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OCSC Mike

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  1. 35 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

    my pasty, white self avoids sun and has never been in a cruise ship pool or hot tub more than ankle deep

    Yep, I always tell people my skin has two tones, pale or red, so I choose pale. Never been in a pool either but I've occasionally spent some time in a Solarium stew pot when not crowded (like staying on the ship during a port day).

  2. Yep, those are the ones. We did the Skagway glacier dog sledding through Royal b/c the one we had booked during our pre-cruise land portion was cancelled due to weather and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't book anything directly at the last minute. I even figured out the company RC was using but their remaining slots were held by RC.

    2 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said:

    That is bonkers!

    Yeah, there's obviously plenty to do and see in Alaska without doing those types of excursions... but we treated this as a once in a lifetime type trip as a dual-40th b-day celebration and uncharacteristically went all out... then returned to frugally sailing around the Caribbean in interiors like you normally see me talking about, lol.

  3. 1 minute ago, WAYNO said:

    Costa Maya is easy.  Even without an excursion, you can swim, eat and drink  and be merry without leaving the port.

    Nice option there when you leave port as early as 2pm. There's a beach club we went to years ago that I'd go back to but every time we do Western Costa Maya is an early departure and I can't see bothering. Definitely a nice port area.

  4. 8 hours ago, Ryan79 said:

    There was an excursion in Juneau last year that was $1000pp, but cannot remember for the life of me what it was. It involved either a plane or a helicopter.

    Yep. I have nothing but amazing memories of our epic Alaska trip but like I said above, I don't want to revisit the prices of stuff, lol.

    The more expensive excursions we did were likely flying around Denali in a small plane, taking a helicopter up onto a mountain glacier to go dog sledding, and taking a helicopter onto a glacier to hike and ice climb.

  5. 8 hours ago, jbrinkm said:

    Got back a little later than expected and needed lunch so I had my first EVER El Loco Fresh! And yes, I mixed the Cholula Chipotle into the guac which gave it a nice kick &  better flavor BUT I still couldn't get past the texture (same reason I can't eat mushrooms). Best part- there was NO LINE. Every day, the line is back to/past the ice cream machines, but not today during a port day.

    I still won't go near the guac. It's just bad on every level... and you know I'm not very critical of my food, lol. I use the Cholula on my tacos and quesadillas. FYI, that's not the chipotle flavor bottle next to your plate in the pic. That one says green pepper. Chipotle says chipotle on it.

    I love the huge ELF on Wonder so much (and attached tequila bar that makes the same pineapple jalapeno one that you get at Playmakers). Now that I have extra vouchers to kill off I'll have to try some of the flavored frozen ones to take back to the Solarium. I'm sure they're weak but I'm not there to get drunk, as long as they taste good.

  6. 9 minutes ago, WAYNO said:

    Actually, we stopped at multiple places.  An artisan mall, the chocolate and coconut oil factory, the Rumcake place, and the West End, which is loaded with shops, bars and restaurants. 

    Ah, OK, great! That's what I was hoping for. We're definitely going to the West End, just not having a full meal there. Anything stand out? Was the chocolate factory worth it or more of a tourist trap to get you to buy some at the end?

  7. 1 minute ago, WAYNO said:

    My best advice is to make sure you have an air conditioned vehicle!😀

    It was not necessarily hot, maybe 80 degrees, but the wind and humidity made it feel like a hundred degrees.

    We ate at the West End, a place called  Booty something

      It was mediocre, but what it lacked in quality and serving size, it made up for in high price.  Then. We were substantially over charged.  I gave up trying to convince them, as I didn't want to spend the night in the Roatan jail.

    Otherwise, our bi-lingual tour was pretty great.   It was difficult to get photos, so I have very few.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Sorry about the restaurant debacle but glad you enjoyed the tour. Sounds like you basically just drove around the island and saw stuff rather than actual stops?

    That's definitely part of our plan but we do have a few stops built in. Between frugality and my picky wife, we're not doing a full lunch. I told our tour company (Rony's Tours) to just take me to a quick service type place, food truck, taco stand (whatever they have in Roatan) to try some local fare and move on. We're making an obligatory sloth stop for my wife but also going to Rony's home town and visiting a school there to donate some supplies since my wife is a teacher. We like seeing some of how the locals live when we go somewhere for the first time then after that we do more touristy stuff.

  8. 17 minutes ago, WAYNO said:

    But I am now sipping my wonderful Americano in the Crown Lounge.  This place is mostly empty.

    Was never crowded in the mornings last week. I was routinely the only one there around 6:45-7am. I made my cappuccinos to go while the crew member put out breakfast. If I went a bit later I maybe saw a few people.

    19 minutes ago, WAYNO said:

    Our plan is an air conditioned bus tour of Roatan.

    We have a private tour in June (a re-do of 2019 when high winds prevented Harmony from docking there). Please share any highlights. We have a general list of places we want to go but I can always add to it. Enjoy!

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