ANOTHER (just what you wanted) Mardi Gras LIVE 11/06-11/13

[balcony bound]

1 minute ago, MeganGC1983 said:

It was good. The sun was hot… 88 today and water felt amazing. 

Thanks!!  Hopefully in 3 weeks it won't be too much different.  Did you have a great time?

[MeganGC1983]

4 hours ago, KmomChicago said:

 

I can't believe they don't have it open late, you know, when all the other food is gone and the drunchies are running around looking for a fix. Because all the rest of the time there are too many other free options available.

I resemble that remark. 😆

[MeganGC1983]

Just now, balcony bound said:

Thanks!!  Hopefully in 3 weeks it won't be too much different.  Did you have a great time?

Yes, for sure. Well worth the money. I’ll do a full excursion breakdown shortly. 

[MeganGC1983]

3 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

From what I have read and seen on YouTube, it seems like the food is good, but most of the time the place is dead.  Could be a casualty when the Celebration comes out.

We will try it out probably tomorrow. 

[MeganGC1983]

Just got back on. Had a fabulous excursion and took a photo tour the port for everyone to check out. I’ll catch y’all up as soon as possible. Right now it’s empanada and chicken pie time on my balcony. 

[MeganGC1983]

So we get off the ship, walk through Dufry and find zone 5. They gather us together and in about 10 minutes we were walking to the bus. Lots of entertainment with dancers and a band playing along the walk. Of course a hundred shops with goods and what not that we visited when we came back. 

[MeganGC1983]

We drove from Amber Cove through Puerto Playa, around town and past the Neptune statue, past the rum distillery, past playa Dorada to Sosua. A 45 minute drive and the guide gave great information about the high point and the population and the people, money, etc. When we got to Playa Sosua we got off the bus and walked through an area of beach shops and bars down to the water. 

[MeganGC1983]

Once we got down to the water, the catamaran backed in as far as it could and we all climbed on. This was the point I realized the surf was pretty rough. This is also the point I remembered that this place wasn’t know for swimming with turtles or reefs or anything really exceptional. So I passed on snorkeling and enjoyed the bar, sun and views. Do not get me wrong, no one was in danger. It wasn’t white capping. But for me, all the effort to get on and off and fight the current and the equipment and fins and life vest… wasn’t what I wanted to do right then. DH had a great time. Others, did not. Some of these people had never snorkeled before. They loved feeding the fish and the two types of fish they saw. Some thought it was a big fight to do it and only stayed out for 5-15 minutes. There were 2 snorkeling stops. The second stop had quite a few less snorkeling than the first. 

[MeganGC1983]

The bar opened after the first snorkeling stop. Coors light, rum and sodas and water available. After the 2nd snorkeling stop, the lunch buffet opened. Make your own sandwiches, pasta salad, potato salad, hard boiled eggs, fruit, and coleslaw. I get my food and realized that while I was in line, my seating area turned into the regurgitation station. Whole side of the boat has their heads in buckets. So I take my sandwich elsewhere.

Then the sails go up and we sail along the coast for an hour and a half. They had music going and they took pictures you could purchase at the end. It was nice. We ended at Playa Dorada at the golf course. Same beach exit as we got on. Got on different buses and drove back to port. It was probably a good 6 hour excursion and I enjoyed it even without snorkeling. 

[Hogladyrider]

Great pics Megan.

[SNJCruisers]

9 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

The Java Blue line is 10 people deep. I kinda want a water. This screen has me thirty, I guess. 

I would hate to see if the screen had you at 29.  That's where it has many women.

[LincolnLog]

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

The bar opened after the first snorkeling stop. Coors light, rum and sodas and water available. After the 2nd snorkeling stop, the lunch buffet opened. Make your own sandwiches, pasta salad, potato salad, hard boiled eggs, fruit, and coleslaw. I get my food and realized that while I was in line, my seating area turned into the regurgitation station. Whole side of the boat has their heads in buckets. So I take my sandwich elsewhere.

Then the sails go up and we sail along the coast for an hour and a half. They had music going and they took pictures you could purchase at the end. It was nice. We ended at Playa Dorada at the golf course. Same beach exit as we got on. Got on different buses and drove back to port. It was probably a good 6 hour excursion and I enjoyed it even without snorkeling. 

Wow, it was rough enough for that many people to get seasick? 🤢
 

[MeganGC1983]

14 minutes ago, LincolnLog said:

Wow, it was rough enough for that many people to get seasick? 🤢
 

Yes! One poor girl was sick the WHOLE 4.5 hours on the catamaran 

[MeganGC1983]

Checked in at Chibang for a 6:30 reservation and our table isn’t ready. Ran over to Havana for a cocktail. Havana Especiale and a daiquiri original 

[MeganGC1983]

Table is ready… chibang menus 

[MeganGC1983]

The table next to us (on top of us) basically have been here 35 minutes and their entrees just showed up. Problem is… they never got appetizers. The waiter takes the entrees, brings the apps and says “no worries. We will hold the entrees for you”. Are they going to just sit over there? Get cold? 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Saint Greg]

6 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

The table next to us (on top of us) basically have been here 35 minutes and their entrees just showed up. Problem is… they never got appetizers. The waiter takes the entrees, brings the apps and says “no worries. We will hold the entrees for you”. Are they going to just sit over there? Get cold? 🤦🏼‍♀️

😒

[MeganGC1983]

No “compliments of the chef” chip things on this side of the room. I saw them when I walked in but not over here. 

[MeganGC1983]

Apps… nachos, pot stickers and egg drop soup 

[MeganGC1983]

All of it good. Egg drop wins though 

[MeganGC1983]

Main dining room menu tonight. 

[MeganGC1983]

Broccoli beef and Kung pao chicken… the broccoli beef was kind of sweet  the Kung Pao was spicy and a really good chibang margarita  

Edited November 11, 2021 by MeganGC1983

[jimbo5544]

Very nice review, love all the pics

 

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

The table next to us (on top of us) basically have been here 35 minutes and their entrees just showed up. Problem is… they never got appetizers. The waiter takes the entrees, brings the apps and says “no worries. We will hold the entrees for you”. Are they going to just sit over there? Get cold? 🤦🏼‍♀️

Yikes … that’s rough… I hope they didn’t have to eat cold dinner… they must have been very busy tonight… the egg drop soup looks amazing!

[MeganGC1983]

The crema catalana was AMAZING. THE C-bang not so much. It was like a fully cooked melting cake puck.