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On 5/6/2021 at 9:02 PM, Jingerwoppy said:

My first cruise was in 2004 on Rhapsody. The itinerary was Key West, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman. Spent my 40th birthday in Key West hanging out with some of the crew at a bar there. Enjoyed all the stops. I think the ship is a good size for a first cruise since it's smaller.

 

I've been to St. Lucia and Barbados and enjoyed both. We cruised a while back and had 5 days in a row at one port or another in the Caribbean. One morning I looked out the window after we arrived in port and asked my wife if we had really moved - some of the ports look similar. After a few days, I was ready for some sea days but still enjoyed the ports.  

This is helpful, thanks!

2 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

Eat and drink in excess.  Sleep in and stay up late.  Take lots of pictures but not so many that you impede your enjoyment and experience exploring your great ports of call.  Tip well. Don't buy the photo package. Try a different drink every day. Climb the rock wall. Get a Kummelweck sandwich from Park Cafe. Don't buy art at Park West's art auction. Get a massage. Eat and drink in excess. 😉 

Thanks!

I know this ship is older and smaller than the Mega Ships of the RCL fleet, but the Southern Cruise ports of Trinidad, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia and Barbados were really appealing and we are in port pretty much everyday.

If anyone has any suggestions for our first RCL cruise, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks!

Good information to know!

My family of four (hubby with two kids, 11 and 9) are headed to HMC and Nassau in November for 5 nights out of Jacksonville via elafion. The day we arrive in HMC is my 40th so we reserved a little Cabana.

 

For anyone who has ever reserved one what are the pros and cons of the locations? I was thinking to reserve #7, 8, 6, 9, or 10 in order of preference. We want to hear music from the pirate ship but don’t want to be fully engulfed in crowds. We want bathroom facilities fairly close and a bar not too far away.

I'd do 8,9 or 10. 6 and 7 will have quite a crowd in front of them.

we got cabana 11 as we wanted to be within a 5 minute walk to the bathrooms and lunch buffet. the crowd thins out after cabana 7.

Was just on the ship and it looks great!

Loved the new theatre shows (they were awesome), Guy's Burger and the Red Frog Rum Bar. The ship is in great shape and the updated deco (all cabins newly done) is great.

The crew is good and we really enjoyed our time!

Wonder if something happened post-dry dock. we had her on a recent Paradise sailing and she wasn't very engaging, walked right by us a couple of times, wasn't smiling and didn't even say hello.

wish her well in her new job!

I have a question, other than adding the new rooms, did they update any of the other cabins?

All cabins on all decks have been updated. they looked great!

May I ask what it was about the MDR dinner food that made it suck?

Thanks!

something was wrong with our steak and prime rib on different nights that made both my wife and I sick. We ended up skipping the MDR and doing the Lido Buffet and Guy's Burger and the food tasted better and didn't make us sick the remaining days of the cruise. sorry, but if the steak taste off or the prime rib taste off and both of us are sick on different nights, something is clearly wrong.

Jr Suites on Fantasy Class ships have a chair and sofa and a balcony.

I cruised on the Paradise post dry dock and the ship looks really good. Loved Guy's Burger, Red Frod Rum Bar and the Lido Buffet. Seaday Brunch was good in the MDR, but the dinner food sucked!

The CD 'Jamie' was ok, but if you have ever had Emma Nixon she is light-years better than Jamie.

Ask my any questions if you wish and I'll try to answer them.

I was just on the Paradise and the wifi sucked big time! Save your money and just use the free wifi in port!

Had Jamie Dee on the Paradise earlier this year and wasn't overly impressed with her.

Thanks!

If you have multipul seadays on your cruise is there a seaday brunch every seaday or just the first seaday?

Thanks!

Thanks everyone!

We jet off tomorrow to Tampa for a couple of days before our cruise on Monday, April 9th on the new 2.0 Paradise!

Going to try a number of this drinks!

Cheers!!!

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Nice! Did you get one of the newly added suites on the grand deck? I was looking at those, but the balcony was smaller than a standard.

No we booked a year ago before we knew she was getting the Grand Deck and the 2.0 upgrades. We are happy to be on her soon (but not too soon) after dry dock.

We sail on the Paradise this coming Monday, April 9th and I will post some pics here in this thread upon our return.

So excited.....first time in a Suite!

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Frog Island Ice Tea (and a plate of fries from Guy’s)

That sounds awesome!

Mojito, please! :D

Alchemy makes a killer!

Sadly our ship doesn't have Alchemy, but it does have the Red Frog Rum Bar and

Crusing this weekend and my wife and I want to try some great drinks. What is your favourite and why?

I really like rum based drinks.

Thanks!

Thanks!

We have an excursion booked but will have a couple of hours to do some shopping at the port and also have a bit to eat and some drinks too!

Thanks everyone!

Sounds like the Money Bar and Pancho's are the places to try!

Would appreciate recommendations for a good Cozumel Waterfront Bar/Restaurant that is close to the Pier.

If you could also suggest some of the great food or drinks we should try that would also be appreciated and is the menu in US dollars or Mexican Peso's.

Thanks!

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