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Day 36 – Wednesday 5th September
We had booked to swim with dolphins today at the Miami Seaquarium, so after a nice sleep to recover from yesterday's stress, that's what we did. It was a bit of a hassle getting there, because we had the wrong address, so we went from being really early to really late. Ahh well, we got there in the end. And it was amazing! First of all we had to put on ...
Departing Miami
... massive meals aboard our ship. The
Carnival Valor left port around 5PM. Everyone was out on the top deck to enjoy the views as we left Miami.
At around 8PM. For our entire cruise we have signed up for a meal plan in ...
A Plan is Hatched!
... 180,000 miles I could do the whole trip in business class instead of coach. Score! Since I booked the tickets with so little time until departure, I had to move my dates around a little but at the end of the day everything worked out just as it was supposed to and for $575 in taxes, I had the vacation of a lifetime booked!
Well, I have rambled on enough about how and why I did it, so lets get right to the trip. First Stop: Buenos ...
I'm in Miami....
... would have been nice but it cost $9 for a can of heineken so I decided to give that a miss. It was interesting to see the rich and famous sit and order a bottle of champagne, and somehow a flock of girls in bikinis would surround them within seconds. We were tempted to do the same but when we saw how much it costs for a bottle of champagne we quickly changed our minds.
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Oh My Sir, you have a big boat!
... suite. It had a sectional sofa, looong balcony, separate bar area, the largest bathroom ever seen on a ship (a Jacuzzi tub and bidet!) and an outlet no where near the bed for Mike's cpap machine. We made our room the hangout for the cruise. We usually leave our door open during the day when we are in the room so every one can come and go. Very convenient! We had cocktail parties almost every night.
We all met up for dinner. ...
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