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Wow, Cruisin-K, you've had some real adventures in the MDR huh!

 

Basically your choice of desserts was pie (which they walk around with and cut you a slice) that had no flavor and was super dry, or the standby CMC. They sometimes had special desserts but again, they'd bring a whole something for the table or cut you a slice right in front of you which felt odd to me.

Ugh... Carnival desserts... definitely not a high point. The filling in their pies and cheesecakes taste like pure sugar in colored gelatinous form.

Do you know if you can still get the Indian veggie food if the ship has changed to the American Table??

I often order that if I don't find anything interesting that night.

Yep - that option was on the AT menu every night on the Liberty back in October. I never tried it, but I should have!

They won't have formal night on the last sea day because that is usually the night before disembarkation. :rolleyes:

 

OP, the formal nights should be Monday and Friday. That is the usual set up for 7 night sailings.

Ah, sorry. Was going off my experience on the Liberty in October; 2nd formal night was the last Sea Day and also the day before disembarkation. Is that not the norm?

I believe that the most current American Table menus have the options to order a few of the Steakhouse options at an upcharge. I am not sure that the menu's on Zydeco's site are as up-to-date for the American Table.

Yep you sure can. The options, IIRC, are filet mignon, lobster tail (larger than the standard one you get on formal night in the MDR), and porkchop.

Great review so far! And.... your son is going to UB?!? Class of '09 right here! Lived in Western New York the first 23 years of my life.

Should be 2 formal nights (probably the first and last Sea Day).

I just wanted to chime in and say that it is very possible that kids turned your door hanger over to snooze. For some reason, the little pranksters think this is funny.

My wife and I mentioned this exact thing when we were on Liberty a few months ago!!!

Even worse would be Snoozin' --> Cruisin' :eek:

They will use the cheapest way to give free water maybe a sale on water at Walmart or will use their discolored tap water as bottled water

LOL! Or, they'll be hitting up Costco. Hard to beat their prices for the 40-pack of H2O.

I got the Cheers! package at the Red Frog Rum Bar on the Lido deck when we sailed on the Liberty a few months back. That bar was usually not too busy, unless there was some kind of event happening on the Lido.

I am Gold. Wow what a wonderful idea Carnival has come up with for their loyal cruisers-- a free bottle of water ! I am going to call my PVP right now so I don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity, NOT !

Hey, water's important! :D

Is there a way to know who your CD will be in advance? If so, how do you look that up and how far in advance can you see? I will be on Dream leaving April 5.

yep - John Heald posts the schedule on his blog, and updates it every so often. However, the most recent one I could find only goes through the end of this month: http://johnhealdsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CD-Schedule-UPDATED-8-6-141.pdf

EDIT: Whoops, it does indeed go through February as serene56 stated, the PDF has two pages :P

You can use either the casino cashier or guest services for breaking bills, whichever line is shorter. Just have a few with you if you use transport from the airport to the pier or utilize the porters instead of carry on when you embark the ship.

Yet another option for converting larger bills to smaller ones is the Sail & Sign kiosk, usually located near guest services.

Do drinks over the $10 limit that we get with the 25%, and bottles of wine get included in the 15 limit?

 

If I were to get close to the limit for the day, could I go ahead and buy a bottle of wine? Which brings up another question, where CAN I buy a bottle of wine? Is it only at the MDR? Can I take it back to the room?

I know on ships that have the candy store near the Fun Shops (called Cherry on Top!), you can order a bottle of wine and have it waiting in your cabin when - or shortly after - you arrive on the first day. Similar to the Bon Voyage for the hard liquor.

This is minor stuff, but since the question was asked...

 

• Better room service menu
  
• More food options between 3:30 and 5:30 PM
  
• Guest lecturers to feed my mind
  
• Better casino odds
  
• More single tax waivers!
  
• More organized, and possibly supervised, activities for singles
  
• More non-standard cruise lengths
  
• Different ports (sometimes)
  
• Longer stays in port
  
• Better Internet access and speeds, preferably for free
  

Wow! Minor indeed! :D

I liked the TV Theme Song trivia on the Liberty - they would play a short snippet of a theme song and you'd have to guess which TV show it's from.

Check this thread out for some ideas:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2018339

John Wayne, huh :)

I typically cruise on RCI or NCL and once on Princess. I have never sailed on Carnival due to my perception of Carnival. All this talk of binge drinking prompted me to ask this question. I have been under the impression that Carnival is a "party" cruise line with a lot of young drunken people. Is this the case? Have folks who have actually sailed on Carnival and RCI seen any difference in behavior between Carnival and the other cruise lines?

I think Carnival can definitely have that atmosphere (especially on March-April sailings when colleges are out for spring break!), but when the wife and I were on the Carnival Liberty in October, I did not encounter any young drunken people. There were probably more kids ages 4-14 on the ship than there were twenty-somethnings. I'd estimate the average age on that sailing was close to 40 :eek:

The wife and I were on the Liberty 10/18 - 10/25, cabin was all the way aft on deck 6, we didn't notice any unusual vibration at all. Maybe a little when the ship was pushing off from the docks? But that's it.