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Topic: Enjoying Florida

Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 08:54 PM

We are now in Ft Lauderdale. Friday we saw Jewel of the Seas, Noordam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam.

Today we saw Carnival Freedom, Celebrity Constellation, Crown Princess, Eurodam, Navigator of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we sail from from Miami on Carnival Valor. I wonder of anybody from Miami would be so kind to take some pictures of the leaving of Valor. I would realy appreciate it.

I'll put some pictures I took on here later.

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Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 09:32 PM

Noordam December 3 2010

Jewel of the Seas December 3 2010

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Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 09:42 PM

Westerdam december 3 2010

Zuiderdam December 3 2010

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Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 10:37 PM

Oasis of the Seas December 4 2010

Crown Princess December 4 2010

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Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 11:09 PM

Celebrity Constellation December 4 2010

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Aad
First Class Passenger
Member # 6674

posted 12-04-2010 11:31 PM

Eurodam December 4 2010

Navigator of the Seas December 4 2010

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buddhaJoe
First Class Passenger
Member # 4356

posted 12-05-2010 06:01 AM

hi Aad,

thank you for your lovely pics, i hope you do enjoy
your stay over there

the pics also painfully show me that there is not
much to get excited about when i judge these
monster giga passengerships from an
exterior point of view, in the
knowledge that many thousand people on board
enjoy a wonderfull cruise

regards
b. Joe

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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Member # 301

posted 12-05-2010 06:32 AM

Excellent images Aad. Have a nice cruise!

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 12-05-2010 06:54 AM

A great series of photos, Aad. I arrived into Port Everglades yesterday morning aboard CROWN PRINCESS, and saw the same procession of ships coming into the port about 11-12 hours before you got them leaving again.

Rich

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 12-05-2010 07:24 AM

Thank you for posting your pictures, which I enjoyed looking at. I was particularly interested in the pictures of the HAL ships. I enjoyed my cruise on Arcadia, and it's interesting to see pictures of her sister-ships. (Although Eurodam is more of a first cousin, perhaps.)

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DAMBROSI2
First Class Passenger
Member # 35998

posted 12-05-2010 09:05 AM

Just great photos...love those from Port Everglades. Rich, did you get photos of DISCOVERY SUN yesterday morning before she left??

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 12-05-2010 09:15 AM

Great pics Aad!

I may decide to go to South Beach today, and if I do I'll be sure to take pictures of your departure.

It's a very busy ship day today in South Florida.
There are six ships lined up at the Port of Miami (which I didn't even know was possible with today's mega-ships).
LIBERTY OF THE SEAS
CELEBRITY INFINITY
CARNIVAL GLORY
CARNIVAL VALOR
NORWEGIAN PEARL
NORWEGIAN STAR

Not to be outdone, there are 8 ships tied up in Port Everglades today.
RUBY PRINCESS
MSC POESIA
ALLUE OF THE SEAS
COSTA ATLANTICA
CARNIVAL MIRACLE
CELEBRITY SOLSTICE
NIEUW AMSTERDAM
CORAL PRINCESS

Ernie

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 12-05-2010 09:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
There are six ships lined up at the Port of Miami (which I didn't even know was possible with today's mega-ships).
LIBERTY OF THE SEAS
CELEBRITY INFINITY
CARNIVAL GLORY
CARNIVAL VALOR
NORWEGIAN PEARL
NORWEGIAN STAR
Ernie

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Carlos Fernandez
First Class Passenger
Member # 6432

posted 12-05-2010 10:13 AM

Great photos Aad. There seemed to be a HAL party at Port Everglades, they can say they had more passengers than Oasis. BTW, how did you like Oasis, she and Allure are impressive to see. Enjoy your cruise on the Valor, unfortunately I won't be able to take pictures today.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 12-05-2010 01:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DAMBROSI2:
Just great photos...love those from Port Everglades. Rich, did you get photos of DISCOVERY SUN yesterday morning before she left??

No, not yesterday, it was too dark, but I have tons of photos of her anyway. I was off the ship at 7:15am, it was just getting daylight, and in the car and on my way home by 7:25am. (One of the nice things about having so many ships in your own back yard!)

Rich

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 12-05-2010 02:42 PM

Sorry Aad. Doesn't look like I will make it today for the parade down Government Cut.

I leave on a business trip to Atlanta tomorrow and will be gone for two weeks, so I just have too much to do.

Bon Voyage and enjoy your cruise!

Ernie

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 12-05-2010 02:45 PM

Love the photos! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful cruise!

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Atlcruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4586

posted 12-05-2010 02:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
Sorry Aad. Doesn't look like I will make it today for the parade down Government Cut. I leave on a business trip to Atlanta tomorrow and will be gone for two weeks, so I just have too much to do.
Bon Voyage and enjoy your cruise!
Ernie

Ernie, dress warm as it's cold up here. We are heading to Disney on Thursday and hoping for a little warmer weather.

Aad, thanks for the photos. They are great and I love looking at any ship regardless of size. Have fun on the Valor

We will be in FLL next month and arrive on the 7th and there are four ships leaving out that evening. Seven the next day and then seven ships when we leave out on the 9th.

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 12-05-2010 03:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Atlcruiser:
Ernie, dress warm as it's cold up here. We are heading to Disney on Thursday and hoping for a little warmer weather.

I see that! I'm not looking forward to the cold weather. I honestly LOVE my South Florida weather, especially in the Winter. Where else do I need to run the a/c in December, January, and February!? LOL

In late January I head to Minneapolis for 20 days, not returning home to Miami until mid-February. Talk about COLD! I'm already cold just thinking it. Brrrr! It's kind of sad I live in the city with probably the warmest winter weather in the continental US, and I'll be heading to probably the coldest spot during the dead of winter. UGH!

Have fun at WDW. We were there over Thanksgiving and had a great time. It was crowded but not too bad. It should be empty (by Disney standards) while you are there. One of the slowest times is between Thanksgiving and Christmas, or early December. We are Florida resident annual pass holders now, so we will be heading up to Mouse Land even more than we do now. Disney only comes second to my love of cruises! A cold snap is hitting South Florida this week, with temperatures on Tuesday only reaching the mid-60's, and lows to about 40 (very cold for here). Orlando will probably be a bit colder.

Ernie

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DAMBROSI2
First Class Passenger
Member # 35998

posted 12-05-2010 05:50 PM

quote:
No, not yesterday, it was too dark, but I have tons of photos of her anyway. I was off the ship at 7:15am, it was just getting daylight, and in the car and on my way home by 7:25am. (One of the nice things about having so many ships in your own back yard!)
Rich

Okay, I understand, if you get a chance, I'd love to see your photos of her. Thank you so much...my addy is: Cruiselady43@msn.com Deb

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