We arrived in Miami Sunday afternoon from Belize. The flight was uneventful and we had picked up our rental car and were on our way by about 4:30 pm. We were hungry so we stopped for dinner at Tony Roma's (which was right on the way to the hotel). We also stopped at a store to pick up a few things we needed for the cruise.
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| View from the puddle jumper on the way from Caye Caulker to Belize City on Sunday. |
We were hungry so we stopped for dinner at Tony Roma's (which was right on the way to the hotel). We also stopped at a store to pick up a few things we needed for the cruise. We arrived at the hotel about 6:30 pm, and were pretty much in for the night. This morning we were up early so had time to wander around the grounds of the hotel a bit. The gardens are beautiful and they are in the process of doing a $250 million reno of the hotel. Good thing we stayed there now - we won't be able to afford to stay there when they are finished!
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| First hole of the Blue Monster |
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| Us on the grounds of the Doral Spa & Resort |
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| More grounds of the Doral |
About 9:30 we checked out of the hotel and headed to the airport to return the rental car. I'm having some issues with my Global Entry (priority customs access we have) so we wanted to swing by their offices while we were in the neighborhood. I spent about an 45 minutes at the Global Entry office, but they still couldn't fix the issue. Looks like we'll have to go to MSP after all.
From MIA, we hopped a cab to the cruise terminal. I have platinum status with Carnival, which means priority boarding - so we were in our cabin just about 15 minutes after arriving at the terminal. We dropped off our bags and went up to grab some lunch and a drink. Carnival has this new alcohol program called "Cheers", which we're going to try. It's $45/day and you have unlimited drinks (ok, up to 15, but we'll never hit that). You have to drink about 5 cocktails or glasses of wine throughout the day to make it worth the while, so we'll see how it goes. FYI that Andrew and I typically don't drink 5 drinks TOTAL on a week-long cruise, so this ought to be interesting. As a matter of interest, we have both left our second drink mostly untouched already. Guess it will be a few glasses of wine with dinner, huh? Good thing drinks are about $10 a crack on the ship!
Now we've unpacked and are just hanging out. Sail away is at 4 pm EST. Below are a few pics of the cabin and the ship. Tomorrow we're in Nassau, Bahamas - so will post more from there!
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| Our cabin |
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| View from the balcony |
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| Cruisin' Andrew on the balcony |
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| Me - Port of Miami |
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| Main deck of the Victory |
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| Our aft balcony - Andrew's fav! |
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