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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans Hotel Review: Marriott Convention Center

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June 1, 2019

I booked this hotel on Hotwire.com for $120. It came to $155 after tax. It was a busy weekend for the city and the hotel. This was December 30th. Carnival Dream and NCL Breakaway were in port. Carnival Triumph was coming the following morning. People were in town for…


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Cruise Blog New Orleans

New Orleans: Walking to the Port

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May 18, 2019

If you are staying at a hotel in the port area and want to walk to the port, it can be a little tricky. On a map it looks like you can just walk through the New Orleans Convention Center, but you can’t. You actually have to walk around…


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Cruise Blog Dream Vista

Dream Class vs. Vista Class

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May 4, 2019

Prior to sailing on the Vista earlier this year, the Dream class (Dream, Magic, Breeze) was by far my favorite class of ship. Based on some of the reviews I had read, I expected that would remain the case after sailing on the Vista. I was wrong. I left…


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Cruise Blog Galveston Vista

Vista: Debarkation

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April 27, 2019

Good morning from Galveston. It’s a bit foggy outside.

Matt said under these conditions it’s normally a 3-4 hour delay but the captain did a great job this morning. No debarkation until 8:30.

I’m checking out of my room. I stripped the beds for the steward. Hopefully that helps a…


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Cruise Blog Vista

Vista: 3rd Sea Day

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April 26, 2019

Good Morning. I just got myself a white chocolate mocha at the coffee shop and went to the ocean plaza seeking debarkarkion luggage tags like they had on Dream. I don’t see the setup. I guess I need to read the debarkation paperwork a little closer.

Looking at the debarkation…


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Cozumel Cruise Blog Vista

Vista: Cozumel

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April 25, 2019

Good morning! We are still making our way to Cozumel. I have the Cozumel Barhop Tour booked for today. I want to have a quick breakfast so I can catch our arrival.

Two other ships are already in. I’m guessing something of the seas and Carnival Dream.

Here is today’s…


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Cruise Blog Grand Cayman Vista

Vista: Grand Cayman

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April 24, 2019

The day before yesterday I set my phone to not change time automatically. It worked great for yesterday. When my phone died and got recharged I guess that got reset some how. It was on eastern. I forgot to change it last night. So today I was up and…


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Cruise Blog Montego Bay Vista

Vista: Montego Bay

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April 23, 2019

Last night I set my phone not to change time and I set my first alarm for 6:30. I woke up at 5:30. I could sleep another hour. But I can’t get back to sleep. And the more I lay here the more hungry I get. I think for…


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Cruise Blog Vista

Vista: 2nd Sea Day

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April 23, 2019

Good morning from just off the coast of Cuba.

I got a good 7 hours of sleep after the kid next door quieted down. I woke up once at 7am. I think it was ship movement again. At 8:30 I knew I was pretty much up for good but decided…


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Cruise Blog Vista

Vista: 1st Sea Day

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April 22, 2019

Good morning! I got a good 8 hours of sleep. I needed that. We hit some pretty rough waters this morning. It woke me up at 5:30am. And we’re still experiencing some though not nearly as bad as it was a few hours ago.

Its been awhile since I’ve been…

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