Concert and a relaxing vacation

Just wanted to share some pics from my recent vacation. We started the weekend in Vegas, our casino host hooked us up with some fantastic tickets to a private balcony for a concert of my favorite band Garbage. They are celebrating their 20 year tour and I was so excited to see them.

The Garbage concert was hosted at the Cosmo Boulevard Pool area, with a full house crowd. Our view was spectacular!

Shirley Manson on stage

They sounded amazing and the crowd was really enjoying the music.

It was a great concert and we stayed up all night and had an early flight out the next morning on our private charter to Florida where we spent the next 8 days aboard the Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas cruise ship. It's a fairly large ship at over 4000 passengers, and used to be the worlds largest ship until the Oasis class was built. Here's a few pics from the cruise.

We made a stop in St. Maartin and had a fun time at the Kon Tiki Beach Club at Orient Beach. It was so awesome that MGM/Mandalay Bay provided us with all the beach activities like jet skiing, parasailing, windsurfing, and kayaking. Great drinks and food too while we sat in our lounge chairs. Weather was beautiful.

Back in our stateroom, we found some critters that would sneak into our room

Next stop was in St. Kitts. We were invited to the Marriot Royal Beach Casino. This was a nice property and reminded me of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Grabbed a pina colada and headed for our cabana.

Weather was nice but hot.

Back in our room, more treats from our hosts at MGM/Mandalay Bay. Nice touch!

In the main dining room, the food was pretty good. And our server brought me some pistachio ice cream!

Another critter in my room hanging around.

Our casino hosts goofing around, not sure why the costumes because it's not Halloween yet, but was pretty funny!

Ice and fruit carvings from the dining staff at Windjammer buffet.

The sushi area with some cute decorations.

Regards,
ED-209

I just missed Garbage in Houston.

By: JerryW : October 28th, 2015-19:58

Had a conflict and could not attend. I heard it was a great show. Hope you enjoyed it. JerryW

Their 20 year tour

By: ED209 : October 29th, 2015-07:42

Hi JerryW, it was a fantastic show. Garbage was playing at the Greek Theater here in Los Angeles a few days prior to the Vegas show and unfortunately I missed them here. But it worked out well for us because of the awesome seats we got in Vegas. Shirley's...

Looks like you got the VIP treatment!

By: DRMW : October 28th, 2015-23:27

Beach areas looks really nice. How was the food on the cruise? -MW

The food was excellent

By: ED209 : October 29th, 2015-07:58

Hi DRMW, have you tried cruising? It's much better than I expected. This is our 3rd one in the past year and overall it's a fun experience. IMO the cruise ship food was excellent everywhere. Daily main dining had a lot of choices, the buffet had a good se...

Hungry now...I Iove cruises too.

By: Clueless_Collector : October 29th, 2015-11:37

So far on my 6th, about one per year and bought a future one, some voucher to be used within next 7 years. These huge ships are a marvel, amazing how they managed. I like to try smaller European river cruise next. At St Maartin, the Sunset beach is very f...

Which cruises?

By: ED209 : October 29th, 2015-19:25

Hi Raymond, Very cool, which is your next destination for your cruise? I've only been on Royal Caribbean ships (Allure last year, Quantum in March, Independence on this one) only because of the invites we get from MGM. They really take great care of us an...

I have been with 2 cruise companies...

By: Clueless_Collector : October 29th, 2015-19:47

First Holland America to Alaska and Mexico. Now I switch to Norwegian and been to their Europe (Spirit), Bahamas (Sky), Alaska (Pearl) and Carribiean (Getaway) cruises. It's better to stick to one so your membership rewards add up. Holland America is very...

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