MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 #1 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Background info: Mike (55), occupation- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mountie), Tracy (37) Paramedic, formerly from Wales, U.K Arielle (15) and Mitchel (14). With lots and lots of overtime and over 5 weeks of vacation time we are fortunate enough to be able to take a month off each year. In 2006, 2007, 2009 we spent a month in Florida doing the Disney, Universal, beach etc. In 2008 we spent a month in Wales, UK visiting Tracy’s family. Introduced to cruising last year, We did 4 day cruise on Carnival Sensation. Everybody loved it so much we decided to skip the amusement parks and beach and simply cruise for most of the month. Aug 19th Destiny, Aug 23rd Imagination, 2 days off, Aug 29th Valor, Sept 5th Freedom. I took well over a thousand photos, therefore this review will have a lot of photos. Highlights: Chef’s table (Imagination), surprised my wife by proposing to her again with a new ring since she had her’s stolen years ago (Valor), renewed our vows (Valor), Scarlett’s Steakhouse (Valor), Sun King Steakhouse (Freedom), Snorkeling and Paradise Beach (Cozumel), Seven Mile Beach (Grand Cayman), Mahogany Beach (Roatan) private tour (Ocho Rios). Pre-cruise: We left New Brunswick, Canada on Aug 14th and traveled to Andover, MA. We stayed two nights at the Staybridge Suites, $54.21 per night through Priceline in a studio room with king size bed, full kitchen, free hot breakfast, free wireless internet, free parking. The only negative was the sofa bed, it was so terrible that the kids slept on the sofa cushions rather than the thin, springy mattress. On Aug 16th we drove to Boston and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express through ParkSleepFly, $209.86 with 21 days of free parking. Edited September 24, 2010 by MikeyA53 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 Author #2 Share Posted September 24, 2010 On Aug 17TH we flew to Fort Lauderdale via JetBlue. Stayed at the Hyatt Place Airport South in Fort Lauderdale for 2 nights, free airport shuttle, free breakfast, free wi-fi. $65.15 a night through Hotwire. Loved it, walking distance to Kmart and restaurants. The shuttle is free within a 3 miles radius of the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare chasinraynbowz Posted September 24, 2010 #3 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I can't wait to read the rest of your excellent adventure!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litewait Posted September 24, 2010 #4 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I sooooooo wish I could do something like this!! WHat a great vacation.. Can't wait for more!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmorg Posted September 24, 2010 #5 Share Posted September 24, 2010 WOW... what a wonderfully long adventure on four different ships! Thanks for sharing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggplant Posted September 24, 2010 #6 Share Posted September 24, 2010 man o man...wish I could do b2b2b2b! Keep the review and photos coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 Author #7 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Carnival Destiny Thursday, Aug 19th : Embarkation We were picked up by SAS shuttle at 10:00 a.m. They were right on time, $13 per person for 4 or more. Arrived at the port of Miami at 10:30 a.m. Dropped our luggage off with the porters. We were through security by 10:45 a.m. We had two bottles of wine and water bottles in a small collapsible cooler. They asked what I had but never looked inside. By 10:55 a.m we had our sail&sign cards and were given a placard with zone 4 written on it . At 11:30 a.m they started boarding the VIPs then zone 1 and so on, we were on board at 11:40 a.m. In the terminal. On our way to the ship. Edited September 24, 2010 by MikeyA53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserNC Posted September 24, 2010 #8 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Great Start. I am lovin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecruises Posted September 24, 2010 #9 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Oh wow....loving this Oh please please...do you have the "Fun Times" for the ships?? will you pretty please scan them in?? I am looking forward to your review...what a Cruise Fest :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted September 24, 2010 #10 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Nice start, in my years here, I cannot remember anyone doing a review of a B2B2B. Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 24, 2010 #11 Share Posted September 24, 2010 wow, totally awesome to do all those ships. I can tell from your tone that this will be a good review. thanks .. keep it coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 24, 2010 #12 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Nice start, in my years here, I cannot remember anyone doing a review of a B2B2B. Looking forward to it! Dec 2009, we did a B2B and they added a $299 price on Triumph and many stayed on the 3rd leg .. ... but wasnt a B2B2B2B ... 4 cruises. I agree Im impressed. 2 weeks so far is my limit Im comfortabel being away from my place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 Author #13 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Like everybody else we headed for the lido deck and had lunch. Afterwards Tracy stayed with the carry on luggage while I went exploring/ photographing the ship. In my opinion Destiny is a beautiful ship, easy to get around. Our cabins were ready at 1:40 p.m. Rooms 1109 and 1115 forward section, category PT, portholes. Room 115, Kids room. More later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTxCruiser Posted September 24, 2010 #14 Share Posted September 24, 2010 WOW, this is gonna be FUN!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted September 24, 2010 #15 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Dec 2009, we did a B2B and they added a $299 price on Triumph and many stayed on the 3rd leg .. ... but wasnt a B2B2B2B ... 4 cruises. I agree Im impressed. 2 weeks so far is my limit Im comfortabel being away from my place. Thanks for bringing up the fact I can't count (or read it appears):eek::D Even more impressive....nice offer you had as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEANSKI79 Posted September 24, 2010 #16 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I was on the 9/5 sailing. Those had to be her parents that did the newlywed/not so newlywed game.....how many Welsh people would have been on the same cruise that are unrelated to you? :D They were hysterical! I hope you were able to get a dvd of them on stage. I had told my sister about how "someone" on cc who was from CA was doing a b2b2b2b2b and family from Wales were joining them for at least one of the cruises....she leaned over to me and said I wonder if they are on the Freedom right now and related to those folks. She'll get a kick out of this! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 Author #17 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Oh wow....loving this Oh please please...do you have the "Fun Times" for the ships?? will you pretty please scan them in?? I am looking forward to your review...what a Cruise Fest :) Yes I have the fun times for all the ships, however it will take me some time to include them. Edited September 24, 2010 by MikeyA53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyA53 Posted September 24, 2010 Author #18 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I was on the 9/5 sailing. Those had to be her parents that did the newlywed/not so newlywed game.....how many Welsh people would have been on the same cruise that are unrelated to you? :D They were hysterical! I hope you were able to get a dvd of them on stage. I had told my sister about how "someone" on cc who was from CA was doing a b2b2b2b2b and family from Wales were joining them for at least one of the cruises....she leaned over to me and said I wonder if they are on the Freedom right now and related to those folks. She'll get a kick out of this! :D Yes they were her parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydarts Posted September 24, 2010 #19 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I am so jealous. I would probably never want to go back to reality after that many cruises back to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsSailAway Posted September 24, 2010 #20 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I was on the 9/5 sailing. Those had to be her parents that did the newlywed/not so newlywed game.....how many Welsh people would have been on the same cruise that are unrelated to you? :D They were hysterical! I hope you were able to get a dvd of them on stage. I had told my sister about how "someone" on cc who was from CA was doing a b2b2b2b2b and family from Wales were joining them for at least one of the cruises....she leaned over to me and said I wonder if they are on the Freedom right now and related to those folks. She'll get a kick out of this! :D I was on that Freedom cruise too -- that was hysterical! Madelene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneyden Posted September 24, 2010 #21 Share Posted September 24, 2010 WOW, that's great. Please put some pics on here from the Freedom...we're going on Oct. 31st and would LOVE to see some pics of the ship and the type of room you were in. Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froufie Posted September 24, 2010 #22 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Waiting for more - esp on the Destiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Goolia Posted September 24, 2010 #23 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I was on that Freedom cruise too -- that was hysterical! Madelene Me too! They were a riot! Got many good laughs from them. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dldplbc Posted September 24, 2010 #24 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looking forward to more.:) Now that's what I call a vacation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calker Posted September 24, 2010 #25 Share Posted September 24, 2010 can't wait to read more. I've been lucky enought to do two separate b2b's - the Triumph and the Dream - would love to just go from one ship to another, to another, to another, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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