We made a stop at Kennedy Park in Miami
this is a "tourist" tree, really a Gumbo Limbo, but called tourist as it is red and peels..
second stop was to:
where we found the tallest sandcastle
we made it to our ship by 4:00pm, we boarded and was in our room by 4:30. This ship, the Victory is considerably larger than the Fantasy. more restaurants, larger fitness center just bigger everything.
Miami from our balcony on deck 10. Our room was pretty large with a big bathroom.
nice balcony
our room was on the right under the slide.
Huge screen to watch movies on
We were pretty hungry so went to dinner at 5:45. Eric had the Cured Salmon, Veggie Lasagna, tiramasu Kathy had shrimp cocktail, grilled swordfish and a date bread pudding. It was all very good. We walked the ship, trying to understand where everything was located and spent a few dollars at the casino. Our long day made us hit the hay early.
Tues: We arrived at Key West by 7:00 am, off the boat by 7:40.
we walked Key West until about 10:45 when we went back to the ship, had a lobster roll and cheeseburger for lunch before getting in the pool. The pool water was kind of cool. this pool was for adults only, the kids pool was much bigger and louder.
They had a Pour your own Beer! $4 for 14 oz of Red Thirsty Frog. We were frequent guests here.
we went to take a sauna and steam bath before dressing for dinner. Found a fun sports bar to have a cocktail before dinner. which just happened to be next to the casino!
dinner for Eric was Ceasar Salad, Duck and creme brûlée, Kathy had the Grilled scallops, Ceasar salad, prime rib and molten chocolate cake.
we went to the comedy club to see Tom Foss. He was pretty funny, this was the PG show. the 18 and over show was not on until after 10 pm..
Wed Dec 21, the first day of Winter, we began the day at the fitness center. Great machines and a lot of them. Breakfast buffet then a bit of relaxing before docking in Cozumel at 11:30am. We debarked at 11:45 and found bird #550 the Tropical Mockingbird right at the terminal.
Of course there are shops and restaurants to spend money in.
at about 1 pm we joined our excursion group. we took taxis about 4 miles from the terminal to
it is a private park, with snorkeling, sea lion show, tequila tasting, Mayan ruins (replicates) and a Mayan village, swimming pool, dolphins and a garden.
We found this Bananaquit
a Crocodile!
grackles taking baths
beach
dolphins
tasting
we did participate in the tequila tasting!
we left the park at 5:00 pm, walked the town for a bit before having dinner at Three Amigos near our ship. We ended up with 7 new life birds and 9 year birds.
beautiful sunset while we ate dinner
We were back on board by 7:30. great day spent on the Island.
Thurs is our day at sea. we headed to:
pretty quite place to relax
we stayed on this deck from about 8:00 am until abut 3:00 pm. Went for a sauna/steam bath before our final dinner. Kathy; escargot, pumpkin soup short ribs and pop corn custard Eric: Ceasar salad, salmon. Our food this week had been great. of course too much but it was all good.
We went to the Christmas Holiday show, they included the children on the ship.
one last time at the casino to win big.. did not happen!
Friday we docked in Miami at about 7:30. while we were docking we seen this beautiful rainbow from our balcony.
waiting to debark...
We really enjoyed our time on the ship. Although we only went into the pool once. Never went to the night club or utilized the spa. It was relaxing with perfect weather.
looks wonderful1
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