Two Midwesterners escape winter on the Eurodam.

[ottahand7]

Lunch today in the Lido.  The roast meats at lunch time are uniformly excellent.  A real boon for those of us who do Keto or Atkins.  If you want a table in the Lido on a sea day is to get there early.  Complicating crowding was end by the Seaview pool was very warm so people moved down to the forward end.  

Lunch today was Porchetta.  John's breakfast this morning which is one of the scramble bowls but with two perfectly poached eggs.  

[ottahand7]

Main dining room menu tonight. 

[ottahand7]

Dinner in the Pinnacle Grill last night.  First time this trip.  We brought 7 special bottles of wine from home and paid the $20 each.  We had a 1995 Beringer Private Reserve we bought a case of for $35 a bottle in 1996.  Well aged it was wonderful.  John had mushroom soup, I had steak tartare for starters. John had filet and I had the supplement Aged Delmonico.  Both yummy.  John's baked potato unremarkable and just warm. No desserts.  

[ottahand7]

Heading into Roatan Honduras.  An early start for us as we have a HA shorex to a resort. 

[ottahand7]

[VMax1700]

3 hours ago, ottahand7 said:

We brought 7 special bottles of wine from home and paid the $20 each. 

Did you volunteer the corkage fee or did the 'search team' request it?

Seems that there is no pattern recently.

[ottahand7]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Did you volunteer the corkage fee or did the 'search team' request it?

Seems that there is no pattern recently.

We were caught. Go early and divide in multiple bags may help, just saying 

Edited January 8 by ottahand7

[bandect]

2 hours ago, ottahand7 said:

We were caught. Go early and divide in multiple bags may help, just saying 

Really nice wine! You're our kind of 'Wino's! 😎 Will most likely bring a couple nice bottles from home ourselves! 

[ottahand7]

Playing catch up.  A nice day at Turquoise Bay resort. 

[ottahand7]

Tonight's MDR menu. We had shrimp crostini, lasagna and NY Strip. 

[ottahand7]

Yesterday's Mariner wine tasting. Still featuring the elusive Meomi. 

[ottahand7]

Our day at Turquoise Bay on Roatan Island. We splurged on an over water bungalow and we had a perfect day for it. 

 

Edited January 9 by ottahand7

[QuattroRomeo]

Beautiful looking spot! I will definitely consider it next time Roatan is on the itinerary. Although that fish swimming in the water looks rather menacing..😲.. Did you swim or snorkel there?

[ottahand7]

We did take a dip.  The fish are rather shy and could hardly inject a tossed shrimp.  Thanks for your comments! 

[TravelE]

22 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Did you volunteer the corkage fee or did the 'search team' request it?

Seems that there is no pattern recently.

Are you allowed 2 bottles per stateroom without paying the corkage fee?

[VMax1700]

3 minutes ago, TravelE said:

Are you allowed 2 bottles per stateroom without paying the corkage fee?

No. All wine is subject to $20 per bottle corkage.  Its still good value for a good quality wine compared with onboard prices.

[QuattroRomeo]

3 hours ago, ottahand7 said:

  The fish are rather shy and could hardly inject a tossed shrimp.  

I'm good with that!!

[ottahand7]

Tonight's MDR menu. 

[ottahand7]

We did another HA shore excursion because we had never been to Belize before.  The tour was great but there were four ships in port all requiring tendering.  It was a zoo at the port area.  I have another HIA excursion in February and I will cancel.   Not worth the hassle.  

Today we took a bus the the recently excavated ruins, Amon Ra.  It was an hour drive each way and we were served a simple meal away from the ruins.  It was not crowded at the ruins and both our bus guide and the park guide were excellent.  

[canadarocks]

Can I ask how long was the tender ride to Belize?

[canadarocks]

I’m considering the VIP option at the Turquoise Bay resort in Roatan. When you were there, did you happen to notice that section and if it was easily accessible?

[Petronillus]

21 minutes ago, ottahand7 said:

We did another HA shore excursion because we had never been to Belize before.  The tour was great but there were four ships in port all requiring tendering.  It was a zoo at the port area.  I have another HIA excursion in February and I will cancel.   Not worth the hassle.  

Today we took a bus the the recently excavated ruins, Amon Ra.  It was an hour drive each way and we were served a simple meal away from the ruins.  It was not crowded at the ruins and both our bus guide and the park guide were excellent.  

Thank you for the passing on the word on Amon Ra, and especially for the photos. Sounds like what one hopes an excursion will be.

[rafinmd]

33 minutes ago, ottahand7 said:

We did another HA shore excursion because we had never been to Belize before.  The tour was great but there were four ships in port all requiring tendering.  It was a zoo at the port area.  I have another HIA excursion in February and I will cancel.   Not worth the hassle.  

You might want to reconsider that.  If you are referring to February 20 you are the only ship in town that day.

 

Roy

[ottahand7]

3 hours ago, canadarocks said:

Can I ask how long was the tender ride to Belize?

About 30 minutes. Saw a few Dolphins.

[ottahand7]

2 hours ago, rafinmd said:

You might want to reconsider that.  If you are referring to February 20 you are the only ship in town that day.

 

Roy

Thanks Roy.  Our bus guide said 4 big ships tomorrow over 20k.  If we are the only ones we can have the nice shopping port to ourselves. Nice waterside restaurants too.  Yes it will be 2/20.  Four days left on our cruise. Will keep our boat ride.  🐵🐊🐒🦜