peabody58
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Dang you Undercover Boss!! DW and I watched the NCL CEO episode last week and got to talking about a cruise (been on 2 - NCL and RCI).
So we have OKW booked for May 1 - 6. Driving down with the convertible and will be spending at least one day visiting my aging mom in Ft. Pierce.
As I already have vacation for 2 weeks, I starting looking at cruises the last week of April. After looking at all the cruise lines and Florida ports, finally settled on a Carnival 5 day Bahamas cruise out of Jacksonville. We are going steerage class to save money, and since we really don't spend much time in the cabin, we're actually looking forward to it. This is going to work out so well for us.
+ We'll save a few hours on the drive down by only having to go to Jacksonville on day 1.
+ We'll have 1 1/2 days to spend with my mom with our having to cut into our WDW/OKW time.
+ Travel expenses are already addressed as we were driving down anyway.
+ We really love cruising, and what better way to create a wonderful vacation.
+ DD is still at home so we have a built in pet sitter. Now that's one thing we'll miss when she moves out this summer.
+ The extra cost is really decent considering the value added.
As much as we would have liked to try DCL, the $$$ and itinerary just did not align with our spontaneous addition plans.
So we have port calls at Key West and Nassau. It will be very interesting to experience Key West and then stay at OKW later and see how well Disney captured the 'Key West' atmosphere.
Now here's where you get to play. DW and I are planning shore excursions and would love your insights. We both love to snorkel, but we also want to do some local sightseeing.
Key West - snorkel, Conch tour or just do our own thing?
Nassau - The SegWay at Nassau looks very interesting. We could possibly squeeze a snorkeling excursion in after the Segway.
Also to save money, we'll most likely book our excursions on-line vice through Carnival. On our Hawaiian NCL cruise, we saved over $300 booking our excursions separately.
Thank you in advance for your input. Any hotel recommendation in the Ft Pierce area? We thought of doing one night at Vero Beach but the points for 4/30 are insane.
So we have OKW booked for May 1 - 6. Driving down with the convertible and will be spending at least one day visiting my aging mom in Ft. Pierce.
As I already have vacation for 2 weeks, I starting looking at cruises the last week of April. After looking at all the cruise lines and Florida ports, finally settled on a Carnival 5 day Bahamas cruise out of Jacksonville. We are going steerage class to save money, and since we really don't spend much time in the cabin, we're actually looking forward to it. This is going to work out so well for us.
+ We'll save a few hours on the drive down by only having to go to Jacksonville on day 1.
+ We'll have 1 1/2 days to spend with my mom with our having to cut into our WDW/OKW time.
+ Travel expenses are already addressed as we were driving down anyway.
+ We really love cruising, and what better way to create a wonderful vacation.
+ DD is still at home so we have a built in pet sitter. Now that's one thing we'll miss when she moves out this summer.
+ The extra cost is really decent considering the value added.
As much as we would have liked to try DCL, the $$$ and itinerary just did not align with our spontaneous addition plans.
So we have port calls at Key West and Nassau. It will be very interesting to experience Key West and then stay at OKW later and see how well Disney captured the 'Key West' atmosphere.
Now here's where you get to play. DW and I are planning shore excursions and would love your insights. We both love to snorkel, but we also want to do some local sightseeing.
Key West - snorkel, Conch tour or just do our own thing?
Nassau - The SegWay at Nassau looks very interesting. We could possibly squeeze a snorkeling excursion in after the Segway.
Also to save money, we'll most likely book our excursions on-line vice through Carnival. On our Hawaiian NCL cruise, we saved over $300 booking our excursions separately.
Thank you in advance for your input. Any hotel recommendation in the Ft Pierce area? We thought of doing one night at Vero Beach but the points for 4/30 are insane.
