GregD Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Some picture from throughout the day. Tonight is the first formal night so we plan on getting all fancy later. Skigoofy, Lovetocruise2002, JLMoran and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Your kids are adorable and look to be already having the time of their lives. I also love that your sister has a t-shirt of leg day...and its a chicken leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panda123 Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, emsff02 said: I see a special on the table flyer for "surf & turf". Was this at lunch in MDR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, panda123 said: I see a special on the table flyer for "surf & turf". Was this at lunch in MDR? So this picture was taken at breakfast. I didn’t pay any attention to the sign myself. I’ll see if it is still there at dinner and report back. panda123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: Your kids are adorable and look to be already having the time of their lives. I also love that your sister has a t-shirt of leg day...and its a chicken leg Friends don’t let friends skip day, even if it is a Ampurp85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 We clean up pretty nicely when we want to there’s always one in every crowd. MissKristy, Vangrizz, JennyJenny and 19 others 15 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 The kids with their Aunt Julie Someone is living her best life DDaley, WAAAYTOOO, ellcee and 13 others 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well, I did it again, and forgot to get pictures of our dinners for the people that like them. Heather said that @Matt and @Lovetocruise2002 are going to suspend my live blogging privileges JLMoran, Guy Gadwa, WAAAYTOOO and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, emsff02 said: Well, I did it again, and forgot to get pictures of our dinners for the people that like them. Heather said that @Matt and @Lovetocruise2002 are going to suspend my live blogging privileges It’s ok. You get a pass for forgotten MDR dinners. If it was CK that would be another issue. GregD, Guy Gadwa, Ogilthorpe and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Sea Day #2 I woke up this morning and made my way to the cafe promenade to repair my caffeine to blood ratio, and did a few laps around the outside of deck 4. Here is our current location I can see land off in the distance. We don’t have too many plans for the day other than some relaxing. My daughter did want to do the cupcake decorating class so we do have that. There will be more pool time. I’m going to try to get some time on the slides etc. There will be some trivia, which I will lose, some more beverages etc. some stray observations: As would be expected, the crew is very dedicated and friendly, but I feel are even more so than the crew we had on Navigator. They seem to be engaging us, and the kids (which I feel is more important) more enthusiasticly. The ship is very clean. When on Navigator, the level of house keeping seemed to be lower. Every day the hallways were full of room service trays sitting outside stateroom doors for hours and hours. Here this is far less. The pool decks are also swept of empty glasses etc quickly it seems. Now I know these are subjective observations and can vary from sailing to sailing and experience to experience but it has stuck out in my mind. I have not posted to many pictures of the ship. @twangster has a great blog when he was on Liberty with outstanding pictures. If anyone out there in the blogosphere wants something specific, let me know and I will seek it out. Ogilthorpe, Jax, Vangrizz and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcackler Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I also noticed the lack of room service trays/etc. when we were on board Liberty a couple of weeks ago. We also enjoyed the engaging crew. Glad to see someone else is giving deck 4 some morning lap love. Definitely my favorite place to get some air and some steps to justify an extra beverage or two.... GregD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 First round of trivia.....not so good. At least the drinks are tasty. JLMoran, Lovetocruise2002, Vangrizz and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Round two. List of musicians, name their instruments. The circled ones we got right. Lovetocruise2002, Ogilthorpe, JLMoran and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangrizz Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I wonder if there's a direct correlation between the tasty drinks and the incorrect trivia answers...I suggest more research to confirm. Although you already got more musician instruments right than I would have. Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong probably would have been it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Round 3 the winning team had a younger kid with them. I didn’t stand a chance.... Just now, Vangrizz said: I wonder if there's a direct correlation between the tasty drinks and the incorrect trivia Research is in progress. I can say for the first round, the questions were HARD. The winning team got 4 correct. Guy Gadwa, Vangrizz, JLMoran and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcackler Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Where did all those dogs come from? I have a music degree and I didn't know half of the musicians/instruments. What do the little lines by them mean? Oddly enough I know Julian Lloyd Weber plays the cello.... but that's pretty obscure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellcee Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Love the formal night family pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Just now, jcackler said: Where did all those dogs come from? I have a music degree and I didn't know half of the musicians/instruments. What do the little lines by them mean? Oddly enough I know Julian Lloyd Weber plays the cello.... but that's pretty obscure... All the dogs are characters in some sort of show/cartoon and the object was to name the dog. The little lines were ones we completely guessed on. Julian Webber we guessed piano based on his brother. Just now, ellcee said: Love the formal night family pictures! Thank you! It’s not often we get to dress up all fancy, so when we do, we like to go all out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Round 4, Winner winner chicken dinner! Full disclosure, just about everyone was a winner this round. The poor host is new to the entertainment team, and was just given an iPad by her coworker and told her to go. The original objective was supposed to be name that TV tune. It turned into just “name that tune, with the most obvious answers ever” She played about 25 seconds of each tune, and played the chorus of each song that named the tune she was playing. Thankfully everyone was gracious and applauded her efforts, and a good time was had by all. While going over the answers, she played each song again and it turned into one big giant sing along. Prize is a RC keychain. WAAAYTOOO, Ogilthorpe, JLMoran and 6 others 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Vangrizz said: I wonder if there's a direct correlation between the tasty drinks and the incorrect trivia answers...I suggest more research to confirm. Although you already got more musician instruments right than I would have. Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong probably would have been it for me. I would have gotten Ravi Shankar. That's the only other one I recognized ! ...that's b/c I am very old. Vangrizz and Baked Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Cartoon dogs ? Really ? Snoopy and Underdog would be it for me ! Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Many updates coming tonight!! For now, I will leave you with a little teaser of how the day went today! Guy Gadwa, PRebecca, Ogilthorpe and 12 others 6 1 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 So back to yesterday. Following the trivia, we let the kids hit the pools before dinner. The kids really like the splash away bay and would stay there the entire day. Earlier, Lydia did the cupcake class. She said she had a lot of fun doing that. Here are some pictures of that. We originally did not sign up for this, but got cornered while at breakfast the other day. Lydia promptly exclaimed she wanted to do that as soon as the crew member asked about it. How can you say no after that. We did get it for 30% off at least. ellcee, MaryS, JLMoran and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Dinner time. For fun we got all matchy matchy. Here are some pictures of the fam. This time I remembered to take some food pictures. Appetizers consisted of, escargot, Roasted Poblano Soup, and the Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Goat Cheese. For entree’s we had the braised beef short ribs, creamy wild mushroom risotto, and the lasagna. I’m still trying to figure out why Heather ordered the lasagna. I’m Italian, and MDR lasagna doesn’t stand a chance against my homemade lasagna. As expected, she didn’t like it. Oh well. For dessert, there was some cheesecake, chocolate cake, and a warm apple fritter that Lydia had. Following dinner, there were some more beverages and adult time while the kids went to adventure ocean. Later that evening was the 80’s music trivia face party which we held on the promenade and was a blast. The cruise director Cory was all decked out in 80’s wear complete with big hair and the promenade was rocking. I pity the people who have those rooms. It’s got to be loud in them when all these parties happen. JLMoran, Ogilthorpe, Lovetocruise2002 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcackler Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 I remember from ours the poblano soup and the mushroom risotto were both pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 (Getting caught up finally) Wednesday morning we woke up approaching Roatan. For the day today, we had a tour booked with Bodden Tours. We booked their "Best of Roatan" private tour. We had our own driver for the day, and we were able to customize the day how we wanted. The tour base cost is 2 Guests - $40 per person, 3 Guests - $30 per person, 4 or more Guests -- $25 per person, Children UNDER age 5 are No Charge. This cost gets you the driver for the day, and "you are the boss" and can choose what to do for the day. There are many popular upgrades and activites that you can choose to do that you specify when you are booking. Everything is done via a web form then email. Their communication is great, and they promptly respond to your emails to them. We chose to go to Victor's Monkey business and sloth sanctuary, a $5 charge. We also added horseback riding along the beach $45, and then a beach visit. We were originally scheduled for Sol Y Mar for $10 but they recently doubled the cost of their day visit, so we chose west bay beach, still $10. The horse back riding is through http://www.barriodorcasranch.com/ and you make arrangements with the directly and CC victor bodden tours and everything gets set up. After room service breakfast we headed off the ship. The port area is full of companies trying to get people to choose them for excursions, and is a bit hectic. It was a really crazy day since we were joined by the Norwegian Getaway. We were also joined by a Carnival Ship That I didn't see until we were sailing away later that evening. After getting off the ship, and heading through the excursion gauntlet, we awaited our driver among the organized chaos. All of these cars are awaiting their passengers for excursions. Shortly after we met our driver William. He was very friendly and quite informative as we headed off. Our first stop on our tour was an elevated area that overlooks the port. It was great for photo ops. Johnny wasn't in the mood for pictures yet. Driving along the beach is allowed in Roatan, and this was while driving on the beach. This is a mangrove tree. As we drove along, it was apparent that the cruise port is in the poorer section of the Island. William mentioned that the island has segregated itself by class too. All of the wealthier people live in nice houses along the western side of the island, while the poorer people live in the East. Prices are higher because everything has to be shipped in. He says that the majority of the locals depend on the cruise ships for their income. He told us about his daughter who is in school. All students go to school in either the public or private schools. They all wear the same uniforms and go in shifts. He said his daughter usually goes tot he private school, but will switch to public school depending on money during the low season for the cruise ships. The same is similar for their health care. If you have insurance, you can go tot he private hospital and receive pretty good care. If not, you can go to the government funded hospital, where you will get care based on what they have on hand at the time. He mentioned that many times, the families of the patients will have to go to the pharmacies to purchase the medications that the patients need because the hospital does not have them. He believes things will improve for the Island as well because there are now multiple flights coming directly from the States and Canada on major airlines now, so he hopes the tourism dollars increase. If anyone is thinking of buying property there, there is plenty for sale. Ocean front lots run about $1,000,000 twangster, Skigoofy, KristiZ and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 After our drive around the island, we headed to "Victors Monkey Business" which is their own animal sanctuary, complete with other activities including ziplines etc. We were quickly ushered in and waited our turn for as Julie said was "the best day of her life" The first part of their sanctuary we got to interact with some Capuchin Monkeys. These guys were quite friendly if you had treats for them. They had no problem landing on our shoulders and heads. Julie tried, but he wasn't interested in a selfie. We saw a few other monkeys, there were some howler monkeys, and spider monkeys, but they weren't interested in photo opportunities. We passed a Toucan who was more than willing to pose, before heading into a pen to see some Macaws. We got this guy to land on my head...... Now the question needs to be asked....... Yes......yes the colorful chickens have very large talons..... spiralqueen, Lovetocruise2002, JLMoran and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Next we headed to the moment we have all been waiting for, which seemed like a lifetime. If you thought it couldn't get any cuter. Here is a 26 day old baby sloth sleeping with his mother. Did I mention that we got to hold them too? This guy was 11 months old. Julie may or may not still be crying..... Afterwards, Julie had to ask the sloth if he approved of her shirt (which is a sleepy sloth riding on a Llama). We believe he said yes, but it was taking him so long to nod that we had to get back to the ship before he could finish. Skigoofy, twangster, Guy Gadwa and 8 others 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Sadly, our time with the sloths ended, and we headed through the rest of the park. We met some more friendly animals. We saw some iguanas, An Amazon Parrot and some white tailed deer. These guys are much smaller that the deer we see in the states. These guys are full grown. They are also a protected species on Roatan. ellcee, Guy Gadwa, Skigoofy and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Following our visit to the park, we headed to our next stop which was horse back riding along the beach. This was something Heather has wanted to do for a long time. Bucket List Item I don't have as many pictures from this because it isn't exactly easy to take pictures from the back of a moving horse. Vangrizz, Guy Gadwa, ellcee and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 After our trip along the beach on the horses, the benefit of having our own dedicated guide became quite apparent. Our plan was to go to the beach for a bit. William informed us that all the other guides had a group chat going. It was at this time that we learned of the third ship (Carnival) was in port as well, and that all of the beaches were very crowded and that finding a place to sit and get chairs etc would be very hard at this point. We headed there to check some out. He showed us one that wasn't as crowded, but there was no place to change, use the bathroom etc so that one was quickly crossed off the list. We went to another spot that had amenities, but would cost $10/pp. This place really didn't have any beach, so there was a quick veto from the kids. After a brief discussion among the group, we decided that our fun buckets were overflowing, so we would head back to an empty ship and enjoy that. We were quickly whisked away by William and headed back to the port. Overall we had an amazing time there. We highly recommend Bodden Tours if you are ever in Roatan. Back at the port we grabbed a quick snack of some amazing tacos for $3, Next to the taco stand was a place touting the benefits of fish therapy. Yup that's and actual thing. People pay money.... to let fish eat the dead skin off their feet.... This couple that let me take their picture said it felt kind of wHeird..... These are the supposed benefits of this. I'll pass..... Lovetocruise2002, Guy Gadwa, Vangrizz and 5 others 4 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Back on the ship, we went to check out the water slides. Lydia and I tried out the perfect storm slides. She was too light to do the other one. I’m wondering if there is an issue with all the water pumps back there. The flowrider has been out of commission all week. With the slides, they were not fast at all. I actually had to push myself out the bottom of them. They were almost painful when you went over each joint in to tube. Oh well, those off the list of completed activities. One trip each in each color of the slides then we spent the rest of the afternoon soaking in the hot tubs and drinking rum punches. Ogilthorpe, Al Horner, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatmanjack Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 We are on Liberty in a little over 3 weeks and the Flowrider better be functional by then... GregD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I am glad this was a dream come true for your wife and sister. Those Sloths were soooooooo cute, I hate monkeys though....they knew what they did. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa6191 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 OMG, I am not usually a big fan of animals in captivity, but my son would give his right arm to hold a sloth someday. I'll have to keep that place in mind if we ever get there. Also, the fish therapy thing does feel weird, but it does make your feet super soft... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatmanjack Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Did LotS ever get Coke Freestyle machines? Been rumored as 'coming soon' for 5+ years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: I hate monkeys though....they knew what they did. What did the monkeys do? 1 hour ago, Scatmanjack said: Did LotS ever get Coke Freestyle machines? Been rumored as 'coming soon' for 5+ years... Coming soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Wednesday evening was Caribbean night, so we all got dudded up in our finest Caribbean wear and headed to dinner. (Sorry about the rotated pictures. For what ever reason, when on the mobile site, if you choose a smaller size, the pictures rotate. We are going through some rough weather right now, and Voom seems spotty and slow) The menu: Appetizers included escargot, burrata, and the crab cakes. Entreé choices included the ahi spiced tuna, and the roasted beef strip loin. We all chose the Grand Marnier Soufflé. (Favorite dessert of the week so far) Lovetocruise2002, JLMoran, Guy Gadwa and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 There was a little bit of wandering around after dinner. Johnny and I ended up seeing the parade of room attendants on the promenade. They all were carrying towel animals. One was given to him, which made his day. later, we headed to Studio B to catch the ice show Encore, An Ice Spectacular. This was a “review” of musing through the years, from Broadway Musicals to modern pop and rock. I though it was interesting, it started off with Phantom of The Opera, which they must not have a full license for, because they changed the lyrics for the show. The skating and the choreography was very good. There were plenty of spins, triples, flips, lifts etc. I did feel bad, one skater was having an off night, and just could not land his jumps. The show still was very enjoyable. Love and Marriage came later. Always entertaining. The evening was topped though by accidentally twinning with the cruise director, Cory. JLMoran, Ogilthorpe, twangster and 8 others 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 @emsff02 Its kind of sad. As a child we went on a field trip with monkeys, I was about 8. My best friend, Adam, was playing with this monkey who kept touching his butt, laughing and sticking his finger in my bff ear. Adam caught a bacterial infection and couldn't fight it and passed away. I was 8 so I was devastated and blamed monkey's for their filthiness. Every time I see a monkey stealing peoples goods or digging in its butt it brings up horrible feelings. I just think they are the worst animals and can die in a fire...I said what I said. ...Also I don't know why Hawaiian shirts get such a bad rep Ogilthorpe, JLMoran, ellcee and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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