We got back on Nov. 3rd and I have been busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. Anyway the cruise was amazing. The first night the halloween party was just crazy with outfits you would have to see to believe. Sorry, I was enjoying the trip and didn't focus on any particular pictures but wht I have can be found here (http://antares686.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!7E90223D10225B49!637/). Anyway the amount of free beer was just about right, I was able to keep a nice buzz going the enitre trip (except Sunday as I wanted to see the concerts).

 

We set sail from Miami on the Majesty of the Sea on Friday, Oct. 31st. First thing we had to do was an emergency drill (pic of wife in album with vest on). That night was the Halloween party. After awhile we went to the room and I got still for a moment, it was amazing to feel the sway of the boat with a good buzz, waqs surprised by the amount of movement I felt.

 

Next morning, we were up early (not sure why other than excited) and watched from the desk when we got into Nassau. We pulled into the dock area and it looked like we were going to ram the dock itself. Then they turned the eniter ship around and backed it in. We disembarked after a while and me and the wife checked out the straw market for a bit. We wanted to egt food there so we asked where the best local cuisine was and was direct to the Fish Fry. We walked for about 1-2 miles before we got to it and dropped into one of that areas dives. I tried the Conch fritters (basically hushpuppies with conch meat in them) and then I got the Fried Lunch Conch Snak (should have taken a picture of the amout of food). Was like eaing calimari if you ever go and are curious enough to try. From there we hit the flea market across the street. We found some of the same items as the straw market there for half the cost without talking them down. Anyway I picked up a book of poetry entitled "african children cry" by Valerie Knowles (africanchildrendry@gmail.com) which she signed for me. I have read thru most of it already and find it very interesting. Serveral items about sex and disease, all of which are very direct and captures life for some people very well. From there we made our way back to the boat, along the way checking out a small car show (pics in album) and the jewelery shops (sorry to say the prices there were not any better than here in the US for what I was looking for).

 

Back on the boat that evening the Captians party kicked of and there was Bahama Mamas, Rum Punch, Merlo, and Chardonnay. I think I drank 9 or 12 but lost count as the party wound down. Once that happend they handed my wife a half dozen Bahama Mama's and the other folks around us started passing them over as they were handed more. After, we went to eat and spent a little time in the room then headed across on our deck to the 80's party (sorry I grew up during then). Wife went up top after a bit to check out the party on top and I hun out with the couple we met the night before at dinner. After a while I went up and got her and we all partied bak in the dance club.

 

Sunday morning, we dropped anchor at CocoCay. We had to ride a tender (small little boat with lot's of seating) from the ship to the hore and the waves were rolling nicely. Once there me and the wife dropped our butts in a hammock for a bit. After a while I got ansy and went looking around. I came back over to catch the Barenaked Ladies warm up. Me and the wife walked around for a bit then headed back over to catch the concert. The starting act was OAR, then Barenaked Ladies, and finally All American Rejects. My personal favorite was Barenaked Ladies. Can't say I enjoyed AAR but I had seen them before and they just try to act punk entirely to hard to be real (and before you blast me remember this is my blog and my opinion is all that counts here). There was free beer all during the concert and I have no idea what my final total was. After a bit we went back to the boat and enjoyed the rest of the evenings parties.

 

Monday morning they trhew us all of the boat and we headed home. Along the way we talked to various people who had been on the trip.

 

Would absolutely want to go again if Bud Light every does it. We met a lot of nice and interesting people. There were people there of all ages. But the best part of the trip is it was 21 and older only. I overheard they served more then 1700 or 17000 (last seems to high) cases of Bud Light.