I was on the same 4 night Magic cruise a recent poster was on. Just wanted to let people know that the Edge is in a new space--the old quartermasters. Probably some of you already knew that, but I'm a pretty frequent lurker, and it was news to me! I would doubt they would move again to put in a Vanillope's. My son liked the new space, and I have to say it was much more convenient than the old space on 2......it made it much easier for him to grab pizza, fruit, etc. in between activities.
Also, we had never been to Nassau, and I wanted to see it. I thought it was fine regarding safety. Very easy to find a taxi--similar to when we went to Grand Cayman. We did the Atlantis water park experience. I booked this through Comfort Suites. I would not do this again. The suites were fine, it was clear they had no intention of checking us into any room despite my requesting an early checkin. I requested an 11:00AM checkin. They said we could get in at 3pm. It was $475 for me, DH, DS age 14 and DS age 12. Mostly we just wanted to the day passes to Atlantis, so it wasn't the end of the world, but it would have been nice to have a room to change and leave our stuff in.
We were completely overwhelmed by Atlantis. We are usually pretty intrepid, but although it all looked fun, the reality was we spent 90 minutes "figuring out where things were at". It took forever to find lockers (as our room at comfort suites was kind of a bust). We rode the Rapids/Current "lazy river" twice which took about 2.5 hours in total, mostly because it took forever to get tubes. Then when a rainstorm came along, we ducked into a hotel, and the kids just wanted to go back to the ship. They did not want to even attempt the very long lines at the water slides, let alone figure out where other things were. I asked several times for a map, but no one working at Atlantis had one. Bizarre. I think if we spent 1-2 days at Atlantis, it would be awesome. But with 4 ships in Nassau (the magic, the dream, a carnival, and a costa ship), it was an epic fail for a day pass. I'm glad we tried something new, but I wouldn't do it again.
Also, we had never been to Nassau, and I wanted to see it. I thought it was fine regarding safety. Very easy to find a taxi--similar to when we went to Grand Cayman. We did the Atlantis water park experience. I booked this through Comfort Suites. I would not do this again. The suites were fine, it was clear they had no intention of checking us into any room despite my requesting an early checkin. I requested an 11:00AM checkin. They said we could get in at 3pm. It was $475 for me, DH, DS age 14 and DS age 12. Mostly we just wanted to the day passes to Atlantis, so it wasn't the end of the world, but it would have been nice to have a room to change and leave our stuff in.
We were completely overwhelmed by Atlantis. We are usually pretty intrepid, but although it all looked fun, the reality was we spent 90 minutes "figuring out where things were at". It took forever to find lockers (as our room at comfort suites was kind of a bust). We rode the Rapids/Current "lazy river" twice which took about 2.5 hours in total, mostly because it took forever to get tubes. Then when a rainstorm came along, we ducked into a hotel, and the kids just wanted to go back to the ship. They did not want to even attempt the very long lines at the water slides, let alone figure out where other things were. I asked several times for a map, but no one working at Atlantis had one. Bizarre. I think if we spent 1-2 days at Atlantis, it would be awesome. But with 4 ships in Nassau (the magic, the dream, a carnival, and a costa ship), it was an epic fail for a day pass. I'm glad we tried something new, but I wouldn't do it again.
