Carnival newbie cruising with Victory (trip report and photos 5/29/17 - 6/2/17)

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…crocodiles and lookout tower…

 

 

...the lighthouse...

...a beautiful view!

 

 

The lighthouse view was gorgeous but you had to crawl thru a small door to get to the viewing tower.

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Lighthouse steps

Our Jeeps

Punta Sur Park was absolutely gorgeous. No frills, just a quite and beautiful area.

 

 

 

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There is a small museum at the base of the lighthouse.

 

 

 

At this point we had to say goodbye to Punta Sur...

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Found you again...loving your tour and pictures and review...hard work...thank you!!

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Found you again...loving your tour and pictures and review...hard work...thank you!!

 

Thank you. I was having trouble uploading my pictures so I was aggravated but finally got it working and really wanted to finish my review.

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We continued around the east side of the island...

...and we stopped to see the blow holes.

 

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Continuing northeast...

 

 

We stopped for lunch at Punta Morena and had authentic mexican food (which was included in the cost of our tour) and it was delicious.

 

 

 

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The tour included a tequila tour/tasting which was interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

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The tour took us all the way around the island, the northern part was very poverty stricken and run down and the guides told us after hurricane Wilma the island had never completely recovered.

 

 

 

 

 

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COZUMEL CRUISE EXCURSIONS OVERALL EXPERIENCE:

Once you got away from all the tourist stuff the island really is beautiful. Everything we did was included in the cost of the excursion (even the food, bottled water and cold beer) and I would definitely do this again if we come back to Cozumel. One of the guides always stayed close to the jeeps to watch our stuff so we didn't have to worry about it. They were very knowledgeable about the sites and the history of the area.

We dropped our jeeps off and said goodbye to Paco and Yaret.

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We did some shopping at the local stores and boarded the ship around 7pm.

 

 

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We were all exhausted so we went back to our cabins to shower and rest. We decided not to eat in the dining room tonight so family 2 ordered room service while we went to check out the buffet. I sat down to eat at 8:40pm and the buffet was really busy since the ship was in port till 10pm.

 

 

 

 

We headed back to our cabin and turned in early.

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I just stumbled on this review and I'm really enjoying it! There are so many Carnival ships we haven't yet sailed and the Victory is one of them.

 

Thank you. Victory was our first cruise with Carnival and we truly enjoyed it. Everyone on board was upbeat and nice and just a great atmosphere. We have a cruise booked for next month on Paradise and I look forward to checking out more of the ships.

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Day4 (June 1st) Sea Day:

 

 

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This morning we had the Dr Suess Breakfast scheduled for 8:45am (we signed up for this on our first day). This was one of the best activities on the ship; people of all ages were there and got dressed up in character (we did too).

 

 

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The food was themed and the tables were all decorated.

 

 

 

 

 

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The menu looked like a Dr Seuss book.

 

 

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Our group tried:

Green Eggs and Ham – the eggs were weird looking but tasted pretty good (better than the buffet eggs)

Truffula Tree Pancakes – just pancakes but still tasty

Cereal-Crusted French Toast – I didn’t try but the kids said it was good

Belgian Waffles – waffles with blue and red topping (or you could get them plain)

Steak and Eggs – yum…also came with potato straws

 

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Parfait – you were given a choice of a strawberry parfait or fruit parfait with granola (both were good)

 

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The characters came around to the tables and you could have your picture made with them.

 

 

 

 

 

Cindy surprised Jaycee that morning with a Dr Seuss book for her to use to get autographs but they also gave her an autograph sheet.

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The rest of the day was spent taking it easy and everyone doing their own thing.

After breakfast the kids went to the pool while I went back to my cabin to pack and hang out on the balcony.

We already have our towel animal for the day.

 

Gorgeous day, we couldn't have asked for better weather.

 

12:00pm The Very Hairy Chest Contest –the Lido deck was crazy packed but we found a place to watch and it was hilarious.

12:40pm Ice carving demonstration on the Lido deck.

1:15pm Carnival Tower – Gavin and I went to play this in the Seven Seas Lobby; it was fun and a lot like giant Jenga.

1:45pm Love & Marriage Show – Jason Cindy, John and I went and watched this show and OMG I laughed so hard, especially at the oldest couple they picked. Monty was a riot and really had everyone going. (They picked 3 couples: the couple who has been married the longest, the couple who has been married the shortest and 1 couple in between. Everyone else was asked to stand up and make out with your spouse to be chosen for the last slot. The chosen couple were rolling around on the stage to get picked, oh well.)

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3:00pm Bingo

 

 

4:00pm Build-A-Bear

 

 

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Shopping – I found these really cute color changing bags (they change when they get in the sun) and the Lido deck had a table full of t-shirts on sale. I also purchased my Carnival photos at Pixels after dinner.

 

Carnival Secret Deck (I believe this was on decks 8 & 9) -

It was really windy since it's at the front of the ship but very peaceful (there is no seating up here except for a bench).

 

 

 

 

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Lunch - (I just about forgot about lunch)...we all were still doing our own thing so John and I went to the buffet to check it out and stopped at the grill to get a burger.