DAY 5 ROATAN

So here we are...time to get up and go to what I "think" is going to be my favorite port. I'm excited and can't wait to get the day started.

We head down to the buffet to get our usual runny eggs. What's this on the deck? There was a towel animal explosion over night. They all multiplied. It must have been one busy night out on deck because when we walked by last night, people still had the chairs occupied and was watching the nightly movie.

WOW!!! A++++++ Carnival. I have never seen anything like this before.

Is this something they normally do on Carnival ships? I was blown away and Sakari was completely excited. I was able to view towel animals I have never seen on any of my cruises. They were pretty neat. I won't bore you with the individual pictures I took of them, but I think I was as excited about them as Sakari was. We gave them each the appropriate attention they deserved and moved on to breakfast.

The lines were extremely long this morning at the buffet. I happen to look over and there was only 1 person in line at the Omelet station. Hmm, I think it's time I tried one of their Omelets. So we jumped in line real quick. Made to order and they did the big flips of the eggs in the air. I patiently waited to watch them drop one and it never happened. Kids, don't try this at home...I have, it wasn't a pretty site.

So since I had my Omelet in hand, all I needed was some BACON to go with it and I would be satisfied...but look at that LONG line. Would it be possible to just grab a plate and cut in at the bacon station when others were still filling their plates with runny eggs? Of course it was. No glaring stares or anything. I was in and out like a Ninja in the night. I wasn't even noticed and was gone before the others in the line even got up there. :D

I have to say, I had found my "new" breakfast item for the rest of the cruise. No more runny eggs. It was only the fight for bacon that I would continue to encounter the rest of the time.

We quickly ate and was ready to head to shore. But wait, where was Kendra and family? Oh that's right...just now coming out on the deck as always and headed to breakfast. Sigh. They are so slow and I was so impatient...especially since I KNEW this was going to be the highlight of the ports kinda day.

We waited for them to eat, while I tapped my fingers on the table, tapped my foot on the floor, grabbed a fork or two and shoved the food in theirs mouths (just kidding, but I felt like it) and we rushed down to get off the ship. Time was a-wasting!

I took a few pictures before leaving the ship of the port...Mahogany Bay. It was a pretty port with a great opportunity for pictures.

I think I found the next cruise line to book with.

It may need some repairs, but hey, I "hear" Carnival ships are in need of much repair and maintenance as well. (Rolling eyes now). 🙄

A view of the beach area at Mahogany Bay from the ship

You could see all of the people that were getting off and headed for their day in the sun in the beautiful port of Roatan (my favorite port ever now).

The bridge you walk over to head toward the beach, or you could catch the skyride people mover over for a cool $12 a person for a daily pass.

We were there with another Carnival ship docked. I believe it was the Conquest? I know the Conquest was docked in Roatan when I was on my NCL cruise back in December and we had went to Maya Key. I met some nice people there that day that were Carnival cruisers. They were enjoying their cruise.

Once you get off the ship, they have a picture opportunity. There was so many people here, getting pictures, in the way, it was a mad house. So, I was able to extend my hand up and over everyone to snap this picture. Otherwise, I was never going to get a picture of it. I mean I had to have a picture and we were waiting while Brayden was whining and dragging along like always.

I have to say that I had seen pictures of a day at Mahogany before and we had considered going here and making it a "cheap" day since you didn't have to pay to be here since it's Carnivals own little man-made port area for the cruisers. But I really have no intention on booking another Western Caribbean cruise for awhile. We have done it so many times before and it's time to head back to the Eastern side or Southern (which I have never done before). Of course with the exception of the cruise we already have booked for 6 months from now going to Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. Then no more Western for me for awhile. Since this would be my last stop at Roatan for awhile, I just KNEW I couldn't pass up going to Little French Key. I felt that it would just be one of those "Once in a lifetime" events.

So we made our way to the exit, taking pictures along the way of the beautiful landscaped scenery.

At this point, Brayden was crying and dragging so far behind and Kendra was now complaining and saying, I really don't want to spend a couple hundred dollars on a place when he is going to do nothing but whine and cry the entire time. I gave her one look and said, "That's entirely up to you, but I can tell you now that I have been looking forward to this place for a long time. It's going to be my favorite place I just know it. You can come if you want. You can stay if you want. Either way, I'm not stopping and I'm headed out." I glanced back later and she had to have been somewhere lost in the crowd and we never seen them again on the way out. I was on a mission and nothing was going to spoil my day.

We made our way out of the port and this is what it looks like:

To read about our WONDERFUL day at Little French Key, click the following tab: (Sakari is a little daredevil)

Now I will tell you that I left a little earlier than we had to. I did want to get back to the port in order to check out Mahogany Bay. I just had a feeling that this is where my daughter ended up at and I wanted to take some pictures. I had previously seen pictures from other cruisers and was originally going to stay there to "save" money. But, knowing that I had no intention on repeating this route again any time soon, I couldn't pass up the experience of LFK. So, I compromised and just spent a little bit of time over at Mahogany. It was maybe an hour tops.

So now we are back at Mahogany Bay and it's time to explore it a little bit (and of course take tons of pictures). We are now walking around the port area headed over toward the beach.

To see my review of our time at Mahogany Bay, click the following tab:

Kendra informs me that she ended up having to take Brayden back to the ship and he decided that he wanted to go to the kids club instead. By the time they were done with all of that, we were long gone and she had no clue how to get to LFK. So, they decided to just stay there in port and save themselves the $200+ they would have spent at LFK. Then she informs me with all of the drinks and food, they ended up spending $180 that day anyhow.

They were getting ready to leave and head to the shops for a little shopping before getting back on the ship and we would be on their tails shortly. We just had to find a way to drag Sakari back out of the water she had just gotten in to. Sigh

We pulled her hair, kicking and screaming all the way out of the water (just kidding) and headed back down the long walk to the ship. This time, it was up hill and man were my legs aching by this time. If only I had the energy Sakari has. She never wears out.

We did a little shopping and back to the ship we went. Then of course back to fighting for an elevator that would never come unless it was on the opposite side that we were standing on. Sigh Man this ship was packed. I have never cruised with so many people before in my life. Even when we sailed the Epic when she was brand new it never felt like it was this crowded.

So we headed back up to the room, did the usual shower thing, then headed to get a bite to eat. You have to remember, I really didn't like the food at LFK so I was starving by now.

Sakari loved her ice cream. 

I had some pizza because I was just in one of those moods for pizza.

Kendra and family did their "usual" thing and took a nap. I debated on it forever but then once I showered and was refreshed, we were on the go again.

Sakari went to the kids club to see her "friends" and we headed to the casino for awhile like always. Yes, we had our phone with us so HA! You won't scold me this time around! We later hooked up with Kendra and the family and she told me that they had told her that Brayden needed picked up by 5pm and they would like for her to be there at 4:45pm. Well, I guess that she arrived at 5pm (or a few minutes early, but there was a line) and they scolded her for being late. Um, would you like for her to jump the line?? They told her that they were going to have to charge her a late fee and they charged her $8.75. Um ok...last time we were told, it was $6.75 for sitting and last time I checked (at least with NCL) they would only charge you by the "half hour". So, she should have actually been charged only $3.38. She later mentioned this to another Camp member the following day and they pulled up her record and said that by the time she got up to the desk for pick up that they have Brayden as being checked out by 5:05pm. So they told her that she should have only been charged for 1/2 hour and if it was them, they wouldn't have charged her at all. They had no idea why she had been charged $8.75 for only being late by basically 5 minutes according to their records. She suggested that Kendra go to _______ I can't remember the name she told me, and have it adjusted.

Brayden after his fun day at CC:

He was all smiles and they actually said he did a good job there that day. No tears (which wasn't the case when she dropped him off). I believe he was starting to feel better and you could tell he was slowly getting back to his normal rambunctious self.

Now NCL has their White Hot party...I have already told you about the awesome "Red" party from the other night. Last night I didn't have any pictures to share. I just remembered why. That night would be Carnivals "white" party; the Electric White Night. However, they had that at Caliente in the bar. Not exactly a place we would be able to take Sakari to dance the night away. Oh darn. I even had my white outfit with me. Oh well, I'll have to save it for NCL again.

When we were done with our gambling for the night, we started to head back to...anywhere but a place that caused us to lose money that night, there was a lot of music playing loud and people cheering in the atrium. The Fun Force Break Dancing crew was in the atrium dancing and having a contest with some people on board. I spotted Kendra and family with front row seats. They must have rejuvenated from all that rest they got after staring at green half balls all day. She informed me that tonight was the Mexican Fiesta and I informed her that tonight was the "Blue Night" for dancing on the deck. hehe

Her boyfriend wanted to head to the casino, my hubby followed and Kendra and I slipped out when they weren't looking and picked up the kids from CC and headed to the deck to see what was going on. The Blue party had started, but it just wasn't the same tonight. Not really hopping like usual and we didn't even dance this time around.

We went to the buffet area where we would find one heck of a waiting line to get to the Mexican food. Ahhh, that's where everyone was. So we waited and waited and waited. Geesh.

Everything was nicely decorated

I grabbed a little bit of everything I could pile on my plate and we headed to find a table. I have to say, I wasn't really impressed with their Mexican meal either. We nibbled here and there, but nothing to write home about for sure.

We decided to call it a night, phoned the boys on our "Carnival sponsored ship phones courtesy of our lovely Camp people" and told them we were headed back to the room for the night.

Forgot one other plate...

The kids playing a little bit in our room before having to go to bed.

Sakari had received a "new" friend for the night. I thought it was pretty appropriate since we held monkeys today. She was excited. She would get to keep this friend for the next few days.

I did some packing for tomorrow. I was not looking forward to tomorrow. It would be a short port day in Costa Maya (leaving at 2pm) and we were arriving at 7am YIKES!!! That meant no sleep basically since it was already after midnight. Yep, I was not looking forward to this at all. That meant I would probably get about a good 4 hours of sleep if I was lucky (getting up at 5am to get ready, breakfast, and in to port).