Archive for November, 2007
« Previous EntriesCarnival Imagination
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007The Carnival Imagination just came out of dry dock and she looks great. Carnival is updating their Fantasy class ships and the Carnival Imagination is the second ship to undergo the complete “Evolutions of Fun” upgrade. John Heald, Carnival’s Senior Cruise Director, shares some details and pictures on his blog. I’d love to spend an [...]
Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: Disembarkation Day
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007DISEMBARKATION: Our flight was not leaving Miami until 2:45pm so we enjoyed Freestyle Disembarkation. We chose the Express Walk Off Program. With this option you are free to disembark at anytime after the ship is cleared up until they call for all guests to disembark. You must carry off all your luggage to participate [...]
Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: Last Sea Day
Monday, November 12th, 2007Dining: We tried to get reservations at La Cucina again, but they were booked. We were going to just go to Summer Palace, but thought we would walk up to La Cucina and give it a shot. The screens around the ship that tell you how full restaurants are showed availability. We walked up [...]
Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: Port days
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Dining: Tuesday morning we ordered room service for breakfast so that we could get an earlier start to our day in Cozumel. Lunch was enjoyed at Nachi Cocom, but we were back on the ship in time for dinner at Mambo’s. We shared the Il Poppo. We were disappointed in this. This presentation was [...]
Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: First Sea Day
Saturday, November 10th, 2007DINING: We ate at the Garden Cafe buffet for breakfast. They had a great selection. The French toast was wonderful. A few tips: It seemed to get more crowded each day. If the lines are too long you can walk all the way to the back and head to the Great Outdoors. They don’t [...]
Norwegian Pearl 10-2007: Embarkation Day
Friday, November 9th, 2007BACKGROUND INFO: Scot and I took our first cruise in the fall of 2005 on the Disney Wonder. It was a four day cruise to the Bahamas. I immediately fell in love with cruising. Scot enjoys it and is certainly a willing participate, but doesn’t think of cruising constantly like I do;) Our second [...]
Rays, Reef & Rum Point Tour - Grand Cayman
Monday, November 5th, 2007My husband and I are just back from our cruise on the Norwegian Pearl and did this tour on 10-17-07. We loved it!!! Never would have known about it without Cruise Critic.
The tour is offered through Native Way Watersports in Grand Cayman. I made our reservations online. We were on the Pearl and got into [...]
Nachi Cocom Review - Cozumel
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Here is a review of our day at Nachi Cocom on 10-16-07. We made reservations through Island Marketing about a week ahead of time and paid $12 each as a deposit. Our ship the Norwegian Pearl was in port from 7am to 4pm. We were one of three ships in Cozumel that day. Our ship [...]
A Wicked Good Weekend
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007So what do you get a 14 year old girl for her birthday? Hmm. Well, what do girls that age like clothes, jewelry, a cell phone, an ipod? Not that simple for my daughter, Mariah. She wanted to go see Wicked, the Broadway musical, but what do you expect. She’s my daughter. While, I [...]
Doubletree Hotel Chicago/Schaumburg
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 I was heading to Chicago for A Wicked Good Weekend and needed two hotel rooms for two nights October 25 & 26, 2007. My plan was to use Priceline, but needed to do my research. After checking out Better Bidding and Bidding for Travel, I had my plan of attack.
Bidding:
1st Choice - Downtown NMA [...]