Carnival Valor PHOTO Review, April 28 - May 6, 2012

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Oh my gosh, I just realized that I totally skipped over St. Thomas!! LOL! So I'm back-tracking now by one day and going BACK to Day 6. We had planned to do the Magen's Bay Beach tour (it drove to the lookout points and then dropped you at the beach), but since the weather looked really bad in the morning, we skipped the trip and decided to just walk/goof around this day.

 

Once again we got gipped with our starboard view...

 

Ahhhh lovely port side view!

 

Panorama of the port from Lido Deck.

 

We wandered down the pier to get some photos and yep, you guessed it, another time-lapse! You can see the storm clouds start creeping in...

 

 

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We went back on the ship to have some lunch and wait for the rain to clear.

 

Not too shabby of a view to enjoy your meal!

 

Relaxing and waiting out the rain...

 

The rain finally let up so we headed out to explore the shops outside the pier.

 

I loved this wind chime! It was made out of painted shells, so cool.

 

Beautiful flowers along the sidewalk...

 

Interesting set-up... the phone wire went up, wrapped around a branch of the tree, and then up on to the roof.

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Goofing around, having fun. Apparently I was in a jumping mood this day!

 

 

Time to head back to the ship.

 

I loved watching the planes fly over the island as we were waiting to sail away from port. They would appear from the other side of the island, and it looked like they'd have to make a serious climb at a heavy angle, probably to clear the hills I'd guess. Pretty cool to watch.

 

What a shocker, hubby doing another time-lapse!

 

Cool pirate looking ship came into view as we started sailing away...

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As we were sailing out of port, I grabbed a photo of where we were married on St. Thomas five years ago (as part of a Carnival Liberty cruise.) It was somewhere right around here, on Limetree Beach.

 

We had a flock of seagulls following the ship out to sea because a group of people were throwing hot dog buns for them to catch. Not the best idea, but I took the opportunity to take some photos.

 

 

Sailing further away from our last port, bye-bye St. Thomas! Hope to have better weather next time.

 

A lone island hanging out at sea.

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Enjoying the couch bowl on Serenity.

 

Ok, so I seriously never knew there was a sauna on the ship?! I guess that's because we've never gone to the gym ;)

 

We decided to check out the comedians in the Eagle's Lounge. We'd heard that it filled up very fast, and they weren't kidding! We arrived a half hour early and could still barely find a seat!

 

 

Enjoying a late night movie on Lido Deck - loved that they offer popcorn! They were playing The Aviator, we didn't stay for the whole movie though.

[DOTTE]

Nice review. Love the pics.

[Katikat23]

Loved your photo review! We'll be on the Valor in October. Different itinerary but I still love seeing pictures of the ship and reading about people's experiences!

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OK so now back to Day 8, the last day at sea! My husband took a lot of photos around the ship of the different rooms, etc. so that's most of what will follow. I will try my best to keep them arranged in order...

 

Lido deck right before sunrise.

 

 

Sunrise over the ocean.

 

 

View from the front of the ship.

 

Some sort of animals in the water... we didn't get a close enough look to know for sure what they were.

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Lido deck

 

Prometheus Pool (aft)

 

Prometheus Pool (aft)

 

24 hour pizzeria! I think my husband lives for pizza...

 

Rosie's Restaurant

 

Rosie's Restaurant (looking down from the upper area)

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Sport's Deck

 

Mini Golf

 

Mini Golf

 

Lido deck

 

 

The water was ridiculously calm and blue this day...

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Shotgun Casino entrance

 

Shotgun Casino

 

Slot machines in Shotgun Casino

 

Apparently there's pool tables in the casino?! Had no idea!

 

Shotgun Casino

 

Loved the mustache men all over the casino!

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King's Boulevard looking towards the back of the ship

 

King's Boulevard

 

Java Cafe sign

 

Entrance to the video arcade

 

Inside overview of the video arcade

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One Small Step Dance Club

 

Disco balls hanging from the ceiling in One Small Step Dance Club

 

Another angle of One Small Step Dance Club

 

Togo Sushi - located near the dance club and arcade

 

Cool chandelier hanging near the sushi bar

 

Another view of the chandelier

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Jeanne's Wine Bar located at the end of King's Boulevard, near the back of the ship

 

Lindy Hop - where we won our ship-on-a-stick for playing Win, Lose or Draw!

 

Lindy Hop - model plane hanging on the ceiling

 

Lindy Hop decor

 

Lindo Hop

 

Lindy Hop

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Paris Hot

 

Paris Hot

 

Paris Hot decor

 

Paris Hot

 

Eagles Lounge at the very back of the ship. They were having an art auction in there at this time.

 

Eagles Lounge art auction

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Eagles Lounge decor

 

Eagles Lounge ceiling decor

 

Eagles lining the walls in King's Boulevard

 

Ceiling decor throughout the ship

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Winston's Bar at the back of the ship. We played lots of games/trivia here!

 

Booth in Winston's Bar

 

Ceiling decor in Winston's Bar

 

My husband striking a pose in Winston's Bar ;)

 

Me enjoying a rum-free punch in Eagles Lounge.

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Ok, these photos might be a little random....

 

Our cruise director Matt poking his head into a photo of my husband. We absolutely LOVED Matt! He did such a great job, was funny and entertaining - as was the assistant cruise director Everson - great team aboard the Valor!!!

 

A photo with our amazing room steward Noel - he was the best!!!

 

View from the front of the ship (I forgot if I posted this one, so I apologize if it's a duplicate!)

 

Ivanhoe Theater - view from the top/balcony seating area

 

Ivanhoe Theater stage

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The water was so calm on this last day...

 

Sailboat out at sea

 

Love seeing other cruise ships out at sea!

 

The sun getting ready to set on this last day of our cruise.

 

 

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Bye-bye Valor, hope to see you again one day!!

 

Oops, I forgot to post some photos of the American Lobby and Atrium, sorry!! So traveling back to daytime for a minute...

 

American Flag floor

 

American Lobby and Bar

 

Looking down at the American Lobby and Bar

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Atrium

 

Atrium elevators

 

Looking up Atrium

 

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Bronx Bar... ok I think this is the last one that I forgot about. Sorry about all the randomness at the end of my review!!

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Ok, I think that's it!! Thank you everyone for all the kind words and messages you left throughout my 'review!' I hope everyone has enjoyed looking at the photos and that they either brought back memories for you or got you excited for your upcoming cruise on Valor :) Please feel free to send me a message if you'd like to ask me any questions or if you're interested in seeing my husband's time-lapse video that he's putting together (he hopes to have it done and posted online in the next week or so.)

 

Happy cruising everyone!!! :D

[CRUISEMAMMA]

Great review! Sorry if I missed it along the way but what kind of camera did your husband use, the pictures are beautiful

[juliawinston]

Thanks for posting your review :)