Hello everyone! It has taken me a week to get back on schedule after vacation! All four of us absolutely loved the cruise, including my husband, who was sort of dragged along. He is now hooked on cruising! Did we have perfect weather, or what?!!! And I have never seen such calm seas. I didn't even feel that swaying feeling after we got off the ship.
We got off to a great start when we were checking in at the port on Sunday. I asked if there were any upgrades available and they said that someone had just cancelled thier cat. 3 suite. The upgrade from our cat. 5 room was $895.00. We took it and it was worth every penny! Afterwards we couldn't believe that we actually hesitated to take the upgrade. We had booked our cat. 5 last October and got a great rate through All Seasons Travel, so even with the upgrade cost we were still a few thousand below the regular rate for a cat. 3.
In Nassau we had booked a room at the Comfort Suites across from the Atlantis. This property is owned by Atlantis so you can use all the pools, slides, etc. at Atlantis and they are vigilant about making sure that you are a guest. You have to be wearing the wrist band they issue. A room at Atlantis was $370.00 and a room at Comfort Suites was $179.00! We checked in and never even went to the room. We had a wonderful day at Atlantis and this worked out cheaper than the Atlantis Beach Day offered as a shore excursion.
Loved
Castaway Cay - what more can I say?!!!
We were surprised at how much we enjoyed our day at sea. It was definitely the most relaxed day. DH and I did the Rasul Bath at the Spa. It was very relaxing and made our skin feel great after a few days of sun, sand , and chlorine. Then we had brunch at Palo, fantastic! We also treated ourselves to dinner at Palo that night, which was a few steps above the regular dining room, also worth the extra $20.00.
Overall, I'd have to rate our cruise experience as a 10!
Nena, I see that you are booked on the Magic 4/2/2005. We'll wave to you from Grill's. Thirteen of us are booked on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas (was docked next to the Wonder) on 4/3/2005! It's my parent's 50th anniversary.
Hope you all enjoyed the cruise as much as I did.
Gamom