Tips for Planning the Perfect Cruise
The MSC Poesia grounded on Jan. 7th 2012 off Lucaya Beach, Grand Bahama. The ship was floated (pulled) off the reef during the evening high tide. We’ll be diving the area soon and hope to bring back pictures from under water. Part II, The View from Below; www.youtube.com Part III, The Paint Left Behind www.youtube.com
A Bahamas Cruise with drinks and good food carried us to Freeport Bahamas. The Grand Bahamas islands are full of shops, sights and sounds. The 8 hour boat ride (round trip) certainly adds to the excitement of the trip.
Please visit www.ourtripvideos.com for full video and more videos. Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas,and the closest major island to the US,Florida. Discovery Cruise Line sails,every day to the Bahamas from Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades,Bahamas Day Cruise,…
Miami – Grand Turk – Half Moon Cay – Nassau – Miami 2011
The Carnival cruise ship valor’s theme is heroes and heroism, and I liked it. It was just my style and just what I needed to be on during the elections this fall. Yes, I missed the big elections, but of course I voted, by mail. I was given a chance to go on this cruise for free, so I took it; who wouldn’t. Can you imagine a cruise ship with American flags on the floors, the stairs, the bar countertops etc? Can you imagine in this day and age a ship with sculptured images of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and other remarkable Americans up above you surrounding some of the public rooms? A ship where as you walk down the stairs there is, between the decks, first a painting of Abraham Lincoln and then one of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon? Well you don’t have to imagine it, all that you have to do is to book yourself a cruise on the Valor and you can see it all for yourself. And for those of you who love to smoke an occasional cigar, on the Atlantic deck there is the Winston cigar bar where you can feel free to smoke cigars to your hearts content. This huge bar stretches the entire width of the ship and has more than enough seating for all. It has leather seats and real solid wood tables with pictures on the walls of Winston Churchill and others from the WWII era. If you like smoking cigars in a classy setting, then this is the place for you. Dinner was at 8:15 in the Lincoln dinning room. The food was the best. I had the duck, I had the snails, and I even had the …