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I agree about formal night being a little strange in AP, or in Carioca's/Parrot Cay, etc. I guess they can't have formal night multiple times - with those dressing for dinner if it's your night at Triton's/Royal Table/Lumiere's.
Yeah I agree, I get it but meh!
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You and your mom both look very pretty and your dinner looked really good!! sounds like you guys had a fun and full evening!!
Aww thank you!
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Oh wow! I'm a few episodes behind on the Amazing Race, so I will be sure to watch for that when they are in Norway!
I love your formal night dress! You look fabulous!!
I find the Amazing Race to be bad about posting spoilers online, so we try to keep up pretty closely. Thank you
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Sounds like a wonderful evening and I loved your dress - beautiful. You're not the only one who feels a bit strange having formal night somewhere like Animator's Palate. Somehow we often luck out and get the more formal dining room (i.e. Triton's, Royal Palace etc.) on formal night....
We always seem to start in the formal MDR!
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A nice evening on your cruise with a great meal. I enjoyed thise truffle pursettes so much on my cruise! I think formal night would work much better and probably just for those dining in Palo or Lumiere's!
Yes they are so wonderful
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What a busy "at sea" day!!! Your food looked great and you two looked awesome! Love the free drinks that night in the atrium. Always a hit with me :-P
Agreed, a complimentary cocktail is always a wonderful treat!
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Just saw a discussion elsewhere on this, and they showed a close up. Definitely not the Magic - only a single smokestack, and now Mickey yellow lifeboats. Very similar, though, especially from the distance.
Oh I didn't realize any other cruise line was approved for the yellow lifeboats
Day 5 Location: Naples
Day 5 Activities: Mt. Vesuvius Hike & Pompeii Tour
We were up so early today as we were pulling into port and had an early morning ahead! We quickly got dressed and ready as we took some pics off the veranda.
Once ready, we headed up to Cabanas around 7:15 for breakfast. Mom had eggs Benedict and hash browns along with some bacon. We had tea and coffee and got ourself tea and coffee to go as well so we would have energy for the day ahead!.
I had a ham and cheese croissant, zucchini and goat cheese quiche/frittata and a few bites of an egg and cheese “mcmuffin” (that last one was not great) along with some citrus segments and a chocolate croissant.
For our Port Adventure today, our meeting point was set in D Lounge at 8am and we were right on time. Today's excursion was Mt. Vesuvius Hike and Pompeii Tour.
In no time at all, we were on our way off the ship and right onto our buss. The whole process was very easy. We noticed that there aren't really any small kids on our tour which was interesting since there were a ton on the ship.
Margo is our tour guide and she honestly just kind of rubbed me the wrong way throughout the day. She would say things like “take your pictures take your time” and then 2 minutes later “okay group 15 let's go I'm walking” or something like that. Didn't really seem like she cared if we were enjoying or if anyone got left behind.
We had to put our headsets on for the bus ride and had a little tour on our way to our first top of the tour. The area you drive through outside of Port isn’t the nicest, but still so interesting to see.
uh oh, your last comment about hiking first has me intrigued on what happened next! I find it interesting you said there weren't any small children. I'm hoping my DD6 will be ok on this as we are already leaving her on the ship for a DCL tour in Rome and its an all day one. I dont want to do that to her on multiple days.
uh oh, your last comment about hiking first has me intrigued on what happened next! I find it interesting you said there weren't any small children. I'm hoping my DD6 will be ok on this as we are already leaving her on the ship for a DCL tour in Rome and its an all day one. I dont want to do that to her on multiple days.
This tour is more strenuous than they seemed to imply online. Hopefully my upcoming notes will help!
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Ugh, I don't think I'd like your tour guide much. That sort of thing irritates me.
Wildly irritating! I'm fine with hurrying us along, but then don't say "take your time"
So after our bus journey we pulled up to our stop - Pompeii! All of the materials on this excursion mention hiking in the morning and then going to Pompeii. We were slightly disappointed by this as we were kind of mentally prepared for the hike, but tried to just enjoy the walking tour of Pompeii first. Our starting/meeting area was a little hotel outside Pompeii and we were given a water bottle voucher here and I think everyone pretty much got their water now, as it was already a hot day! There was a little outdoor stand with drinks and snacks at which to exchange.
Today was definitely hot but the ruins were not too crowded and the day wasn’t too sunny. They said that’s why we did this first, to beat the crowds and the heat. We headed in for our guided tour of the ruins. I’m mostly going to let the photos do the talking here, I’ll try to post comments where I can but it does blend together a bit and my notes are a bit shaky.
Statues throughout Pompeii
People were shorter back then!
Forum Area seating
Really cool fountain
Floor in a house of rich person (I think)
back of a house/store
There was a bunch of preserved pottery in this section
Another fancy and preserved floor
Fun with fish eye
Pizza ovens
This was a spot in the tour I distinctly remember the “take your photos take your time” and then as soon as we snapped this shot “okay let’s go moving on!”
Detail work at the baths
The baths were enclosed with these beautiful celings
Overall Pompeii was a really cool place to see and I’m glad we chose a tour to include it. We walked by houses, shops, gladiator housing, the baths and a forum arena. There was also art scattered around honoring the past there which included some really wonderful pieces.
At 10:45 our tour finished and we had “free time” to get lunch. Pompeii was dusty with a lot of uneven surfaces and some stairs to walk on. Couple that with the heat, and we were already starting to tire out with the quick pace our guide had us going. We looked forward to a rest and some food!
Up Next: Day 5 - You have to have pizza in Naples!
I love your early morning pictures!! That sky is just amazing!! Sorry that the tour guide was a little irritating, but how cool is Pompeii?! We loved that place. Your pictures are wonderful of the ruins.
Lots of beautiful photos from Pompeii. Judging by how many photos you got, it looks as if you got a good tour and got to see a good selection of the city.
Great photos of Pompeii as it looks so worthwhile with it's place in history. Too bad your guide wasn't that pleasant!
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Great trip report! I'm hoping to book this tour for our September Cruise. Did the guide take the time to explain things? And my husband is always wondering about the availability of restrooms when you are on a tour. Looking forward to reading more!
Another quick question, I'm wondering how many people are actually on these excursions. I notice on the Cruise line site that you can pay more for smaller groups with a maximum of 20 people and wondering if it's worth it. Thanks
I love your early morning pictures!! That sky is just amazing!! Sorry that the tour guide was a little irritating, but how cool is Pompeii?! We loved that place. Your pictures are wonderful of the ruins.
The sky was gorgeous that day!
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Lots of beautiful photos from Pompeii. Judging by how many photos you got, it looks as if you got a good tour and got to see a good selection of the city.
I felt like we saw a lot!
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Great photos of Pompeii as it looks so worthwhile with it's place in history. Too bad your guide wasn't that pleasant!
It was so cool to see such a historic site!
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Great trip report! I'm hoping to book this tour for our September Cruise. Did the guide take the time to explain things? And my husband is always wondering about the availability of restrooms when you are on a tour. Looking forward to reading more!
Yes she gave lots of fun facts throughout and I think there was a restroom at the beginning and end and possibly one in the middle.
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Another quick question, I'm wondering how many people are actually on these excursions. I notice on the Cruise line site that you can pay more for smaller groups with a maximum of 20 people and wondering if it's worth it. Thanks
There was one bus for our tour group - maybe 40 people?
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Great pictures from Pompeii! Your tour guide definitely sounds a bit annoying!
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She was but we still tried to enjoy!
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sounds like you guys had a fun and full evening!!
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