*** Nassau, Bahamas – January 20, 2011 ***
We woke up this morning and were already docked in Nassau. We were the only ones in port when we first woke up. We headed to the MDR for breakfast and then hung out up on the “secret deck” for a while. Somewhere between waking up and breakfast the Celebrity Mercury docked a few slips over from us. While we were up on the verandah deck aka the secret deck, the Carnival Pride (which sails out of Baltimore) arrived in port and we watched them maneuver into the slip next to us.
Carnival Pride arriving into Nassau.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
Like us they backed into their slip so all they would have to do then is just pull out and be on their way. As it started to get toasty out we headed back in and meandered around for a bit. Eric decided to head back out to watch the crew muster drill and I just relaxed. We eventually headed up to the 21st Century Bar for some trivia. Believe it or not, we rocked it on the 60’s trivia and won a ship on a stick. Whhooohhooo. Granted, we were pretty much the only ones playing, but we actually didn’t do too bad. We stuck around for 70’s trivia, which we tanked at and then decided it was time to hit Nassau. We went to Conch Fritters for lunch and boy was it good.
Cracked conch and fries. Yum!
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
We then headed across the street to the Hilton British Colonial and I “snuck” onto the beach to feel the sand beneath my feet and to dip my toes into the water.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
After a stop by the Tortoga Rum store we headed back to the ship. One thing that I didn’t notice when we were here in October is that they have a free shuttle to run you back to the ship. We took advantage of this as we were on the last pier. Once we were back on the ship we went to our cabin to drop off our one purchase and pick up a bottle of wine, bananagrams and our chocolate covered strawberries.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
We hung out up in the 21st Century bar which kind of reminds me of Ocean’s Plaza on the dream. We played a game of bananagrams and some gin rummy and then it was time for some more trivia. After a while we headed up to the verandah deck as we wanted to watch for “runners” trying to make it back in the nick of time and watch the Celebrity Mercury pull out of port. It’s always amazing to watch these enormous vessels maneuver as if they were a small sedan. It is just incredible.
We dined in the MDR for dinner tonight and in all honesty, this was probably the worst dining experience we have ever had. Service was just incredibly slow, our special and requested dessert (compliments of the Chef de Cuisine) came out cold and missing the vanilla sauce. We asked to speak to the Maitre D’ and they did make it right by making us fresh desserts. When the assistant Maitre D’ brought us the desserts she asked us if we wanted the recipe so that we could make it at home. Eric’s face lit up like Christmas morning. We told her that we would love a copy and she said that she would have it for us tomorrow night. At least one part of the meal ended nicely.
There wasn’t much going on tonight as far as entertainment goes we just walked around a bit and then decided to go check out Karaoke Awesome. While there were a few really good acts that we saw, majority of it was like a really bad car accident that you know you shouldn’t stop and look at but you do anyways. It was just…wow. Lol.
All in all it was a good day. No expectations and exactly how we wanted it. Tomorrow is a day at sea as we make our journey home to Charleston.
Some shots from the day.
Pride and Fantasy docked in Nassau.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
View of the ships docked in port from the British Colonial beach.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
Atlantis at sunset.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
Celebrity Mercury leaving port.
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| From Carnival Fantasy/Charleston, SC |
