Liberty Review-Feb.11th sailing-Long/detailed

[bubbles1209]

Ok, you guys were warned, this is a long detailed review of Liberty. This review was our experience, we had a great time, and isn't meant to sway people's decisions one way or the next. It's the story of our week and how it went, and our opinions. Here goes..........

Departure-

We got to our airport close to an hour before the flight was scheduled to leave. Due to construction at our local airport, it took about 20-25 minutes just to figure out where the long term parking was located. Once DH found it (he had dropped me off with the luggage where ya walk in), we went to the ticket counter, got checked in, collected our boarding passes and instantly got on the plane headed for Atlanta. We had around an hour's lay-over and boarded the plane early, and we got to Lauderdale as scheduled, by 1:30. We got our luggage and DH's bag was pretty much destroyed. There was an L-shaped tear in it big enough to see what was inside. Went to baggage claim and got a form done to submit so when we got back home it could be sent off & repaired. We found the Carnival rep, got on a bus within 15 minutes, and were transferred to the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel.

Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel-

Here it is, at least 1 review of a hotel that no-one ever talks about. Now I see why. When we checked in, it looked very nice in the lobby. Staff was friendly and helpful. No porters for luggage. They have valet parking and will get you a cab in no-time. Cabs are constantly in & out with staff outside to make sure you get one quickly. We went to the front desk and were offered a choice between a king or 2 full-size beds. We chose the king. Then, she said she had no kings available they were being cleaned.:confused: So, we took the full. They don't offer you the choice of smoking or non-smoking. We were assigned a room that was non-smoking. We couldn't have asked for a better view from the balcony. The port was directly across the street. This hotel is still under construction, I believe the tower rooms are still closed. Even though the lobby looked nice, the carpet in the hallways were stained, as were the walls. The rooms were no different however, the bed sheets were extremly clean (else we wouldn't have stayed). The water is dis-colored, and there's a sign that tells you that it has to do with the town's water system. The sign tells you the water is safe, but I didn't trust it. After we got to our room, we both took a nap. Then we headed to the lobby and the concierge reccomended 15th Street Fishieries for a steak & seafood dinner. We grabbed a cab ($6). This place has casual & more formal seating with the casual on the one side with outside tables, and the more formal inside. We had a table right by the waterfront. There was no seafood/steak dish at all. You had to choose 1 or the other, so I ordered 1, DH ordered the other, and we shared. I wouldn't go here again, because it's not quite what we were looking for. We took a cab back to the hotel stopping at CVS along the way. DH wanted a new suitcase. Cab ride even with us stopping was a little over $10. We went back to the room, watched the gambling ship leave out, spent some time on the balcony, transferred his clothes from 1 suitcase to the new one, got the ship tags on them (the deck tags). Watched some t.v., we had to call the front desk for a remote control, there wasn't one in the room. It took them almost 30 minutes to get us one. Around 10 we called for a pizza delivery, when it arrived, the front desk called to see if we wanted to come meet him, or if we wanted them to send him up. Send him up please. After eating we went to bed. Check out is 11 and we were charged $1 for the phone call for the pizza. This hotel charges over $300 per night. There's even a sign on the door that says max charge is $400 per night. Not worth it. Maybe after rennovations are done, but not now. Wouldn't want to stay there again until all work is done.

Embarkation-

We checked out of the hotel at 11:00. We were told that the Carnival transfers bus usually cam by 12-12:30 at the latest. I think they finally showed up around 1:00. We got over to the pier & got off of the bus. There was a line, but not a bad one. We got right on into the terminal, and right off the bat were asked for our funpass. We had the docs, passports, funpass & immigration forms in our hands. Makes things much faster, a good idea to have it out & ready. We went through to a line and were called to the counter fairly quick. We were using travler's cheques and had written cash over the credit card info spot on the S&S page. They tore that page out & kept it. They verified everything checked our i.d's, etc. and off to a line we went. Everyone was told that any metal you were wearing needed to come off, including belts, piercings, etc. Once through the X-ray we collected our things and proceeded through the line. We had to show docs & I.D. twice more before getting on the ship, so keep it handy. Everything was smooth and moved very quickly. When we got on board we went to the Venetian Palace where we were told to set up the cash on our S&S account. When it was our turn, they asked for S&S page out of the documents. We told them that they had torn it out at check-in. We handed them our S&S card, and put money down. Not sure why they wanted a page that had been taken, maybe it's something they should work on. Everything went smooth, even though the bus didn't show up until 1, we were at a bar with a foo-foo in hand before 1:30, and that was after we had gotten done in the Venetian Palace. So yes, it was quick. Our luggage arrived before 6, and we spent the day exploring. Tried to make reservations at Harry's for Valentine's but they were already booked solid. We made the reservations for Tuesday night. We went to the late seating as requested. In the hello speech, they stressed no shorts after the 1st night in the dining room. We met our table mates. We had 1 couple that we never saw again after the first night. We were at a table for 8, and the rest of the week, it was a table for 6. I did overhear the man say that his 1st dinner was the worst thing he'd ever had. Everyone else was happy. He struck us as someone that was gonna be unhappy no matter what. We went on to check out the casino, & then on to bed.

Freeport-

We were here from 7a.m.-3 p.m. We slept in on that day because we had heard there wasn't much to do. They're right. We went to the straw market and went into the different stores, then to a cab to Lucaya. We went & looked around the casino, walked out to the beach, then walked back and across the street for some shopping. In my pics, I'm wearing a red flower wrap-around skirt with a matching tank top. $40:eek: but I wanted it, and we were on vacation. That's about all we did here. Went back to the ship, DH got a nap while I roamed around a bit. This was our first formal night, so started getting ready for that. We went to dinner had some pictures made, and spent the rest of the evening in the casino. This got to be our every night routine after dinner.

Fun Day At Sea-

I guess it was the excitement of being on the trip, but somehow from this day on, I got into the habit of getting up around 8:30 every day. Never do that at home. We more or less just explored the ship, I played a trivia game or 2, we played some bingo. Of course, DH wanted to check out the topless deck, at least he was smart enough to wait for the day you could actually see Cuba. He said he saw lots of puppies, I wasn't paying attention, I actually was looking for Cuba. We got done roaming the ship, he took his nap, I went to the internet cafe to send my daughter an e-mail, got a shake, took some pics of the ship, and went back to get ready for Harry's. This was the night we had reservations for. We decided to dress formal and go. We went in, got seated, and no sooner was my napkin in my lap when the young lady who was setting up the table knocked over a glass of ice water on in my lap. Cold, it was cold, I used my napking to soak up what I could, thank God it was only water, and had to change chairs, because the one I had was soaked. The hostess there told me to take the gown to the purser's desk, give them her name, and that she would have it cleaned. I did. Aside from that, Harry's is very nice, but unfortunately not my cup of tea. There were a lot of things they had that I simply can say I'll never acquire a taste for. The porterhouse is delicious. I can honestly say that. No, I'm not letting the bad start with the water cloud my judgement, they took care of that, but that jus isn't for us. We changed, and did our evening casino run, this night, DH won quite a bit.

Grand Cayman-

This is a beautiful port. We had booked the stingray, turtle farm, & hell excursion through Carnival. We got a tender, went ashore, waited quite a bit, and were walked quite a ways back to some buses. A couple of blocks walk at that. We went to Hell first, then to the turtle farm, and then took a boat ride out to the stingrays. I frieked out, I'm not gonna lie. DH loved it. About the time I got used to the idea of all of it, I got the better idea of taking pics from the boat. I did kiss one while they held it though, for me, that's a lot. After this, there was little time left to do much of anything being as how the last tender to the ship came at 4:15, and we were running late getting back. But, we did make it. We went to the grill & grabbed a burger, dh took his nap, I messed around the ship. Today they offered all of your laundry that you could fit into one bag to be cleaned, pressed & sent back to your cabin by 7 p.m. the next evening, so, DH put it all in a bag & set it outside the door to be picked up. Then we did the dinner & casino thing. Our routine........I miss it.

Costa Maya-

This is the 2nd formal night of the trip. We had booked the dolphin encounter excursion here, and had to be at the pier by 11:30 a.m. We rode the trolley, met up with the excursion people. We took a 20-25 minute bus ride to Delphine on Uvero Beach. Gorgeous. You get off the bus, and you are told there are lockers, and 2 open bars. They collect your S&S card as a deposit on the lockers, you get it back when you turn in the key. We then went to a little video about the dolphins as well as instructions. Put lifejackets on & headed down to where they were. In one word........AWESOME!! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and would no hesitate doing it again. They won't let you take pics of the swim, they sell them to ya. They do a handshake, dolphin kiss, and take one of you holding him. You get done, turn your lifejackets in, and the pics are $20 a piece no discount if you buy more than one. We picked one. We did some shopping for souveniers, ate, spent a little down time, had a drink, and took the bus back towards the pier. There are shuttles every 45min, to an hour leaving from here back to the pier. We did more shopping closer to the pier, and headed back to the ship for our 2nd formal night. DH took his nap, I watched sail away & piddled around. Got ready to get dress for formal night, and at 7:15 DH had no dress shirt, and the laundry had not been returned as advertised. We got ahold of the room steward and he told us they weren't done with it, that it would be ready tomorrow. I told him that wasn't gonna work, because DH need a dress shirt tonight. Bless this guy's heart, he ran down, and pressed the shirt himself, and brought it back to us so DH could get dressed for dinner. We still didn't get the rest of our clothes back until close to 11 the next morning. As soon as I saw the charge on our S&S (this charge didn't show up until Friday)I went downstairs to the purser's desk and told them that I was not going to pay $15.00 for a service they didn't deliver as they advertised. I explained to the young lady what had happened, and when we actually received our clothes back. I also explained that I would not have taken them up on that offer if I knew it was gonna be delayed the way it was. I can go to the self-serve laundry & wash a load for $2 and dry a load for $2 and save $11. We mainly decided to try it for the convenience. They did remove the charge from our bill. Had it only been an hour or 2 late, I would have understood,. but not the next day.

Fun Day At Sea

We spent this day doing absolutely nothing. We packed but that's about it. Nothing much to say, that sums this day up completely. The weather was cooler, skys were gray and only in the high 60's. After a couple of days with 80 degrees plus, that makes ya wanna say brr.

Dis-Embarkation-

Ok, between 7 & 8 they start the self- assist, and they call it by decks. Trick is here, you take your own. You go off of deck 0 to get off of the ship. They want you out of the staterooms between 8 & 8:30. If you're not doing self-assist, you have to have your bags outside of the room no later than 10 the night before debarkation. They do dis-embarkation for those not doing self-assist by deck, and you are given luggage tags so you'll have the correct color for what deck you are on. They call by decks & colors. Main aft, or pink tags, etc. They do breakfast from 6-9 on the open deck (Lido deck), and they do Open Seating from 6:30-8:30 in the Silver Olympian Dining room. Our deck was called around 9:30. Line moved quickly, they did give us back our S&S cards, I have read that some ships don't. You're told as soon as you go out to have your passport/i.d. open so the immigration can see it and you don't have to pull it out. We did, went right on through, no problem.. Went down the escalator, a porter asked if we wanted help, of course we did, he got us right on down into the line for customs, and it was moving fairly quick, we were on the bus in less than 30 minutes after getting off the ship.

 

Other Quick Points-

Liquor Distribution- They collect it when you come back from port, but get it back to your cabin the night before dis-embarkation\

Travelog- On Elation, we bought 1 travelog that covered every port & the happenings on the ship. On Liberty, the sell 3 dvds for 3 ports instead of everything all on one. They Want 22 or so for the dvd's or $60 for all 3. Thought this would be interesting to bring up, I know after cruising Elation, I thought they all came the same way..........guess not, we didn't buy them. Food, some times there was stuff I wouldn't want to try, my biggest thing was why would Emile's be closed when you come back from port? Everyone's gonna be hungry and all they have to choose from is the deli, the grill or room service. They all serve the same things every day, in my opinion they need to work on a solution to that one. Food was always good, we enjoyed everything. Pizza & Ice cream were good, Milkshake was good, got my money's worth I thought.

Hope I didn't ruin your eyes, and I'll be trying to post capers very shortly.

[AnDeNo.UK]

Thanks for sharing your great review Bubbles. Great pics also. Can't wait to be on the ship in April. :)

[mydream]

I enjoyed reading your review. Thanks. I read you visited the casino. What did you think of it? Was it smokey and how was the "feel" of the room? Was it packed out most nights? Were the tables busy or mostly slots? Just a bit curious. Glad you had fun.

[bubbles1209]

I enjoyed reading your review. Thanks. I read you visited the casino. What did you think of it? Was it smokey and how was the "feel" of the room? Was it packed out most nights? Were the tables busy or mostly slots? Just a bit curious. Glad you had fun.

We visited the casino every night:p There was always a good bit of people in there, very busy past 8. We stayed until they closed it down one night. DH won $600 one night, donated most of it back the next night, and the night after that won $1000. Everyone in the casino was friendly, the staff as well as the passengers. Never really saw people getting out of hand, but they did tend to get loud while winning on our sailing. Not so much busy around 6 or before. It wasn't smoky, tables & slots were all busy, but it seems there were always slots available to play, some nights more than others. Some table games you had a harder time getting to play, most of the time they were full. Another thing I meant to mention in my review is that they do have Texas Hold'Em, but it's not a typical table. Now, it's computerized. You go to the cash stand in the casino, and get this card that you put money on. Then you go to the table. Oval table, you put your card in, and on the table which is like a big tv screen, for each player it shows how much you are bringing to the table and your name. It's a touch screen, and you cup your hands over your cards that are dealt face down, and they flip up where you can see them. When you move your hands, the cards go back to being face down so the other players can't see. Then you press bet, check, fold, raise, whichever applies just by touching the word on the screen. The game plays out from there. I only played on it once, it's not the same as a real card table, which some of the fellas tried to get started, however this table was packed with a waiting list every night. To me, it just wasn't the same. On a different note, and something I meant to mention, this ship is huge, a lot of walking. To get to the funnel deck you climb lots of stairs from the pool on the lido. I learned that from our room, to go to deck 5 which is where the casino is, and keep walking straight through to get to the shops, and go down a flight or 2 of stairs/or take the elevator, to get to the main lobby & purser's desk. I think I walked off everything that I ate, because the ship is so big.

[bubbles1209]

One more thing, I added the capers to my pics in my signature. If you're watching the slide-show, move your mouse until you see the controls at the bottom. Click pause, then double click on the pic and it will get bigger, enlarge it with the min/max button in the top right corner if necessary. Then just x out, hit play, and go again. Hope they help and that everyone can read them ok.

[FastFreddie]

Thank you for taking the time to write this review bubbles! Nice pics it showed off the ship pretty much. Did you get the chance to try the Fish & Chips? If so how were they?

 

TIA

FF

[Cruising89143]

Bubbles, I stayed at the Ft. Lauderdale Grande back in early December and had similar results. This property was not the same as when Marriott owned it. I know that the property received a lot of damage from Hurricane Wilma and that is one reason for the construction. Our room smelled and felt dirty. Carpet was not clean. The bed was very nice and clean but for what they were charging, it was not worth it. I did contact the hotel through their website and the General Manager contacted me within several days. I let him know that I felt for what the hotel was charging that I expected much better. He did make things right. I will stay here again but only after the property has been totally refurbished which is supposed to be the end of the year.

[breenw]

Glad the casino wasn't smokey for you. When we were on the Liberty in January the casio absolutely reeked of cigarettes. The first day on the ship before we even sailed, people were walking by the side of the casino and commenting on how bad it smelled. We didn't spend a whole lot of time in there during the cruise because of this. I guess the good part of that is we didn't spend as much money as we would have on the slots!!!

[jbhcw]

Bubbles, thanks for the review and pictures, great job:) Really looking forward to sailing on the Liberty.

 

Can you tell us a little more about the food, how was it in the dining room, and what did you not like about Harry's? We haven't eaten in a Supper Club on a Carnival ship in many years, did on the Spirit when it was new, thinking about trying it again in September. Thanks again:)

[clgcrusier]

Bubbles, I can certainly identify with you about the food-I like to be able to identify what I'm eating! I'm not a fan of seafood or other dishes that are considered "exotic", at least in my neck of the woods! Give me cheese and crackers and I'm happy. . .the yooper coming out in me! I also like a more relaxed dinner atmosphere. The regular dining room is fine for me.

 

I really appreciate the great review, as I will be on this ship in a few days, same itinerary. Even though I've never been to Freeport, from everything I've read I've pretty much decided to stay on the ship that day as an R $ R time, as I'm sure Grand Cayman will be a zoo!

[dental217]

For some reason I couldn't find the link to the pictures. Would love to send them to my grandchildren since we will be taking this same cruise this summer and they are so excited.

[Froufie]

Great review - thanks!

 

How was your cabin? roomy enuf for 2? What was the room steward's name? Sounds like he went above and beyond the call of duty for your dh!

 

Also wondering about Harry's?...and what were your favorites in the dining room.

 

Did you watch any of the movies on the 'big screen"?

 

Thanks,

 

Froufie

[bubbles1209]

For some reason I couldn't find the link to the pictures. Would love to send them to my grandchildren since we will be taking this same cruise this summer and they are so excited.

 

The link is in my signature, but I'm gonna put it here for ya. I added the capers and some pics from formal nights & the dolphin swim last night.

http://community.webshots.com/slides...sBox/Slideshow (look for this same link below, and they will show up.:)

We had a great time!

[bubbles1209]

Great review - thanks!

 

How was your cabin? roomy enuf for 2? What was the room steward's name? Sounds like he went above and beyond the call of duty for your dh!

 

Also wondering about Harry's?...and what were your favorites in the dining room.

 

Did you watch any of the movies on the 'big screen"?

 

Thanks,

 

Froufie

There are pics of the cabin in my signature, yes, it was roomy enuf:) our room steward's name was Iputu, he was so sweet. He did go above & beyond, and I made sure we put that in the comment card. Harry's wasn't my cup of tea, but for people that have an acquired taste for vichyssoise, bernaise sauce, etc, I'm sure it's great, but I just couldn't do it. I did make it through a salad, but it tasted, well not sure how to describe it, but I didn't care for it. When you ask for blue cheese dressing, you get actual chunks of blue cheese itself, with something that looks like vinigarette mixed in, just not what I'm used to I suppose. They do bring your main course uncooked to your table and let you select what you want to eat. DH had the surf & turf (lobster & steak), and seemed to enjoy it. The porter house (that was me) was very good. The dining room offered veal, turkey & dressing, dinner sirloin, lobster, broiled fish, quail, had sides of rice, baked potatoes, etc. They used penne pasta for starters as well as shrimp coctail, a good variety of different things, I enjoyed the dining room very much. We didn't really see any movies on the big screen, we had the 8:30 sitting, and some of the movies started around 6 and by the time they were over, there wouldn't have been enough time to get ready for dinner. DH had this napping thing going on every day and sometimes didn't get up until around 7 anyway, so no, didn't do that one, we did enjoy it some during the day when out & about, but never sat through an entire show.

[bubbles1209]

Thank you for taking the time to write this review bubbles! Nice pics it showed off the ship pretty much. Did you get the chance to try the Fish & Chips? If so how were they?

 

TIA

FF

Yes, the pics showed off the ship pretty much. I couldn't believe how beautiful it was, and big. Lots of walking. You will walk off whatever you eat just trying to get somewhere. There aren't many pics of Freeport, because all you see is all there is to take pics of. We do have pics of Grand Cayman, with the stingrays, and just some beach shots of Costa Maya because while on the dolphin excursion they didn't allow you to take pics. They do this so they can sell them to you at $20 each. What you see in our pics as far as the beach & shops was about all we had time left to do once the excursion was over. We shopped at the shops on the beach and back close to the pier. I didn't try the fish & chips, because if I eat fish, it's gonna be something I cook. Just one of my little quirks.

[Froufie]

Bubbles - thanks for the responses!

 

One more question - I noticed you (and some other recent cruisers) mentioned something about going to the Venetian Palace directly after boarding to set up your S&S accounts - is this something new? I know in the past this was all done at 'check in' and once on board you were free to roam, eat/drink and be merry!

 

Was everyone required to do this? Just wondering why this 'new' system?

 

Froufie

[bubbles1209]

Bubbles - thanks for the responses!

 

One more question - I noticed you (and some other recent cruisers) mentioned something about going to the Venetian Palace directly after boarding to set up your S&S accounts - is this something new? I know in the past this was all done at 'check in' and once on board you were free to roam, eat/drink and be merry!

 

Was everyone required to do this? Just wondering why this 'new' system?

 

Froufie

At first I thought it was only the ones using cash/traveler's cheques, but they also had other lines using credit cards. I don't know if this was for people that wanted seperate accounts or what. I know on Elation they did everything at check in, and all we had to do was go to the purser's desk, add money and go party. Not sure why or what the method to this madness is, but it wasn't working. They were tearing out that page of the docs at initial check-in, and then in the palace, turning around and asking you for that page. Made no sense to me. We gave them our card, added our money & went to the bar.

[jordanaire]

Bubbles, you did an outstanding job with the slide show! What wonderful pictures! My wife and I will be heading out on the Liberty in just 47 more days, and after seeing your pictures, we can't wait!

 

What kind of camera did you use to take the slide show pics? Great shots!

 

This has to be the BEST slide show we've ever seen on these boards! Thank you for taking the time to do it.

 

:cool: Bill & Leila

[bubbles1209]

Bubbles, you did an outstanding job with the slide show! What wonderful pictures! My wife and I will be heading out on the Liberty in just 47 more days, and after seeing your pictures, we can't wait!

 

What kind of camera did you use to take the slide show pics? Great shots!

 

This has to be the BEST slide show we've ever seen on these boards! Thank you for taking the time to do it.

 

:cool: Bill & Leila

Thank you very much, but Jason (Gatorclaw) really has me beat, he is the video expert here, I'm amateur, I promise, all I did was make a scrapbook on webshots, and they do the rest, but I'm very glad you enjoyed them, we had a great time.:) The camera I used is a HP Photosmart M425v digital camera. It's 5 megapixels with automatic red-eye reduction built in. Funny thing is, on the night before we were supposed to leave for the airport my camera died, and I had to go and get another (the warranty had expired). They wanted to replace it with a new one , and ship it to me, told me I would have it by Monday. Needless to say that did me no good as our plane left at 7:20 the next morning. Went to Walmart & bought this one for around $100. Glad you enjoyed the pictures, hope you guys enjoy your trip. Be prepared for a lot of walking the ship is soooooo long.

[Elaine515]

Bubbles,

 

Did you have a Meet & Greet, and if yes, where, when and how did it turn out?

 

My husband is not going to like the video Texas Hold Em game so I'm not gonna tell him... I'm going to let him read your review!!!

 

I love 3 Card Poker... do you think I'll have a problem getting a seat at that table and do you remember if minimum was $5 or $10... What did you and your husband play? What did he win at????

 

Which dining room did you eat in? Did the waiters put on a show every night?

 

Your pictures/slideshow is great and really makes me want to go NOW.....

 

Thank you so much for the review and pictures...

[bubbles1209]

Bubbles,

 

Did you have a Meet & Greet, and if yes, where, when and how did it turn out?

 

My husband is not going to like the video Texas Hold Em game so I'm not gonna tell him... I'm going to let him read your review!!!

 

I love 3 Card Poker... do you think I'll have a problem getting a seat at that table and do you remember if minimum was $5 or $10... What did you and your husband play? What did he win at????

 

Which dining room did you eat in? Did the waiters put on a show every night?

 

Your pictures/slideshow is great and really makes me want to go NOW.....

 

Thank you so much for the review and pictures...

We had a meet & greet set up for 2:00 on the first sea day at the bar by the aft pool, myself & 2 other couples showed up........& not all at once, we met one young lady & her friend, and right after they left, we hung around a few minutes, and just as we were leaving we ran into another couple. We had already ran into them though, it was funny. We were at breakfast the 1st morning, and they were sitting at the table next to us. He goes, aren't you bubbles? His wife & us wound up on the same dolphin excursion later on in the week. We had a great time. Ahhhhh, you're gonna let my review do the dirty work for ya, huh:cool: good shot:p as long as it's not me. 3 card poker I remember extremely well, we played it every night. DH won 1,000 playing that one night. He won $700 one night, lost 400 the next, won 1,000 the next night, and we lost 5 or 600 the next, but we still came out ahead.:D Minimum is 5. Pays to play the pair plus. Now ya know what he played & won at, lol. We ate in the Golden Olympian Dining Room on the lower level. Yes, the waiters put on a show, not so much the first night, but on the 2nd look out. We learned to leave about dessert time so we'd miss it. It was fun on our first cruise last June, but not so much this time. They were doing the same songs & dances as the last ship we were on. Not sure when you guys go, but have a great time, we did. We're trying to plan the Valor for June now.:)

[Jermar]

Bubbles1209, nice review and photos, very detailed. We will be on the March 25th cruise and was wondering since you mention that the formal nights are Monday and Thursday, which is the Capt. party night? Also on which night do they have the past guest party? And lastly which port(s) are tendered vers docked? How much of a hassle were the tendered ports and how long did it take to get off?

Thanks

[Froufie]

Hey Bubbles,

 

Just off the ship (and missing it already) - had that fabulous 2462 cabin - all good except for the 'morse code tapping' from wall or vent whenever the ship was going over 20 knots.

 

So I met Iputu and told him he was FAMOUS on the internet - I mentioned your 'shirt/laundry' story and he actually did remember doing this - too funny. He was an excellent room steward and lots of fun!

 

Frouf