The next morning we woke up around 7:30 ish. I pulled the curtains back and peeped outside, and found that we were in Nassau and the Captain was in the middle of TURRRRRRNING the ship to back it into its parking spot. I don't really know what a place you park a boat is technically called, so let's just go with that. I was really impressed....talk about parallel parking! I went out on the verandah in my pajamas, along with tons of other people on their verandahs, and I took a video.
Hi people over there!
We pulled up alongside the Carnival Magic.
Eventually, there were four ships in Nassau that day: The Disney Dream, The Carnival Magic, The Carnival Ecstasy, and The Carnival Fascination. I know I am biased but the Dream was SO MUCH BETTER LOOKING than the Carnival ships. (Let alone the Carnival Triumph nightmare....) There was a little kid on a verandah on the ship across from us and I heard him yell "I wanna go on THAT ship!" I got ya, kid.
We got dressed and went downstairs to get some breakfast. We passed by the Royal Palace and they coaxed us to come in and eat there...we didn't need to be coaxed! There were really very few people in there, and the breakfast was delicious. Most people end up at Cabanas for breakfast, I suppose because it's a buffet. I just couldn't believe that EVERYTHING was included. You could conceivably eat 24/7 on these ships and not pay a penny more. You could also have any number of appetizers, main courses, and desserts- whatever you wanted. For this breakfast we both ended up ordering waffles, french toast, and bacon and I ate Chris's bacon.
The servers were EXTREMELY attentive. I have never been treated as well as I was on this ship, and this breakfast actually made us feel a little weird because we are not used to being doted upon. We still enjoyed ourselves and enjoyed being pampered.
We took our time, we weren't in a hurry to get onto land because the excursion we had booked wasn't until after lunch. We walked to the Atrium and the Princesses were out!
We went back up to our room and Karina had made up our bed really nice...and included Mickey and Minnie!
We just lounged for awhile!
Later on, we went up to deck 12 to get a good look at Nassau, and Chris took this cool picture of a "little black rain cloud." (HEE!)
We also took a dip while we were up there, and just left our swimsuits on for our excursion. Then we went back to the room and packed our backpacks because we were going SNORKELING!!!
We met the CM who was going to take us to our snorkeling cruise (The Caribbean Queen company) in The District, the club and bar area of the ship. During the day, anyone is allowed down there. We had to have our key cards swiped as we got off the ship so they would have a count of how many were in port. We walked through a market type area where there were lots of people trying to sell us water and stuff, and we ended up at our boat within a few minutes. We boarded and were ready to go. I would say there were around 20-some of us altogether from the Dream, and there were a few people on board from the Carnival ships as well.
Chris had changed his glasses before we left our stateroom because he didn't want donate his good ones to the fishies. These are his "Harry Potter" ones.
Here's the Atlantis. The boat driver told us that the thing that looks like a bridge is in fact a massive suite called the Michael Jackson suite that goes for $25,000 a night, but you have to reserve it for at least 4 nights for a grand total of $100,000. I personally can think of better ways to drop 100 grand.
We were eventually underway to the snorkeling reef, and the drivers played Caribbean music to set the mood. We learned that ANY song can be made into Caribbean Reggae...I swear we heard "You are My Sunshine" and a Beatles song somewhere.
Oh look, there's my yacht!
We got to the reef in about 30 minutes, and it was a really nice cruise. The drivers then passed out snorkeling gear for everyone. Here's Chris showing off his sexy getup:
We hopped in the water and we were at it! I can't even tell you how many pretty fish I saw. I recorded the snorkeling with my underwater video camera, which is in the video uploaded at the top of this thread. Sorry about the motion, it took me awhile to get used to videoing underwater! Chris had fun but couldn't see a darn thing...we should have bought him a prescription mask because he couldn't wear his glasses, and his eyesight is horrible and he hates contacts. He would say "Ooh, is that orange thing a fish?" and I'd say "No, dear that's coral." So he just kind of floated there and relaxed, while I pulled him around by his hand and chased after the cool fish. We were like otters that hold paws so that they don't float away from each other! <3