Can you send me Mouna Cranes email address. We will be on the Dream Dec 3rd, and I have a special request to send her.

Thanks

I was just on the Freedom with you, and was quite upset that they MJ tribute was during first seating of dinner. It was listed as ending at 8:15, which is about the time we got out of dinner, so we missed it entirely. I wish I’d known it was going until 8:30! Glad it was so much fun. As strange as he was, he affected a lot of people, including myself, through his music.

Also, my boyfriend and I had a blast at Dunn’s River Falls (other than getting coerced into renting water shoes when our tevas would have been fine) and the Bobsled. I recommend them to anyone!!

April

Don’t take offense at this comment, mon, but I think the Dunn’s River Falls is tremendously overrated.

I remember our very first cruise on that magnificent (now defunct) new ship, the Smokefree Paradise – it’s beautiful hull decorated with the universal no smoking allowed symbol.

Anyway, we wanted an eastern itinerary, but our schedule only allowed us to book the western (the little one was in Europe at the time – yes, we sent our daughter overseas and left the country). Looking at the stops, we decided to take the Rum Party boat excursion to Dunn’s River Falls.

I still remember the description – the magnificent, 600 foot Dunn’s River Falls. I had visions of a smaller version of Angel’s Falls in Venezuela.

What we discovered was a mountain stream – yes, that is what Dunn’s River Falls is, a mountain stream. I can show you a dozen such “falls” in the State of Vermont alone, and I am sure that there are thousands in the Rockies.

I will admit that the interaction of the fresh water with the salt water was quite fascinating – there had been a pretty good shower the night before, so the effect was a little exaggerated, but impressive nonetheless.

I also hope that you warn the passengers about the climb up the stream and that a path is available that allows access at various points – the Mrs. & I got out of the conga line and partook of the path instead. Just as interesting and much less stressful. We had a woman on our cruise who was part of the conga line and having trouble keeping up – she was pulled along, fell and suffered a concussion, so this tour is not for everyone.

I do have to say kudos to the crew of the Rum Party boat that took us to the Falls and back – very entertaining and doing everything they could to make tips. One young man in particular flirted with the Mrs. the whole way over and back – he earned a few dollars in tips from the Mrs. (and myself – I enjoyed his shenanigans).

I do enjoy the port – we walk over to the shopping center and go to Margaritaville. A simple, forceful “No, thank you” is always enough to get those individuals who approach you to leave you alone.

Still, I do think that Dunn’s River Falls is overrated – give me Quechee Gorge any day.

JustJon

There were vans all day long to take you to Mystic Mountain and back. Once you arrive, you have to take the skylift (sky explorer) to get to the top (about a 15 minute gorgeous view trip). Once on top, there is a swimming pool with a slide about 3 stories high (free but not much room to sit or put your things down). There is a restaurant on the 2nd floor (but if you can’t climb they will serve you downstairs under the canopy). Then you can choose to do either the bobsledding (we did it and it was sooooooo much fun) or go ziplining (my girls did it and loved it). There is also a gift shop and a small outdoor museum.

Smile on your way up because they will take a picture of you and they try to sell it to you (the same with the bobseld ride).

Overall, I would recommend this to all. The view is absolutely breathtaking and well worth it.

I was glad when they built the new pier, and no longer had to dock at that dirty aluminum factory.