Allure Day 2 - Nassau - Third Time's a Charm

Waiting for the rain to subside, we explored the ship a little more.

From the Royal Promendade, next to Sorrentos.  This is the same place where, on Oasis of the Seas, painters are painting over the word Genesis, reminiscent of the concept name for Oasis Class ships.

We went back to our room to wait out the rain.  We had our balcony door open and I laid on the bed for a mini-nap.  But I never really fell asleep because they were showing The Little Mermaid on the pool deck of the Disney Dream and we could hear every word and every song.  Like I said, we're Disney fans, but this might be annoying to those on Allure or Ecstasy who were on a more "adult" vacation.

Oh look, it's stopped raining!  Let's go ashore.  I think they are holding a Yard Stick sugary drink for me at Senor Frogs!

Out of the room, down the long hallway, to the gangway.  And guess what.  It's pouring again.  People are rushing to get back on the ship.  We waited another 5 minutes or so, and retreated back to our stateroom.

When we got there, once again, it had stopped raining and there was not a cloud in the sky anywhere near the pier.  Here we go again.

Third time's a charm!  This time, we made it off the ship!  And we were able to accomplish Goal # 1 for the day - photos of the Dream and Ecstasy.

I mentioned previously that I had traveled on the Ecstasy in 1993.  Here is a comparison of the ship in 1993 (with our friend Bryan) and today.

I mentioned earlier that I did not recall the balconies on the Ecstasy and they look like they have been retrofitted.  I found an article online where Carnival announced the renovation, including 98 more balconies.  That little ship has quite a history.  A fire onboard in 1998, causing $17 million in damages, used as evacuee housing for Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans, drydock/refurbishment in 2006, and the 2009 drydock installing the balconies and more.

About this time, guess what?  It started raining again.  We headed for shelter and looked to the sky.  We noticed that the clouds didn't appear to be clearing any time soon, and we were about an hour from all-aboard at 2:30, so we decided to head back to Allure.  Senor Frogs would have to hold that Yard Stick for me until next time.

Here is the Atlantis, officially under water.

So we didn't accomplish Goal #2 for our day ashore in Nassau.  But we weren't very upset about it.  I'm pretty sure we went back to the flowrider, where the weather cleared in the afternoon.  At 3pm sailaway, the cruise director (Allan Brooks) announced that we would be departing soon, but there was an immigration problem. He suggested watching the departure, as the port is small and difficult for a large ship to navigate.  We watched from the flowrider lines, and it was pretty cool to see.

Next, dinner at 150 Central Park.  Will it live up to its hype?