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Hunter69

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    Newcastle
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    cruising, fitness
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    Carnival, RCL & Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Carnival

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  1. I also are not to fussed on Carnivals obsession on CD's. At least the New CD's where the real stand-outs in the Fun-Squads in The Past. Aka:Checky Charlie. Hopefully she and the new ones don't get to obsessed with hearing there owe voice over The PA system's Telling us what's happening & whats coming up every 2 hours. Like we cant read The FUNTIMES or use The Carnival APP.
  2. You, Have to go to The Punchliner Comedy club. Easily the best entertainment at night on-board. Some of the comedians have played in main showrooms on other ships. Also drop by Piano bar very nice way to end night with a cocktail from Alchemy next door to it.
  3. OK, it's no where as good a layout as Spirit, hard to get around as mentioned about going Up & down to get to MDR's. There's the Gold pearl with the set time dining 5:30 & 7:45. Its to the aft of the ship on decks 3 & 4. You also have Breakfast & brunch here. For these you use the Carnival App to book a Table for how many in your party or you can ask for a shared. It gives you a wait time & tells you when your table is read with the table number. There's also The Black Pearl Mid-Ship on the same decks, it's a Nightly anytime dining option. You use the app to get your table the same as mentioned above.. Ok both have Guys burgers, the Deli & Normal Buffet. But The Splendor has Mongolian Wok (Chinese Noodles) & Masala Tiger (Indian), but doesn't have The Mexican Cantina.. Theres just as many popular bars like The Red Frog, The Piano Bar & of Course The Punchliner Comedy Club.. There are a few hidden quite spots, deck 6 & 7 forward out the front of the ship, plus my favourite Deck 12 forward to the sides, theres a hidden bar up there & a good spot to chill during the day. The quite inside areas would be the red frog pub, until 4 when it fully opens & there's a BBQ up on deck 10 just above the buffet with all the same options... Yes it has the same decor..
  4. OK, They will take your luggage to your new room, I have always with Carnival had a different room on a different deck, so I have tipped them $20. For each cruise you will have a different Sail & Sign card. Normally they ask if you want to get off & go do something & come back at boarding time & re-board as per usually.. Or they get you together at Attrium & have a few little snacks & drinks take a photo of B2B passengers; & then escort you off & reboard first back on..
  5. The Pizza is way better at Pizza Pirate. But the Hot Dogs, The buns dry out in The Bain Marie sitting there. so dry. Soup was Great..
  6. Yeah, We just got off last Friday, after 25 cruises & having a Covid addition to the family. We finally decided on Building a Bear. You book & when you get there you are allocated a number, (Plus a Heart) they call numbers & you go up & choose the type of Bear (Theres Dog ones, Bears ones even a Unicorn) there was 6 different ones. You then choose what you want to have as accessories. We choose a bright Tu Tu & some Thongs. The bear is $38. The accessories are $8 - $20, theres Bikinis, Sunglasses ETC. Then you go into a adjoining room & they fill it with stuffing & you put the heart in it. Then someone else sews up bear. Our little girl loved it. There where Teenagers, young hipsters & mainly families getting them. Have FUN...
  7. Also, I think Carnival has commited to having ships out of Brisbane for a while, they have just signed a 2 year sponsorship with the Brisbane Bullets NBL club. Carnival love there Basketball, of course Mickie Anson (Carnival Owner) is owner of the Miami Heat in the NBA. So expect Luminosa or another to be here for a while, as ARXCARDS said no upgrades for a while..
  8. The Only line that does round Australia. Plus your age demographic. Sounds like a Winner. Princess
  9. Done a few journeys cruises, extra comedians, extra shows. I liked the impresonators. Eg Elton John, Freddie Mercury, Rod Stewart ETC. We have the horse racing on our journey cruises here in Australia & on our Melbourne Cup cruise.. Yes it's great to getaway from everything for 2-3 weeks, no work, phone calls, house work. Only thing is The Bloody Diamonds, here in Australia we have approx 5 diamonds under the age of 60, getting around the ship to get to a show, trivia or a meal can be slow painful effort. side stepping around there scooters, or walkers.. But us Gen X need to be there as FOMO kicks in..
  10. Aussie cruisers are loving & paying for the Java Blue coffee shops which are on-board, Luminosa & Splendor. I have done 2 cruises since resumption here in Australia in October. I was asked most nights after dessert if I needed another drink of anysort. I declined. ps:The automatic coffee machine on Lido deck never have long lines, as most Australians do like the stuff from coffee shops AKA Jave Blue. Me Its no difference just a Caffiene Hit, so I get Lido deck as it's free..
  11. Yeah, you guys came all the way down to Coffs Harbour & passed Splendor, Hope the wonderful staff looked after you.. The only strange thing was your first destination was Lifou & you guys where 50Nm from Noumea, was suprised they didn't go in to the harbour at Noumea or go on to Lifou & the main island of New Caledonia would have protected you from the Cyclone, until it passed a couple days later. But better to be safe then sorry...
  12. They where trying to clean the Hull up at Bunderburg, for the whole day; as it is leaving for Nz on Monday.. they couldn't do it as the seas where to rough. They said since the last cleaning of the hull was 29 days before arriving in Nz they meet the Proticolles of having the hull clean within a month of arrival..At first port...
  13. Willisaway, those Luminosa deals are fantastic, I'm going on her in late Feb for 11 nights. $380 with $250 OBC & when you get a few free bags of laundry. incredible.. We are going to Santo (Carnival itself has only been there 3 times in last 8 years, P&O go there a lot) & Dravuni Island.. Yeah love the reviews from the ship. The only thing bad is THAT 12 Midday departure from Noumea. What can i do on these days, might go & spend a Hour at Duck is, at most.. Hope you enjoy your cruise..
  14. Did a B2B back in October with Carnival, we had a lot of people doing a B2B on our cruise. Got a letter half way through the cruise asking for me to show up, last sea day in the Comedy Club lounge, at a set time, with mask & practice safe distancing.. This was back when mask wearing was voluntary. When I got there, their was around 20 people in front of me, they called us over individually behind a screen & a doctor gave us a test to do in full view. I got delayed testing for 5 minutes as the doctor had found a positive test & called (Phoned) back those passengers to retest. It was a in your nose test. Just did the test & was told to go on my way & would be notified if I tested Positive only.. I found out the other couple had a false positive. I didn't get notified so was able to do next cruise..
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