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| If you look real close, it was snowing in the atrium! |
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| Our last night * A heart * How sweet |
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END!!
In the afternoon they had a Christmas show. We really spaced out on that, must have been in our room taking a nap. They said it was really good. "Snowed" there too.
For entertainment the last night we had fellow cruisers dressed up like some famous people and singing and dancing. We had Gladys Knight, Elvis, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Garth Brooks, and I don't remember who else.
Then of course when you get back to your room, you have to think about packing! Ugg! But what a wonderful vacation within a vacation. And we didn't need to buy any air fare! If you have never been on a cruise before, they had tons of tours that you can take at every port. They seemed a lot more expensive than what they were on past cruises. But of course that has been at least 10 years ago. We had decided that we wouldn't spend any extra money, so we didn't take any of the offered tours. There were a few that we were interested in. Tubing thru caves in Belize sounded like fun, but you had to go on a zip line to get in or out of that one!! Plus they had some Mayan ruins in Belize also, that could have been good. We had done the ruins at Tulum in Mexico on a previous cruise.
The one thing I did not like about the cruise: I had checked on line before hand to see if the ship had wi-fi. It said it did, but didn't mention anything about the cost. So we lugged our lap top aboard, since that is the way we do all our banking and communicating while traveling. What a waste. We found out you can get wi-fi aboard the ship for a price, a very high price. I think it was $.79 a minute. And they warned that it was slow, via satellite. No thank you. Plus if you wanted to use the ship's phone, it was $1.99 a minute. I guess that was a good price, since we got charged by Verizon for two incoming calls and one call we made while still on the ship in Tampa. That was $12.85 for roaming charges!
All and all we had a great time. Very relaxing, I would recommend it to anyone. I think going on a cruise is the ultimate vacation. Food included, a different port everyday and no packing and unpacking, leaving the driving to someone else, free entertainment, what ever you little heart's desire!
AND CROWNED THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD
