Day 2 - Bahamas!

The next morning when we woke up, our ship was docking in Nassau, Bahamas. I looked out of our port hole and the first thing I saw was a Starbucks sign...they really are everywhere. The weather was sunny and beautiful. We ate at Parrot Cay aboard the ship, and then headed into Nassau. As we were walking toward town, we saw another Carnival ship heading into Port.


I had loaded some points of interest into my GPS for a short walking tour of Nassau. First stop...the historic water tower. I didn't realize how crazy the traffic would be in Nassau. I almost got run over by a bus! No one used turn signals, lots of honking, and pretty much organized chaos. We finally made it to our destination.


A little history about the tower...


The view was amazing from the water tower...our ship is docked between two Carnival ships.


Then we walked over to Parliament Square. We passed several "courtrooms" which seemed to be just small rooms on the side of a run-down building. The memorial was very interesting and set in a very pretty spot.


As we walked away from Parliament Square, heading towards the Governor's Mansion, we saw this sign. Of course, the running joke became "Protect Ya Tings!"


We made our way (somewhat safely) to the Governor's Mansion. It was like a real-life game of Frogger at some points. It was a little surprise to see that it was pink! There is a nice statue of Christopher Columbus in front.



After a rest break at Senor Frogs (a fun open air bar on the waterfront), we walked down the beach line about 3/4 of a mile to Fort Charlotte. I didn't realize that we had to pay to get in. It was $5 each for us to go into the fort. I'm not sure why we did it, but we spent the majority of our cash at Senor Frogs. Hindsight, we should have used our credit card at Senor Frogs and saved our cash. As we combined our money, we only had $5 between us. We were in line behind a very sassy lady who was complaining to the ticket seller because it was $5 for tourist and only $3 for locals to enter the fort. This lady was being quite rude to the ticket seller. The ticket seller didn't have any control over the price and in the end, the lady paid $5 each for the people in her group to go in to the Fort. When it was my turn to get tickets, I asked if they took credit cards. The lady told me no. At that point, I asked if she would let us both in for $5, pleading my case that we had walked all the way from the ship to see the fort and we didn't have the cash to get in. I promised her that I would not tell the other lady if she allowed us to get in. She graciously agreed if we would agree to buy something at the gift shop, which accepted credit cards. We were very grateful for her kindness and did keep our end of the bargain by purchasing a Bahamian coin set and some drinks at the gift shop. It goes to prove that you do catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. It was very interesting inside the fort, and once again, the view was spectacular.


We're guessing we walked around 3 miles around Nassau and our feet were starting to tell it. We headed back to the ship and took advantage of the whirlpool in Quiet Cove, the adults only area of the ship. It was absolutely wonderful! For dinner, we headed to Animator's Palate. At the beginning of the meal, everything including the decorations in the room is black and white.


As the meal progresses, everything slowly starts to get color.


That night was the Pirate Party and Dessert Buffet on Deck 9. It was a fun night of music and dancing, ending with Mickey flying through the air to announce a "party in the sky". Disney Cruise Line is the only cruise line that can do fireworks off of its ships. It was spectacular! When we got back to the room, we found this guy hanging around waiting for us.



Tomorrow's stop: Disney's private island, Castaway Cay!