Carnival Liberty Eastern Review: Dec 22, 2012

[AdobeRN]

St. Thomas was the only place we paid to do an excursion. My brothers kids had never been snorkeling so we booked the Captain Nautica's Ultimate Snorkel Expedition thru the ship. Pricey - $79.99 per person.

 

We went to 2 different spots around a little island (I don't remember the name of it but it was a nature preserve area). The first site had reefs and sea grass area, the second site had an old ship wreck. The water temp was cool at first but we got used to it quickly. All gear was provided - even gave you pool noodles if you felt you needed the extra floating support. We didn't really see much since is was overcast and rainy. Highlight of the trip was seeing the sea turtles - and of course, when a sea turtle decides to come up for air within 5 feet of us my camera decided it didn't want to work :(. Still a great experience.

 

 

 

 

We shared the ship wreck snorkle site with these guys. My whole family asked me why we didn't do this instead :rolleyes:

 

[jobell]

I used Picasa - they have a collage section.

 

I have used Picasa for ever and never knew this. lol...thank you for sharing. :D

[AdobeRN]

After the excursion we all headed back to the ship - we were all hungry! We went straight to the Lido area and snacked on a Guys burger and a few other things.

 

I thought the burgers were great. We had a few on the trip. My favorite was just the plain cheeseburger with tons of bacon from the toppings bar added. There was a "Pig Pattie" style of burger - hamburger + a patty of bacon, but the patty of bacon was hard and tasted funny - not fresh. The bacon from the toppings bar tasted so much better.

 

 

Bye-bye St Thomas.

 

 

Tonight was the second Elegant night.

 

 

 

My brother likes the Casino and spent alot of time there in the evenings. Tonight the host brought him a bottle of wine.

 

[AdobeRN]

I have used Picasa for ever and never knew this. lol...thank you for sharing. :D

 

I just stumbled on it the other night so I could add the photos to facebook with out posting "a million" pictures as my kids say :) I don't use photobucket but I knew I needed to use it for a review. With photobucket I was able to download the photos from my Facebook. Kindof a long process but it worked.

[AdobeRN]

After dinner we all split up again - that it why I love this type of vacation - there was something for everybody.

 

We spent time in the casino and hanging around the casino bar listening to the band playing.

 

My brother earned his "Drinks on Us" card.

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

[AdobeRN]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 7:00A - 3:30PM - WEDNESDAY 12/26/2012

 

Next stop was San Juan, PR. No excursion planned but I had a copy of the walking tour and tweaked it a bit for us. My dad decided to stay on the ship - temperature was in the 80's with high humidity, sun was shining - I thought it was a beautiful day :) We met at 9:00am to go walk around Old San Juan.

 

San Juan in the distance.

 

 

Sunrise

 

 

 

Walking along the Paseo de Princesa.

 

 

[AdobeRN]

 

City Wall

 

 

City Gate

 

 

 

[AdobeRN]

If you do this walk take lots of water and start early. It was hot/humid and the sun was intense. We had to stop a couple of times along the way - just got to hot for my mom.

 

I absolutely loved this port and would go back to visit if I could. I love history and visiting historical landmarks. There was so much to see and I didn't have enough time there.

 

The area looks run down and some of the people appear shady but I did not feel unsafe or intimidated like I did in Nassau.

 

San Juan Cemetery

 

 

El Morro Fort

 

 

If you look over the fort walls down towards the ocean you might see a few of these guys.

 

 

 

[AdobeRN]

After touring the fort my mom, brother, niece and one of daughters had enough of my walking tour - they felt it was too hot to continue. So they caught the trolley back to the ship.

 

My husband, daughter, nephew and myself continued on for a bit.

 

Stopping for a street snowcone.

 

 

Strange looking catapillers we found on a tree.

 

 

 

 

Kids loved this - Pidgeon park. A guy sold us food for $1 to feed the birds.

 

 

[AdobeRN]

Random photos of our walk.

 

 

On the way back to the ship we had to stop at Senor Frogs - husband request :rolleyes:

 

 

Leaving San Juan.

 

[AdobeRN]

Dinner in the dining room.

 

 

Tonight was the Red Frogs & Blue Iguanas Caribbean Fiesta...we all had a great time.

 

 

Somehow I ended up back in the casino and actually won $150!

 

 

This winning allowed me to play till I finally earned my "Drinks On Us" card :D

 

Edited January 3, 2013 by AdobeRN

[AdobeRN]

Matthew had another surprise from the Casino waiting for him. There were others but kids got to them before I could take a picture.

 

 

Good Night!

[SMSACE6]

Im loving your review and beautiful photos.:)

[lovestocruise19]

Awesome review! I can't wait until I get to go on the Liberty in April! :D

[pbmsmile]

Dinner in the dining room.

 

 

Tonight was the Red Frogs & Blue Iguanas Caribbean Fiesta...we all had a great time.

 

 

Somehow I ended up back in the casino and actually won $150!

 

 

This winning allowed me to play till I finally earned my "Drinks On Us" card :D

 

Loving the review...reliving our liberty trip last August! I must not lose or win enough in the casino....never have earned a DRINKS ON US card :(

[lissa42886]

i love that you collage the photos together. i also love that you put type on the food items to tell us what they are.,. i ALSO love how they seem to searved some seasonal items like gingerbread cake. and they menu all looks diff then any food i have had on carnival before!

 

excited to possibly sail Liberty again this year

[Danacat222]

Can't wait to read more, what camera are you using?

[joyful34]

We are on the Liberty in 16 days!!!!! Love your review. We are also doing the Eastern route. Can't wait!!!!!! Keep it up. Hope my pics look as great as yours.

[KatPem]

Thank you sooo much for your review...can't wait for the rest of it. We are taking our kids on this route for Spring break. It will be their first cruise and our extended family will be there as well! GREAT pics!

[Colorado Kat]

I love your review as well. I leave for the airport in 3 hours, and get on the Liberty Sat am! I swear, this time I am going to post a review!

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the review.

[Kingfish427]

Great review so far! We are doing the exotic eastern on the Liberty in late April as first timers so this is providing some great insight and given me great ideas on how to document the trip with pictures :)

[AdobeRN]

Can't wait to read more, what camera are you using?

 

I have a Sony Cybershot Hx200v camera - love it!

[AdobeRN]

Sorry - its been a few days, I'm hoping to get back at it in the next day or so.

[AdobeRN]

GRAND TURK - 11:00A-5:00P THURSDAY 12/27/2012

 

Grand Turk - Loved it! The beach & water is beautiful! The only complaint was that it was crowded. We shared the the beach with Carnival Destiny. Today was just a beach day for us. We were off the boat around 11:30a & found a spot under some trees to the right of the pier.

 

 

 

My nephew loved the fact that we were under coconut trees!