Darwal

4 hours ago, jdemps said:

I have read if you use the HUB app for YTD, you just arrive when the app tells you to.  No need to go get paper from a different deck.  We will be on Sunrise on 2/22 so I will report back on my trip.  

This is correct, we used the HUB app to sign in for YTD.  Then we just sat where ever we were comfortable and about 5-10 min later got the notice to head to the dining room.  No need to go to Bonsai on deck 5 and check-in.

81 days to Pride

159 days to Sunrise

We sail with 4 people to a room and love having a balcony.  We think it makes the room feel bigger and being able to go sit and relax in your own privacy is wonderful.  I don’t think I would upgrade for $500 though, that seems a bit steep.

Just off the Sunrise on Thursday.  what room #’s are you looking at, that would help us to help you.

We just got back on Thursday as well.  Overall great staff and food, no real complaints.  We have another Sunrise cruise booked for next summer. 

If you like omelets for breakfast then you will like that they about 4 stations open in the morning.  The least busy being in the cucina and seafood shack.  What I loved was that you could also get other fixings with you omelet on the side, I dont remember this being offered on my other cruises.

I felt our cabin was on the warmer side but it didn’t impact anything overall.

The layout is a little funky with having a restaurant midship and having the mid elevators tucked behind the casino, but after a couples days we got used to the layout and were fine.

We loved the stadium style seating on lido, was perfect for watching movies.  

Everyone’s tastes are different, I would recommend giving it a chance, after all, you’re still cruising.

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Fishbowls are not pre-mixed in a jug or watered down.  We had several on our last cruise and the only thing in the jug was the sour mix, like a typical bar.  The bartender loaded up a shaker with ice and alcohol and then put the sour mix in.  very strong and excellent.  For roughly $20 I feel its a good deal, even more so when it’s on special!

15 minutes ago, shof515 said:

 

the best part of a journey cruise is some of the additional activities they bring back 

I will hijack my own thread...

I was looking at the other activities they offer but the info was fairly vague.  Do you recall a couple specific additions that you enjoyed?

10 minutes ago, jbethel11 said:

@idraconis Kids in NY get out of schools much later than kids in LI, by at least two weeks.

Looks like most NY public schools get out around June 26th.  We would be going on the 15th sailing as my kids get out on 12th.  

Looking for thoughts on doing a 9 day Journey cruise out of NY on the Sunrise early June 2020.  I sailed out of NY on the Splendor and did not have any issues with crowds or overwhelming rudeness.  That being said I have never done a journey cruise and wondering if the crowds are different between journey vs shorter cruises out of NY.  Is the crowd usually older, less kids, etc?  Anything I should be aware of with such a cruise?

3 hours ago, njhorseman said:

The hotels the posts are discussing, Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn, both in Ridgefield Park, NJ, have cruise packages that include round trip transportation to the Manhattan terminal, so none of the posters would have paid anything additional to get to and from the cruise pier. The service would have been provided by whomever the hotels have contracted with to provide the transportation.

Great, thank you very much for the info.

What did you all use for a ride service, Uber, taxi, other and may I ask about what you paid to and from the Manhattan terminal?

Thanks!

On 9/12/2019 at 2:32 PM, ober134 said:

 They are not a souvenir glass.

Actually you can choose between a souvenir and non-souvenir glass.  We got the souvenir glass which is why I was asking if I could bring mine on my next cruise.

Great review, love your outlook, thank you for taking the time to write the review.  Did I miss the ‘more later’ part about the Eric Clapton guitar?

On 9/13/2019 at 4:58 PM, tattoos said:

When I sailed on the Magic in May, I ordered a fish bowl drink at the Red Frog Pub and the bartender gave me two prices, one without the souvenir glass and one with the souvenir glass.  I purchased the drink in a plain fishbowl.  It is filled to the brim with ice and the fishbowl is 90% ice, 10% fruit juice and 5% alcohol (if that). They were terrible and a gimmicky promotion by Carnival.  Don't waste your money.

Maybe it was because we tipped the bartender ( Karen on Pride is awesome) but there was plenty of alcohol and juice.  We felt it was well worth the money, to each their own, right.

10 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

Is there a special drink that comes in it or can you choose?

you can choose any of the non-frozen mixed drinks that are offered in the red frog pub.  The red frog pub, not the bar, is the only place that fills it. 

Loved the review.  We were just on July 28 Pride cruise.  Great to see Karen from the Red Frog in the background, Anthony aka Lord Bingo and Fluffy (what up, Fluff?)

To clarify, I bought the souvenir one with the logo which I used everyday and took home.  If I go on another cruise could I still use that same one instead of getting a new one? 

Quick question, if you purchase the fishbowl in the red frog pub, can you then use it on any ship that also has the pub or do they make you buy a new one?

Love everything about the Pride, it’s our favorite, we just cruised her end July.  In Feb it had a refurb, so it’s nice and clean, fresh paint, carpets, etc.  

I found the lido buffet to be very good with many choices, but my go-to is always the Blue Iguana.  

Honestly my only complete is the yellow twisty slide, it’s painfully slow, sometimes you have to push yourself....but if that’s the only Con then it’s not much.

I would not jump at sailing the Splendor again unless they changed the colors/lights in the theater.  Not idea why but every time I sat in the theater I would get dizzy and sick after just a few minutes.  Never happened on any other ship so I’m guessing it was something with the decor.  I enjoyed the rest of the ship though. 

thanks for the responses, much appreciated

Trying to decide between 4J interior with window on deck 10 or 6M deluxe ocean view on deck 1.  2 people and price is basically identical.  Looking for what others may choose in this situation, suggestion?

45 minutes ago, ed01106 said:

Hopefully they don’t read cruise critic.

 

A friend of mine’s Disney surprise wasn’t a surprise because her 12 yo son was an avid reader of a Disney board.

haha, lucky for me they are not on here 😁

Thanks everyone for the input.  I called and took the offer.  I did not ask the other 3 as I want to surprise them....hopefully they will be happy 😁

Now to hide the luggage tags until we are about to board.  Luckily I handle all the boarding passes so they will not notice the cabin change.