Carnival Victory 11-2 / 11-9 Review

[Aplmac]

Thanks for the tip.

I tried it out...let's see if it worked...:confused:

 

Yeyy! It did!

You GO girl!! __________ Glad it worked for you.. :)

[Aplmac]

I found a few more..

 

 

 

This is the lookout over Charlotte Amalie, at St.Thomas, USVI

 

 

Roseau DOMINICA on the rainy morning on November 4th.

Curiously it rained only on the land, not on the ship!

talk about contrasts in weather, huh?

 

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[Memphis_Wife]

I have only been on one cruise - with RCL, two years ago so I am trying to remember....

 

Are all the decks wood? Aplmac your pictures look like wood decking?!

[Aplmac]

I have only been on one cruise - with RCL, two years ago so I am trying to remember....

 

Are all the decks wood? ===> Pretty much!

Aplmac your pictures look like wood decking?!

Traditionally the decks of ships are Teak -- yes they're wood,

Teak being particularly durable, out in the weather day and night

 

 

 

All this decking is Teak..

 

 

When it's freshly cut and laid down, Teak is a rich 'oily' brown

(by nature it's an oily wood, which is why it gets used for this tough use

but not oily in the sense it'll make you slip and slide, so no worries there)

 

The sun and rain quickly oxidise its surface to the sort of silver-grey color you see in these shots.

These are typical-lookin Teak decks!

 

[Memphis_Wife]

Can you imagine how much all that teak costs? Holy moly! We put new hardwood floors in our house and just about had a heart attack - cannot imagine all the decks on a ship!

[Feistyred]

We just returned from this cruise and I had a wonderful time.

I don't know that I'd do it again cause a different port everyday kicked my butt!:o

We did a different beach in every port(but Dominica, it was raining there) and have some nice pics but I'm not sure how to post them or where to go to put them up so you can see them. If someone can tell me what to do...

We started as a group of 60 I thought but by the time we all got together there was almost 80 of us. The only time anyone saw us all together was the night we had our pictures taken on the steps in the lobby bar.

A good time was had by all!

[Aplmac]

We did a different beach in every port(but Dominica, it was raining there)

and have some nice pics but I'm not sure how to post them or where to go to put them up so you can see them.

If someone can tell me what to do...

Would suggest you go over to http://photobucket.com/

and set yourself up with a free account and start assembling your collection there.

 

When you get to know what you're doing at Photobucket

you can create distinct albums, sub-albums and sub-sub-albums to categorise your pics.

 

Anyone wanting to take a look at mine(for an example) need only click on

http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/aplmac/

and go from there, first noticing a bunch of album titles over in the left hand column --those are various cruises,etc.

 

Click on them and see what opens up before you!

At each individual cruise folder, you'll find destination folders (again..in the left hand column).

 

Build your photo collection there..(take you a few days?)

and then start posting them over here on CC threads, where they show quite large

(assuming you made them large, over at Photobucket..)

 

This is Destiny, not Victory, but just as nice.. :)

 

 

Victory ..docked at St.Thomas

[Kaboochi]

..was fabulous!

 

I ordered the Indian veggie thing

which turned out to be equal to anything we have here(Barbados)

at Apsara gourmet Indian restaurant.

 

Aplmac, Where is the Indian restuarant? Is it near the pier or Rockley "Accra" beach? We love Indian cuisine. Thanks to your help our group will surely be enjoying our visit to your island NEXT WEEK!!!!!

[Kaboochi]

A few shots of the Port area at St.Johns, ANTIGUA

 

 

 

There's that Pirate Ship again..

Reading this thread for the second time and came across this pic. My dear friend manages this shop and we are going to see and her family in 12 days on our Victory Cruise. Any pics of the Zip Line or the Big Banana Restaurants? Our friends own those too!!!!

[Aplmac]

Aplmac, Where is the Indian restuarant?

Is it near the pier or Rockley "Accra" beach? We love Indian cuisine.

Apsara is near Accra/Rockley, just about 3/4 mile beyond the beach

at the Rendezvous/Worthing Rd. intersection, v.close to the traffic lights

on the land side of the road, behind Cave Shepherd's branch,there

but I'm not sure...

 

You're SO lucky.. :)

I just phoned them...they DO 'do Lunch' - Monday to Friday only

from Noon until about 2 - 2:30 p.m.

 

Their tel.number is 435-5454 when you're here on the island.

It may be best to phone ahead and see if...

Bon apetite!

 

-and my number is 427-0146 if you want to invite me along!! :D

[Aplmac]

Digging around a bit...

I came across this shot from May 2007, taken in Dominica

from atop the Morne Bruce lookout spot in Roseau

showing Carnival Destiny at the Roseau dock.

 

Ok so substitute Victory for Destiny

and you essentially have the same ship on exactly the same Eastern Caribbean loop.

 

[Aplmac]

When you stop at Barbados

there's a scenic boardwalk that runs along the waterfront in Bridgetown

just one street over from the main shopping area on Broad Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[CruisinJazz]

FieryRed...would love to see your pics, read a report and learn about the excursions you did!!

 

Aplmac...once again your photos have blown me away! Ohhhhhhhh, September can't get here fast enough!!

[Aplmac]

And if you get over to Accra/Rockley Beach

there's also a mile-long boardwalk there

that takes in a good stretch of sunny coastline!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Aplmac]

Maybe you could do the Atlantis submarine dive tour...

this pic shows her being towed out to the dive-site..

 

If you want to swim with the turtles

you'll need to catch one of these coastal cruisers..

[Cigar Dude]

 

 

If you want to swim with the turtles

you'll need to catch one of these coastal cruisers..

 

Keep the pics coming Aplmac!

 

BTW, is "swim with the turtles" code for some sexual encounter? :eek:

[Aplmac]

BTW, is "swim with the turtles" code for some sexual encounter? :eek:

No...it's becoming a very popular activity for visitors

where West Coast tours carry them over to where turtles hang out -waiting to be fed!-

and where snorkellers get into the water with the turtles swimming all around them.

 

It's a big hit, second only (I reckon) to Harrison's Caves!

[irmanumber1]

I just want to thankyou for sharing those photo's. They are all amazing....I booked the Victory just to go to these ports. I am so exited, more now then ever. I am so confused on what beachs to go...I was going to the boatyard but after looking at your beautiful pictures I think I will go to the ACCRA. Do they serve drinks there and does someone come by or do you have to go to the bar? I love the water and I only come out to have a cold one...Also the ship looks nice...

[padre]

St Kitts was one of my favorite ports!

The Scenery was amazing

 

This is the Atlantic Ocean on the left and the Caribbean Sea on the right

 

Monkeys everywhere. If you look close, you can see a couple of them running past us!

 

I just love seeing the clouds on top of the mountains

[sheri18]

what great pics....keep them coming.....

[pingwin77]

I am actually taking this cruise in a week and a half and can't thank you enough for all the pictures and stories!

 

I do have one questions for you. You mentioned the Black Pearl around page 3 or so and I didn't see any pictures of it. Is this really something you get to see? My friends would flip out if I could bring back some photos of that!

 

Thanks again for all the time and pictures! I can't wait to see all of this for myself!

[Aplmac]

what great pics....keep them coming.....

Just for you, here are two opposing views taken across Victory's Lido sun-deck

 

 

 

 

What island in the background?

These were taken when we were alongside, in St.Thomas, USVI

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[Aplmac]

St Kitts was one of my favorite ports!

 

Monkeys everywhere. If you look close, you can see a couple of them running past us!

I see them ..scampering across the road there! ..two of them

 

Looks to be the same species of Vervet 'green' monkey that was introduced to several of these Caribbean islands

at the time of the slave trade from Africa.

 

This same species is still to be found in Western Africa...specimens were brought across the Atlantic on the slave boats

along with other African items, like Baobab seeds...there are two African Baobab trees on Barbados

(one in Queen's Park, the other at Warrens)

[cruiselover00029]

Just dropping in to say hello. I scanned the Capers into my computer as j pegs but they are too large to post here. Aplmac, any suggestions? I dont know how to make them smaller.

[Aplmac]

I booked the Victory just to go to these ports. I am so exited, more now then ever.

I am so confused on what beaches to go...I was going to the Boatyard

but after looking at your beautiful pictures I think I will go to the ACCRA. ===> The wiser choice. ;)

Do they serve drinks there ===> Yes.

and does someone come by ===> No...you're thinking of Sandy Lane :D

or do you have to go to the bar? ===> Yes.

At Sandy Lane, waiters come out to guests on their beach chairs to take a drinks order.

You probably can't afford Sandy Lane and that kind of service(trust me on that one!)

 

 

Accra's very nice -as you've already concluded- and yes there are snack-shacks nearby...

and cold drinks available,too

but you'll have to draaag yourself outa that turquoise water and go get it for yourself, sorry!

 

These small huts are just back from the immediate beach area

and the shower stalls and changing rooms are right close by too

'on the other side of this shot'

 

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