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We’re on the bliss & sailing out of Miami. What is the best time to get there to board? 

We'd like to go to Twin Brothers to eat. Can we walk it from port or should we taxi?

Anyone know what movies they’re showing on the Magic right now? Thanks! 

My 3 kids are cruising with my SIL, MIL & FIL. We will not be going. What paperwork do we need for them to present at the port for them to go without us in addition to their birth certificates?  Is it required to be notarized? Thanks!

Were doing the Nassau/St Thomas/Tortola itinerary in February. We’re doing this cruise solely for the ship. The first time we’ve ever done that.

But for us the ship is a bigger draw than any of the ports. We’ve been to Nassau 7 times. St Thomas once. Tortola never. We’re going to get off the boat in Nassau to buy some rum. Then we’re treating it as a sea day and exploring the ship. I’m eager to get back to St Thomas & to see Tortola. But really, I’m only there for the ship.

We like Pirate Republic & Sharkeez if we're sticking to the port area. But our favorite is John Watlings.

Great thread!!

 

Wanted to do the food tour (which was recommended to me by a non cruiser) next time we are in Nassau. Good to hear that Carol recommends it too (and Bob).

 

The other stop we have to do is the John Waitling´s Rum Factory. This time for the shop only - to restock our "supplies" ;).

 

steamboats

FYI-there's a liquor store down by the Tortuga shop that sells Watlings for the same price as the distillery. Save you a trip up there unless you want to do the tour again.

This place gets good reviews. We did not get a chance to try it as we had limited time when we were there last month. We went to Lukka Kaira right on the waterfront and it was very good

 

http://bahamiancookin.com/

+1 for Bahamian Cookin

Their food is awesome. Get some Switcha to drink too. We also recommend the food tour & Athena's.

In January we're taking a family cruise on Allure. The in laws will watch the kids while we go to dinner. What would you choose? Chef's Table, 150 Central Park, giovanni's or Chops. We've both ate at chops before. We're already doing Samba Grill with family.

I love the frozen strawberry dessert. So good!

We did the lunchtime special and it was wonderful! 15.00 each & it was 3 1/2 hours. We saw so much! http://tourstkittsandnevis.com/

http://www.trubahamianfoodtours.com/

We did this last time we were in Nassau. I highly recommend it.

We're going on Allure in January with my kids 13,11 & 7. I know the 13 y.o. Will have to pay the adult price at specialty restaurants, but will my other 2? Do they have a kids menu or do they order off the adult menu?

Should I make the reservations for the kids at the same time or just tell them onboard that we have kids along. I had read it's better to not make reservations for the kids & just tell them you have kids to add on once you're onboard.

Thanks!

Sailing on allure In January. This is the largest ship we've ever been on. Do we have to do anything special as far as shows go? I've only been on enchantment, majesty & navigator and they don't require reservations.

Any shows/activities you recommend?

Also what restaurants are must do's onboard? We'll have our 3 kids along so they'll be eating with us. Thanks!

They're both nice. I liked enchantment because it's a bit bigger. But I love key west so we said majesty because of that. I don't think you can go wrong with either.

Carnival ship broke down and apparently navigator can't get out. At least that's what Facebook says.

After we eat, we go to the top deck and work our way down, walking the floors to get the "lay of the land" so to speak. Once the room is ready we go check it out and check out the cruise compass.

Our trip on the Navigator a few weeks ago I ordered the birthday cake. The cruise was our birthday gifts to each other & I thought it would be a nice surprise. They gave us chocolate covered strawberries as well.

We ate the cake for breakfast a couple of days. It was good!

I won a cruise playing bingo on our last trip. DH & I have decided we're going to take our kids who will be 13, 11 & 7. They've never cruised. We're going to have other family going along as well. We have it narrowed down to 2.

-Allure going to Nassau, St Thomas & St Maarten, leaving out of ft lauderdale.

-Liberty going to Roatan, Belize & Cozumel, leaving out of Galveston.

We'd like to do the big ship as we've never done one, but DH & I have been to Nassau 3 times & to St Maarten. We like the itinerary for the Liberty but worry that it's not going to have enough to hold the kids interests. Any of the ports better than the other for families?

So which would you choose?

A few other questions-does the allure have more to do for the kids than the liberty? Are the kids programs better on one vs the other? Can we leave the ship & leave the kids onboard? I'm worried there won't be enough to do.

Thoughts?

I love the frozen strawberry soufflé. So good!

That is a lot. When did you book that, the day of or the day the cruise started?

Has anyone done the sushi class on Navagator? What's the cost and did you think it was worth it? Thanks!

Where did you get to hold the turtle at?