Mike & Tracy’s Excellent Adventure: B2B2B2B on Destiny, Imagination, Valor, Freedom

[MikeyA53]

We will be docking in same location, any idea of where the tree is? A basic direction to head from ship...that tree literally dwarfs Tracy-way cool

 

 

If I remember correctly I don't think you can miss it. We went down a residental street and came upon it. If by chance you don't find it ask a local.

[Buffettfan 225]

If I remember correctly I don't think you can miss it. We went down a residental street and came upon it. If by chance you don't find it ask a local.

Thanks- I think I will screen capture photo and can ask then if cannot locate. We were in Key West last year and don't recall, but if you aren't looking..may miss the obvious

[MikeyA53]

Oh, that first Key West sunrise picture is just stunning! I've been following your review and have really enjoyed it. We spent 3 days in KW after our Liberty cruise in Aug. and would love to go back.:)

Heather

 

 

Thank you SenatorsFan. I love Key West, hope to return soon.

[Almost Packed]

Okay, so I'm all caught up....I have made a list of items to address/respond/comment on as I have been reading this.

 

First let me say to Mikey that I am loving his review and I really appreciate you and your family sharing it with us!

 

I can remember reading your original thread regarding you wanting to know about surprising your wife with a renewal. I can't remember if I commented or not. But I remember it, so now i feel relieved to know the happy ending.

 

I at first saw the picture of the towel animal and I thought it looked like a kamodo dragon. Then I thought it resembled a turtle with an extremely long neck. Then I thought maybe an anteater. Turns out i have no idea what it is...but I like the one posters comment about it being the elusive Carnival whatever they called it. That seems to fit...unless it is in fact a hybrid monkey-turtle-loch ness-dragon-anteater creature.

 

Mahogany Bay? Looks beautiful there. I'm not familliar with that port. I suppose I need to do some reading on that one. Anything i should be certain not to miss?

 

I love the Conquest ships....I love love love your pics of The Freedom. I seriously think she will be the next ship I book.

 

I noticed how you like chocalate..as you have tons of photos and mention it alot. Did I miss you mention your experience with the chocolate melting cake? As that is my absolute fave!!!!!!!!!!!! I always order 2 scoops of ice cream with it as 1 just is not quite enough lol.

 

As far as your family goes...beautiful! You certainly have put a lot of slacker men to shame on these boards, and hopefully you have inspired a few. My proposal happened pretty much the way your first one did...so kudos to you for making it right for your lovely bride!

 

so thanks again, i'm all caught up in one sitting with the exception of 2 restroom breaks.

 

I love your excellent adventure and cannot wait to read the rest! :)

Edited October 15, 2010 by Almost Packed

[emosewa]

If you are ever in Maui, (Lahaina), check out the banyan tree there, it makes that one look like a baby. It is ablsolutely huge, someone told me it is the biggest one in North America. Not sure, but it is HUGE! :eek: I love them, and never tire of seeing them. So different from Vancouver's trees.

Fellow Canuck,

EMOSEWA:cool:

[Almost Packed]

You have inspired me to book a b2b...if not a b2b2b! maybe when the kids are grown i can do the b2b2b2b :p

[MikeyA53]

''We disembarked with Peter and Rosemary. The kids stayed in bed. In every port we gave them one wake up call, if they were not out of bed within 15 minutes, it was adios. Sometimes they would get mad at us when we got back, we would smile and just ignore their complaints.''

 

LOL I have a 21 yr old and it is the same thing here, trying to get him out of bed for something important or something we would like him to do with us is crazy. So i go the time change thing, if we need him up at 9 we tell him 8 and low and behold he crawls out of bed by 8 45. It works

 

We will see how this vacation to Cuba works this year at christmas, how early he crawls out of bed, no lets see how early he goes to bed. i foresee 3: 30 in morning.

 

yes and we just smile, do what we need and laugh. See its the same all over.

 

Pictures from KW look great and once again thank you for all your hard work on this review. PS are you on count down now till next cruise. 29 days for me. :)

 

 

 

Thank you, we are down to 78 days.

[smeck]

Can you imagine how much your photos would of cost if you were actually using film like the old days.

[MikeyA53]

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Off we went towards Mallory Square and then Duval Street. I love this place, it has a lot of character. The people are easy going, sometimes quirky, from the man who will tell you a dirty joke for a $1 to a woman pushing her dog in a baby stroller. It has an abundance of boutique shops, open-air bars, art galleries and sidewalk cafes. The streets are filled with trolleys, bicycles and mopeds as tourists crisscross the busy, well marked streets.

 

It wasn't long before we were enjoying (Kermit's) Key Lime Pie on a stick. We did some shopping (well the girls did). Peter and I enjoyed a beer (purchased on the street, $2.15 each) as we followed the girls from shop to shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A pirate coming down the street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cute

 

 

Edited October 15, 2010 by MikeyA53

[MiamiSpartan]

Geez...I live 3 hours away, and yet it has been YEARS since I've been to Key West.....

Great pics!

Edited October 15, 2010 by MiamiSpartan

[BarJen]

I love the photos of the Serenity area on the Freedom, I know where we will be hanging out on sea days! ;)

 

 

Barry

[beachgirl75]

Whitehead street is where you can find 2 huge banyan trees....I was just there for my honeymoon in September...enjoy!!!!

[MikeyA53]

Eventually it was time for a break, we stopped at a place called Key West Cheeseburger.

Mostly to get refreshments but Rosemary was snackish and had to have Chili Cheese Fries. She loves her fries, calls them chips (British).

 

We all had cocktail drinks, Tracy had ‘ Trouble in cheeseburger’ and a ‘ Mai Tai’. Back home we maybe drink alcohol once a month so for Tracy this was a lot. We laughed so hard and had a really good time. Needless to say when we got back to the ship, she had to sleep it off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D

 

 

 

 

[MikeyA53]

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Tracy's Cocktail: Trouble in Cheeseburger'

 

 

 

 

 

Cocktail: Mai Tai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amigos

 

 

[sharecruises]

LOL at the dog in the stroller...a very very common thing to see everywhere in South Florida now....even in large malls

 

there is a local comedian who has a good joke

 

"Welcome to Boca, where they put their kids on leashes and their dogs in strollers"

 

Boca is bad enough...but Coconut Grove?? At the mall place there you barely saw a child but so many various dogs, in and out of strollers, wearing clothes...jimmy buffet shirts and sunglasses, urban wear hoodies, casual wear, a bulldog had on a nautical outfit LOL

 

all the restaurants there allow pets out on the patio dining

I saw a lovely gray poodle wearing a burgandy satin gown and sparkly necklace, she was perched on a chair at the pricey Italian restaurant there and happily being served at the table ...yum yum...LOL

 

I have also seen some cats in strollers!

[SenatorsFan]

LOL at the dog in the stroller...a very very common thing to see everywhere in South Florida now....even in large malls

 

there is a local comedian who has a good joke

 

"Welcome to Boca, where they put their kids on leashes and their dogs in strollers"

 

Boca is bad enough...but Coconut Grove?? At the mall place there you barely saw a child but so many various dogs, in and out of strollers, wearing clothes...jimmy buffet shirts and sunglasses, urban wear hoodies, casual wear, a bulldog had on a nautical outfit LOL

 

all the restaurants there allow pets out on the patio dining

I saw a lovely gray poodle wearing a burgandy satin gown and sparkly necklace, she was perched on a chair at the pricey Italian restaurant there and happily being served at the table ...yum yum...LOL

 

I have also seen some cats in strollers!

 

This just made my day! I know it's true, but thanks for the laugh. In my neighbourhood we used to see a guy who walked around with a cat on his shoulder. No cat I've ever had would have put up with that.:)

Heather

[MikeyA53]

Okay, so I'm all caught up....I have made a list of items to address/respond/comment on as I have been reading this.

 

First let me say to Mikey that I am loving his review and I really appreciate you and your family sharing it with us!

 

Thank you

 

I can remember reading your original thread regarding you wanting to know about surprising your wife with a renewal. I can't remember if I commented or not. But I remember it, so now i feel relieved to know the happy ending.

 

I at first saw the picture of the towel animal and I thought it looked like a kamodo dragon. Then I thought it resembled a turtle with an extremely long neck. Then I thought maybe an anteater. Turns out i have no idea what it is...but I like the one posters comment about it being the elusive Carnival whatever they called it. That seems to fit...unless it is in fact a hybrid monkey-turtle-loch ness-dragon-anteater creature.

 

Princesskiki's Carnivaloptipus. Love it.

 

 

Mahogany Bay? Looks beautiful there. I'm not familliar with that port. I suppose I need to do some reading on that one. Anything i should be certain not to miss?

 

We had everything we wanted in port, shops and beach. Maybe someone else can comment on what's not to miss outside the area.

 

I love the Conquest ships....I love love love your pics of The Freedom. I seriously think she will be the next ship I book.

 

I noticed how you like chocalate..as you have tons of photos and mention it alot. Did I miss you mention your experience with the chocolate melting cake? As that is my absolute fave!!!!!!!!!!!! I always order 2 scoops of ice cream with it as 1 just is not quite enough lol.

 

Chocolate, Tracy's favorite food. We both had the chocolate melting cake a few times and we loved it, but at the same time we like trying different desserts. My favorite was the ' Caramelized Apples on Puff Pastry'

 

As far as your family goes...beautiful! You certainly have put a lot of slacker men to shame on these boards, and hopefully you have inspired a few. My proposal happened pretty much the way your first one did...so kudos to you for making it right for your lovely bride!

 

so thanks again, i'm all caught up in one sitting with the exception of 2 restroom breaks.

 

I love your excellent adventure and cannot wait to read the rest! :)

 

 

Thank you.

[MikeyA53]

If you are ever in Maui, (Lahaina), check out the banyan tree there, it makes that one look like a baby. It is ablsolutely huge, someone told me it is the biggest one in North America. Not sure, but it is HUGE! :eek: I love them, and never tire of seeing them. So different from Vancouver's trees.

Fellow Canuck,

EMOSEWA:cool:

 

 

Checked it out on line, :eek:. Ever since we started watching the new Hawaii Five O , I've been telling Tracy we have to go there.:)

[MikeyA53]

You have inspired me to book a b2b...if not a b2b2b! maybe when the kids are grown i can do the b2b2b2b :p

 

 

Go for it, life is short.

[MikeyA53]

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We returned to the ship. Tracy, Peter and Rosemary took a nap. I roamed the ship, until it was time to wake them up for dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View of the port, from the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffetfan 225, you asked how to get to the banyan tree. In the photo below, as you exit the pier, continue straight through between those trees and the Banyan tree is a short distance on your right.

 

 

 

 

[MikeyA53]

Can you imagine how much your photos would of cost if you were actually using film like the old days.

 

 

I don't even want to think about it.:eek:

[MikeyA53]

Geez...I live 3 hours away, and yet it has been YEARS since I've been to Key West.....

Great pics!

 

 

Thank you

[MikeyA53]

I love the photos of the Serenity area on the Freedom, I know where we will be hanging out on sea days! ;)

 

 

Barry

 

 

Thank you Barry

[MikeyA53]

LOL at the dog in the stroller...a very very common thing to see everywhere in South Florida now....even in large malls

 

there is a local comedian who has a good joke

 

"Welcome to Boca, where they put their kids on leashes and their dogs in strollers"

 

Boca is bad enough...but Coconut Grove?? At the mall place there you barely saw a child but so many various dogs, in and out of strollers, wearing clothes...jimmy buffet shirts and sunglasses, urban wear hoodies, casual wear, a bulldog had on a nautical outfit LOL

 

all the restaurants there allow pets out on the patio dining

I saw a lovely gray poodle wearing a burgandy satin gown and sparkly necklace, she was perched on a chair at the pricey Italian restaurant there and happily being served at the table ...yum yum...LOL

 

I have also seen some cats in strollers!

 

 

First time I had seen one, from now on I'll be more likely to be looking inside strollers.

[MikeyA53]

We enjoyed another great meal in the Chic Dining Room.

 

 

 

Just water tonight.