lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #176 Share Posted November 11, 2019 After my daily dose of Vitamin D I went to the room and got the girls. We did not want to jockey for space on the first tenders so we just lingered around and went for a late breakfast. Sweat Baby Jesus please just let us get over to the beach. I've been waiting all week for this! Today we went to Morderno to give them a shot. It was pretty much buffet food that was not self serve. The menu was also way smaller than the regular buffet. They did have an omelet station and fresh waffles so that was enough for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #177 Share Posted November 11, 2019 After waiting a good amount of time to get off the boat we figured we would walk right off, and by all "signs" it looked like we had guessed right. Well we forgot 1 crucial thing. The tenders are not continuous. (They did run on a pretty regular schedule as we later found out) So we waited in line for the next boat to run along side. No Internet but she don't care! Anything is better than waiting around doing nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #178 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Finally on the tender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #179 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Pulling Away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #180 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Alast we made it to shore Edited November 11, 2019 by lcookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #181 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Now that we have made it to shore things are looking up. It looks like we are on the Caribbean Paradise we thought we were awaking to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #182 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) The first thing I do is walk to the excursion booth to book a jet ski tour. I thought I could make it all cruise without anything adventurous but I could not. Next we walked around scoping out the area looking for the best place to take up residency. There wasn't much shade so we opted for a clam shell. Of course they were on the far side from where we were. We walked down there and no one was manning the area. We along with another couple that had been waiting decided to pick our spot and set up camp. Whenever the attendant came back he could take our info then. After setting up camp we wasted no time taking in the beach. Edited November 11, 2019 by lcookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #183 Share Posted November 11, 2019 And now disaster strikes. After getting the girls settled I set out on my snorkel adventure. The area was small with limited viewing but I was able to see a hand full of fairly nice sized fish on the reefs. As I am headed back in a barracuda swims in maybe 10 ft from me. I trail him around for a couple minutes then he heads off in the distance. I swim back about half way to the shore and take my camera out to catch a few pictures from the water. Afterwards I put it back in the case and head for shore. When I get to shore no camera to be found. Somehow I did not fully lock the case and the camera fell out on the way in. No problem. This water is crystal clear surely I can find it. Well as luck would have it there was enough silt floating in the water to make visibility 5% out of 100. I searched for maybe 30 mins and gave up. Luckily, this was the beginning of the day so the only data I lost was from the snorkel adventure. I was bummed but wasn't going to let that ruin my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #184 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I go back to the clam shell and wait for my jet ski adventure. Mama joins me and the little one stays at the shore building sand castles. As luck would have it the wind was blowing from the back so the shell was hot as all get out. I ended up resting the back of the shell on the chairs to get some airflow through the enclosure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #185 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Jetski Time! Now I usually stay away from tours opting for free play on the skis when I can. That was not an option here. This was follow the leader style. The good news is they broke us up into small groups depending on your comfort level. I jumped in the experienced line and off we went. Our guide ran wide open the entire time doing s turns and barrel turns all across the bay. It was not free play but was close enough for me. His favorite saying was "GAS IS FREE SO DONT LET UP ON THE THROTTLE!" About half way through we huddled up in the bay and they offered us free time to swim if we liked. The guide went diving and brought up a starfish for us. Then off we went again! Back at the dock there were no complaint from the group. Everyone had a good time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #186 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I took a leisure walk back to the beach finding the girls at the shoreline playing in the sand. They had already eaten while I was on the tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #187 Share Posted November 11, 2019 The food spot next to us had closed up so I decided to give the snorkel thing another try. There was even less fish swimming around than earlier in the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #188 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Afterward we start wrapping it up and headed back to the ship. The tender was semi full so we did not have to wait long before they pulled away from the dock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxw17 Posted November 11, 2019 #189 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Really enjoying this what a lovely little family you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #190 Share Posted November 11, 2019 48 minutes ago, jaxw17 said: Really enjoying this what a lovely little family you have. Thanks for sticking with me. It has taken a while longer than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #191 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Sad sight. Pulling away we knew our fun was quickly coming to an end. When I pick my cruises I want to have 1 to 2 sea days after the last port to unwind and get mentally prepared to leave the ship. Being that we have to get off tomorrow morning our fun time gets cut down from the usual. Headed back to the ship Put that camera down and get off this boat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #192 Share Posted November 11, 2019 We had early dinner so we went to the room and quickly got changed to make our reservation time. When we were headed to the restaurant we were already steaming towards Port Canaveral. If you have noticed, we use the outside decks a lot to get around. There is never a crowd and the scenery is always nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #193 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Tonight's Dinner! Another thing we like to do is eat at the specialty restaurants on the ships. We got the two meal package as part of our booking. We would have upgraded to the 5 day package but NCL does not do a great job on offering discounts like some other lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #194 Share Posted November 11, 2019 The menu I found this menu to be a little lacking from other ships we had been on. The place setting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #195 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Our chef was on point - good energy, not too many mistakes, and the food was delic! Just us enjoying ourselves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #196 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Of all my trips to hibachi restaurants this is the first grill flower ever. Classic snake Veggie Volcano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #197 Share Posted November 11, 2019 The Food All of the food was cooked to our taste. No complaints. We really were not feeling the green tea dessert. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #198 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Guess what y'all. The best sunset was on the last day. Finally! That right there made all the other early morning and evening trials worth it. Edited November 11, 2019 by lcookie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #199 Share Posted November 11, 2019 While I was catching the sunset the girls were suppose to be in the room packing up. When I got there they were napping and I joined them. We woke up around 10:30 realizing we never packed up. I went to guest services and got some luggage tags then we shoved all of our items in the cases and put them by the door. This was the second time we ever had to get our tags. Usually they are just given to us. Must be something to do with the size of the port. Needless to say we were in for the evening. I looked out of the window and saw another ship in the distance making their way west as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcookie Posted November 11, 2019 Author #200 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Next up we get the "BIG BOOT". Don't worry we still have 2 days of vacation left! GSC VLOG Part 1 GSC VLOG Part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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