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Hi there,

Loved your review - what a lot of effort!

I don't know if you'll be popping back here to this thread [ given that it has been quite a while since the last post] BUT I was hoping you could tell me how many formal/elegant nights there were on this Cruise?

We are going on the 15 day Hawaii Cruise on the Miracle in April and I would really like to know how many cocktail dresses to pack??;)

Thanks so much

I was on this cruise also, there were 2 formal nights.

Hi go to the last page of part 2 and there is a message the has the link for part 3.. I have them all in my favorites so I was able to go back to part 2 and get the link.. Lenore

Thanks Lenore, Im running non stop right now so not a lot of time to post, but LYNN I also want you to know I changed the link in my signature. so at the very bottom is the correct link. :D

I can get there by going to part 2 and clicking on the link or by using Amy's link in her signature, but I can't find it as a separate thread. The last and only post was on 10/12 at 9:49 PM so if you go and look in the threads for that time and date it is not there but part 2 is there at 10:22 PM with the link for part 3. I just don't understand it (part 1 and part 2 were not like this-they were each separate threads).

Both sites are free. For animationlibrary - look under "Categories" for "alphabets". Some styles have both letters and numbers. Some only have letters.

 

The dancing numbers and letters do on occasion show up as a red "x". Often the numbers listed as "transparent" have this problem while the same number "gray bg" are fine. I have no idea why as I'm not very techy. I just usually copy and paste. :D

Thanks. Do you download the numbers? As you can see I'm not techy either:D

I used to use the dancing numbers (you told me where to get them), but now it doesn't seem to work.

oh Sandy this day cant come soon enough I cant waiiiiiittttttt to sail with my Malihinis again !!!!

 

Hope work is going well and that you are feeling good.

 

 

HEY Lynn and Dennis hope you guys are good also...

 

 

Still waiting on those Alaska dates, but Anna has sent me some pics that I can print out and use to surprise Austin with when I tell him about it.:D

I saw that the Malihinis part 2 was closed and that there is a part 3 but I can't find it. Do you know know what happened?

From this website: http://www.animationlibrary.com/

 

I use the website all the time for various animated pictures as well as the numbers. If you want dancing numbers (or letters), there is this website: http://toons.artie.com/alphabet/ralph/number-index.html

Do you have to join http://www.animationlibrary.com/? Where are #'s?

http://toons.artie.com/alphabet/ralph/number-index.html just shows up as a red X now.

ONLY

 

 

weeks until Team N.F.L. boards the Carnival Freedom.

How do you get the numbers?

Is this real or Photoshopped??

I LOVE ALL OF YOU and wish we were all together again already. I will definitely tell Dan and Kelly hello from all the Malihinis and I think he might even follow this thread.

 

I will try and check in before we go a few times. HUGS:D

Have a great trip!

Happy TGIF Eve everyone... Has this been a long week or what ????

 

This weekend we will be having the one Pitt Grand Dog for the weekend but will manage a short trip to NYC for the day on Saturday to see the off Broadway play Harvey. For those of you that watch Big Bang Theory it has Sheldon Cooper in it. LOVE HIM!!

 

 

Have a great time! I love him too!

We cruised to St. Thomas this past March ( family with 3 teenagers) and went to St. John on our own. We rode the group taxi to Red Hook. ( about 30 minutes) Then took the next ferry to Cruz Bay. (Bought round trip tickets). (Maybe 20 minutes)We then took another taxi to Trunk Bay. ( 15 minutes) We stayed at Trunk Bay for about 2 hours which was enough time to snorkel, swim, sun and eat and not feel rushed. Then we took a cab back to Cruz Bay ( 15 minutes) and walked around for about half an hour. Lined up for the ferry, then when back in Red Hook took cab back to the dock.(took about 45 minutes because traffic was terrible) We were at Crown Bay which is really far. All in all it was worth it. You need to check ferry timetables and give yourself plenty of time to get back. If your ship is at Crown Bay I would plan for 1 hour each way because if there are several cruise ships in town traffic will be crazy! We enjoyed the day! We didn't save much money doing it on our own though, and in retrospect if we had to do it again we might would take the ship excursion for this one if our ship was docking at Crown Bay.

We probably spent about $250.00 with all the taxis, ferries, and snorkel rental and food while we were there for a family of 5.

Hope this helps! St John is really beautiful. There is a smoothy place off the main square at the car rental place ( I know lol) that has really great fruit smoothies! Have fun!

Also Trunk Bay is a part of the National Park Service and has lifeguards. If you rent the snorkel equipment be sure and rent the "life Jacket" thing too. You need the extra flotation.

Do you know how much the snorkel rental is?

Dress up each night for dinner, but get very dressed up on the two elegant nights :)

Same here.

Does the Pride have a Burrito Bar?

Just got back from Bermuda on Thursday. We were on the Explorer of the Seas with about 14 of us. Had a BLAST!

 

We did book a private tour thru Nadanja...image2entertainment@yahoo.com! Since we were 12 ppl we had 2 vans. Very clean, air and great drivers. Nadanja and his cousin J were very knowledgable and took us all over the whole island. We fed the fish at Somerset Bridge, climbed the Lighthouse steps, saw a private home that had a manmade pond of the island, very cool, went to the Swizzle Inn and met Aunt Rita, really his aunt, saw Horseshoe Bay, Tabacco Bay, and stopped at Sea Galss Beach where we picked up lots of sea glass. He dropped off half of our party in Hamilton where we caught the 3:30 ferry back to the dockyard, so we could see the island from the water and J took the older folks right to the dockyard, so there was not alot of walking for them.

 

It was the right thing to do for our family and I would reccommend him.

 

Please if you do use him, let him know we suggested it.

 

Michelle

Just wanted to share our experience in mid July after asking for recommendations here.

 

We booked Nevis Barbosa and he turned out to be great. He was waiting for us as soon as we disembarked and he has a Toyota minivan. We had 6 in our party and were quite comfortable. We had asked for an island overview and a lunch stop at the Swizzle Inn. We got exactly what we asked for and it was a very nice day. Bermuda was very windy that day, so a beach day was not what we wanted. We did stop and he gave my dd a baggie to collect some pink sand at the beach. I do have to add that the Swizzle Inn was just okay. It was very pricey and the service exceedingly slow. The food was pretty good but it cost us $107 for 6 and that was with my parents sharing a sandwich. They also automatically included a gratuity for our party of 6. Be forwarned if you plan a stop there.

 

Nevis and his wife were very good about communicating with me and I even got an email while on the cruise to confirm our tour. Thankfully we had a stop in St Thomas first so I was able to use my phone to reply.

We went with Colin in June to Somerset Village (Narrow bridge and then we stopped to make res at watersports place), Gibbes Hill lighthouse (we climbed, he waited); along south coast to Horseshoe Beach for photo op really and another beach (not "beach people"), to Flatts Village, St George for snack lunch and quick tour, Tobacco Bay, Fort St Catherine, Tucker Town (what you can get to), Caves (we did Fantasy Caves, he waited), Paget Marsh (lovely) and then into Hamilton where we got ferry (no 4pm ferry to dockyard though FYI). We didn't have a long list of "must sees" and he was very chatty and personable..

Did you choose where you wanted to go or did the driver have a planned tour that you had to do?

Do you know if it is usual for a private tour guide to take you to places you don't want to go as part of "his" tour? I thought we (the passengers) choose where we would like to go on a tour.

Can you find rum creme in Cozumel or Progreso?

What is rum cream?

Really good rum cream! There are various brands. I do not Tortuga Rum stores though.

 

Just rum cream over ice. YUM!

What is rum cream?

We were in Bermuda last summer for 3 days on the NCL Dawn. We had booked a tour in advance for our 2nd day in port with:

 

Lloyd Smart

VIP Taxi Services

His phone no. is 441-236-2957 (home) and 441-534-8688 (in-car, which is probably his cell).

His e-mail address is lsmart@northrock.bm

Website:www.viptaxibermuda.com

 

He was a wonderful guide, well-spoken, patient and very knowledgeable. We left our tour open-ended and flexible, having e-mailed him in advance a list of things we wanted to see. He showed us all that and more...We wound up touring with him from one end of the island to the other for about 9 hours (our choice - he told us most tours were nowhere near as long), which seemed to go by in a flash! He was such a lovely man that we invited him to join us for lunch and he even did a quick drive by his own house on our way back so we could see where he lived and explain about Bermudian houses!

By the end of the tour we felt like we had made a friend!

I found a recommendation for him on these boards and we were very happy that we used him. Good luck in your search!

we had the good fortune to take a tour with lloyd smart vip tours. lloyd is a gentleman with extensive knowledge of bermuda. he decided the tour and took us to our requested sites. his sense of humor added alot to our tour. he had us laughing with his anecdotes.this tour was one of the highlights of our cruise. we would recommend this tour with lloyd

What were the rates for your tour?

Lewis Foggo's been recommended as has Loyd Smart... if you read back a ways on this thread you will I believe find contact information for both!:)

Thank you!

Does anyone have any tour guide recommendations? Colin and Duke are already booked.

Thanks!

HAHA- I just said this to hubby- #1 thing I would change on Carnival- how extremely cold they keep the ship's interior public spaces! I hate having to wear sweaters and jackets on our tropical vacations! :D That being said, that is my biggest gripe, so obviously not going to be a deal breaker for this Carnival family! :)

I agree!!

I'm still looking for 7454 on the Carnival Dream. Does anyone have that picture?

I was just going to ask the same thing. I couldn't find any either.

I didn't see any chairs in the picture of 7459. Are there chairs?

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