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ladyjade3

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    FL
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    Swing dancing, photography
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    Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Caribbean

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  1. Oh for oceanview seating at a bar on Ascent you definitely want the Sunset Bar in the back. No question.
  2. Our next cruise makes these 3 stops and we want one really great snorkel experience for our sons, 12 and 13. They are good swimmers, my husband not so much. We want to know where has the best fish, most colorful reefs, best tours, etc. And would you go through the cruise line (Carnival) or would you do an independent thing? What's your advice? The cruise is in September.
  3. I'm referring to the little coffee shop by the grand plaza (the atrium) and the pastries are FREE FREE FREE. The raspberry cheesecake was a religious experience proving that God wants us all to be happy. So LIGHT and not too sweet. Just perfect in every way.
  4. Top 10 highlights from me: 10. The free charm necklace from Effy 9. Chateaubriand 8. Plunge pools and champagne glass hot tubs 7. Jorge at the Oceanside Cafe 6. Raspberry cheesecake at the bistro 5. The service/staff 4. the buffet in general 3. the croissants in the buffet 2. The theater show "Awaken" 1. The jogging track I'll expound in my full review which I will post soon. Will also add top negatives. Overall, this was the best cruise of my life. Too many awesome things to name them all.
  5. I've heard that, but that has to be an afterthought. You could get people in a tender with a LOT less engineering than this...
  6. I never noticed the magic carpet being heavily trafficked or noisy. Kinda wondered what the point of it is. I imagine a Celebrity board room where some creative type has a cool idea to have an elevator-bar that goes up and down the side of the ship, serving drinks and picking up and dropping off people with a killer view of the ocean, up and down, up and down all day. nnnn-tssss nnnn-tssss nnnn-tssss. A BAR, but also an ELEVATOR. Can't ever have too many of either, right? It probably got greenlit originally this way by the execs. Then the lawyers got involved. And then maybe also the suits that regulate bars and alcohol. One by one they took away each little cool aspect of it piece by piece until we're left with a hugely expensive, over-engineered orange monstrosity that hangs out over the ocean but doesn't really do much for anyone other than need to be cleared out whenever you happen to want to hang out there so it can go from exactly one upper floor (14) to exactly one lower floor (5) and vice versa. I tried to order a martini there and they didn't even have martini glasses. And I am NOT paying for a martini in any other geometric shape than a triangle. It's just not the same. Not when you have bartenders in the Grand Plaza that do fancy flippy tricks when they make martinis.... Anyway. I don't have any insider knowledge. I don't want to start any rumors about the Magic Carpet. That's just what occured to me as I investigated this thing trying to figure the whole thing out. It's cute, but kind of pointless. No, its not going to be noisy. Like, ever.
  7. Loved our cabin right under the magic carpet 12184. Obstructed view from it but we could watch it move and that was fun. IMG_8094.mov
  8. Getting off the boat for us was super easy. That show Awaken last night was mind blowing! We loved it! Don't look for a plot. Its not a play. It's Cirque du Soleil with state of the art technology. I walked out of Shimmerbox which was standing room only and good cabaret style dancing and tricks. Went to the end of Funkified . We liked that show better and there was plenty of seating.
  9. What they should do to improve it is let people order from 2 or 3 choices, pass out headphones and let the animation be more customized to individuals and different dishes. We don't eat seafood and to switch the cod to chicken pasta just kind of messed up the flow of the experience. Why do you even ask about allergies or substitutions? You should get the menu in advance and be warned that if this menu isn't to your liking, the experience will be off. It needs an overhaul.
  10. I suspected as much! They almost got me with an emerald. Glad I passed on it. An emerald that size and clarity should not be $280... Agree. This lunch buffet was spectacular!!!
  11. We did Le Petit Chef night 2. Im giving it 2 stars. Not recommended. Takes 2 hours to get through. Food is good but its not better than in the restaurants. The animation show is cute but you have to wait for everyone in the whole seating to start and then move on to the next course. That's why it takes 2 hours. It would be good for kids but for that. It is a lot of sitting and waiting with nothing going on. My favorite feature of the ship is the jogging track. It goes in a figure 8 around the top of the ship with an incline up to deck 16 and then back to 15. I'm currently sitting in Eden watching the dancers rehearse for Shimmerbox. It's going to be an awesome show I can tell. Not to be missed!
  12. Yay! I'm on this cruise tomorrow too! My 13 year old still doesn't know! We're surprising him on the way to the port. We told him we're going caving (true) but he doesn't know that it's a shore excursion.... heee heee! We're in a concierge class verandah with obstructed view from the magic carpet. I actually thought it might be cool to see that from the underside etc. Will let you know.
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