We all met in Miami for our second Christmas Cruise. We enjoyed 2 days at sea aboard the Norwegian Joy with a day at Harvest Caye, Belize, and a day at Costa Maya, Mexico.
The staff on board, as usual, were so helpful. Our room was on the 13th floor, the kid's rooms were on the 15th floor, and my mom was on the 5th floor when we checked in. This was a bit of a hike for us to go get her, so we went to customer service and asked if we could upgrade her room. They quickly upgraded her room, just a few doors down from us, free of charge. She went from an interior room to a balcony. What a treat! She loved her room and she was beyond grateful and excited for the upgrade.
Cameron and I had been to Costa Maya earlier this year on our Virgin Voyages trip, we remembered this great tequila bar that served tacos from the restaurant next door so we made our way there, stopping at the shops along the way of course. When the bill came they needed cash for the tacos because they came from a different business, makes sense we just weren't prepared. Thankfully the kids had enough cash to cover the tacos for all of us, we picked up the drink tab.
When we got to Harvest Caye we rented another clamshell on the beach. A very nice gentleman came by for drink orders. More slushy beverages? Yes, please! We spent the day relaxing, napping, and snorkeling.
Our group had planned our own theme nights for this trip, which made it even more fun for us all. Country night we ate at Texas Smokehouse (Deck 6), fancy night was Teppanyaki (Deck 6), white-hot night we went to Spice H20 (Deck 17) for the white-hot party. Since it's the holiday, we also did holiday PJ's one night. My hubby and I had fleece onesies, and we were burning up so it was quick pictures and then wardrobe change!
We also got to see Footloose at the Joy Theatre. Our favorite spot to hang out is at The Local (Deck 7). The food is complimentary, and you can sit on deck 7 and look down onto deck 6 where there is usually a gameshow, trivia, or dance party happening.
One person in the group, who will remain anonymous 😎, left us at The Local to go to bed. After about 30 minutes the group decided it was probably a good idea to make sure they made it to their room and sure enough they didn't. Everyone took a walk around the ship for a few minutes in search of this person, then decided to go back to The Local and what do you know, a few minutes later they stumbled back into The Local. There was laughing for a while about this situation.
Our family always has a great time with Norwegian. There are so many activities and unlimited drinks are usually one of the perks available when booking.
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