Our Marvelous Mardi Gras B2B (with pics!) - April 23rd, 2022

[Jamman54]

Patti continues on with her picture tour of Disney Springs……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti continues on with her picture tour of Disney Springs……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti retrieves me from Dockside Margarita and we head over to the Boathouse for a late lunch…….

 

 

We sit at the bar and soon we have our drinks…..

 

 

Patti is having a club sandwich, while I have a lobster roll…..

 

 

 

Here are some views from inside the Boathouse…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Patti heads outside to the Dockside Bar……

 

 

Here are some views from out by the Dockside Bar…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have another drink and then head back to the parking garage. Here we are leaving Disney Springs…..

 

 

Twenty minutes later we are back at the Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando…..

 

 

We spent the rest of the day just lounging around and relaxing.

 

To be continued……

[kittymommax4]

On 5/18/2022 at 4:39 PM, Jamman54 said:

Now that’s done, here are today’s “Fun Times”…..

 

 

 

Next, we are going to drop off our carry-ons at our cabin. On our way we pass the Alchemy Bar…..

 

 

Looking down at Emeril’s Bistro……

 

 

We take the elevator up to Deck 11 and we find the usual sign on the big doors….

 

 

Platinum and Diamond members are allowed to drop off their bags in their cabin, but not to linger. Our cabin door is wide open, our sail and sign cards are not there, and it’s clear the room hasn’t even been started to be made up. Our room steward is nowhere in sight, so we leave him a note letting him know that we put our bags in the closet.

 

Feeling hungry, we grab an elevator and head up to Deck 16, and Shaq’s Big Chicken, which is on the port side aft. It is not busy at all.....

 

 

 

We get our food and sit at the Tides Bar which is on the starboard side aft. Patti had the chicken strips….

 

 

I had two Shaq Attacks. We both had the potato salad which we thought was really good…..

 

 

Here are our first drinks of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

Right across the way from the Tides Bar is Swirls, perfect for dessert…..

 

 

To be continued…..

 

[kittymommax4]

On 5/18/2022 at 4:39 PM, Jamman54 said:

Now that’s done, here are today’s “Fun Times”…..

 

 

 

Next, we are going to drop off our carry-ons at our cabin. On our way we pass the Alchemy Bar…..

 

 

Looking down at Emeril’s Bistro……

 

 

We take the elevator up to Deck 11 and we find the usual sign on the big doors….

 

 

Platinum and Diamond members are allowed to drop off their bags in their cabin, but not to linger. Our cabin door is wide open, our sail and sign cards are not there, and it’s clear the room hasn’t even been started to be made up. Our room steward is nowhere in sight, so we leave him a note letting him know that we put our bags in the closet.

 

Feeling hungry, we grab an elevator and head up to Deck 16, and Shaq’s Big Chicken, which is on the port side aft. It is not busy at all.....

 

 

 

We get our food and sit at the Tides Bar which is on the starboard side aft. Patti had the chicken strips….

 

 

I had two Shaq Attacks. We both had the potato salad which we thought was really good…..

 

 

Here are our first drinks of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

Right across the way from the Tides Bar is Swirls, perfect for dessert…..

 

 

To be continued…..

That Alchemy Bar looks very small for such a big ship!

[MeganGC1983]

3 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Patti retrieves me from Dockside Margarita and we head over to the Boathouse for a late lunch…….

 

 

We sit at the bar and soon we have our drinks…..

 

 

Patti is having a club sandwich, while I have a lobster roll…..

 

 

 

Here are some views from inside the Boathouse…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

This makes me wanna lobster roll real bad! 

[Webecruzen]

Great review.  We are in upstate NY visiting my dad. Heading to Niagara Falls this afternoon before heading back to Florida Saturday.   It was great to see you both and we are looking forward to sailing together in January.  

[Jamman54]

10 hours ago, kittymommax4 said:

That Alchemy Bar looks very small for such a big ship!

To tell you the truth, just about every bar on the ship seemed small for the size of the ship, but there are so many of them that it wasn't an issue. 😎

[Jamman54]

8 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

This makes me wanna lobster roll real bad! 

It was really good, but we'll have the best when we are in Portland, Maine on the Legend in September! 😁

[Jamman54]

1 hour ago, Webecruzen said:

Great review.  We are in upstate NY visiting my dad. Heading to Niagara Falls this afternoon before heading back to Florida Saturday.   It was great to see you both and we are looking forward to sailing together in January.  

Thanks! Always fun to hang out with you guys. Looking forward to sailing with you on the Spirit in January. 😁

[nhilding10]

3 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

It was really good, but we'll have the best when we are in Portland, Maine on the Legend in September! 😁

That's right in my backyard, live 25 mins out. We're going on the Mardi Gras in September, though. 🙂 Thanks for the amazing blog and reviews!

[Jamman54]

1 hour ago, nhilding10 said:

That's right in my backyard, live 25 mins out. We're going on the Mardi Gras in September, though. 🙂 Thanks for the amazing blog and reviews!

Thanks for reading! Love that town and $3 Dewey's! 😁

[Megan_Strick]

20 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Thanks for reading! Love that town and $3 Dewey's! 😁

Jamman, have you ever sailed from the west coast?

[Jamman54]

40 minutes ago, sthrnbll said:

Jamman, have you ever sailed from the west coast?

Yes, back in 1990, 2019, & last October. Links to the reviews of the last two are in my signature. 😎

[Jamman54]

Post Cruise  (May 10th)  -  Outlets, Hooters, & Mini Golf. 

 

We were up at 7am to another beautiful sunny day. It’s going to be in the low 80’s later. We went to the Plaza Garden Restaurant for their buffet breakfast again today. Afterwards, Patti was going to take a tour of the property with her camera. I was going to go back to the room and work on the review. To begin, Patti catches me by our room on the third floor of Building “A”…….

 

 

 

This is Pool # 1 which services Buildings “A” & “B”…….

 

 

 

There is outdoor seating by Lite Bite……

 

 

This is the children’s playground…..

 

 

 

This is the Game Room / Video Arcade…..

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti moves over to Buildings “C” & “D” and Pool # 2……

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is where you will find the Fitness Center……

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti moves on to Buildings “E”, “F”, & “G” and Pool # 3……

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti walks around the perimeter of the Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here is some hotel information…..

 

 

As Patti was making her way back to our room, she took these shots of our pool from the third floor of Building “B”…..

 

 

 

There is a laundry room in every building…..

 

 

Here is a view of the Wheel at Icon Park. The tower on the left is a drop ride that is now closed because of a tragedy which occurred a few months ago where a young man lost his life…..

 

 

Around 11am, Patti heads out to the Orlando Premium Outlets. I’m staying at the hotel to continue working on pictures and have some pool time…..

 

 

Patti didn’t take any pictures out there, but did note that if you need a covid test…..

 

 

Patti got back to the hotel around 3pm, and we hung out for a couple of hours, then we decided to go to Hooters on International Drive for dinner…..

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Here are a few views of Hooters on International Drive…..

 

 

 

 

 

The first round of drinks has arrived…..

 

 

Patti had the tenders / boneless wings combo…..

 

 

I had buffalo shrimp and boneless chicken…..

 

 

 

We both shared an order of waffle fries…..

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

After dinner, we decided to head over to the nearby Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf…..

 

 

Here I am checking in. We will be playing all 36 holes. Patti and I are very competitive when it comes to mini golf…..

 

 

Here are a few Pirate’s Cove views…..

 

 

 

 

I’m teeing off on the first hole of the Captain’s Course…..

 

 

 

 

Here are some more Pirate’s Cove views…..

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……..

[Jamman54]

We continue to play on…….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple views of the Wheel at Icon Park, which is right next door…..

 

 

 

To be continued…….

[Jamman54]

We continue to play on……

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have finished the first 18 holes, so it’s time for a potty break….

 

 

We are now playing Blackbeard’s Challenge…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After 36 holes we are both under par, but Patti has beaten me by one stroke. Way to go Patti! Afterwards, we head back to the hotel for the night.

 

To be continued…..

[Saint Greg]

32 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Here are a few views of Hooters on International Drive…..

 

 

 

 

 

The first round of drinks has arrived…..

 

 

Patti had the tenders / boneless wings combo…..

 

 

I had buffalo shrimp and boneless chicken…..

 

 

 

We both shared an order of waffle fries…..

 

 

To be continued……

Two words. Spicy and garlic. I dream about cruising in a sea of hooters spicy garlic sauce.

[AKR2011]

I love the mini golf photos. DH and I actually research mini golf when we travel and seek out the best courses. This one looks great!