Semi-Live Getaway: Feb 26 - Mar 10, 2023 NY - So. Caribbean ... 12 nights

[PistolPete13]

[PistolPete13]

Keeping this stuff in stock...

[PistolPete13]

Definitely was a full sailing...

 

[PistolPete13]

Cagney's anyone?

 

 

[PistolPete13]

My food intake for the trip.  I left out a nachos platter and blue cheese burger platter from O'Sheehans...

Photos are unfortunately in reverse order so you see my final weight first and how I started to slow down with ranch dressing mixed with a side salad...

 

 

[cruiseny4life]

14 minutes ago, PistolPete13 said:

 

I am absolutely loving the number of hash browns you had on this trip! How do these little nuggets compare to the old style hash browns? I think I noticed a few of those in another photo.

 

Thanks for making me delirious with hunger!

[PistolPete13]

11 minutes ago, cruiseny4life said:

I am absolutely loving the number of hash browns you had on this trip! How do these little nuggets compare to the old style hash browns? I think I noticed a few of those in another photo.

 

Thanks for making me delirious with hunger!

LOL, they were great but they ran out a few days in or at least I never found the station that had them. 
 

The tater tots were basically the same thing so I didn't mind.  They're just as I remembered from May of 2019 when I had them first.

[bellevuemountain]

Oh the food pics… thanks @PistolPete13.  That’s my favourite part of cruising.  You gave me the overwhelming urge for lava cake and ice cream ☺️.  Viking and Carnival have the recipe on their website.  So if you get the craving, the recipe is easy to make.

[PistolPete13]

Photos from our unexpected visit to St. Marteen.  Interesting seeing some cruise ships from companies I've never heard of before in port.

 

[PistolPete13]

Just checked my NCL account and somehow I qualified for triple points for the 12-day sailing!  So now I'm well into "Gold" terrority and 13 from Platinum.  Where are the cheap Canada cruises??  LOL.

[PistolPete13]

A few more from St. Kitts and the Orchid Garden in Barbados.

[mking8288]

On 3/11/2023 at 8:59 PM, PistolPete13 said:

Where are the cheap Canada cruises??  LOL.

Sine you are cruising solo - and fine with an Inside, which is often inexpensive when booked last minute (more "spacious" than a studio) - just plan ahead to take a week off from the office, and wait until mid May and/or early June as prices nearly always dropped after final payment/cancel deadline cutoff ... you might still be able to use 2 CruiseNext and possibly miss out on doubled Latitudes points (it's now "triple points" per night, depending on what's "important" to you - i.e. becoming Platinum)

 

It's funny to see hundreds of Platinums at MCT in the past years, doesn't take much efforts with this new NCL marketing tricks.   Mid September is good out of NY, despite being in the middle of hurricane season, to sail north ... doesn't always worked out that way but much better odds than another Bermuda run & too "risky" to book anything going south.  

[PistolPete13]

Short video clip of the main pool during our last full sea day heading back to NYC.
 

 

 

[Soccer222]

12 minutes ago, PistolPete13 said:

Short video clip of the main pool during our last full sea day heading back to NYC.
 

 

 

Your very own wave pool!

 

@PistolPete13 You are amazing!  Thank you for all the posts, pictures, information, and sense of humor. 

[bellevuemountain]

On 3/13/2023 at 8:41 PM, mking8288 said:

Sine you are cruising solo - and fine with an Inside, which is often inexpensive when booked last minute (more "spacious" than a studio) - just plan ahead to take a week off from the office, and wait until mid May and/or early June as prices nearly always dropped after final payment/cancel deadline cutoff ... you might still be able to use 2 CruiseNext and possibly miss out on doubled Latitudes points (it's now "triple points" per night, depending on what's "important" to you - i.e. becoming Platinum)

 

It's funny to see hundreds of Platinums at MCT in the past years, doesn't take much efforts with this new NCL marketing tricks.   Mid September is good out of NY, despite being in the middle of hurricane season, to sail north ... doesn't always worked out that way but much better odds than another Bermuda run & too "risky" to book anything going south.  

@mking8288, thanks for the info (even if it was for @PistolPete13, useful for myself).  Have you ever tried the New England cruise / mid September? From QC? I’m curious about the sailing conditions.  I would like to try out a B2B sailing that does not involve a plane trip.  Would you recommend a bigger ship (Joy) or a smaller ship (Pearl)?

Edited March 15, 2023 by bellevuemountain

[smillerholmes]

On 3/9/2023 at 9:09 AM, PistolPete13 said:

My body is basically telling me I need to eat ice cubes and Wonder bread for the next month to purge all the toxins out.

Ummm...ice cubes and Wonder Bread - is this a thing???

[PistolPete13]

Last sea day sunset

 

 

[PistolPete13]

Sunrise sailing into NY Harbor with the NCL Gem behind us.

 

 

[Jordan61]

Those sunrise pics are gorgeous.

[PistolPete13]

2 minutes ago, Jordan61 said:

Those sunrise pics are gorgeous.

Thank you.  Had to wait until the end of the 12-day cruise to see the perfect cloud conditions for a sunrise and felt fortunate to see it!

[www3traveler]

OH WOW!!!  Thank you for all the beautiful pictures.  Love all of your postings.

[Jordan61]

2 hours ago, Soccer222 said:

You are amazing!  Thank you for all the posts, pictures, information, and sense of humor. 

 

I'm still laughing at the peppercorn sauce that was saltier than seawater and less tasty!

[PistolPete13]

A quick video clip during the helicopter ride to the Montserrat volcano from Antigua.

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by PistolPete13

[bluesea777]

46 minutes ago, PistolPete13 said:

A quick video clip during the helicopter ride to the Montserrat volcano from Antigua.

 

 

 

 

Great video shot (as opposed to mug shot) of you in there!!!

 

 

[Maleficent's Dad]

3 hours ago, PistolPete13 said:

A quick video clip during the helicopter ride to the Montserrat volcano from Antigua.

 

 

 

Great little vid, but that’s a big N-O for me…. No helicopters for this guy!