!!! DIVINA !!! Eastern Caribbean ^_^ The Ultimate Review and Complete Pictorial Guide

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Once we boarded, we decided to head up to the buffet and grab a quick snack. I am not entirely sure why since we had just eaten a few hours ago. Maybe all that walking and the heat had something to do with it.

 

This picture was a mistake, I left the camera on Illustration mode by accident. It came really cool though.

 

 

I had not noticed this till now, and actually it was not even me who noticed it. Mom was the one who pointed at it.

 

 

I only saw the artichoke pizza once, and I did not get it. I tried looking for it multiple times after that, but no luck.

 

 

 

 

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As you can see many of the choices involve pasta. That is not entirely a bad thing, for many of whom adore pasta that is a good thing. However, not all the choices are the ones I enjoyed the most. I tend to like creamy pastas, and those were rather limited. Like I said in a past post, I bet I could make a much better alfredo sauce than the one offered on the cruise.

 

 

They all got little snacks here and there.

 

 

 

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Since the pasta was not to my liking, I decided to go check out something that I would enjoy a bit more.

 

 

 

 

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I don’t I have spoken of the drinks available for free. The variated a bit; fruit punch, ice tea, coffee, OJ, grapefruit juice, lemonade and water. Sometimes they had flavored waters as well, but I am not a big fan of those.

 

 

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Nothing really caught my eye, you know how buffets work… You tend to love everything when you don’t have them, but once they are available, you cannot seem to make up your mind. Ironically, there was one area that I had ignored; the Kids Section. I said what the hell, maybe I can find something that I enjoy.

 

 

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As you can see I was not the only adult with that thought in mind, lol.

 

 

 

 

 

I guess the child in me was right. The popcorn shrimp was indeed very tasty, a tad small, but tasty nonetheless.

 

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I also got a little dessert. The truth is that I knew that my mom was going to eat it, I know my mom very well, and I know what she likes. The pastry was really good, she ate it all.

 

 

After eating my uncle parted ways as usual, I am not entirely sure where he went to. He always used to say “I am going Downtown”, we never found out where downtown was located. The Atrium? Who knows, I think he just walked non-stop until he found us again.

 

We decided to go to the Jacuzzi, on the way there I went up to the solarium to get a few pictures for those interested in purchasing a day or two. But like I said, personally I would not waste my money there. There are plenty of places to relax and find a peaceful area on the ship.

 

 

 

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It would be fantastic if this Jacuzzi had a cover, maybe then I would consider paying on a sea day.

 

 

 

 

 

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I don't think many people actually purchase access to the solarium. Granted it was a port day, but there was only one lady there.

 

 

 

It is a very nice area, and I can imagine that it is nice and quite there during most times. But also notice that there is no bar area there. The nearest bars are either by the main pool or the aft pool, a nice walk away from there. I also want to point out that drink servers that walk around the pool area are few in-between. So your best bet is to get something like a bucket of beers and head up there, then again if you’re not a beer kind of person… You’re out of luck I guess.

 

 

So we kept on walking and arrived to our preferred Jacuzzi relaxation area. We really enjoyed our time there during the entire cruise, I am very glad I eyed it on the first day. The floor was ridiculously hot!!!

 

I do love how they are sunken in.

 

 

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We tried the same chair-shade system, but the sun was not low enough at the time. Needless to say that we did not last there long that day. It was way too hot. And even if I looked like if I was an albino with the entire bottle of sunscreen on me! I was also feeling dehydrated!

 

 

We headed downstairs and stopped by the aft pool bar to get some drinks. I want to point out that something uncomfortable happened here. It goes along the side with the entire 15% tip system that you get when you get the drink vouchers before your cruise. Please be aware that is not something I said, but I was told by several MSC employees.

 

So a lady went to purchase the vouchers at the bar, and the bartender told her the cost was $72 plus the 15%. She started arguing with him over the 15%, why did she have to pay it now and before it was included. I heard some people saying that it goes with the European tipping system. But once again, I want to clarify that MSC decided to Americanized one of their vessels to make a stronger presence in the US market. Anyway, I made my point clear here. I will drop it now. The point is that the lady went on and on about it, then the server explained how the system worked. She then went from arguing to completely embarrassed and pissed off that the tips were the discount.

 

 

 

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We took our drinks and moved to the starboard side of the cruise to see the other vessels leave port. Plus, I managed to get 4 chairs and place them under a shaded area, it was perfect! Everyone was happy =)

 

 

 

 

 

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I have done the western route multiple times on other vessels. Check out my breeze, Silhoutte and Allure review, they all did the western route :)

 

Will do - I love Carnival we are VIP's on their brand, but I couldn't resist the MSC price - haven't done the Breeze yet, but the Splendor and Liberty are my 2 favourite Carnival ships

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Soon enough the Carnival Glory started leaving port.

 

 

The was some nice shade in there.

 

 

 

 

 

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For some reason that I can’t recall, I had to go to the room. Once I tried using the room card it was dead again.

 

 

On the way up I got a few desserts for my family, my uncle had found us again and he was there taking pictures. Everything was really nice.

 

 

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I took a few more pictures of the Sunshine. It looks like a really fun ship!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I really like that waterfall in the multi-deck serenity area.

 

 

 

 

 

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The ship soon started pulling out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That suite on top of the bridge must be really nice!

 

 

 

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There is an airport for smaller aircrafts right there.

 

 

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That airport gets a lot small aircraft traffic, we enjoyed seeing several aircraft land and take-off.

 

 

 

Good looking aircraft!

 

 

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We just relaxed up there and waited for Divina to leave port.

 

 

There’s my uncle getting pictures of the airport.

 

 

 

 

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We decided to stay in that location for the sail away, I will admit that it was the best location, mainly due to the tall dark glass. But my mother and my aunt were just enjoying the sea breeze and talking, so we decided to stay there. Departing from San Juan is really neat and the views are fantastic. I suggest you get a nice location on the starboard side ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The fort looks so nice with all the green fields contrasting the fort itself.

 

 

 

Do you see the little path? It must be awesome to go around there for a nice walk or jog.

 

 

 

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The pool was pretty busy. That reminds me, I think the capacity limit was 28? Mom used to walk around and count how people were in there and mostly always it was over capacity. I think that is very common now days, most ships just don’t have enough pool capacity for busy sunny days like this one.

 

 

Since the sun was going down, we decided to head up to the Jacuzzi for a little while.