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11 minutes ago, monkeedee2 said:

I just read an article that says the April 26th cruise is still planned as scheduled soooo 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Someone who is on the 26 April cruise posted on FB that they have been emailed and told the cruise should go as planned.  Their next update will be sent on Thursday, which is after the poster will have arrived in Vancouver. The repair needs to be done at a dock. It can't be done while underway.  We were on either EN or GR years ago when it had some ongoing propulsion issues.  We stayed overnight in PC where they brought the parts in and did the repair right there.

1 minute ago, smokeybandit said:

Fortunately the timeline hasn't changed. They still plan to have everything cleared by the end of May.

Which I've told a few people on FB. There are posters on a couple of pages that are worried about their July and later cruises.   I really wish people would learn to google so they might at least have a bit of a clue.

On 4/7/2024 at 8:04 AM, shipgeeks said:

I'm just happy that Baltimore never has 3- and 4-night cruises!  Apart from that, I'm very pleased with the variety of itineraries, most of which are 9 and 12-ish nights.

Where exactly would they go for 3-4 nights?   Not a single foreign port would  work.

1 hour ago, cargopilot said:

But it is MUCH better than airline food.

Not necessarily.  We flew first class on United to TX and back last fall.  The food we had was very good. Breakfast on the way down and lunch on the way back.  

On 3/13/2023 at 1:50 PM, Blizzard54 said:

Sounds a bit like Atlantis does not want the competition.

Exactly.  Not sure why they'd be concerned with downtown business as Atlantis basically already killed most of it.

It's improved a lot since restart when supply issues were a major problem.  We just got off Vision and while, it has changed over the years, it's better than even 6 months ago.

7 minutes ago, Norwich Cruiser said:

They are the departing times from port.

That's what I said.

Depart, just like it says.  All aboard will be 30 min before departure time.

I have yet to find any alcohol free wine that is worth drinking.  The Fre ones suck.

22 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

On Adventure, the captain said 2028-2029 entry into service.

Captain on Vision said the same thing.  It apparently comes up at a lot of the Captain's Corners.

3 hours ago, Jimbo said:

What ever the count is reported, you have to know that there are many more cases onboard that are not reported. Some people just don't let the cruise line know because they don't want to be quarantined to their cabins.

Just ask anyone who has had Noro.  The reports are they don't feel like being away from their bed and bathroom for at least 24 hours.  So, they are quarantined by necessity. Most everyone has had Noro at least once in their life, more likely as a kid as it's extremely common in schools, but when I was growing up, it was just called a 24 hour stomach bug.

On the first leg of our Vision b2b (Apr 4),we met a couple in the Solarium.  The wife calmly stated her husband had had Noro and she would be driving them home when they got off the ship as he was still weak.  He was in the Solarium too.  We don't know if it was reported or what, but it's the only case we heard about either week. One person on our FB roll call reported a couple of family members with Covid. Overall, there seemed to be very little illness.  This is the first trip in a couple of years that I haven't come back with a bad cold(one time it was a sinus infection).  And, that's out of like 14 cruises (7 b2b's).

9 hours ago, Rewind said:

Our trip isn't quite over yet.  We just went to the Virginia International Tattoo that had 800 performers from 8 countries.  It was a very good show but highly recommend bringing ear plugs so your ears don't ring for hours afterwards.

 

Tomorrow we are going to watch the NATO Parade and check out the international village.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're at my mothers in NN/Yorktown and saw this on the news last night.  We also saw VIsion on the news and later on the webcam as it was getting ready to leave.  

4 minutes ago, toad455 said:

 

Which is odd for Carnival to be announcing one cruise at a time. Carnival should just say cruises until the end of May will be moved to Norfolk.

Maybe Carnival is hoping for an earlier date. Vision will be in drydock so no reason to go cruise by cruise.  So, not odd at all.

19 hours ago, Rewind said:

Sitting in the Solarium as 6pm and for the first time in our 20 cruises, the ship is blowing the fog horn.

 

We were in the Crown Lounge when we went through the fog.  We have had several cruises with the horn being blown for fog.  And, they've all been out of Baltimore.  It's Maritime law when visibility is below a mile or so.  Nowadays, with radar and AIS, it's not as necessary except in the case of small vessels (private mostly) but it's still required.

We found out why the debarkation basically stopped for 1/2 hour or so.  CPB called for the stop.  Once they started up again, it went really fast.  We had a family member pick us up and we kept texting him to delay him.  Finally around 1015, we got off and he was there about 5 min later to meet us where Lyft/Uber were picking up.  Of course, the angle of the gangway didn't help this morning.  We were b2b and last weeks debarkation and embarkation went a lot smoother/faster. As b2bers, we were off through customs and back onboard by 1020 or so.

2 hours ago, TPKeller said:

Port of Baltimore announced yesterday they are still planning to have a channel open by the end of May, which should accommodate Vision returning for her next scheduled sailing.

 

Here's hoping!

 

Theron

 

 

We just got off Vision today after a b2b.  The Captain said they also expect to return to Norfolk after drydock, so by the end of May.

Pro is blue mountain coffee. That's all I can think of lol.  We always bring back multiple bags.

32 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Wait until you go on a larger ship like allure or harmony. Lounge hours been 5 to 8. They might come in a tad early to serve but hours at 5 pm my last 10 or so cruises. 

We were just on Wonder in Jan for a b2b. Started around 430 and went til 8. We never go before 6.  On Jewel on our last 2 b2bs it was 430. We're currently on either 11 and 12th since restart alone or 13th and 14th. I'll have to count. It's 13th and 14th. My point was though it's always been around dining times to accommodate everyone.

It's always been based on dining times. Usually half hour to a hour before first seating to start of second. Currently on Vision lounge hh times are 430-8.

Absolutely beautiful weather today at CC. Last port on this leg.

And yes the drydock is a technical one. They have been doing other cosmetic work that is typical maintenance. FYI the port side glass elevator does not work and apparently hasn't for a while. I'm sure it's on the list for repair in drydock. It makes it a pain to go to the VCL.  We usually spend time there but not much this cruise.  Food has been good. 

On 4/7/2024 at 4:27 PM, zebra36 said:

Hope to board next Friday. ?  How was the boarding process for you, I will be cabbing it from the airport and just trying to time the trip there so as not to get to the terminal to early or run into a cluster of folks trying to board at the same time, does the terminal baggage drop-off area get very congested?

Thanks for any response.

From dropoff by family to boarding about 30 minutes.  But we arrived at 1. Too many arrived before noon and had to wait. Debarking was late for previous cruise due to tide issues and 55 buses had to be loaded.  When they said not to arrive early they meant it. This week will be different. Only one bus for b2bers but there will be a few shuttles from the parking garage.  And if they start debarkation on time it will help. We're b2b but they gave us 930 departure time since I didn't pick one cause we don't need one. We actually had to sit for a bit because the gangway got backed up. They scan your pass for boarding on the ship so that caused a backlog. I'm currently sitting by the oasis pool on cc.

On 4/5/2024 at 9:55 AM, OBX-Cruisers said:

RCL certainly seems to be taking advantage of this port change to Norfolk.  I looked at cabin availability and found that there are many unsold/available Veranda class cabins still available for the April 12th cruise and probably the others sched. in April as well.  However, the total cost is ridiculous (with "free gratuities") and  OVER $300 pp/pd  (>$5K for two people on a 7 day cruise??)!!!!

   We will pass so others can "enjoy" this ship with unspectacular reviews.

Veranda? You mean balcony? So far cruise has been great. Food has been better also. We are having a great time.

8 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said:

hope you have of had a good time. I think you are on the ship right now.

Vision might get to return to Baltimore by June 1st.

Yes we are onboard. Currently in Freeport. Great weather and seas so far. We're on next cruise also. We saw that about end of May 

We use it for pj's, t-shirts, underwear and socks.  Usually one bag per cruise even though we could use 2 if we wanted to.

55 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said:

Vision coming in tomorrow is better than today given really bad weather 

I'm in the NN/Yorktown area and will be boarding tomorrow.  Weather has calmed way down, but yeah, lots of rain all up and down I-95 today. Very messy drive.