ableman
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Joined 04/2018
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March 2019 - 4 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip) Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Nice Spring Break Getaway
Good spring break getaway with our high school age daughter. Not the best cruise we have taken, but it was a thousand times better that being at home.
March 2018 - 3 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip) Cruise on Norwegian Sky
Nice Getaway for my wife and I
My wife and I had put our daughter on a plane to visit her sister. Since we had some free time we decided to fly down to FL , jump on a ship and get some sun and relaxation. So 30 minutes after we put her on a flight to NY, we jumped on a flight to FL. It was a last minute booking and everything worked out fine.
February 2015 - 5 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip) Cruise on Disney Wonder
Another great Disney Cruise
This was our second Disney cruise, which we booked while on our first Disney cruise. As previously stated, it was a great experience. I wanted to book another while on board, but financial constraints (Disney is expensive) and the fact that our daughter was ageing out of the "magical" Disney mystique, we decided to wait & look to the more mainstream lines like Carnival or RCL.
March 2014 - 3 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip) Cruise on Disney Magic
Disney is truly awesome
It was our first cruise with my daughter. We celebrated her 12th birthday. We only booked a 3 day cruise because we weren't sure we would like it. Well, we must have liked it because we booked another cruise for the following year while on board.
Norwegian Sky
Sail date: March 23, 2018
Nice Getaway for my wife and I
My wife and I had put our daughter on a plane to visit her sister. Since we had some free time we decided to fly down to FL , jump on a ship and get some sun and relaxation. So 30 minutes after we put her on a flight to NY, we jumped on a flight to FL. It was a last minute booking and everything worked out fine.
Independence of the Seas
Sail date: March 14, 2019
Good spring break getaway with our high school age daughter. Not the best cruise we have taken, but it was a thousand times better that being at home.
Disney Wonder
Sail date: February 20, 2015
This was our second Disney cruise, which we booked while on our first Disney cruise. As previously stated, it was a great experience. I wanted to book another while on board, but financial constraints (Disney is expensive) and the fact that our daughter was ageing out of the "magical" Disney mystique, we decided to wait & look to the more mainstream lines like Carnival or RCL.
Disney Magic
Sail date: March 14, 2014
It was our first cruise with my daughter. We celebrated her 12th birthday. We only booked a 3 day cruise because we weren't sure we would like it. Well, we must have liked it because we booked another cruise for the following year while on board.
Cruise tips
Nassau is nice as long as you don't stray too far off the beaten path. It was Easter Sunday, so we went to St Francis Xavier Cathedral for Easter Mass. The Catholics in Nassau are very devout. If there are 10 verses to a hymn, they'll sing all 10. We went to the 11:00 mass because we couldn't get off the ship in time for the 8:30 mass. We got there about 10:45, and the 8:30 mass was just concluding. It was a beautiful Easter service and a great experience. The cathedral is located across the street from the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. We wanted to stop in the gallery for a tour, but we were pressed for time. Since it wasn't far, we walked back to the cruise port from the Cathedral.
Flew in the day of embarkation
Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas
Norwegian's private island. Nice beach day.
Norwegian Sky
It's an older, smaller ship. Great for a quiet getaway, but if you're into a "megaship" with lots of venues and activities you may be bored.
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
Flew in the day of the cruise.
The port area was nice, but once you got outside it looked a bit "sketchy". We did a beach day at a beach/waterpark. It was a weird experience, for the sand at the oceans edge was like walking in quicksand. We never experienced that before. My wife has bad knees, so she really struggled getting in and out of the ocean. The food they offered was good if you ordered it from their pay menu. The buffet they included in the excursion's price was only so-so.
Independence of the Seas
Be prepared to take the stairs, especially if you only need to go up or down one or two deck levels. You'll save a lot of time.
Castaway Cay (Disney Private Island)
Great, just like my last review.
Flew in the day of the cruise
Very nice island. We visited a turtle hatchery. Very fun and informative.
Disney Wonder
As I said before, go for more than 3 days. This was a 5 day cruise and it hwas STILL too short
Castaway Cay (Disney Private Island)
Beach day.... great island with plenty of beach. They say they have 5000 beach chairs on the island. Although I did not count them, I believe it.
We have been there before and only stay in the port area
We flew in the day of the cruise.
Disney Magic
Try to book more than a 3-day cruise.
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