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There is a monument alley near the Capitol building, and the Capitol itself.

Inside the Capitol there is a lot of magnificent art.

Thank you for all your replies.

Hope to meet all of you on high seas someday...

"In my previous life I was a pirate... I think... " ;)

We just booked a cruise on Carnival Pride and our itinerary says that on the last day Pride docks in Baltimore at 10 am. For anyone who sailed on a Pride recently, is this correct?

My confusion stems from the experience. On previous cruises we took, we usually are docked by 6 am and off the ship by 8 am.

Thanx in advance.

Been there, done that.

At the end of the first leg you will receive a check for unused balance.

Present it to the purser in the beginning of the second leg and they will put it back into your account (technically they will cash the check and then apply cash to your second leg of the trip).

Hope that helps

Thanx

DW and I are sailing on Adventure for the first time in a few weeks.

If you sailed on her recently, do you remember if the safe in the room is button activated or do we need a credit card to operate it?

Thanx in advance for your response....

Thank you clarea. Appreciate your speedy response

In the past we were able to cash a traveler's check while on-board. Is this still possible?

We will be on Adventure of the Seas in October.

If you want to see some pics of Coco Cay, go to this review. There are quite a few pics of the island there

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2095400

In my experience on that ship in May anything on the regular Diamond Lounge menu and then some; service was very liberal.

They had two types of red wine, two types of white wine, some beers, and also some spirits (scotch, brandy, etc) as long as it was not mixed. (you probably figured out by now that DW and I are not big drinkers - we did not get all the particulars)

What we noticed however, that every evening we could go to any bar and get three (3) free drinks (beer, wine, unmixed spirits, as well as soda and bottled water). These three drinks are loaded on our key daily and last between 5:30 pm until 11 pm or so

So Majesty, Carnival something, Vision, and Enchantment were all in Nassau that day?!

Ship in Nassau that day were:

RCI Enchantment

RCI Majesty

RCI Vision

Carnival Ecstasy

Norwegian Gem

In the evening we went to the Viking Lounge a.k.a. "the Upper Tear Diamond Event," had few snacks and then went to the Windjammer for dinner.

The Diamond section of the lounge feels intimate and inviting; staff is friendly and snacks are tasty...

Here is the view from the Diamond Section of the Viking Lounge:

Water on Coco Cay was clear, calm and pleasantly warm. We could see a lot of fish without having to snorkel...

Majesty docked at Coco Cay:

Seen around the straw market that day:

We got up early that day.

Prior to breakfast I went promenade deck to watch the sunrise. It was beautiful and I will post some pics later.

Here are some images from that morning.

View from the Cabana club:

Vision of the Seas docked at Coco Cay:

After the Sun went down, the temperature dropped and breeze picked up.

DW and I walked off the ship and took some night photos around the Nassau Port.

More pictures from around the deck:

Our first stop was Nassau. Since we've been to Nassau many times we decided to stay on board and chillax by the pool.

Here is a panoramic image of Nassau that I made in Photoshop. Images to make this panorama were taken from the bow of the ship on 13th deck (above Johnny Rockets:

Here is a picture of the Lido Deck and pools:

Here is a picture taken at Johnny Rockets. Every 15 mins or so, all the waiters do a dance to entertain customers. BTW: we enjoyed Johnny Rockets a lot. Wait staff is awesome and food is great.

Here is a picture of Enchantment arriving at Nassau. They were scheduled to be at Coco Cay that day but because of storm Cristobal, they could not tender on Coco Cay; instead they came to Nassau and stayed there overnight:

Here is Enchantment docked next to us:

Thanks, I think we will stick to Enchantment. The only perk on Majesty is the Key West day on the 4 nighter. And that's odd about the announcements, on Enchantment we heard ONLY English. PC and Miami are not that far.

 

 

EDIT: Why don't you do the Enchantment 4 nighters? It is just MARGINALLY more expensive than Majesty.

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Do you know of any shuttle/limo company that can take us from Orlando Airport to Port Canaveral Cruise Port? One of the reasons we sail out of Miami is because we were not able to find a reliable way to get back and forth between airport and seaport... I would really appreciate any input about that...

As to announcements: On Majesty we met people from Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Germany and French Canada. It was interesting to talk to them; they love Miami and they go on a cruise as a part of a larger vacation.

 

I have been wanting to try Majesty, but she doesn't seem as nice as Enchantment. How do the two compare?

 

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We have sailed on Enchantment quite a lot because we live near Baltimore which was Enchantment's home port.

Enchantment has a solarium that we enjoyed a lot; Majesty does not have the solarium.

Enchantment has many balcony staterooms, while I am not aware that Majesty has any.

Both ships have distinct personalities and distinct feel to them. When we sailed Enchantment, she had a huge following and there were many repeat passengers. I am not aware of the following on the Majesty.

We noticed how international passengers are on Majesty every time. Announcements were made in five languages. Enchantment was mostly US citizens.

Enchantment has steakhouse but no Johnny Rockets.

Spa is much more accessible and is much nicer on Enchantment than on Majesty. I enjoyed steam room on Enchantment; on Majesty I looked at the steam room and never came back.

On Enchantment we never even thought about skipping the MDR for dinner; on Majesty we chose to use Windjammer because food was not all that good in the MDR in May.

Hope that helps....

After sail-away we went to Viking Crown Lounge. Part of the lounge is roped of for Diamond and Diamond Plus members and another part is roped off for Concierge Lounge and suite guests.

We had a glass of vine with some tasty snacks and then went for dinner.

This trip we did not bother going to the MDR for dinner partly because we did not like the food there when we were on Majesty in May 2014. Instead we ate in Windjammer.

Windjammer is clean, well organized, it was never crowded, and although food was not gourmet quality but it was very good. Tables were bussed quickly, and every time we needed water, a server would refill our glasses. We really enjoyed Windjammer.

Welcome aboard show was good. Michelle introduced herself and then there was a comedian whose name I did not bother to remember. Comedian was good, his routine was intelligent, well written and well presented. We really liked him.

This is a panoramic picture of Miami as we were sailing away. On the left side of the picture, check out the Ecstasy leaving Miami after Majesty