Our ship sailed..we had a great cruise..and it docked back at Port Canaveral February 26th. I see all of you who wanted to go with us, made iteven with such short notice. Good for you! I knew you could do it. Lulu was glad to have us back home. Shes a ..you know that.so doesnt really like being on her own. We were concerned she might turn our RV into a party rig in our absence but, alas.she behaved herself. Whew! That was a shocker! She does have a naughty side.you know that!
As you recall, we left Port Canaveral on February 19th. Sandy, Sam, Cory and I all drove together in our car. We boarded Carnivals newest and biggest ship: the Mardi Gras. Our boarding experience went quickly and smoothly. Cory and I used an app called VeriFLY which enabled all our documents to be viewed immediately during the process. Our balcony rooms werent ready so we headed off to the buffet for the beginning of our unceasing food fest. Once stuffed, we went to our rooms.very nice. Then on to the muster stations. What a pleasant change this was. We reported to our assigned area & showed
them our sail card. They asked us if we knew how to put on a life jacket.of course! Fine.you are done! And that was that! Wow! Easy Peasy..no more standing in squeezed crowds forever waiting for their demonstration to begin. A real plus for Carnival Cruise Lines! We began our exploration of this big ship. We had been told we wouldnt see it all in a weeks time..Surprise! By the next afternoon, we had managed to traverse the whole ship and see it all. It is a beautiful ship. It had many various restaurants to chose from.several of which We liked the Italian one the best. Cory loved Guy Fieris hamburgers! I paid $15.00 for a lobster roll only to find out I actually got 2 lobster rolls and French Fries. A truly yummy deal. I didnt count the bars but they were around every turn you took. Of course, there was the Main Dining Room. We had Anytime Dining which gave us flexibility. Carnival had its own internet hub app that we bought for $5.00. It allowed us to stay in contact with folks in our group, check our account, see what was happening each day, see
the daily menus of all restaurants and more. We used it to reserve our table in the MDR. We also used it to order our meal in the dining roomthey did have paper menus but preferred us to use our app. It worked well until almost the last day.then the people contact part crashed .they refunded our $5.00.
They did have the usual entertainment theater but the main shows were held in the middle of the ship called The Center Stage. It was an awesome place but if you wanted a seat for a show, you needed to go at least an hour or more early. We had a meeting place if we got lost. It was overlooking this Center Stage so during the day, we could watch their rehearsals for these shows. We knew what was going to happen in case we couldnt see it at showtime.
Of course, they had a fancy casino. Because Cory had won BIG on the Princess Cruise Line, we used his casino bonus offer in booking this cruise. It also gave him the perk of free drinks while in the casino. Guess where he liked to go!! Drink, please!! Glug, Glug.
He did not disappoint as usual..he won a nice piece of chunk change.just not the $20K he won on the Princess ship. Me.I lost as usual. Ho Hum. Whats new? Thank God for Mr. Lucky! How many times have I said that?
We stopped at three ports. Cozumel was the first. My main goal here was to get drugs from their pharmacy..No.not illegal drugs..just antibiotics! I felt your alarm and concern.not to worry. We are clean. We are all set if we should fall sick..pray we dont have to use them.
Next port was Costa Maya. Here we watched the Dance of the Flyers Ceremony (Danza de los Voladores). That was fun to see. See my photos. The men climbed the high pole, wrapped ropes around it and themselves and then fell back and dangled and danced upside down from these ropes. We didnt by the replica toy they sold.
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