Shadowmeboy's NCL Sun 12-Night Christmas New Years Caribbean Cruise Adventure

shadowmeboy · June 10

Susan went to the production show. I can't remember what i did that evening. I may have crashed early.

Tomorrow is our final Port Day.

shadowmeboy · June 10

December 30th, 2023

Port Day

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

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shadowmeboy · June 10

Coffee!

Breakfast at Seven Seas

We are in port with the Norwegian Getaway today.

Our friend Trace (@tgloersen) took this photo of the Sun coming into Puerto Plata

Fruit Salad

Yogurt Parfait

Pancakes and sides for Susan

Eggs Benedict

Heading to our excursion

shadowmeboy · June 10

Selfie with Brian!

Catching a ride down the dock!

Shore excursion meetup area

Ready to go to Ocean World!

shadowmeboy · June 10

shadowmeboy · June 10

We were on a shortened day visit to Ocean World, but we were still excited to visit.

shadowmeboy · June 10

shadowmeboy · June 10

We watched the Shark feeding

People pay to pet the sharks. No thank you!

shadowmeboy · June 10

We then went to watch the main dolphin show.

shadowmeboy · June 10

This girl and her family were standing next to us waiting for the show to start. The staff selected her to be part of the show!

shadowmeboy · June 10

The dolphin show was incredible!

Finally it was time for lunch!

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Note: I will be at a Conference the next couple of days. I will finish up Ocean World and the rest of the day when I get back from the Conference.

drumming cruisers · June 10

6 hours ago, shadowmeboy said:

We hung out with Steve and Cindy on this excursion.

The water was pretty calm except for when a boat when through like this one.

Water is so calm and looks so relaxing! Loving your review.

schmoopie17 · June 10

We had briefly looked at the Sun for a future cruise. However, after reading the horrendous reviews on CC, we quickly squelched that idea.

But following along with you, it's nice to see that the Sun isn't as bad as most of the previous reviewers make it out to be. Or maybe your fantastic photography makes it look better.

Maybe we'll give it a shot some day.

Edited June 10 by schmoopie17

shadowmeboy · June 16

On 6/10/2024 at 12:28 PM, drumming cruisers said:

Water is so calm and looks so relaxing! Loving your review.

The waters were really calm that day in Tortola. Thank you!

shadowmeboy · June 16

On 6/10/2024 at 1:46 PM, schmoopie17 said:

We had briefly looked at the Sun for a future cruise. However, after reading the horrendous reviews on CC, we quickly squelched that idea.

But following along with you, it's nice to see that the Sun isn't as bad as most of the previous reviewers make it out to be. Or maybe your fantastic photography makes it look better.

Maybe we'll give it a shot some day.

I have sailed the Sun 4 times. We have had mostly positive experiences every time we have sailed her.

People need to have the realization that she does not have all the bells and whistles of the newer ships. I honestly like that. I like the more intimate crew to passenger interaction. I like how you rarely feel crowded on the Sun. I would suggest giving her a shot.

shadowmeboy · June 16

After lunch, we went to the bird enclosure

Susan got some bird feed from the lady and held her hand out and got several birds.

Then it was my turn!

I have them eating out of both of my hands!

shadowmeboy · June 16

Then we went to see the Parrots and Macaws

We had a fun time at Ocean World. We would recommend it to others who are considering it!

Time to board the bus back!

shadowmeboy · June 16

We arrived back at Taino bay.

We of course had to walk through the entire Port area to get back to the ship.

lazy river

shadowmeboy · June 16

Finally we reached the Duty Free store which is the end of the area

We grabbed a cart to ride back to the ship as our legs were toast after the walk.

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shadowmeboy · June 16

Norwegian Getaway was trying to get their people on as fast as they could. They were almost at the sail time and had a huge line still.

Much shorter line!

Susan is dancing to the music!

shadowmeboy · June 16

We got back into our room and found our laundry bag was back!

We headed out to Deck 6 to say goodbye to Trace & Maria

Look we found @tgloersen!

Maria came out as well!

Getaway pulling out of Puerto Plata! Next stop New York City!

Getaway making its turn!

shadowmeboy · June 16

So stragglers kept making their way back to the ship. But we caught wind that one of the bigger shore excursions with almost 100 people was running late.

Getaway is sailing off.

Brian and the Shore Ex Manager were trying to find out where the shore Excursion was. The group above them had a family member taken off by ambulance when we arrived, and they were getting things situated to leave a family member in Puerto Plata to assist that member of the family who didn't make it back to the ship.