If you are cruising to Hawaii and you would like to visit the USS Arizona, you can get tickets for free here. Tickets are released at 3pm HST eight weeks out and are extremely limited. They go fast when ships are in port so make sure you set a…
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In St. Thomas they have the Sky Ride to Paradise Point which costs $35 on the ship or $30 at the ticket window. This is offered under excursions for Norwegian which means you can use your $50 excursion credit for a free ticket. That’s exactly what I did.
The Sky…
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Good Morning from the city of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. I slept good again last night. I have an early excursion today so I’m up at 7. We have to meet at 8:15.
I grabbed another double espresso downstairs. I’m about ready to head out now.
Here is today’s…
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I decided to take advantage of the $50 off of excursions NCL offers and book the Damajagua Waterfalls Full Experience tour. Full price is $109 for adults and $79 for children. After the discount I paid $59 for this excursion.
They do have these little carts you can catch a…
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ning. I slept good in this room. I woke up once around 5am. I went back to sleep util 8:15 when the door slamming started. I mentioned on Jewel how the doors don’t slam like on Carnival. They do slam here. It helps that I don’t have any rooms…
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I just boarded Norwegian Encore for the first time. They immediately directed me to my muster station which was in the theater and right next to the door I boarded through.
On Norwegian you watch a two minute safety video as part of the check-in process so when I got…
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Good morning! Today is embarkation day for my Norwegian Encore cruise. I stayed at an Airbnb in South Beach last night.
I went out looking for breakfast and had a bakery I found on Collins Avenue in mind. I found out there’s a closer location to my Airbnb.
I couldn’t decide…
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I just checked into my South Beach Airbnb. I’m going out to grab lunch. This Mojito Bar which is on the same block as my Airbnb caught my eye.
This size medium classic mojito came to $28 after tax and 20% auto gratuity.
Next I am heading to lunch at Puerto…
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I was looking to spend one night in South Beach prior to a cruise. Decent hotels in the area were quite expensive. I started looking at Airbnb. I found a one bedroom condo with the location I wanted, good reviews, and a good price of $186 after taxes and…
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Good morning from the remote parking lot at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. I parked and I’m just waiting on my shuttle. It’s in the 40’s here but I made the decision to leave my coat in the car because I once I’m in the airport, I don’t need it again….
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