Frogs

I am so sorry that I haven't posted since we left for our cruise in December. Got back to reality and didn't get back much on Cruise Critic like I did when preparing for the cruise.

First - We splurged and added the butler perk as a Christmas gift for my parents. We were disappointed right at the beginning. We were told to wait in our cabin and the butler would pick us up a the cabin. The paper work even said that we MUST wait in the cabin or our service would ultimately delayed at the caban if we didn't wait for them. Well . . . The butler NEVER met us at our cabin therefore we got to the island later than we wanted. We made SEVERAL phone calls to the front desk and no one could help us and knew nothing about what we were talking about. There was NO ONE from the excursion desk on board so no one to help us. Finally our room steward Andre' got someone to come and take us down to the tender only to leave us to our own accord with no instruction - we were supposed to get an escort all the way according to what I had read. When we did get to the island the staff in the information booth weren't interested in helping us with getting to the cabana. They just pointed and were unclear about what we were to be doing. We went on and found the cabana and found our butlers waiting for us there. This was about 10:00 a.m. Honestly - we never inquired with the butler. We were determined to enjoy the rest of the day and let it go.

Once we were there we had a WONDERFUL time. It was fun watching people and nice that we didn't have to worry about our space and our stuff if we left the cabana. The food was good but not fabulous - except for the lobster sandwiches - they were fabulous. We has two butlers watching over us. One main butler and another in training. They did get us everything we asked for and were very helpful and delightful. We eventually got one of the last tenders to the ship and blessed to have been able to enjoy the cabana and in the end the butler service.

Would I use the butler service again, probably not, but who knows what I would do if given the opportunity again . . . Would I do the cabana again? You bet!!!!! It was the best thing we did besides the Thermal Suite and Hydro Pool week pass on the ship.

Now about the 'treasure' . . . we looked and looked for the treasure and found nothing. We didn't leave ours since it appears that they were being picked up by someone else. I am so sorry but we felt that our fun had been taken away and didn't want to contribute to the pirates personal bounty. This was such a great idea and a big disappointment for the four of us.

If I think of anything else I will post and if anyone has any questions please ask and I'll do my best to answer.

Blessings to all of you!

Kim & Randy

I also wonder if there are enough 'lurkers' here that could have read this thread and picked up the treasure. Too bad! We will have our treasure to leave when we get there next Friday! We will report as soon as we can!

Blessings!

Our visit is just around the corner! Two weeks from today!!!!

Right now I am in Brazil and my mom and her husband are in Ukraine. I live in Ohio and they live in Ontario, Canada (close to Barrie). Our treasure should include something from our current travels and something from our home regions - could be interesting! ;)

We can't wait for the sun and relaxation that is coming our way - especially after all of this travel!

Blessings to you all!

Royal and Ancient Order of Inhabitants of Ye Mystic Turquoise Cabana:

Jes2245 – October 23, 2006 – Left Virgin Island Rum (FOUND!!!!!!)

Djallar – October 30, 2006 – Treasure hidden!!!!!!!!

Ziggy7 – November 4, 2006

Jmastron – November 6, 2006

Pennywise – November 24, 2006

Debi D – December 2, 2006

Lggfly – December 12, 2006

SarahQ - December 16, 2006

Frogs & LAMb - December 22, 2006

Txcanuck – December 30, 2006 (Cursiegal in the Sky Blue)

Curisergal – January 1, 2007

Aggie/1/ca - January 3, 2007 (with the butler package ;) !!!!)

Duckman715 – January 5, 2007

Jodster – January 8, 2007

Ohionan26 – January 14, 2007

Shonuf - January 19, 2007

Lvteks – January 23, 2007

Jerseygirl3 – January 29, 2007

CruisinCanucks – February 2, 2007

SheShefran – February 26, 2007

Twinkletoes4445 - February 9, 2007

Mmbgmb – March 18, 2007

TerriRN – April 2, 2007

Clamshell near the Turquoise Cabana:

Ika1012 – Dec. 12 - You'll have to say 'hi' to Lggfly!

HeatherInFlorida – Waving to the Turquoise occupants on December 11, 2006

Here's what we have so far - getting very close to our first visitor!!!!

Jes2245 – October 23, 2006

Djallar – October 30, 2006

Ziggy7 – November 4, 2006

Jmastron – November 6, 2006

Pennywise – November 24, 2006

Debi D – December 2, 2006

Lggfly – December 12, 2006

SarahQ - December 16, 2006

Frogs & LAMb - December 22, 2006

Aggie/1/ca - January 3, 2007

Duckman715 – January 5, 2007

Jodster – January 8, 2007

Ohionan26 – January 14, 2007

Shonuf - January 19, 2007

Lvteks – January 23, 2007

Jerseygirl3 – January 29, 2007

CruisinCanucks – February 2, 2007

SheShefran – February 26, 2007

Twinkletoes4445 - February 9, 2007

TerriRN – April 2, 2007

Clamshell near the Turquoise Cabana:

Ika1012 – Dec. 12You'll have to say 'hi' to Lggfly!

HeatherInFlorida – Waving to the Turquoise occupants on December 11, 2006

Are we still leaving something in the cubbard for the next person using the cabana ?????

I think this is a great idea. We just need to come up with a solution.

Blessings!

SharonN – I hope you can reschedule soon! :(

Here's who I have so far! Let me know if I missed anyone!

Jes2245 – October 23, 2006

Djallar – October 30, 2006

Ziggy7 – November 3, 2006

Jmastron – November 6, 2006

Pennywise – November 24, 2006

Debi D – December 2, 2006

Lggfly – December 12, 2006

SarahQ - December 16, 2006

Frogs & LAMb - December 22, 2006

Aggie/1/ca - January 3, 2007

Jodster – January 8, 2007

Shonuf - January 19, 2007

CruisinCanucks – February 2, 2007

SheShefran – February 26, 2007

Ohionan26 – January 14, 2007

Jerseygirl3 – January 29, 2007

Twinkletoes4445 - February 9, 2007

TerriRN – April 2, 2007

Clamshell near the Turquoise Cabana:

Ika1012 – Dec. 12 :D You'll have to say 'hi' to Lggfly!

HeatherInFlorida – Waving to the Turquoise occupants on December 11, 2006 :D

Blessings!

I guess this means I should be actually working and not 'playing' on CC!

I missed SEVERAL entries!!!!!!!

Let me know if I missed anyone or got something wrong.

Have a great weekend!!!!

Blessings!

I haven't updated our list for a while! :eek:

Here are the reservations we have so far for our beloved Turquoise Cabana:

Blessings!

I did make a couple of mistakes - Thanks Shonuf!

SharonN - Oct. 13, 2006

Djallar - Oct. 30, 2006

SarahQ - Dec. 16, 2006

Frogs & LAMb - Dec. 22, 2006

Aggie/1/ca - Jan. 3, 2007

Jodster - Jan. 8, 2007

Ohionana26 - Jan. 14, 2007

Shonuf - Jan. 19, 2007

Jerseygirl3 - Jan. 29, 2007

CruisinCanucks - Feb. 2, 2007

twinkletoes4445 - Feb. 9, 2007

Blessings!

Here's an update for our beloved Turquoise Cabana! Wow!

Let me know if I have missed anything or if I need to add anyone!

Keep thinking about something we can do/hide in our cabana!

Blessings!

Here are the reservations we have so far for our beloved Turquoise Cabana:

Blessings!

Thanks SarahQ for starting the thread. I've been wrapped up trying to get something productive done today and not celebrate my cabana too much!!!

We are sailing 12/16 and enjoying our cabana on the 22nd of December.

I like the idea of a book but how to hide it and protect it from the weather . . . hmmm

Has anyone ever done a GEO Cache? It's similar but it's a treasure hunt using a GPS. When you find the treasure you leave something, take something and sign the register. Then you leave a note on a website to record your visit. We could do something similar with this thread and track the 'activity' with our 'treasure'. Even if it means that we note that we found the hidden 'treasure'.

Blessings!