Day 1: Friday, Oct 6, Mobile:
We ate breakfast at Chick-fil-A, a couple of buildings down from our hotel. I ordered chicken minis and Diet Coke.
Loaded our luggage into the shuttle and were taken to the docks.
We went through customs and loaded onto the boat before 12 p.m.
We stopped for a quick lunch and went to our room. The ship was leaving port around 4:30 P.M.
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| Party time |
We went to the deck to join the sail-away party.
We were in stateroom 6117 (Deck 6), and our boarding time was 12:30-1PM.
Muster Station 5.
Hotel The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa 26 North Royal St Mobile, Al 36602
I bought CC Home Port Deck Pictures 2 5x7 for $31.65
I bought a Lanyard lock for $7.65 for my Carnival Card.
We joined our friends in the dining room for dinner. For appetizers, we ordered a shrimp cocktail and Caesar salad. For our main course, I ordered grilled salmon for dessert, and I ordered chocolate molten cake.
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| Grilled Salmon with Veggies |
Show Inside Scoop Shopping and Fun Ashore.
After dinner, we went back to our cabin, where we watched Weathern Heights on TV and then went to bed.
Day 2: Saturday, Oct 7, Sea Day:
Up early, walked around the upper deck, stopping to talk to people along the way. I went downstairs to get a pastry and some fruit juice. I was writing in my journal when hubby joined me for breakfast.
Sea Day Brunch in the Empire Room, where I ordered a skillet cake with two link sausages and water.
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| Hubby's Sea Day Brunch ham, steak, fries, eggs, fruit |
Hubby bought a Mt Dew cab for $3.54
Went back to our room, watched 24 hours on TV, and took a nap. For lunch, a hamburger from Guys Burgers.
For dinner, I ordered grilled shrimp, appetizers, mushrooms, and dessert?
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| Carnival Spirit Halloween Pumpkin |
After dinner, we enjoyed watching the 80's Show performance.
Went to our room, watched Harvey the Rabbit with Jimmy Steward, and went to bed.
Day 3, Sunday, Oct 8, Bimini:
I was up at 4:30 AM, went to the upper deck to walk, and watched the sun come up.
Met a family from Alabama and one from Madison, MS. Took several pictures.
Took a free trolley into Bimini, then a taxi to the old town. ($20.00)
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| Bimini |
Hubby bought a sun hat, and we walked to the beach. I got into the water while hubby sat on the beach.
We stopped to take pictures of the Bimini Museum outside, for the museum was closed.
We met several children playing, and we stopped to talk to them.
We took the taxi back to the trolley area and then back to the boat.
We ate a late lunch and then took a nap.
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| Sunset on Bimini |
Dinner in the Empire Room.
After dinner, we watched The Magic Show with Side Show Bert in the Pharoh Room.
We stopped in the bar area where Mootown Trivia was going on.
We went to our room only to find out there was a leak, and the floor was wet on hubby's side.
Hubby put several towels down to dry up the floor.
Day 4, Monday, Oct 9, Free Port:
Breakfast consisted of a cinnamon raisin roll with juice.
Bought an excursion Garden of the Groves Tour. $129.98
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| Senor Frogs before the Garden tour |
We boarded a bus to take us to the Garden of the Groves.
Met up with our guide, and she led us through the gardens, where we saw waterfalls, birds, Royal the cockatoo, turtles, ducks, a cat, a church, a labyrinth, and many flowers.
We ended the tour at the gift shops, where they sold local items, including souvenirs from things in the gardens.
Hubby and I ordered a Chicken quesadilla and diet cokes at the nearby restaurant. (25.00)
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| Quesadilla and Coke at Garden of the Groves. |
We sat at table 5, Our server was Mel. Loaded back onto the bus and was dropped off at the nearby port.
There, we shopped and stopped at Zorbas Greek Cuisine and bought a slice of Carrot cake and a bottle of water. Which hubby and I shared. (S10.00)
We were back on the ship by 2PM.
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| Banana Split |
For Dinner, I ordered Prim ribs and dessert, a Banana split.
After dinner, we watched the show Get-Away Island.
Went to bed and watched TV.
Day 5, Tuesday, Oct 10, Half Moon Cay:
French Toast for breakfast.
Had to take a ferry over to the island of Half Moon Cay.
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| Beautiful Blue Waters of Half Moon Cay |
We bought an excursion for the Glass Bottom Boat, which took about an hour. ($98.34)
We bought a hat and a bottle of Mt Dew. ($16.81) (($16.01 hat)
Took the trolley to the beach, where we boarded the boat.
The ship's crew was doing a free cookout for lunch.
I ate a hamburger, cookies, cake and a drink.
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| Wearing my new hat on the Island of Half Moon Cay |
I think the hamburger was not done because that night, I got sick and could not eat my dinner.
After lunch, we walked to the beach. I fell when the sand broke away from the bank, causing me to fall.
I was not hurt. I only broke my pride.
We walked along the beach and back to the ferry that took us back to the ship.
We joined our friends for dinner, but I could not eat my stomach was churning, and I had to leave. Went to bed early that night.
Day 6, Wednesday, Oct 11, Nassau:
Breakfast cinnamon roll.
Shore Excursions, we went to Junkaco Museum. (22.00)
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| Junkaco Museum |
We went to the Straw Market, where hubby bought a button-up Bahama shirt at the Salty Waves gift shop. ($30)
At Del Sol, I bought 2 tees and a bag that changes colors in the sunlight. (63)I bought a smoothie. ($11)
It was awfully hot, and we did not stay long at Nassau.
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| Leaving Nassau |
We walked back to the ship around 10:30 and wrote in my journal.
We got a hamburger and fries at Guys Burgers.
Dinner was Alligator Bites and ribs, french fries, corn, and baked beans.
Watched show 88 Keys
Day 7, Thursday, Oct 12,
Sea Day: Up in time to see the sunrise was very windy.
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| Beautiful Sunrise Sea Day |
Sea Day Brunch was a parfait and steak with eggs and fries.
Found a couple of ducks.
Dinner consisted of Lobster tail, baked potato, and pie with ice cream.
Took a nap earlier in the day
Bought 2 Alaska T's and a pair of shorts. ($35.49)
Watched the Epic Rock Show at Pharoh Palace.
Day 8, Friday, Oct 13,
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll.
Lunch was a ham and cheese sub with ice cream cake.
Took a nap and watched movies.
Bought a build bear at St Jude fun-raiser (34).
Dinner was baked salmon and fried shrimp with baked Alaskan Ice Cream.
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| Ice Cream |
Packed everything and went to bed.
Day 9, Saturday, Oct 14,
Ate breakfast and got ready to leave the ship. (2 pastries and juice)
We stopped for fuel in Mobile at Murphy's at Springdale Blvd.
Bought a kit cat and coke.
Stopped at Sonic in Thomasville for Corn Dogs and tater tots.T's
Stopped at CVS in Haleyville to buy some dental floss.
A six-hour ride home.
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| Sunrise Mobile |
