Background - This is our third cruise, second with our three children. Our other cruises were on the Carnival - Carnivale May 1985 and the Royal Caribbean - Grandeur of the Seas March 2003. This trip we traveled with two other families that also had teenagers. We drove from Northwest Arkansas to Galveston Friday night and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express on Seawall Blvd. Saturday morning we were ...
Here are a few random thoughts based on my experience:
-Dining with Ariel/Jorge/Franco in Botticelli was flawless! I never had an empty plate sit in front of me for more than 60 seconds. When I commented to Ariel that the jalapeno sauce wasn't very spicy, he brought me chopped jalapenos the rest of the week. We all really enjoyed the food. The baked Alaska parade on the last night was wonderful. ...