woo hoo! I've never been out of the country or on a cruise. I leave Friday, Boston to Bermuda! No husband...No kids! (he doesn't want to go and doesn't want to loose his whole family if it sinks... LOL)
I'll be with my brother and his family.
anyone have any advice on taking a cruise or tips for being in bermuda?

Are you just going to Bermuda?

Typically if you're going to different islands you want to be ready to leave as soon as the ship docks. If you sleep in then you have limited time to do what you want because the ship will need to leave in order to get to the next place. Which is usually 5 or 6pm. I learned that lesson!

I've never been to Bermuda but I hear it's amazing. Rent a scooter and explore the island.

And HAVE FUN!

Shorty said:

Maybe ask Milty, he's from Bermuda.

Shorty said:

I'm going back July 10-15 for my 42nd birthday--ALONE!!! a fan cruise with the baltimore ravens!!!!

things to know:

1. not really a "fun" place destination. when i went in 2006, everything was shut down by 7pm, except the late night wednesday, which was 9 pm

2. expensive as hell!!! everything had a markup of like 200% from what u would pay here in the states

3. to get around you have to walk, rent a scooter, catch a cab (expensive) or catch the bus. the traffic flows like in england, opposite of ours. so when you want to go somewhere on the other side of the island, prepare early.



NOW THE GOOD STUFF!!

the most electric blue water you will ever see in your life
fish swim up to you
gorgeous pink sand beaches
if you want to just some "me' time, this is the place.
nice people, you really don't feel like you're out of the country at all. everybody speaks "american"

MAKE SURE YOU SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS (expensive though like $200)

i flew last time, so i'm gonna enjoy my me time on the boat.

let me know how it went

Have a beautiful journey, Angel!!

Do you have a Stiletto 2, so you can listen to Howard on the boat?

Steer clear of the Triangle ~ Warn the Captian

CarrieLee said:

yep just bermuda. thanx for the tip though.

go easy on the drinks on the boat! It's so easy to indulge when you're not whipping out cash for each drink.

Fury said:

Cool!!! thanx so much for the advice. I think we plan on getting the 3 day bus pass or something like that...I think it covers the ferry too. We'll be docking at Kings Warf which I guess is not that exciting...so we'll want to travel around a bit....and with traffic going the wrong way...I don't think I'm gonna try to drive anything.

Honey said:

Thanx!

Ace said:

NO! believe me..I am bummed that I will miss howard for a week!
ugh! and I'm gonna miss LOST too! maybe they will have a TV somewhere with it on...I hope.

Mach said:

haha..very funny!

JerseyKRS said:

yeah I've heard that, I think I'm gonna pay it off every couple days.

Shorty said:

Surely, the boat has Internet. Don't tell me you don't have a SIRIUS online account!

Ace said:

I do...or atleast I did...Not sure anymore...I know at some point they were gonna start charging for listening online....but either way...I wouldn't mind sitting down to watch 1 hour of lost but I don't think I'll be sitting at a computer for 4 to 5 hours to listen to howard. maybe just an hour or so..
LOL

Have a BALLLLL!
Never been on a cruise.
We go on vacation soon too. We're doing an all-inclusive, which I've also never done.

johnart said:

I will! thanx!
what do you mean by an all-inclusive?

The boss I used to work for years ago is from Bermuda (Paget) and has a guest house. He even showed me and my office mates a postcard with it on it He told me it's very expensive and you drive on the wrong side of the road. A common mode of transporation is the moped. When he retired he went back to Bermuda.

We keep in touch.

Shorty said:

We're going here:
http://www.secretsresorts...lversands/

Food/liquor (top shelf)/most activities all included in the price @ booking the trip.

We're gonna do this: http://xelha.com/ while there one day, but probably do the resort stuff on the rest of the trip. Just chill.
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johnart said:

ohhh! Very nice! looks amazing! Have a great time!

luv4u said:

Cool! thanx for the info.