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NCL Pearl January 16th - 23rd   This was our first cruise aboard the Pearl and Norwegian. The Pearl has 16 dining options, 13 bars and lounges, a casino, bowling alley, spa, pools, and a fitness center. The pearl also features a rock wall on the back of the ship as well as two walking/running tracks. It also offers many entertainment options like Second City comedy troupe, Broadway style shows and Nintendo Wii on a 2-story screen just to name a few. We honestly did not do much on the cruise ship as none of it really was interesting to us. The one thing we did was see a show by Second City and I have to say that they were amazing! It was a different type of comedy then I was use to seeing. I would definitely recommend checking out Second City if you have the chance. We spend a lot of time outside at night relaxing on a nice big comfy chair watching the sun set. We also walked around and saw almost every part of the ship. We did eat dinner one night at La Cu...

Great Stirrup Cay The Bahamas January  22, 2010 Our fourth stop was at Norwegians private island in the Bahamas called Great Stirrup Cay. There was no shore excursions that really interested us at this stop so we choose to just hang out on the beach and enjoy the nice surroundings.  Joh

St. Thomas, USVI NCL Pearl January 20, 2010 The third stop on our cruise was to St. Thomas, USVI. Our shore excursion was the Castaway Girl Barefoot Sail & Snorkel. When we got into St. Tomas we docked and were able to get off the ship at our leisure. We of course were one of the first groups of people off the ship and were able to walk up and down the dock to take in the views around us. We had a more difficult time finding where we were suppose to go because nobody had signs that showed our tour name. After searching for a few minutes we were able to find a girl with the tour company who took our tickets and told us where to meet the crew of the Castaway Girl.   Views of St. Thomas from the dock. After waiting on the dock for awhile we started to see more people that were taking the trip with us and eventually we saw our boat coming into the harbor.   Castaway Girl II We were met by one of the crew men named Tim who showed us to the boa...

Tortola, British Virgin Island NCL Pearl January  19, 2010 Our second stop was to Tortola, British Virgin Island. For our shore excursion we did the Virgin Gorda Baths & Snorkel. When we docked in Tortola we were able to get off the ship whenever we wanted. You just had to be at the meeting place on your ticket by a certain time. We were again one of the first groups of people off the ship and onto the dock. Once we were there we just walked down the dock and found the boat we needed to get on. Once on the boat the crew walked around and asked our shoe size to give us snorkeling equipment. When everyone was on the boat and ready to do we set off for Virgin Gorda which was about a 15 minute ride.   Me on the boat before we left Tortola, BVI It was quite a nice boat ride out to Virgin Gorda as we passed the other BVI islands and tons of other boats. Once we got to Virgin Gorda the crew gave us some instructions then let us jump into the water to start sno...

Samana, Dominican Republic Abroad NCL Pearl January 18th This was part of our honeymoon trip in January. We didn't specifically go to Samana, but we were right across the waterway from it so I will be writing about Cayo Levenado. Samana was our first stop of four abroad the NCL Pearl. We choose to do this shore excursion mostly due to the fact that Samana is very undeveloped and didn't have much that interested us. Our day started off with us waiting for our group to be called so we could tender directly off the cruise ship to smaller boats to take us to the island. I thought the wait was going to be longer but it turned out to go much faster then I thought. When we got to the boat to tender there were two men helping people into the boats and then off we were!   Cayo Levantado from boats When you first arrive on the island you are greeted by some people who give you a map of the island. Then you walk along the path through the little "shopping...