{"id":1847,"date":"2014-02-16T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T13:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centralfloridachallengerowners.com\/?page_id=1847"},"modified":"2014-08-03T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T03:07:08","slug":"2014-group-sea-cruise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/centralfloridachallengerowners.com\/?page_id=1847","title":{"rendered":"2014 Group Sea Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cruise Line:<\/strong> Carnival
\nShip:<\/strong> Carnival Paradise
\nPort:<\/strong> Tampa
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 Days 4 nights
\nDeparts:<\/strong> July 12th
\nReturns:<\/strong> July 16th
\nRoute:<\/strong> Cozumel, Mexico and Cayman Islands<\/p>\n

Owners participating:
\nJim, Lisa and family (total 5) Booked<\/strong>
\nPat and Terry Jacques and family – Booked<\/strong>
\nDavid and Nilsa Dorbat – Booked<\/strong>
\nRonnie and Terryann – Booked<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"group-shot-boarding-boat\"<\/a>Day 1 <\/strong>(links to downloads, all photos and instructions on how to download at the end of each day)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pre meeting at David’s house.<\/p>\n

\"Day1-1\"<\/a>We got an early start so we could get something to eat along the way<\/p>\n

\"Day1-5\"<\/a>Our cruise mascot<\/p>\n

\"Day1-4\"<\/a>Pat and I self parked a block away (note to self, valet park next time)<\/p>\n

\"Day1-6\"<\/a>I’m not on the boat for more then 10 minutes and I get yelled at for taking pictures while the on-board “photo team” is taking pictures……. grrrrrrr<\/p>\n

\"Day1-7\"<\/a>Waiting around for the safety meeting (You don’t have to wear life vests anymore during these meetings)<\/p>\n

\"Day1-12\"<\/a>On our way out of the port of Tampa<\/p>\n

\"Day1-22\"<\/a>\"Day1-32\"<\/a>Under the bridge and into the gulf of Mexico<\/p>\n

\"Day1-41\"<\/a>Towel animals and our cruise mascot.<\/p>\n

\"Day1-46\"<\/a>Our first dinner<\/p>\n

\"Day1-42\"<\/a>– You can view the complete set of images of Day1 via my flickr account, click here<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Instructions on how to download individual images via my flickr account, click here<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Download the complete set of images here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 2 (full day at sea)
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Hanging out on the back of the ship<\/p>\n

\"Day1-47\"<\/a>Ronnie spent most of this day trying to figure out how to get into the engine room…<\/p>\n

\"Day2-4\"<\/a>\"Day2-8\"<\/a>This was also our formal dinner night.\u00a0 My wife bought us car matching ties.\u00a0 Ronnie customized his with war stripes<\/p>\n

\"Day2-9\"<\/a>The kids table<\/p>\n

\"Day2-10\"<\/a>Food was very good and our kids showed us how to order more then one appetizer and main courses.<\/p>\n

\"Day2-11\"<\/a>It was a few days early….. Happy Birthday\u00a0 Terry Jean!!<\/p>\n

\"Day2-12\"<\/a>\"Day2-14\"<\/a>\"Day2-16\"<\/a>We spent a few night in what we called the library.\u00a0 It’s more or less a card\/board game room.\u00a0 We played Apples to Apples<\/p>\n

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\"Day2-19\"<\/a>We also spent some time in a club called REX<\/p>\n

\"Day2-33\"<\/a>Where we learned that some of the significant others as well as the owners could dance rather well.<\/p>\n

\"Day2-34\"\"Day2-31\"<\/a>\"Day2-32\"<\/a>\"Day2-35\"<\/a>Time for bed, we had to get up early on day 3 for our excursions in Grand Cayman.<\/p>\n

– You can view the complete set of images of Day 2 via my flickr account, click here<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Instructions on how to download individual images via my flickr account, click here<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Download the complete set of images for day 2 here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 3 (Grand Cayman)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Starting the day early as we pull into Grand Cayman<\/p>\n

\"Day3-1\"<\/a>Because we can’t dock at the island, we had to take the water taxi over.\u00a0 Seas where very calm and the water was just amazing.\u00a0 The group split up with David and family, Brook, Pat’s daughter and my family heading to see the sea turtles and stingrays. While Pat, Terry, Ronnie and Terry Jean hitting the beach and shopping<\/p>\n

\"Day3-2\"<\/a>\"Day3-5\"<\/a>Nicole excited to see the turtles but not as excited as my wife (security had to escort her out of the turtle pool…<\/p>\n

\"Day3-6\"<\/a>\"Day3-7\"<\/a>I was amazed at how many large turtles they had.\u00a0 They had them separated by age. Below was only a small section of the larger grown up pool, breading area.<\/p>\n

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\"Day3-11\"\"Day3-23\"<\/a>Lisa about to get into trouble… DO NOT TOUCH….<\/p>\n

\"Day3-20\"<\/a>\"Day3-17\"<\/a>\"Day3-26\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We then moved on to the baby tanks, where you could actually get into the tank and hold the baby sea turtles.<\/p>\n

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