Well, we got back here to Miami after a 7 days cruise through the caribbean. The ship was the Carnival Valor, the stops were Cayman Islands, Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel. The ship was amazing, an endless party, Cayman Islands were great, my wife spent so much money shopping I almost got an stroke. We took a tour in a submarine to see the bottom of the sea. Roatan was great also. The beach was amazing, and I went snorkling alone, because my wife doesn't know how to swim. In Belize we took the tour to Ata-hun, or something like that, a Mayan city ruins. Pretty impressive, and I even got to climb to the top of one of the pyramids. And finally Cozumel, Mexico, which was a great beach, if you are not bothered by the inferior mexican hospitality and general subpar treatment of tourists. At least they didn't steal my sunglasses this time.
Negative: the bill got up to 4 grands. 2100 for the cruise, room with balcony, 500 for the tours, 600 for booze, and 800 my wife spent buying shit we don't need and gifts for the family. Plus a few bucks in tips.
All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.
:cheers:
Good for you Seeb. Hope you got some quality humping.
Pick up a copy of Generation Kill. It's funny as hell.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 16, 2009, 02:52:34 PM
Good for you Seeb. Hope you got some quality humping.
Pick up a copy of Generation Kill. It's funny as hell.
QuoteLance Corporal Harold James Trombley: Hey Person, didn't your mom put your picture up on the Wal-mart Wall Of Heroes?
Corporal Josh Ray Person: Yep. My grandma did when I went to Afghanistan. I'm on the Nevada, Missouri Wal-mart Wall Of Heroes. I even got my dress blues on.
Sergeant Brad 'Iceman' Colbert: If my mother ever distributed my likeness without written authorization, I would disown her.
Corporal Josh Ray Person: Technically speaking, Brad, but... didn't your biological parents disown you when they put you up for adoption?
Sergeant Brad 'Iceman' Colbert: Point, Ray. I was one of those unfortunates adopted by upper middle-class professionals and nurtured in an environment of learning, art and a socio-religious culture steeped in more than 2000 years of Talmudic tradition. Not everyone is lucky enough to have been raised in a whiskey tango trailer park by a bow-legged female whose sole qualification for motherhood is a womb that happened to catch a sperm of a passing truck driver.
Corporal Josh Ray Person: At least my mom took me to NASCAR!
Lance Corporal Harold James Trombley: ...Your dad's a truck driver?
Shame nobody pushed you over the side in your wheelchair.
:lol:
Seriously glad you had a good time. :cool:
Nice, I'll have to do this some time.
Quote from: Alcibiades on August 16, 2009, 07:41:15 PM
Nice, I'll have to do this some time.
How did Vegas go?
Was pretty great, horrible weather though, go figure. Rained 3 of the 4 days, how does that happen?
How DARE you desecrate one of my peoples holiest places?
These are places of worship, not some jungle gym for some neanderthal pedophile Jew to climb up on like a common Bonobo.
Asshole.
Welcome back Siegy.
btw on Cozumel, it's not because you're a tourists, it's because your American.
US$4,000?
:weep:
Quote from: Monoriu on August 16, 2009, 11:19:02 PM
US$4,000?
:weep:
If you worked in the Western World, you could afford that too.
http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/
I didn't find a cruise with Miley Cyrus performing though, so sorry dude.
Quote600 for booze
btw you have a drinking problem. :)
Quote from: Siege on August 16, 2009, 02:14:09 PM
2100 for the cruise
WTF? you did not ask for the military rate?! What the hell?!
Quote from: Siege on August 16, 2009, 02:14:09 PM
All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.
heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 11:48:14 AM
Quote from: Siege on August 16, 2009, 02:14:09 PM
All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.
heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p
At least he didn't call it cottaging. :x
Quote from: garbon on August 17, 2009, 11:50:24 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 11:48:14 AM
Quote from: Siege on August 16, 2009, 02:14:09 PM
All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.
heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p
At least he didn't call it cottaging. :x
:lol:
it's just 2,800€... not much
Quote from: Caliga on August 17, 2009, 07:12:21 AM
Quote600 for booze
btw you have a drinking problem. :)
Depends on the prices of drinks, doesn't it?
Quote from: Caliga on August 17, 2009, 07:12:21 AM
Quote600 for booze
btw you have a drinking problem. :)
My wife and I managed to run up a $600 bar bill on a 3-day cruise.* Depending on how much Siege's wife was drinking, that may have been a rather lame total for 7 days.
*IMO, the only way to count a "million and one things to do on a Carnival cruise" is to count each mixed drink separately.
Quote from: ulmont on August 17, 2009, 01:05:06 PMMy wife and I managed to run up a $600 bar bill on a 3-day cruise.* Depending on how much Siege's wife was drinking, that may have been a rather lame total for 7 days
:huh:
This reinforces my belief that cruises are, for the most part, designed for poors.
My last 'tropical' vacation was to an all-inclusive in Mexico, and my bar tab was $0. I pretty much drank the entire time nonstop and I don't think I was sober until we'd been home a day or so. They water the drinks down, but of course you just consume 3x as many drinks to compensate.
The reason I say that I think they're designed for poors is because I would guess they lure people in with a low "initial" fee and tack a shitload on afterward. I'm not saying only poor people go on cruises, since that's definitely not true, but they would tend to be lured by a smaller upfront fee and once roped in and having fun not care so much about the extras.
It's similar to how so many poors were tricked by ARMs in the housing market.
In a similar vein, most of the people I know who were tricked into buying vacation timeshares are equally stupid about money.
If I went on a cruise I'd fill up listerine bottles and flasks taped to my chest with vodka and sneak them on board.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on August 17, 2009, 01:18:24 PM
If I went on a cruise I'd fill up listerine bottles and flasks taped to my chest with vodka and sneak them on board.
Most cruiseliners have a duty-free store on board, which is likely a much cheaper option, if you want to go down this route.
Huh - I always figured cruises were all-inclusive. Guess I was wrong.
Quote from: Barrister on August 17, 2009, 01:49:11 PM
Huh - I always figured cruises were all-inclusive. Guess I was wrong.
Food is. You have to buy booze and I think sodas and things like that. I think if you just drink water and eat you are golden.
What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?
Quote from: The Brain on August 17, 2009, 01:53:45 PM
What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?
Then you can live in international waters and be your own king.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 17, 2009, 02:03:17 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 17, 2009, 01:53:45 PM
What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?
Then you can live in international waters and be your own king.
It's good to be king.
Quote from: Siege on August 16, 2009, 02:14:09 PM
my wife spent so much money shopping I almost got an stroke.
Nice try, but we're still not buying the theory that you're a Jew. :console:
Quote from: Caliga on August 17, 2009, 07:12:21 AM
Quote600 for booze
btw you have a drinking problem. :)
7 days, 2 people, hotel bar prices, drinking all day = no problem. ;)