Beagle’s Back and Making Magic in Bermuda!

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Day 2 – Friday, August 12^th – Sea Day

 

 

It’s a new day and a new me!!!! I have no idea what got into me yesterday. Today was a new day and I was ready… maybe.

 

Since we went to sleep immediately after pizza at 10, we were both wide awake at 6am. I read on previous reviews that nothing opens until 8am as far as getting a drink. I tried to confirm that on my Hub App, but it kept kicking me out. After DH went and grabbed some coffee, we went wandering to see what was going on. I went to guest services. I told the Rep the Hub App wasn’t working and she didn’t seem to care and just handed me a Funtimes and pointed me to the Lobby Bar.

 

 

 

I did remember to ask at what capacity we were sailing, and she said “Full”. I figured as much by the lines I had seen at the buffet and burger spot. I walked over to the Lobby Bar and was quickly told it was not open yet. That didn’t surprise me because I was still thinking it was 7:30am. We walked to the Red Frog to patiently wait until 8am when lo and behold, it was really 8:30am. Whoohoo!!

 

The ship had changed to Bermuda time. I didn’t realize that because my Hub App wasn’t working. I logged out and shut my phone down and then logged back in. That did the trick and it worked after that.

 

I was able to screen shot our total expenses for the day before. DH $150.26 and me $29.19. I sent that to my in-laws but neglected to tell them he bought me 2 beers and 2 Funships. teehee... I know, that was shady. 😉

 

Hello Bloody Mary, you look marvelous today! 

 

 

 

Mine is the normal looking one. DH has to pepper everything to death so that's his. 

 

It was a little gloomy out at the moment. I now realize my camera was 2 hours off. 

 

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The squad met us at 9:30 and I requested our table for brunch. Table #545 was ready in less than 10 minutes.

 

 

I had the Brunch Burger for the first time ever. It was great.

 

 

I also had the Banana Cream Pie. I only order this for the butterscotch ice cream. It did not disappoint.

 

 

DH and one of the girls both ordered steak and there was a little confusion on whose was whose so I took a picture of both.

 

 

 

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I was back in the room by 10:27am. Here's my lil guy.

 

 

And here's the one in our friends room. 

 

 

Time to hydrate!!! 

 

 

DH went out to join the boys.  I finally had my phone working and saw I had text messages from the Boss that I needed to deal with. Then I rested my eyes until the captain came over the speaker in the cabins. I love how all announcements start off “Hello Magic Family”. It makes me feel like I’m on a Harry Potter Cruise and I have special powers. He gave the rundown of longitude, latitude and how deep the water was. He mentioned a few entertainment options closed due to choppy seas and asked that we all use the handrails. Now I know why I was so sleepy. We did have choppy seas and I felt the boat rocking. About that time, I realized I could use a beer. I headed up to the Lido about noon to lay in the sun with the girls and I happened to notice the line to the buffet was all the way to the elevators. These poor people. I felt bad for them. I guess we really were sailing at full capacity. That was horrible.

 

I think around 1pm we went to Guys Pig & Anchor for some lunch. I didn’t get a plate because I was too nervous to walk it back to our table. It was that windy. I asked for a little mac & cheese and handed the server a cup to put it in. That was a little sad looking cup, so I didn’t bother with any pics.

 

I took a walk around to get some pictures. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Then it was time to liven up the party with a drink.

 

 

I did take a picture of the price of the steakhouse. It’s $42 per person. Did it used to be $35?

 

 

I headed back to the room to get a shower around 4:30ish. Before dinner, I walked up to deck 11 to get my hair dry. It was crazy windy. It only took about 10 minutes. 2 of the squad members headed for Sushi instead of the MDR.

 

 

The other 2 hit the buffet. So, we had a date night… just me and the Hubs. It was fun.

 

 

 

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I had the cream of mushroom soup, baby spinach salad and CMC.

 

 

 

 

DH had the shrimp cocktail but I can't find the pic. He also had the meatball soup and prime rib. He said it was fatty but tasted better than it looked.

 

 

 

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We went back to the room to rest our bellies for a few minutes. I changed into jeans and a light sweater thinking we would head to comedy or somewhere indoors. We met the rest of the gang back at the pool bar. It was hot and muggy, and I was over dressed. I ordered a “Funship” to get back into the swing of things.

 

 

Then I met a really sweet couple. I called her the Blue Long Island Lady. She talked me into trying a long island iced tea with blue curacao. Very Tasty! I didn’t get a pic. We stayed there until it was time for the Mega Deck Party. I went to change into something lighter because I thought I’d be dancing. It was quite the deck party! I didn’t dance and it was windy and cool where I stood. I had to laugh... I just couldn’t get it right. It was 5xs the crowd that the Freedom had for their Mega Deck Party. This place was jumping. It was fun to watch. Our CD, Ryan Rose, cracked me up every time he did the “Carlton”.

 

 

 

 

 

After getting some pizza, we were back in the room around 11:20. It was such a fun night, and we didn’t do much but just hand out.

 

 

Up next – Bermuda!

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Day 3 – Saturday, August 13^th – Bermuda

 

 

Good Morning and Welcome to Bermuda!!

 

Not one of us had ever been there so this was exciting.

I was up and raring to go at 7am. I had to wait until 8am to get a Bloody Mary and our excursion was at 9am.

😕 This was going to be close.

 

 

 

 

 

I sat at the Red Frog at 7:45 patiently waiting for 8am.

 

 

DH headed to the Omelet Station and said he’d come back and eat with me. By the time I got my drink, it was cutting it way to close with these long lines. I found DH and told him I was getting a burrito and heading to the room to eat and gather up what we needed for the day.

 

 

We were to meet the squad at the Lobby bar at 8:40am to walk off the ship. I am not sure what time the ship was cleared but, I believe it was well after our scheduled time of 8am.

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We had to have a mask on to walk off the ship and through the duty-free shop. I didn’t bring any masks with me, so we grabbed two from guest services.

 

 

The second we walked off the ship, I spied our ride for the day. The Restless Native.

 

 

She stands out in a crowd. We loved how close it was so very little walking. The front seating areas were taken by the time we boarded, which worked out great as it started to rain a little and we were cozy and dry inside. We also got to talk to one of the crew for almost the entire ride to our snorkel spot. Some of the highlights were how expensive everything in Bermuda is these days. Currently it is $65 for a case of beer. $10 per gallon of gas. The average 1 bedroom studio apartment is $2000 per month. Everything on the island is imported. They do make Rum there, but it’s shipped to Kentucky to be bottled and then comes back to Bermuda.  

 

Here's plenty of pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is our mascot for the day Tito – Very easy to remember because we drank Tito’s and Cranberry all cruise long.

 

 

I believe our Captain said we were headed to a good spot near Daniels Head. The coolest fish in the area is the parrot fish and there is an $80,000 fine for catching one. Luckily, we were not on a fishing trip... just merely observing!

 

So beautiful!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mlshum]

So enjoying your review!  Thanks for taking the time to write it.  We’re headed to Bermuda on Magic on 10/06.  Can’t wait!  

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9 hours ago, mlshum said:

So enjoying your review!  Thanks for taking the time to write it.  We’re headed to Bermuda on Magic on 10/06.  Can’t wait!  

 

Hello Mlshum,

10/06 is right around the corner. That's fantastic. Your going to have a wonderful trip. Bermuda was so beautiful. We loved our time there. Thanks for reading along!

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We were at the spot and started snorkeling around 10am. They gave us 90 minutes and honestly that is enough when you are swimming the whole time. Hubby and I had our very own snorkel masks for this trip. They worked very well. But... they are funny looking. While everyone else went snorkeling, I was busy amusing myself with selfies with this crazy mask on my face. I laugh every time I see these. I just had to share!!! 

 

 

 

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I missed the part of the speech that we could go around this tiny island. I went about halfway and then gave the camera to DH and swam back. I am so glad I gave him the camera. He captured some fish in his pictures.

 

Here's a few of my not so good fish pics.

 

 

 

 

Oh wait, that's not a fish.  😂

 

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Now here’s the decent fish pics that hubby took.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The crew on the Restless Native was awesome. They treated us great. They paddle boarded out to us with Rum Punch and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. That was fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My friend took some pano pics.

 

 

 

 

 

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Here are some return to the port pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[peteandpris]

Great review thank you.

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On 9/25/2022 at 4:42 PM, peteandpris said:

Great review thank you.

 

Hey there Peteandpris,

Sorry for the delay. Thank you so much for reading along. 

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Sorry for the delay folks. Ok, where did I leave off… Oh yes, we were just riding back to the port from our very cool excursion.

 

At the port there are shops and restaurants and we ended up at the Frog & Onion Pub. It was a cool place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had Coor’s Light. Whew, that saved me. I was sick of Rum Punch and didn’t want a craft beer. We tried the fish chowder, and it was tasty!

 

 

The piano player/singer was hilarious. I wished that I wrote his name down. I’m just sorry we didn’t have more time to sit and listen to him. 

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Here are a few more pics from around the Frog and Onion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had chickens just hanging around.

 

 

 

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We bought a few souvenirs and headed back to the Magic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We were back in our cabin at 2:35. I think my little friend here is a penguin.

 

 

 

The gang wanted to do the slides while they were still wet from snorkeling. That was hilarious. I took the videos of them coming down. That yellow slide was fast. They loved it and there was no line, so they went back up and did it again.

 

 

At some point we cleaned up and met at the lobby bar before heading to dinner. DH got a margarita to switch things up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We headed back to the MDR for dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

I had the Corn, Chili, Quinoa Baked Tomato and French Onion Soup.

 

 

 

DH also had the French Onion Soup, Alligator Beignets, and the Lasagna Bolognese.

 

 

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After dinner, we all went to Deal or No Deal and got pretty good seats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wes won $75 on game 1 and Tara won $236 on game 2. We stayed right in our seats for the Love and Marriage Show. After the oldest married and newest married were selected, the funny couples competed. There were some really funny and raunchy couples! Then some guy gets on one knee and proposes and wins the 3rd slot immediately. I thought that was wild. I’d never seen a proposal. But my friends were disappointed. Turns out all 3 couples we not so funny. Why did I have tears streaming down my face? Ok, it wasn't this second round of drinks.

 

It was Ryan Rose!! His commentary and reaction to the “unfunniess” had me in hysterics.

 

 

 

I just couldn’t get enough of him. I was laughing out the door and this was the reaction of everyone with me…