Back from Palma de Mallorca. We decided to not take the City Express buses offered by Carnival. It was $16 round trip and took you to the downtown area with return service about every 20 minutes. Instead we walked outside the pier area and spotted a Hop On/Hop Off bus. We have often used these in cities we are visiting for a short time to get a lay of the land (or city in this case). It was $17 EU per person and a great choice. They had an open top deck and inside seating as well. It had 18 stops including many in the bustling downtown area. There are many cafes and tapas places that looked very good. Many of the stops had long lines to get back on the bus and you would have had to wait for a bus or two. We weren't really interested in getting off at any stops so took a full loop back to the port which was about 90 minutes.
We are now having lunch at Cucina de Capitano . Really delicous pasta cooked al dente. Vegetables cooked nicely and not overdone. I can confirm he reports of the noise from the basketball court above. It is ridiculous. I guess for lunch it isn't that bad but if you are paying $15 to eat dinner it is not acceptable to have the walls shaking around you. Poor planning.
One tidbit: The elevator situation is a bit nuts. Each elevator is controlled by its own button so that you need to press multiple buttons to get an elevator. And that causes a problem once you are in an elevator since you then tend to stop at every floor. Not sure what they were thinking when designing it this way.
The last night. At least for this cruise.we went to America Rocks. What a fun interactive show. Another example that shows the potential that the Liquid Lounge can offer.
Dinner tonight was very good. Sweet potato soup which had a strange hint of tomato but still tasty. Delicious Flatbread with BBQ chicken. Main was the pork chop with mashed potato. Moist and very flavorful.
Said our goodbyes to our waitstaff and our group since we all have different departure times tomorrow. Saw the last set of Ed in the Red Frog and shared a 101 ounce beer tower (Caribbean Wheat of course) with two others from our group. Good way to finish off the sailing. Wonderful cruise. I'll need a few more days to digest everything. We saw and did everything we wanted to. Will be interested to see what changes happen when Vista makes her way West on the transatlantic I could see myself easily booking a cruise on her from Miami.
We're off to Amsterdam tomorrow and will board the HAL Koningsdam on Sunday for a Norway cruise. So the adventures aren't quite done yet. I've enjoyed sharing our Vista adventures with you and I hope I have been helpful. Happy cruising everyone - on Vista and otherwise. Cheers!!
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