Carnival Panorama…12/3-12/10- LIVE

[sanmarcosman]

4 minutes ago, Roscoe13 said:

I love that Walmart! 

We each grab a 12 pack of Coke Light and usually see crew we know there shopping. 

[MeganGC1983]

Plaza de Toros

[sanmarcosman]

4 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

I don’t see a Walmart. I see Liverpool. I did see the Ruby Princess on the starboard side. 

 

 

Look to the right of Liverpool and set back a bit from the main road. It's there.

Good, you're on the good side of the basin. On the south side you have to walk through a long maze of indoor shops before you get outside.

Edited December 6, 2022 by sanmarcosman

[MeganGC1983]

Just now, sanmarcosman said:

Look to the right of Liverpool and set back a bit from the main road. It's there.

Ok from our balcony I can’t see to the right. Just Liverpool. 

[MeganGC1983]

This long sleeve bathing suit is confusing me. Am I hot? Am I about to sweat? Perplexing. 

[MeganGC1983]

Found the Walmarts. 

[Roscoe13]

8 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Found the Walmarts. 

That's awesome! 

Now if you could just find the pickleball...🤔😁

[MeganGC1983]

In the Liquid Lounge waiting on our excursion. I was told there will be whales. 🤞🏻

[MeganGC1983]

Waiting on clearance. There are 3 excursions meeting here. 

[sanmarcosman]

9 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

In the Liquid Lounge waiting on our excursion. I was told there will be whales. 🤞🏻

That fabric always reminds me when I was a boy we would watch cartoons and Disney films in the theater most afternoons aboard the S.S. United States. Sometimes I wonder if Carnival's designers used America's last ocean liner for inspiration. Have fun in PV today 🙂

 

Edited December 6, 2022 by sanmarcosman

[pbxtech]

DW and myself had our Honey Moon in PV early 90s.

We saw a big ship come in and been hooked on Cruising since.

Enjoy PV

[BarbieGee]

I've been 'lurking' through this cruise with you @MeganGC1983.
I've not yet seen you have your usual "French Kiss" libation! 😉😁

Looking forward to your Paradise cruise review if you are doing one, cause I'll be a first timer on Paradise Feb 6.

[luvcruzing]

12 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

DH who rarely sees football games is thrilled that it came down to the wire. Meanwhile I had two coronaries and paced 250 yards of Hero’s bar in the last 90 seconds. 

It must be so much fun watching you watching your team.  😆

[dallasdan]

If you have time after your excursion there is a great taco stand on the street right behind walmart.  I recommend the Al pastor. 

[obx_fintoo]

All caught up and looking forward to the rest!

 

Cheers!

[Jamman54]

4 minutes ago, obx_fintoo said:

All caught up and looking forward to the rest!

 

Cheers!

How are you guys doing? What do you have planned for next year?

[MeganGC1983]

OMG! There WERE WHALES! Best excursion we’ve ever done. Video on IG. Cleaning up and headed back out into PV. I’ll catch y’all up this evening. 

[lazydayz]

Color me jelly!  Great you got to see the whales. 

[Roscoe13]

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

OMG! There WERE WHALES! Best excursion we’ve ever done. Video on IG. Cleaning up and headed back out into PV. I’ll catch y’all up this evening. 

I told ya!!  And if you had done the Cabo first itinerary you could have seen them from the ship during morning coffee.  I still say that you should ditch Branson's line, whatever it's called, and do the Cabo first on the 7th.  Run that by Mr. Megan, I'm sure at least he misses me. I know I miss him.

Seriously, glad you are seeing a totally different experience.  I will never defend Mex Riviera vs Caribbean for snorkeling, flying fish sightings and water temperature, etc.  But you kinda are in the middle as far as air travel. 

[MeganGC1983]

Ok back on board… great day. First we headed out for the whales and snorkel tour. We walked around the ship to the middle area of the bay and found our Vallarta Adventures boat. We were handed our life vest and headed to the top of the boat. And there was a crocodile in the water. 

[MeganGC1983]

Ricky was our tour guide and he gave us the safety briefing and talked about what we were doing and introduced the other crew. Then juice and coffee was served along with pastries as we headed across to Marietas Island. 

[MeganGC1983]

Then lots of whales… I quickly realized that video got more whale than pictures got, so there is a bunch of videos.  They were really neat. 

[MeganGC1983]

After about 45 minutes, we went ahead and went to the snorkel spot. It wasn’t that cold y’all. I didn’t wear the pants, and I really could have used a regular swimsuit. Lots of great fish and coral. Two people did run into Black Sea urchins though. 
we snorkeled for an hour, and then lunch was ready back on the boat. It was your standard deli lunch. I didn’t take pictures because I was wet. 

[MeganGC1983]

Then the bar was open and people could kayak or paddle board. I stuck with margaritas. More of the “long” island. 

[MeganGC1983]

They took us over to another island of the preserve where the hidden beach was. Hidden beach is only open Wednesday-Saturday so we missed it today. Definitely something I want to see. We also learned all about the blue footed boobie birds and other birds that were there.