My Vista Adventure with the Boises!!

[jbethel11]

4 hours ago, Flytko said:

Been dealing with personal and health issues.

I hope everything is alright.

[Flytko]

48 minutes ago, jbethel11 said:

I hope everything is alright.

I am in the hospital recovering from a blood clot in my leg.

[jbethel11]

18 minutes ago, Flytko said:

I am in the hospital recovering from a blood clot in my leg.

Oh my goodness, feel better!

[Flytko]

44 minutes ago, jbethel11 said:

Oh my goodness, feel better!

Thanks 😎

[Ideb]

I enjoyed your review so far and came back today to see if you posted any more. I'm sorry to hear about your health problem. You have such a sweet looking family. I'll bet your husband and mom are taking good care of your boys while you are recovering.Prayers for a speedy recovery.

[Flytko]

21 hours ago, Ideb said:

I enjoyed your review so far and came back today to see if you posted any more. I'm sorry to hear about your health problem. You have such a sweet looking family. I'll bet your husband and mom are taking good care of your boys while you are recovering.Prayers for a speedy recovery.

I tried to send a message, but I'm actually the husband lol.  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers though.

 

I am at home resting, my personal nurse aka my dear wife and family are making sure I am comfortable and compliant. I may even try and post the next portion of the review while I am down and out.

 

Thanks everyone on here for the continued support!!!  😎😀

Edited June 6, 2019 by Flytko
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[Flytko]

Day 2 of Fun Continued:

 

After getting back to the room, my wife decorated our door for a contest being conducted by a facebook group we joined for the cruise.

 

 

We also brought ducks to hide around the ship throughout the cruise.

 

After fighting the boys to get pictures with us, we fed them dinner and were able to drop them back off at Camp Ocean for a bit of dinner.  Since it was elegant night, we didn't want to miss it like we did the first night.

 

After dinner,  we picked up the boys and called it a night.  We returned to our cabin to find the first of many towel friends.

 

Also, couldn't resist getting a picture of the boys sitting in the window.

 

Priceless:

 

I would also like to credit my wife for taking a majority of the pictures on the cruise!!!!

[Flytko]

 

 

Day 3: Craziness in Cozumel

 

We got up early this morning because we had to be off the ship in a QUICK fashion to make our excursion, swimming with the dolphins.  We met with Nana and Grandma on the lido for breakfast and found out that they didn't bring their excursion tickets.  With the boys acting in not so rare fashion, I left them all to run down to Nana and grandma's stateroom to find the tickets.  I told them to meet on the gangway, they could not leave the ship though because I had Nana's and one of the boys cards.  I finally found their tickets by the grace of God in the bottom of their closet, we had about 25 minutes to get off the ship and reach the excursion meeting point at the end of the pier.  There ended up being 2 gangway exits for today and didn't clarify with the group on which one to meet.  I made it to the Midship gangway and didn't see them, I thought maybe they were caught in a rush from upstairs.  After 15 minutes, I began to worry and paid 5 dollars for the chat function on the Carnival app.  I found out that they were waiting in the other gangway. UGH......

 

 

At 905, we were finally off the ship and as stressed as could be.  We were supposed to meet with our group between 845 and 9 AM.  At this point we didn't think we would make it and ventured into the port area to see if we could salvage our day.  The weather for today called for some rain, but weren't sure how much.  We find out later on in the day.  We make it through the madness that is the mandatory shopping spot you have to walk through to get into Cozumel, and lone behold our excursion is still there.  We make a mad dash to them and explain our situation. Thankfully, they were able to accommodate onto the next shuttle. It was a long walk to the shuttle and it was hot, well at that time the clouds and heavens opened and it began to rain.  Not just a light rain, but it had been a monsoon coming through!!!!

 

We finally made it into the shuttle and to the aquarium park.  The streets started to flood, which made my wife worry a little bit, but we were able to get there in one piece.  It was still pouring and it was busy with people scrambling for places to stay dry and put their belongings.  We all stayed huddled by the restrooms until everyone was in their swimming attire.  It finally stopped raining long enough to swim with the dolphins.  It was a really interesting excursion and learned more about how the dolphins live there in the park and in the wild.  Come to find out, the dolphin we swimming with was 35 yrs old.  Much older than if they were in the wild.  They get treated like royalty there 😉.

 

 

This was just a fraction of the pictures we had gotten.  My wife can drive a mean bargain and was able to get all of the pictures for about half of the cost.😁

 

This excursion came with an all you could eat buffet, but by the time we changed, we were exhausted.  We also found the buffet was located in an upper level of the park that looked to be hard to get to, especially with someone wheelchair bound.  Also, we ran into some people that have done the excursion before and had said the food is not worth making that trip.  With that said, we hopped back aboard the shuttle back to the port.  The sun had come out for a little bit, making it very steamy and hot.  We stopped for some pictures and wanted to look around the port some more, but the boys were not having it.

 

We grabbed some snacks at the mandatory shopping spot before making our way to the ship.  We made it back on the ship, dropped off our stuff, and went up to the lido for some lunch.  The boys were tired and acting a fool, so we quickly finished our lunch and went back to the room.  It had started raining again, so we enjoyed some downtime in the room.

 

The boys and I napped for a little bit before I was able to sneak from beneath them and look out the window for sail away.

 

 

Edited June 11, 2019 by Flytko

[Ideb]

On 6/6/2019 at 2:30 PM, Flytko said:

I tried to send a message, but I'm actually the husband lol.  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers though.

 

I am at home resting, my personal nurse aka my dear wife and family are making sure I am comfortable and compliant. I may even try and post the next portion of the review while I am down and out.

 

Thanks everyone on here for the continued support!!!  😎😀

Oops! My bad! From seeing the family pictures, I assumed the wife was doing the writing. I guess because I'm the one who does this sort of thing. Also, I couldn't really tell from your user name, although it probably is a little more masculine now that I think about it  I'm sorry about that.

I'm glad you're doing better. I'm still enjoying your review and latest pictures.

[Flytko]

49 minutes ago, Ideb said:

Oops! My bad! From seeing the family pictures, I assumed the wife was doing the writing. I guess because I'm the one who does this sort of thing. Also, I couldn't really tell from your user name, although it probably is a little more masculine now that I think about it  I'm sorry about that.

I'm glad you're doing better. I'm still enjoying your review and latest pictures.

No prob. I could see the confusion and the fact that a majority of the review writers are women.😁

 

I did find the cache of photos that we took with Carnival.   The joy of scoring a good deal on the pixel package before they dissapeared 😎.

 

Stay tuned for some more fun pictures!!

 

[Ideb]

15 hours ago, Flytko said:

No prob. I could see the confusion and the fact that a majority of the review writers are women.😁

 

I did find the cache of photos that we took with Carnival.   The joy of scoring a good deal on the pixel package before they dissapeared 😎.

 

Stay tuned for some more fun pictures!!

 

Thank you for understanding 🙂 Can't wait for the rest of your review!

[Voldy]

I love the pics of your boys--brings back so many memories of similar pics with our twin girlies (like bring passed out with dad!). We're taking our girls on the Vista in January as a late graduation trip (can't go over the summer because of older sister's internship), so they're pretty much grown now.

 

Thanks for the review--hope your up and at 'em soon!

[Flytko]

15 hours ago, Voldy said:

I love the pics of your boys--brings back so many memories of similar pics with our twin girlies (like bring passed out with dad!). We're taking our girls on the Vista in January as a late graduation trip (can't go over the summer because of older sister's internship), so they're pretty much grown now.

 

Thanks for the review--hope your up and at 'em soon!

 

It is a wonderful ship, I think y'all will enjoy.

 

Thanks for following!!! 

[Flytko]

Later on that evening,  we got dressed and did a bunch of pictures since the boys were rested.

Here are a few:

 

 

Afterward, we dropped the boys at Camp Ocean and went to dinner.  

Of course we did pictures there too:

 

We had a really good and attentive waiter that night, probably the best of the cruise.  Too bad we only got him once, the downfall of Anytime Dining.

 

Also, here are some pictures from the sail away party and the first elegant night:

[Flytko]

Day 4 Costa Maya:

 

Today was a bit more relaxed since we didn't plan anything in Costa Maya.  We got ourselves together and ate breakfast in the lido where all of us gathered.

 

We got off the ship and were greeted by the photographers:

 

The Boises of course had to have pictures with all of the ladies😁.

 

We made it to the port area to look around and get some souvenirs.  The locals were putting on a traditional Mayan show:

 

 

It was really hot that day and there wasn't very much shade to be had.  We looked through some of the stores to try and stay cool.  We made it through half of the port area before deciding it would be too much for the young and old to go on.  Luckily they had a trolley that ran back and forth on the dock.

 

Here are some pictures from the port area:

 

Lovely selfi:e of the Wife

 

 

Nice area with Flamingos.

 

 

 

Beautiful Water!!!

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This picture comes from the FB community that we joined for the cruise.

 

Port area pictures:

 

All of us got back on the ship.  Nana spoiled the boys by buying them a bunch of wooden toys that they played with for the rest of the day.  While they played in the room, I took advantage of the Red Frog Pub half price drink special they run on port days.

 

 

We were delayed a few minutes leaving due to a medical emergency, but we were on our way to our next port and a whole bunch more excitement for tomorrow.

 

 

[Flytko]

After a long hiatus, I'm back to post the other half of our cruise!!!

 

Day 5 Belize:

 

Our one and only tender port for the cruise.  We woke up early to grab breakfast and make sure we get to our meeting place in time.

 

We tried the Calypso Train City Tour, the boys love anything with the word train in it 😁.

 

We met up in the Main Lounge for them to call our tour, so we can go down to the tender.  After what seemed like forever, they finally called our tour, and we made our way down to the tender.

 

The boys did good for the tender ride and chatted up with some of the fellow passengers.

 

We didn't get a picture of the tour train, but it was a whirlwind trying to get aboard with wheelchairs and strollers, but it was a nice ride around the city.   

 

 

We got back to the port and hit a few stores, but it was really hot and we were ready to get back to the ship.

 

 

We got back to the room to find our next friend:

 

We went up to the lido for lunch and drop off the Boises at the Ocean Club.

 

The wife and I go to exploring the upper decks.  First off, we get a half priced fishbowl from the Red Frog Pub.

 

We make our way to the upper decks and I want to try the Skyride.

 

Half way to the ride, I get a call from the Ocean Club saying that they are having some issues with the boys.  We pick them up and try to explore a little more with them.

 

Some Pics from the day:

 

 

We had a little excitement that delayed us from leaving port.  Apparently a couple had an argument in their cabin and the husband preceded to throw his wife's suitcase overboard.  Needless to say, they spent the rest of their vacation in very close quarters...

Thanks to our facebook group for capturing this photo.

 

My wife and boys were exhausted after today's activities, so I ventured out and took a walk on the upper decks to get some fresh air.

 

On to the next port, or are we???  Stay tuned to see.....

[Saint Greg]

On 4/29/2019 at 2:05 PM, Flytko said:

I'm sorry it has been super busy, but here is a sneak peak of how we started our embarkation day....

 

You look like birds.

[Flytko]

7 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 

You look like birds.

 

 

HAHA too funny, we did feel like that once we finally got aboard.

[Eli_6]

Omg! The suitcase thrown overboard. Lolol.