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[sid_9169]

I've never understood why the shops and everything are closed while in port... I suppose that there's a reason for it, but... I mean, who are they competing with? The people on land can't get on the ship, so what would it matter to keep it opened? Same with the casino. The people on land can't get on the ship anyway, so why close the casino? I should have been a lawyer...

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by sid_9169

[sid_9169]

Found a new Tshirt to order...

 

 

[sid_9169]

Reservation in twenty minutes. When do I make my approach? Five minutes early? Five minutes late?... 

[canes20]

7 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Reservation in twenty minutes. When do I make my approach? Five minutes early? Five minutes late?... 

[sid_9169]

I arrived five minutes early to this... Nothing going on here until exactly opening time.

 

 

[sid_9169]

We're moving... Wait until you see the feast tonight...

 

 

[broberts]

46 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I've never understood why the shops and everything are closed while in port... I suppose that there's a reason for it, but... I mean, who are they competing with? The people on land can't get on the ship, so what would it matter to keep it opened? Same with the casino. The people on land can't get on the ship anyway, so why close the casino? I should have been a lawyer...

 

 

 

 

Local tax, labor and other laws would have to be followed. Mucho additional paperwork.

[sid_9169]

Rosemary focaccia bread and olive oil with balsamic vinegar.

 

 

 

[Hogladyrider]

@Sid_9169.....you crack me up with the "things" you are obsessive about!

 

You get in a taxi in a foreign county, eat food you have no idea where it came from, wander a foreign country streets aimlessly with no sense of "fear"......but you worry about who sat in the back seat of the taxi before you!

 

We all have our own "quirks" and you put a big smile on my face many times with yours!

[sid_9169]

Wagu beef carpaccio, braised meatballs, and fried artichokes...

 

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

The meatballs didn't show up very well...

 

 

[sid_9169]

The wagu beef carpaccio was EXTRAORDINARY...

 

 

[sid_9169]

I'm here to tell you that the food on Virgin Voyages is blowing everyone else out of the water...

[sid_9169]

I'll just put a picture of the name of this next dish, so I don't mess it up.

 

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

New York strip, medium rare. I don't know why it wants to add those pasta pictures. I can't make them go away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[broberts]

17 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

New York strip, medium rare. I don't know why it wants to add those pasta pictures. I can't make them go away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before posting check at the bottom of the edit. You should see a list of the pictures, including ones you may have inserted in a previous post. Just delete those entries. Tap each entry if the pic isn't showing. It should display part of the image. Tap the x in the upper right corner (may show a garbage can in a corner instead).

[sid_9169]

Dessert on the way. Not really dessert, but I'm calling it that.

[sid_9169]

"Dessert"... Another one of those wagu beef carpaccio dish's. Yes, it was THAT GOOD.

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by sid_9169

[sid_9169]

Don Julio Anejo margarita at Extra Virgin before I head out. The lines are caused by the LED lights.

 

 

[sid_9169]

As close as perfect as I've had so far on board...

[sid_9169]

On the ship audio they were playing Mess Around by Ray Charles. I was thinking about the scene in Planes Trains and Automobiles with John Candy when it was playing in the car. He was playing the piano and horn... I remember back when I was in highschool, the movie Summer Rental was filmed in Atlanta at a house in a friend of mines neighborhood... Brings back great memories...

[sid_9169]

One more of those at the same bar, different bartender. We'll see how good he did.

 

 

[sid_9169]

Okay, another good one:)

[sid_9169]

I'm going to go ahead and call it a pretty decent day... Notwithstanding the fifty dollar meal at the roadside restaurant. I don't know if I would ever book a cruise just because it came to Puerto Plata again, though. Nothing to really see or do there. I guess that tomorrow is a sea day and the next day Bimini. I'm thinking about renting a golf cart there to check out the local flavor. The beach club there is nice as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we're actually going to Key West on the second leg. I've got my hand drawn map at the ready for that one. It's 8:23, and I'm full and had a few. Nothing really going on here specifically that I'm trying to get into. It could end up being another one of those early nights, but at least not as early as a couple of the nights on the Mardi Gras awhile back. I didn't even make it till sundown on a couple of days...

Edited May 30, 2022 by sid_9169

[KmomChicago]

3 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

I've never understood why the shops and everything are closed while in port... I suppose that there's a reason for it, but... I mean, who are they competing with? The people on land can't get on the ship, so what would it matter to keep it opened? Same with the casino. The people on land can't get on the ship anyway, so why close the casino? I should have been a lawyer...

 

 

 

I think besides potential tax and labor issues, it might be related to agreements with the ports, to encourage more pax to get off the ships and spend land side.