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I had them hidden in our guest room, where my sister was staying, and they were in target bags, and she had her crap in target bags and they just got mixed up. Totally unintentional, as she thought she was cleaning up her garbage.

I’m kind of hoping for the fanny pack, I can’t remember how many years ago the duffle bag they gave us was, so I’d like to try and shoot for the matching set! LOL. I thought I saw it was part of a series with a tote and toiletry bag? Yes, please retire those useless koozies! I saw some guy on a video made a vest out of them, wonder if it floats 🤣

In case anyone wants an update…. finally! They cancelled the lost gift cards and my points were refunded and I could re-order the cards and just got the replacements in the mail. Whew! Just in tme for the cruise!

Oh! I just thought of another incident - because Cozumel, right? The first cruise my husband and I took post babies/first trip without kids we got so hammered at an AI that we left all our souvenirs behind at the resort. I mean, who hasn’t done that in Coz? Now, if we have time after our activities, we stop to shop, otherwise we just move along LOL. Don’t want to be the pier runners again like that one year….

That red sundress is adorable! Where’d you find it?

And you’re still married! Oh my gosh!

Yeah, that’s on my list first thing tomorrow if open or Monday. Fingers crossed they can track them. They are second party so I may be out of luck. Just dumb!

So…my kids were helping me clean house for Thanksgiving earlier this week and I think they threw $400 in Carnival gift cards in the garbage. Yep. In the garbage that got picked up on Tuesday. It’s making me just sick! I’m having flashbacks to the year my sister came to visit for Christmas and thought the plastic bags in the corner of the guest room was garbage and threw away all my husband’s gifts for that year. Here’s to hoping this is the only mishap! First world problems, not the worst thing to happen so we’ll live, but has this ever happened to you?

I have a 15yo g & 17yo b…we have always booked one cabin for all for of us, focus is family vacation since we know times are changing and they are growing up and we will only have so many family trips left of our core unit. Here’s our takeaways from what they told us after our last cruise (they’ve only done carnival): -This cruise was way more fun than the others when we were younger -more independence, we let them pal around together and our older son was happy to keep his younger sister safe (but they get along really well and are close) -we didn’t force them to go to the camps for teens -bored of the ship (did this one more than once) -favorite part was visiting the ports and doing the AIs at the beaches -never do spring break again it was awful -they actually enjoyed the time we spent playing yahtzee and eating evening dinners as a family -they thought that bringing a 12 pack of their favorite soda was awesome and didn’t even care about the bottomless bubbles packages -they loved that we got them each a $100 gift card (using points elsewhere) for carnival to spend as they chose on what they wanted without having to check in. anything above was their expense -since they’ve been traveling since they were little they kind of know the drill and don’t make it a huge deal if a curveball gets thrown our way. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. So, this upcoming cruise the main goal was to do a completely different kind of ship on Carnival. I don’t think the line you choose matters as much as how your kids handle travel in general. They are all pretty similar with activities and food, because that is what works and what sells.

*sing it with me now* Anticipation. That’s what they should have named her because that’s all I feel. I love the digging and the research and the filling of the brain with knowledge of all the things for a Vacation. I’m being forced to learn the virtue of the great unknown. The patience, anxiously awaiting her arrival after sea trials - and awaiting the first sail review. A post-trip overview perhaps….or a Live From the Jubilee - better yet! I feel guilty for even hoping someone will do me the favor of spilling the tea since I, myself, have never had the courage to write one. Although I’ve wanted to with the best of intentions. Alas. No FunTimes to dive into in advance. No idea if the Jubilee is using the same old menu or the combo old and new…or could it possibly be a brand new Emeril flavored dining extravaganza? No Dive-In movie announcements yet. Exciting new roller coaster and cooking classes…new cocktails to explore. I can hardly take the unknowing of it all! I suppose I could scroll through Mardi Gras posts or Celebration menus but would it even compare or be the same? They are promising this to be a ship and experience like none of the others. It’s a bit like being lost at sea…but at least what I do know is I will get to board the Anticipation, I mean Jubilee, soon and that will have to be enough knowing for now. How about you fellow Jubilee-ers?

Thank you! I should have asked in the original and will edit - is it slot, tab or dauber sheets? I’ll bring a dauber if so. It’s fun most of the time, it depends on whether you ever win or not HAHA! J/K. I have fun. I like the traditional bingo with the paper packets and daubers. A lot of people where I go use the machines and I think those are boring, you just punch in the call. It’s been years since I tried on a ship and it went so fast I don’t really remember it or what was used to play.

Hi, I did a search but the function hasn’t been working today. What is the current price for the bingo sessions? It’s been a while since I’ve played on the ship and back then it was $25. Thank you!

Did you hang out at Alchemy? Do you know who the bartenders were and if they are still on contract? Just wondering…

@DreadPirateRobert did you go to the Alchemy at all? Curious if it was super busy and who the bartenders are right now.

OP didn’t really say what the food allergies are, so it is kind of difficult to make suggestions based on anything - whatever kid friendly is. That should be clarified for real suggestions. Kid friendly to me sounds like junk food - run of the mill processed food like mac and cheese and nuggets, fries, pizza - which is usually full of gluten and oils that are allergens. There’s plenty of that on the ships. The salad bar is decent, so they must not like vegetables, and there is a ton of fruit, so they must not like that either. If there were really big concerns, the maitre d or the menus offer up alternatives, they make it super clear you can ask for it. That being said, we don’t have food allergies so our kids were raised just eating the meals I would cook, and still even as teens prefer veggies and fruits. Kids are products of their environment unless there are real medical issues/allergies and sensitivities involved. We’ve never had problems with the kids eating or finding SOMETHING on a cruise.

Thank you!!

Do you have any pics of the food/drink menus? We haven’t been there for 7-8 years, and wondering about their current food and prices vs buying the meal package. Thank you!

Good news for all the FunTimes peeps!

I forgot about the topless deck…the little sign blocking it off and off to the funnel they would go, 16 year old boys trying to sneak a peek LOL

Yes, a little bit back I posted some pics of the Carnival Capers back when my parents went on a cruise in 1978. I didn’t post all the pages, but I remember my dad telling me about some contest where you would dress up in your wife’s pajamas.

Let’s be honest…don’t we all miss coming back to the cabin after evening turndown to take a moment and enjoy our newly delivered Carnival Capers (before it was the Fun Times) bathroom reading material?

If looking back to when I first started cruising, late 90’s, things no longer that I remember, but were fun and just a nice touch: -mints or chocolates on pillows every night at evening turndown -first night would also leave a brand new deck of Carnival playing cards, notepad, pen -bar snacks at all the bars and half price happy hours of a specific drink of the day -late night snacks/mini buffet on the plaza at midnight, grand gala buffet -sample baskets in the bathrooms of toiletry items -actual steel drum band on the lido -live house orchestra/band pit for the main theater stage shows -the ports were much different, way less built up and contained by the cruiselines themselves, more rustic if that makes sense -super cheap morning bloody mary’s -and call me crazy - I miss gazpacho! LOL I know I’m forgetting something. It seems like every time we cruise, I tell my husband I miss something or they used to do this, etc…

Do you eat mostly in the dining room for evening dinner, or do you ever do the buffet instead? I am really curious to know what is all served the same there as in the DR. We’ve only eaten buffet for dinner one time in all our cruises, to change it up with the kids. I am considering skipping main dining room this cruise, just to try it, with the exception of lobster night. I’ve never seen a post or blog dedicated to showing the complete evening buffet offerings!

Oh! Good to know. Yeah, gotta have the sauce, it’s required LOL.

Random question: Does anyone know if that stuffed tomato dish from the dining room is also served at the buffet for the evening meal? It’s been a few years and we rarely eat at the buffet for dinner, so I am not entirely sure if anything gets pulled over that are the same. It’s one of my favorites. With teenagers now, I have a feeling we will be changing a few things up and have a more flexible schedule!