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Wonderful photos of The Dig. I loved the underwater swimsuits for the Antlantians
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Some of those eel shots were a bit creepy. It looks like a beautiful day.
Yes they were creepy indeed.
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Nice photos from within the Atlantis Resort, which looks like quite a place. I'm sure it's not cheap to stay here! Great photos during your aquarium experience!
no it's pretty pricey.
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Definitely some creepy eels! Loved the blast from
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I sure wish we both were that thin again.
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Nice Pictures Jen! The eels remind me of The Little Mermaid movie.
Yes! We kept saying that too.
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Beautiful pictures from Atlantis. Looking forward to seeing the room pics (if you were allowed to take pics, that is).
I have to backtrack and comment on your luggage as I have the Samantha Brown luggage as well (in yellow). I have the large (28") and small (25"). I also have a carry-on shoulder bag and the toiletries bag. I love the Samantha Brown luggage! I can't believe how much stuff fits in those bags! They are so easy to use at the airport - after having the spinner wheels, I would never go back again.
Isn't it great? I got the blue/turquoise one matching my carry on in the 28 inch now too. If all goes well I will get to use it this summer and fall!
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Ellen and I had both been to Atlantis once before, but I think the other 3 had never been. We wanted to take it all in and walk around and see as much as we could.
We moved on and took more pictures. See this smaller blue sign next to the bigger sign? It says we can’t go beyond that sign without the proper wristband…meaning we had to be a resort guest or someone who purchased one of the qualifying packages.
At first we kind of thought we would be “caught” and kicked out of the area, but after a bit we forgot we were in the forbidden zone and just leisurely walked around.
My oldest daughter Paige used to love the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen home videos and we had so many VHS’s of their adventures. One of their movies involved them going to Atlantis. I actually really liked the show because I loved seeing the resort and when Skip and I went on our honeymoon we took a NCL cruise and stopped in Nassau. We came to Atlantis then and toured the Dig back then. Before we left I watched that movie over and over to get myself in the Bahamas mood! (I think we still have it in storage somewhere…I should go look)
I remember those bridge suites being $20,000 when we toured Atlantis and that must've been back in 2004, so another $5,000 in the intervening time sounds about right.
Wow that Bridge Suite is amazing!!! The whole resort looks awesome. We have talked about taking a vacation there - still want to. Did you get to see the Coral Towers building? How is that one (if you got to see it)?
I remember those bridge suites being $20,000 when we toured Atlantis and that must've been back in 2004, so another $5,000 in the intervening time sounds about right.
Can you imagine paying for a week there...or being the travel agent making the commission off that room? LOL
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Wow that Bridge Suite is amazing!!! The whole resort looks awesome. We have talked about taking a vacation there - still want to. Did you get to see the Coral Towers building? How is that one (if you got to see it)?
We did tour Coral. I believe Coral is going to be totally redone this summer. Even the lobby
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Nice pictures Jenn! I have to say that when I stayed at the Atlantis (my only time) about 10 years ago I found the workers there very rude. I also disliked how they added on a tip to every single thing you bought on property even if they sold you a bottle of water.
Nice pictures Jenn! I have to say that when I stayed at the Atlantis (my only time) about 10 years ago I found the workers there very rude. I also disliked how they added on a tip to every single thing you bought on property even if they sold you a bottle of water.
That doesn't surprise me one bit. Though that's like cruising too. LOL.
I didn't find anyone rude but we were only there a few hours too.
After watching a few people come down the slide, we moved over around the side. There was a tank of sharks…..and the one waterslide went right through it…..though they were in a tube so no harm would come to them.
So we walked around some more and took in the sights. Brook started having a bad coughing fit. Brook was just getting over a killer case of bronchitis. She had been sick for over a month and finally went to the Dr.s before the trip and he scolded her for not coming in sooner….so she was on lots of meds to help her get well. Up until now, you really couldn’t tell she had been sick except that she would lose her voice every so often. I don’t know what triggered it but she could now barely breath because she was coughing so hard. I told her I would get her a drink. I ran over to one of the stands and asked for a coke and diet coke. I wasn’t sure what she liked and I figured I would drink whatever she didn’t drink. Thing to note…they do not take cash at any of these food stands. You have to charge it to your room or use a credit card. Thank goodness I had one with me.
I grabbed the drinks and gave Brook her choice and she downed it and felt better.
I think we find a bathroom and used it and continued looking over the grounds. I think we must have been in a deep conversation because I don’t have any pictures during this time.
We then were kind of feeling hungry. We had talked about eating lunch here but we decided we would have a snack now. A couple decided they would just go back to the ship for lunch and Ellen asked if I would go to a place that served great chowder with her. I am always ready to tackle some chowder.
A couple of the gals got a hot pretzel. Ellen got one and I was thinking on whether I wanted one or not and she said she would share it with me. It was pretty good. Not the best I have ever had, but I liked it. Patty did not like hers at all. I am not sure if she got a bad one or if she just didn’t like this particular style. I thought I had taken pictures of them, but I don’t see it in my album, so I guess I am hallucinating.
We then moved on. Now we should have went the other way as there was a lot that way we did not look at yet, but for some reason we were programed to go this way first.
That lady we passed stopped us and told us we didn’t have the proper band to go in that area. SHOOT! We had wandered out without even realizing it. Shoot shoot shoot. Well we enjoyed our rebelness while it lasted.
It was getting closer to noon and we had to meet up in Coral Towers lobby at 12:30 for our tour so we decided it was probably wise to start heading that way.
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More great photos of Atlantis resort! The Bridge Suite is quite something and what a room and view! I'm glad you were able to take all those photos of Atlantis within the resort guest area. Maybe it's not strictly enforced as long as you don't bother anyone?
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More great photos of Atlantis resort! The Bridge Suite is quite something and what a room and view! I'm glad you were able to take all those photos of Atlantis within the resort guest area. Maybe it's not strictly enforced as long as you don't bother anyone?
I thought it had been in the past. I think we just got lucky. I'm not complaining!!!!
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Nice pictures Looking forward to seeing some pictures from your tour!
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I remembered this building from the last time I was here. I think Skip and I got a burger to share there. I knew we had to make our way over that way to get to back inside.
More great photos of Atlantis and those of the lagoon area and sharks! That was some crazy surf on the beach. As much of a sunny day it was, the surf can be completely different with storms out at sea, which can wreak havoc so many miles away!
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