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It’s a Ship Show. I had heard lots of joy so great things about the food but, personally, I thought it was pretty good! The show was fun - I’m always blown away by the talent that VV finds. What annoyed me about tonight was the way they seated people. We got in line around 6:40. We weren’t front of the line but certainly weren’t at the back. When they showed us to the table, they put us all the way at the even though there were empty tables in front of us. People behind us in line that came in after were seated in front of us. 😖

Deep Blue Extras sailaway party tonight. No pics but know there was lots of free flowing alcohol. Followed by the other group sailaway party. Followed by dinner and It’s a Ship Show

Heading back to the ship! I highly recommend Iguana Mama if anyone is looking for an excursion in Puerto Plata!

Cigar making, dancing, and the fort! Though I realize I didn’t get any pictures of cigars or dancing. By this point I had finished one of the bottles of Mama Juana!

Next was a stop at the pink street and the umbrella street

Next stop was lunch where we had a traditional DR rice, beans, and chicken. It was delicious and it was so sweet chatting to the “waiters” - one of whom was the same age as my son. It really made me realize just how privileged we are! One of our group told the poor kid that the beans tasted like dirt. He was so offended. Who does that?

My favourite was the Mama Juana otherwise known as the Dominican ***** or the baby maker. I fully expected an extortionate price in the gift shop but nope. Literally $10 for a litre bottle. I knew I couldn’t carry that back to Canada so opted for 3 small bottles for $4 each! It was almost free! Let me tell you, no way could we buy ANY alcohol in Vancouver for that price!

Back to the bus and several rum and cokes later we headed to the rum factory. After a brief video about the history of rum making we were invited to taste 8 different rums. You could have a taste or request a double or triple. The rest is history as they say.,,

First stop was the cable cars!

Puerto Plata today. I booked an independent excursion through Iguana Mama called Eat, Drink and Be Merry. It was an all inclusive that hit all the tourist areas and included free flowing rum and a lunch for $90usd! The instructions to meet were VERY clear and clear and one of our group (spoiler - it was me) followed them. No matter what time the ship docks, make your way out immediately as the tour leaves 45 minutes after the ship arrives. Simple right? The gangway opened at 8:50am and I was at our tour bus at 9:10am. There would only be 4 of us. I sat in the bus and waited and waited and waited. Two more made it at 10:10am. The fourth person, to be fair, hadn’t even made the ship in Miami so was joining today and arranged to meet us at the first stop rather than make us wait. Seriously, though. Don’t be the person that makes others wait cause you don’t have your crap together. I’m going to post some pics from the day but wanted to say it was excellent! I drank so much rum and mama Juana (the baby maker). I also ran into so many people from the ship who apparently know me. I think maybe I need to not drink for a couple of days!

Avo Toast and Buckwheat Waffle with a side of bacon!

Razzle Dazzle If you know you know!

What’s on

I haven’t tried to book anything but they do keep pushing them on the daily schedule so I’m assuming there are still spots for some available!

Late night snack

Heartbeat in The Manor

The Hostess

Another great night on Valiant! After dinner at Test Kitchen I headed over to the Red Room for the Miss Behave show. I bumped into some friends from the other group so we sat together and had an absolute blast! I legit had zero idea what was going on 90% of the time but it was a fun! And inappropriate! 🤣

Dinner tonight was Test Kitchen menu A. I did the cocktail pairing. All was fabulous!

Another solo meet up this evening which was fun! I met some “new to me” people, only to find out that in actual fact I had met them yesterday and may or may not have been dancing with them at the PJ party! More than one “stranger “ has approached me today to tell me how much fun they had last night…Ooops!

@MeganGC1983 found Alejandro! He is the Bounce!

Brews and Crews was a lot of fun - I didn’t like the two dark beers but we won the contest and got the table the tower of beer!

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