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Thanks for the niteclub info and links, can look and see for myself.But sounds like a nite I would regret if I passed on it. Hope its casual, not planning on pack ing fancy stuff,,,dress slacks and fancy top,ok.I hope.

Casual dress for the show.

Re.the Tropicana show,,,would you describe it, Singers and dancers with band. See you re not a drinker,or passed on rum,but I m not at all.If its better than a ship performance, may book it. Any details great.

 

Glad you liked cruise. Also, going to see Cuba ,not cruise per se.Nice to hear about shore exc.too.

Quart of rum. 4 people. Do the math. Even if you enjoy the rum and coke, you should bring the rest of the rum back to the ship to enjoy. We were a group of 8 so we sampled one bottle and took the other back to the US.

This is a real cabaret performance. Nothing that you would ever get on a ship. The dancers and singers were awesome. The costumes were beyond vibrant. Cuba prides themselves on perfecting their arts. And they do that in spades. Sure, you could get a similar review in Vegas but you can see that the dancers and singers at the Tropicana give it their all. The 3 tenors and opera interlude was TO DIE FOR! Totally awesome. Yes, in memory of the pre-Castro Havana, and beautifully performed.

We too just finished the Dec 8 Insignia Cuba cruise. We waited until after the other ship unloaded their shore excursion folks before changing money. Only had two people in line ahead of us.

Oceana may want to mention that cigar stores are closed on Sunday and get your cigars on Saturday. The cigar store took USD. Loved the Tropicana show on Saturday night. We brought the qt of rum back with us. Will enjoy it with family at Christmas. I really liked the people-to-people events on two of the shore excursions. We had a flute concert of Cuban music performed by a team of young women who were professional and fantastic. We bought their CD that they were selling for $10 (yes they took USD). Haven't played it yet but they are selling it as a fundraisers and that was worth it. The Cutumba folkloro group in Santiago de Cuba was very interesting including the Santeria segment at the end. Both groups of artists were obviously very proud of their accomplishments as musicians and dancers.

Yes the weather was a bit rough at sea even with our room midship. It was surprisingly cool but then we went for the Cuba experience and not to sail the Caribbean sipping mojito's and lounging by the pool.

We went to all of Sandy's talks and really learned a lot. The two extra talks by the professor from William and Mary was a bonus. Though I am not an art film fan, the talks gave a very down to earth glimpse at Cuban people.

All in all, I really enjoyed Cuba.

We are scheduled for the Dec 8 departure. Today our travel agent contacted us and said our Rum and Cigar excursion was canceled. Something about it being Sunday. Too late to book anything else online so we'll see what the shore excursion desk can come up with. Hopefully the Hemmingway excursion is not book full for Sunday. Looking forward to the adventure.