Life has been busy, so Katy and I were not able to go on a honeymoon right after our wedding. So we've finally booked our delayed honeymoon. Booked a Caribbean cruise with Norwegian Cruise Lines. Flying down to Miami a day early on Friday January 4 staying at a hotel on the beach. Got the plane tickets and hotel stay for basically free with points/miles!
Then Saturday Jan 5 we board our ship, Norwegian Epic. Apparently it's the 3rd largest cruise ship in the world, pretty awesome!
We leave out of Miami and here is our path:
St. Maarten we plan to just hop in a cab or something and see the island. For sure want to make a stop at the beach right in front of the runway. If you haven't see it before, here's a pic to give you an idea!
St. Thomas, we're taking a tour on a 70' semi-cigarette boat type thing, then doing some snorkling.
In the Bahamas, we haven't booked anything yet but will likely be booking the dolphin exhibit at Blue Lagoon island where we get to go in the water with dolphins!
Then back to Miami the following Saturday. We've never been on a cruise before so hopefully it will be a blast. We are really excited. Aboard the ship we booked some shows. We'll see the Blue Man Group, Comedy Show, a Concert, and a Circus Ole type show. Also booked a Hibachi dinner for one night as well.
Can't wait, 9 days away! I think if we like it, we will be doing more cruises in the future
Wow, that looks like it will be a blast! Congrats to you both and hope you have an awesome time! Will be nice to get away from the cold for a while haha.
Nice, warm weather in January is always aweseome! Cass and I are doing the same, will have to post something up too. Ours was delayed a bit longer than yours though Have fun!!
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Assuming you'll be stopping on Paradise Island in the Bahama's, just plan on exploring Atlantis and maybe do the waterpark stuff. Plenty to do there alone.
Congrats, time away is a great thing.
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The stop is in Nassau in the Bahamas. Then from there we can do a shore excursion that takes us wherever. Atlantis is one of the options, but we are leaning towards Blue Lagoon actually.
Agree'd, time away is good! Hope yours is going well
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That looks similar like a Carnival cruise boat. I've been on 2 Carnival cruises. Spectacular ocean view on 9th level. Both to the Bahama's. I'd do it over again and probably will within a year. The cruise provides free food and juice. Water, soda, and alcohol are not free. Alcohol is "normal" pricing. 4 beers for 20 bucks. Water is 4 bucks per bottle. They place soda and water in your room so if you take one, expect it to be on your bill at the last day of the cruise. I usually just bought local beer which is a lot cheaper. One thing you should do is get some island food! Their food is delicious! Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, is a very beautiful place! Your boat will be landing near the Royal Towers Hotel where most of the cruise ships board. I can tell you more but I'm sure you're tired of reading this already.
One cool thing about Norwegian is that they call it "freestyle" cruising. The Carnival ones we were looking at, it had set meal times that we had to pick from. Norwegian, it's free food all day at any of the restaurants. No set times, just show up at any of the restaurants whenever you want to eat, in whatever clothes you want to wear. The exception is they have a couple fancier places (like the hibachi we booked) that require a reservation, and like $20/person.
One cool thing about Norwegian is that they call it "freestyle" cruising. The Carnival ones we were looking at, it had set meal times that we had to pick from. Norwegian, it's free food all day at any of the restaurants. No set times, just show up at any of the restaurants whenever you want to eat, in whatever clothes you want to wear. The exception is they have a couple fancier places (like the hibachi we booked) that require a reservation, and like $20/person.
Carnival also serves food all day. Buffet's are certain times but they serve all kinds of food anytime of the day. There's a "fancy" dinner every night which is top notch service. I even ordered 2 plates of lobster because it was delicious! Best part is that "fancy" dinner is included in the cruise ticket so we didn't have to pay extra.
Cruise was fucking awesome!! So we flew to Miami for basically free (Thanks Delta miles). Got there and got to our hotel that we stayed 1 night in for free (thanks holiday inn points). Hotel was called the Inter Continental. Fanciest hotel I've ever been in, normally $400/night. Got us a room with an ocean view, and when they found out it was our honeymoon they gave us a free bottle of wine. It was right near downtown, Ferrari's, Porsche's, Aston Martin's, Maserati's galore.
Our boat was phenominal. Biggest boat at every port, you could tell everyone wished they were on ours. Excellent mix of being nice and fancy, but not uptight so still able to have tons of fun and party all night. Crew was so friendly. Tons of different restaurants, venues, 3 waterslides, bunch of pools/hot tubs, casino, bowling alleys, entertainment, basically impossible to ever be bored while on this ship.
The ports were awesome. We found the airport beach at St. Maarten, went snorkeling in St. Thomas and had a sting ray swim right up to me and past me about 6" away. Saw a huge baracuda. In Nassau, Bahamas we swam with 2 dolphins. The did the foot push thing at the end and pushed us across their lagoon area. Unforgettable experiences
Met a real cool couple from India (live in AZ now) and a group from Mexico City. Made it a lot more fun meeting some new people.
Would definately recommend this to anyone considering it, so awesome. The only negative thing is the drink bill at the end, but oh well whatever.
Here's a few pics. There's some more on FB for those who are friends with me. Also a vid of us getting blasted at the beach
View from our hotel
At one of the top decks, near the front of the boat looking back
Our new friends from Mexico City.
Clubbin it up till 4am!
St. Maarten, Mullet Bay
The airport beach at St. Maarten, DANGER
Sand imbedded into my skin after a jet took off, took 30min in the shower to get most of it off
Me with a 747 passing overhead
Me getting blasted. I'm the idiot with no shirt on
Big boat, and met a cat
Our boat at St. Thomas
One of the 3 waterslides
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Atlantis
Our boat docked in the Bahamas
Swimming with dolphins at Blue Lagoon in the Bahamas
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Have fun!!
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