlier reply, I'll drop the Splendor's ships plate below.

Plates are located in many various locations on cruise ships,

from pool areas to lower outside decks.

 

Since I inserted the ships plate on the Splendor, above,

I may as well drop the coin too, lol

😊

 

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Thanks for those two pics.

 

They have now joined others just like it, in a special folder on my computer

- ship's plates and lucky coins, per vessel.

[Jamericannn]

Belize Tour

 

 

 

Homeless Man sleeping in the hot sun. 

 

The President’s House

 

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When you gotta go, you gotta go...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BoDidly]

12 hours ago, declansdad said:

 

Where is this? It is beautiful.

 

That is somewhere in Cozumel close to Play Azul Resort . I though it was strange looking so I snapped a photo.

[BoDidly]

 No more ,No Longer.

 

Edited March 12, 2019 by BoDidly

[BoDidly]

The old Sunset Beach Bar Maho Beach!  Driftwood Boat Bar at Maho Beach ,long gone but memories !

[BoDidly]

Same Sun, different time.

[Saint Greg]

1 hour ago, MrFunInTheSun said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t think I’ve seen this beer yet. Where is it?

[MrFunInTheSun]

1 minute ago, Saint Greg said:

 

I don’t think I’ve seen this beer yet. Where is it?

 

Saint Maarten

 

[Saint Greg]

Just now, MrFunInTheSun said:

 

Saint Maarten

 

 

That would explain why I haven’t seen it yet...hopefully next year. 

[BoDidly]

13 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 

That would explain why I haven’t seen it yet...hopefully next year. 

Have you tried  Sol beer ?

[MrFunInTheSun]

6 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 

That would explain why I haven’t seen it yet...hopefully next year. 

 

It's weird how that happens. Last year I sailed there twice, figured this year meant most likely I wouldn't make it there. Then I checked, this year, two of my cruises go there too. Didn't realize it until I went back to look at the cruises booked and looked to see duplicates or if I was going to some places more than once again. Seeing I just book ships, I tend to not look at ports as the ship is the destination, the ports are an added bonus. 🙂

 

Hope you are able to make it there soon too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

13 minutes ago, BoDidly said:

Have you tried  Sol beer ?

 

That’s what I drank at each stop of the Cozumel barhop.

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[pdaisy]

We've had Carib in St Thomas and BVI as well

 

[BoDidly]

Aha !  Dirty Martini   And I though I was the only one👍

[MrFunInTheSun]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BoDidly]

Moon Tan 🤣

 

[BoDidly]

Elation ! 

Edited March 12, 2019 by BoDidly