I missed this earlier...this is such great news.
Very good news!
I am glad that both of your friends are wining their battle against cancer. That's very inspiring.
It really is, they have had horrible battles that will continue but recent news were full of hope.
Nassau may be dirty and nasty, but your pictures make it look anything but. Nice view. I am on that side of the boat so I am looking forward to seeing the exact same view.
Atlantis looks so close, but I know its not.
No, Atlantis isn't that close, though I believe it is closer than where we went.
It was such a pretty view from the ship (well other than looking at the OTHER ships, who weren't nearly as pretty as ours). I loved our location on the ship, same spot as on the wonder, just a deck higher.
I'm still not sure what I am going to do on Nassau day. Probably the same thing you did, but I want a place I can literally walk to.
You definitely cannot walk to where we went. You can however to the Colonial Hilton, which is where Brooke went (I think that's the chain of the hotel lol).
You are completely right on Nassau - NOT the nicest of ports! But the rum is yummy, and so is the rumcake
We meant to buy rum but didn't stumble across the right place to do so, nor were we inspired to go find the place(s) so...oh well.
Now that military boat has always been in the harbour whenever we have been to Nassau (10 times) and I think you are right on the Hilton.
10 times? wow!
There is a nice little walking tour all around the island which leads up to Fort Fincastle, and that is what we do, climb up there and you have a great view over the island.
We had discussed that as an option but Jeff wanted beach which worked for me and we figured, better for the kids.
I hope you had more for breakfast than a cup of coffee! They offer yummy breakfast at the Royal Palace (which we always have) and also lunch! But since you booked another resort you won't have done that.
Can't wait for your day to unfold!
We did have more than coffee but never made it to RP for breakfast or lunch, though I'd have liked to. We didn't book the other resort in advance, I actually tried but it got very hung up on the fact that we had 5, for a room for 4 and no one seemed to know what to do or be concerned it would be a problem to just do it day of, so that's what we did.
I'm so happy to hear about your friends' good news! Dealing with cancer is filled with so many highs and lows, it is encouraging when you hear positive stories.
It is a roller-coaster to be sure.
I'm sorry that the joy was balanced by the sadness with Jeff's coworker.
It was very sad, more so as Jeff really has been meaning to get together with him, he was a very sweet man who really kept to himself, not even sure if there is any family to speak of.
What a nice morning in port so far! Nothing like enjoying some coffee on the verandah! Best thing ever! You really had some beautiful views pulling in to Nassau and from your walk around the ship.
It was (our) favorite kind of vacation morning. Kids sleeping, coffee on the verandah, a lovely walk...perfection! By the time we wake them up, we have our zen on.
I'll be interested in hearing about your day at the beach. I think we got day passes to the same resort on a cruise stop back in 2007. Pool was cold and my older son cut his knee when we went into the ocean and was inconsolable so we ended up leaving within an hour of arriving! I hope your day was more enjoyable.
I'm going to see Mary Ellen's tribute now.
Oh what a bummer Dee! That's frustrating as it isn't exactly around the corner from the port.
Ah - coffee on the verandah! Sounds wonderful, but won't happen on my cruise. Just for the fact that I will have an inside cabin.
Well you'll just have to go get coffee and hit the promenade!
Like the idea of the walk around deck 4. I have even thought about bringing my running shoes and going for runs. I think I kind of want to run the Castaway Cay 5k, so a bit of training on the ship beforehand would be sensible (and hopefully help a little bit combating the effects of all the cruise food...). In general I think deck 4 looks like a place that I could fall in love with as it looks so much like a real ship and not an amusement park on water. Those deck chairs are beautiful. But I guess the disadvantage is that there isn't a bar to get drinks from down there...
Oh the bars aren't far at all, and you can definitely take it up to the promenade!
or any deck for that matter. That is exactly what we love about it, it's got that classic liner feel to it with the chairs, so pretty and well, classic. Plenty of folks run on it, we attempt to power walk and save the workouts for the gym. Which are quite nice on the ships if you do visit them!
I can understand your feelings towards Nassau - that was one of the many reasons for me to decide against a 4 day cruise.
If there would have been a 5 night that worked for our dates, we would have vastly preferred it but sadly, summer in FL left us with only 3-4 night Dream options or crazy expensive 7 night Fantasy options. As K had never cruised and the Fantasy was so overpriced for inaugural, it just didn't work. There were several spring 5 nighters that seemed perfect but with an August trip we had limited options. I do think longer is better. 4 was too short, I can't even imagine 3.