Carnival Panorama Day #4

This morning we woke up docked in Mazatlan!  We decided to book tickets on the Hop On/Hop Off bus to see the sights of the city.

Our first stop was to see the cliff divers jump into that tiny stretch of water tucked between the 2 rock formations.

 Pretty cool to watch, but we were annoyed by how much they hounded us for tips.  Back on the bus to the downtown district.

 We walked a few blocks around the downtown to see the Catholic Church,

town square,

 food markets

 and fruit stands.

 Then back on the bus for our last stop to the Golden Zone district.  We got tacos and Pacificos at Lucky Bastard's

 and Mexican pastries at the local bakery.

On the bus ride back to the boat, we drove along the Malycon which runs for miles along the water.

 We had some fun views from the top of the double decker bus.

As the sun set, we sailed out of Mazatlan and got ready to celebrate New Year's Eve. 

 We met up at Pig and Anchor to visit our favorite group of bartenders

 and waited for our dinner table to be ready.

 We had a special dinner menu

 and special accessories left in our room to celebrate the night.

We spent some time back in the Piano Bar and then

rang in the New Year with Cruise Director Emma and the majority of the ship!

Carnival Panorama Day #3

This morning we arrived in gorgeous Cabo San Lucas!

The weather was perfect and we spent some time on the deck enjoying the sunshine while we waited to take the water taxi to the harbor.

The water taxis picked us up and we got a pretty cool view of our ship from sea.

After a quick taxi ride, we arrived at The Office to put our name in for a traditional Mexican lunch.

While we waited, we met up with the Mascardo's who were vacationing here too.

 It was a quick visit, but fun for the girls to play in the water and soak up the sun

 with our ship in the distance!

Lunch at The Office was so fun and so good!  Fresh chips and guacamole,

 ice cold Coronas,

 fresh tortillas

and the best entrees while sitting with our feet in the sand!  

We did a little shopping too before making our way back to the boat.

In the evening we went to dinner and then the show in the Liquid Lounge 

and checked out the deck party.

Carnival Panorama Day #2

Day 2 was spent at the breakfast buffet, working out at the fitness center, and soaking in lots of sunshine on the Serenity deck!  It didn't take long for the girls to relax and get used to this!

 Each evening we came to our room to get cleaned up for dinner, we had a different towel animal in our rooms.

Tonight's dinner was one of 2 formal nights so fun to get a little dressed up!

I love my crew!

Tonight's evening entertainment was a few drinks and a lot of singing

at the Piano Bar with Piano Dude Gregg.  We put in a few suggestions and had fun singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody and Sweet Caroline!

Carnival Panorama Day #1

This afternoon we drove to the Long Beach Cruise Terminal 

 and boarded the brand new Carnival Panorama for week long cruise to the Mexican Riviera!

We spent the afternoon exploring the many beautiful

features of the ship,

got ourselves a few drinks as we set sail

 and watched the sunset as we left port.

 We joined in on the deck party,

found our favorite sports bar Pig and Anchor and had our first dinner at the Vista Restaurant.  It's going to be a fun week!