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The chocolate your sounds interesting - I was going to suggest if they have the Segway tour? My husband and I did that once in Nassau and had a lot of fun! And there is always señor frogs right at the port - great for people watching!
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The chocolate your sounds interesting - I was going to suggest if they have the Segway tour? My husband and I did that once in Nassau and had a lot of fun! And there is always señor frogs right at the port - great for people watching!
Oh a Segway tour would be neat too! I figure we will probably stop at Senor Frogs on our way back to the ship if we want, depending on the quality/selection of our free drinks. We will have about 90 mins after our class before I'd like to be back to get back onto the ship and relax before dinner
Sounds like some good plans. I've never heard of a body composition test. Sounds interesting. Although if you have to get that tested AFTER the chocolate tour...
Agree with everyone else - those tours look just fine. Key West will be very easy on your own. There are the classic bars on Duval Streat, like Sloppy Joes. If you have time, walk over the the Harbor (not the docks where the cruise ships dock) and check out Schooners Wharf, another fun outside bar that usually has entertainment.
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Oh wow, that chocolate tour sounds right up your alley - and mine! How cool that Cody was onboard for that!
I had my body composition tested on our second Disney cruise back in 2009 and thought the results were very interesting. I'd definitely be curious to see what has changed in my body since then.
Sounds like some good plans. I've never heard of a body composition test. Sounds interesting. Although if you have to get that tested AFTER the chocolate tour...
Haha right? Hopefully it will encourage me to behave up until then at least They always tell me I'm incredibly dehydrated, so I'm hoping that will be improved this time (although I've always drank a ton of water!)
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Agree with everyone else - those tours look just fine. Key West will be very easy on your own. There are the classic bars on Duval Streat, like Sloppy Joes. If you have time, walk over the the Harbor (not the docks where the cruise ships dock) and check out Schooners Wharf, another fun outside bar that usually has entertainment.
Thanks so much for the tip!
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Oh wow, that chocolate tour sounds right up your alley - and mine! How cool that Cody was onboard for that!
I had my body composition tested on our second Disney cruise back in 2009 and thought the results were very interesting. I'd definitely be curious to see what has changed in my body since then.
It's so cute, he's actually excited for it It's now part of his Valentine's gift to me (because I got him something else too!) I think the other part might be flowers
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Great plans! Sounds like it will be a very nice time away!
It will be just the break we need from all this crazy cold!
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Signing in! Your plans look great. I am a huge RCCL fan and someday very much want to try a Celebrity cruise. Looking forward to hearing how it goes
Thanks! I've never done RCCL but I've heard good things, and since they now own Celebrity I'm hoping all will be good!
This is really the part of the trip that threw us for a loop. Our flight out isn't until 6:50pm so we have time to kill! Cody is just fine spending the day at the airport, but I think that's a waste when we basically have another day of vacation! So after doing some research and asking my wonderful PPers we came up with a few options.
1. Rent a car and just do our own thing - this was a feasible option when we could get one for $50 for the day. Now they are up to close to $100 and that just doesn't seem good. We'd still have the cost of lunch and any activities (and potentially parking, and gas!) on top of this!
2. Pay the premium to stay on the ship through the afternoon, then head over to the airport like normal. Celebrity offers the option to stay on board for $59 a person and it includes lunch and a little bit of entertainment and access to the health club and a few other things. I'm fine with this option (because I think we will end up spending more than that wondering around town) but Cody thinks he'll be sick of the ship at this point, especially since you are confined to a few areas and it's limited to what you can do. If the forecast is miserable our last day, I might revisit this idea.
3. Stay on the ship as long as possible and just go to the airport and hang out there... nope immediately vetoed that one. This would be most cost effective, cab ride to airport and lunch at airport (maybe shopping at airport?) being the only expenses. But I don't recall this being a very big or exciting airport.
4. (this is the one that took a lot of research) Find the American desk and check in on the ship/at the Port a la Resort Airline Check In. There is potentially a $10 premium for this each, but worthwhile to not lug our crap around town. Then we pick an area of the city to explore and take a Taxi down. We grab lunch in the city and wander around if it's nice out, or maybe go to the movies or museum if it's rainy and blah. Then cab back to the airport. I'm estimating the cab rides at about $25-$30 each. This eliminates the cab ride from Port to Airport, which is about $17 apparently. So while this might be a little more pricey, it gives us a lot more freedom and we'll get to explore the city!
What would you do if you were us? We're trying to keep it cost effective but being in an airport for close to 8 hours does NOT appeal to me just one bit. Any other suggestions? Or of what part of town to go to to only need one taxi ride? We appreciate any advice
On another note - part of my Valentine's gift to Cody is now upgrading our free Classic Package to the Premium package! For $46 a person we now get beer, spirits, cocktails, and wine up to $13 a glass included with our cruise. When we realized our specialty restaurant had a signature cocktail at $12 and the wine options with dinner, while not bad, are a little limited, we thought we could easily splurge and really enjoy our cruise a bit more Also this package has anything over the price limits, you just pay the difference. The Classic Package you have to pay the full price for anything not included!
Honestly? I think I'd stay on board the ship - that sounds like a neat option to me.
After writing this and seeing the numbers add up I went to take another look - and it says it's only on European cruises That seems silly, as people can have late flights ANYWHERE, but having that as an option unfortunately might be out of the picture We can still inquire once on board if we change our mind, it never hurts to ask!
We have been to Ft Lauderdale, and we went to the beach and there is a really neat place right on the main road that runs along the beach there - can't remember the name, but it is a plaza type place that houses several restaurants/bars, little shops, etc - it would be a great place to hang out, eat and have a drink while people watching......or watching the surf!
We have also rented a car (we took the shuttle from port to airport and rented car at airport) for the day and drove to the Everglades
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We have been to Ft Lauderdale, and we went to the beach and there is a really neat place right on the main road that runs along the beach there - can't remember the name, but it is a plaza type place that houses several restaurants/bars, little shops, etc - it would be a great place to hang out, eat and have a drink while people watching......or watching the surf!
We have also rented a car (we took the shuttle from port to airport and rented car at airport) for the day and drove to the Everglades - and we had an evening flight also
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You should be fine in Key West, it's very easy to navigate. The chocolate tour in Nassau sounds very neat.
How cool that Cody was onboard for that! 
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That seems silly, as people can have late flights ANYWHERE, but having that as an option unfortunately might be out of the picture 
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