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Title Author Category Information [*]The cruise all in all was wonderful.. service was awesome as always, the ports were great except for a few...the ship was in great shape. Description Panama Canal/Central America As i will try to fill you in about some of the most important things about this cruise... Service....as always the celebrity crew is never disappointing...they are all there to make your cruise the best. First our stateroom attendent Desmond sure worked hard for three girls in one cabin LOL ... he was there when we need and gave us everything we needed whether we asked or not...our waiter Vinod and attendent Ishard were without a doudt the best i have ever had.. they answered ever question knew the ingredients of ALL dishes... we never wanted for anything... Food .. they were trying a new menu so somethings still needed to be tweaked a little.. some of the meats were overdone, and some side dishes needed to be warmed better.. the seafood dishes were great, pasta wonderful...buffets for lunch were very good, lots of varitey, never boring....sushi.. and of course my WONDERFUL WAFFLES.. with orange melted butter every morning...and whipped cream.. OMG, of course the hamburgers yummy...the spa salads are always something nice for lite fare...great breads. i am sure most ships make all there own things.. but thats one thing Celebrity does so well their breads, CINNAMON icecream. and OH did i mention DESSERTS ,, gezzzzzz just kill me .... OK now the ports.. remember to take some water from the ship and maybe something to nibble on till you get back to the ship .. we did take apple pears etc.. didn't eat much on land....i always take a waterbottle from home to fill for land days to fill before i leave the ship Cayman.. i so love cayman, but it has become so touristy, no more cabs to just take you around.. everything and everywhere you want to go is tour buses..and very expensive too... if i go again i will pay for the 5 dollars to the beach and let it go at that... Columbia...the terminal is very nice, we did have a quick shuttle to the end of the pier and then the other side comes the cab people LOL LOL ... we got cab for 50 dollars all day , and he was great...explained everything we saw.. took us to the old walled city , to all the shopping... ( ok i got my emerald ring ) shop around for sure...took us to the top to the Monastery, pay the 3.00 its worth the view if nothing more, he stayed with us so noone would bother us also which i thought was wonderful... be very careful of people coming up to you with animals to put around your shoulders just so you will pay to have the photo taken... be prepared to say no hundred times.. but thats life...great coffee buys Panama Canal... this was a great day it took us 6 hours to make it all the way thur.. but what a treat.. i got up at 6 am got my sit in the club front 11th floor to sit the day thur out the transit... it was so humid, i mean humid you walk outside and just go OMG .. the run back in the air...but OMG the trip was worth all of the humid weather just to go thur the canal, and see was my dad had always talked about... Costa Rica.. one of the two private tours i booked . This one was with Okeydokey tours Charlie Soto.. wonderful host to his city...when you dock you will have to walk to the end of the pier to meet all tours except the ship tours. Charlie took as up close and personal with monkeys , and other animals...took us to a river tour to see croc's up close and personal OK i got wet by the tail of the croc... and almost pp'ed my pants how close he was.. tucans... he took us to a beauital montain top hotel and the view was unreal..took us to lunch and it was included in the price great food, took us to where and whatever we wanted great coffee also... i do reccommend Mr Soto price was 85 for all day per person, he is insuranced, air conditioned van , suppled beverages also...great day... Huratalco... great little city i think i enjoyed this port the most , just a great beach day, lunch right on the beach...walked around.. could have gone up the road to a little bigger town but enjoyed the beaches.. cab rides to the other beach are very little but right by the pier was a great beaches... be careful of the chairs and tables they do charge for there use.. usally 5 dollars per person... i choose the sand and my towel.. Acapulco.. another port i had a tour , with Rosies Tour ,, had a great price because of amount of people i had i had 13 and it came to 30 pp.. again as wonderful tour well worth the money.. she took us all over the city explained everything we saw , showed us views that were OMG great great great...took us to lunch to a great place this was not included in the 30 but great prices, and the best tostadas i ever had..i highly recommend Rosie's tours for this city for a full dayof fun .... Cabo... this port was nice we snorkeled and played in the water all day ... great clear water great snorkeling....saw whales , do,lphins, sea lions, great fish...watch out for jelly fishes and then home to San Diego... with the fires in our city it made it kinda smokey but not to bad for our disembarkment...there was a chance that we were going to have an esxtra sea day due to port closed during fire but they opened by friday for us to get in on Sunday.. all in all the trip was great...humid weather which i am not use to but it was all worth the trip...if ever you take the cruise to panama pack light .. and OMG enjoy one of the worlds seven wonders ... Tonia View Review

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i never saw that ..... thanks bought goosebumps ..... tonia

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa85/terumim/IMG_0044.jpg millie docked in barcelona Tonia

dang it .. i will never figure this out how do you post you pic in the post... i tried the link... i tried insert pic ... i have the pic in the files on pc but gezzzzzzzz.. this just kills me

well i wonder if it will work .. this was taken in barcelona spain, just before we boarded Tonia

i am posting the letter i got from my friends regards to the emerald questions............ Tonia, You could do some shopping in Cartegena, but you'll most likely be finding jewelry made for the tourist market. And if a cruise ship recommends it, it's almost certain to be selling decent (but not necessarily top quality) products at a fair price. Again, you'd probably find just a good a deal in the States. Greenfire is a jewelry chain store operation with stores throughout the Caribbean. They are similar (though smaller in size) to Little Switzerland or Colombian Emeralds, two popular jewelry chains in the Caribbean. littleswitzerland.com colombianemeralds.com From my most current sources, Mr. Miles works for himself as an independent broker of emeralds. But he may in fact be working for Greenfire. I just don't know for sure. Emeralds are commonly filled with liquid and gas filled inclusions, as well as lots of tiny fissures (cracks). The presence of a lot of these inclusions will result in a cloudy or milky appearing emerald. Virtually all emeralds are subjected to some type of enhancement to help hide the presence of some of these inclusions. Two books I can recommend: Gemstone Buying Guide: A Guide to Buying (Gem and Jewelry Buying Guides) (Paperback) by Renee Newman Colored Gemstones, 2nd Edition: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide: How to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies and Other Colored Gemstones (Paperback) by Antoinette L. Matlins

no because Gary doesn't like to cruise LOL .. i always go with girlfriends Tonia

Robert..... your funny..... ummm what would i do.. see if a movie is playing..maybe a snack.. maybe a nap... if its not to rough seas... sit on the balcony ... i am sure i can find something to do Toni

Marylou... i will let ya know when i get back from panama canal cruise in Oct... looking forward to columbia for the emeralds LOL LOL Tonia

Thanks Jason.... you know i will want to cruise more now gezzzzzzzzzzzz. way kwel dude for the magazine Tonia hope i get a copy before i leave on the cruise

pasty butt, Jenn.. god only knows LOL LOL ..... i prefer the longer the better....hey its my only vacation a year so i want all the spoiling i can get Tonia

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa marylou aqnd the family are home safe..... how did the girls enjoy the cruise... how did ya keep up with the girls Tonia

Jason You really need to stop doing this.... your killing me LOL LOL Tonia

i love bright colors..... red , oranges, yellow ,teal...... but for evening i go with the black then try to add something bright on top..... Jenn your signature color is purple......thats why so much purple....with you....i like purple... but don't have to much.... everyone has a color that wear alot.... jacketwatch.. on the last cruise.. we had a couple from india and the wife wore suri everynight.. the ones for formal night were sooooooooo beautiful....i admired her outfits everynight... but there should be the fashion police for some of the people what they wear LOL...but hey they think they look good thats all that matters Tonia

hey Mebert... where ya been dude......when ya coming back to say hello have the best time on your cruise..... Tonia

i have my duty black dress pants and different tops LOL LOL ....don't ever look at my pic's ... but i am bidding on some new tops on e bay right now.... so maybe something different in the pictures.....this time LOL LOL ..... i just can't handle hose ( i just hate them )and can't wear the heels either... i did just buy a cute pair of shoes.. ( ok i was on shoe restriction , but i blew it ) low sandals like ....with gold silver bronze across the top , and just a single strap across the back ... my feet swell sometimes and the pumps last time didn't fit while on the cruise... so i found a pair of sandals this time... hey Cheryl great shopping trip this last time ... you go girl Tonia

hey skipper .. plan one for norway... st petersburg russia.... etc and i am in LOL 2009 that is Tonia

jason... gezzzzzzzzz thats like putting a present out and saying don't touch gezzzzzzzz i was never very good at that... i use to be very good with tape.... Tonia

i for one will miss you when ni check in ... first thing in the morning... but i guess i wiil have to make it thur.. i will be thinking about you with those two 18 yr olds ... and enjoying being taken care of that cruise.. and being spoiled ... i wish it was me... my time is coming soon... have a great time ... enjoy every mintue you have been looking forward to this for a while .... Tonia

i made it thur the upgrade ..... i just a little withdraws today... just told myself... just breathe it will come back up soon..... and kept saying theres no place like home theres no place like home LOL and i even clicked my heels together... Tonia

i was thinking for 2009 for the baltic's .. but i see you all have that year planned already i was just wondering .. i know the prices are way more reasonable.. for your short trips .. right now thats my thinking for 2009 thanks for asking Tonia

just a question.. when you do your group cruises .. do you always cruise in mexico, hawaii carribean, do you ever do europe or other places ??? Tonia