MalGee64

15 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

The suit man, my new nickname for him.  Do not know him but someone told us he has 79 of these suits. This the third day, third “different” suit. 

 

 

Next time you see him call out “Mick you wanker, it’s your shout!”. He’s a good mate of mine 😄👍🍻🍻🇦🇺

Morning all, happy Sunday! We got the email about the Covid jab and test, that’s all sorted, but haven’t seen anything about Visa requirements. When did that one go out? Under four weeks until we are in Seattle, you beauty! 

The Celebration has disappeared from the roll call board - just a temporary thing?

Live on ABC 24 now, coming alongside

ABC morning news has a live feed up following her through the Heads and up the harbour. She’s maybe 10 or 15 minutes away from Circular Quay now.

We got the four-nighter Oct 5th on Splendor - deck 7 aft balcony, US$386 total for the cabin - and it includes $150 OBC. Nice one to squeeze in before flying to the UK three weeks later for the Celebration TA.

19 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

We did eat in the Steakhouse one night. Patti and I have always been MDR people, but when we were on the Horizon in August things changed. We had Your Time Dining and were enjoying dinner on the first Elegant night. They proceeded to sit another couple at the table 4" from us even though there was plenty of empty space throughout the dining room. Nothing against the other couple but what happened to social distancing? We ate in the buffet or at "other" venues the rest of that cruise. When you think about it, most of what is being served in the MDR is available at the lido. The food comes from the same place,  it's just plated and made pretty for you in the MDR. 

 

On the Panorama we didn't eat in the dining room except for brunch. We ate at the "other " venues for 6 nights and the buffet one night. 

We are doing a B2B on the Mardi Gras in April and I see us eating in the MDR only once or twice. 😎

Jeff, this is something we started doing some years back as well, but for different reasons. Most nights we’d grab dinner in the buffet on any given ship because we didn’t feel like dressing up for the dining room and didn’t want to put out the other folk who did. However, we’ve noticed the numbers in the buffet every night have been growing each cruise - is this your experience as well? Loving the review mate, hope to clink a glass with you some day at the Frog 

Yep, just had my Casino offer applied to our May Spirit cruise, shareholders and ex-military OBC is next. Man, I need to cruise…

Great review, Jeff. Thoroughly enjoying as usual. I am interested to see how smoothly the COVID testing routine for b2b cruises is handled on changeover day. Cheers mate 😄👍🍻🍻🇦🇺

Well, we’re booked on Carnival Spirit out of Brisbane for a week on May 1 - this’ll be number 24 ahead of our milestone 25 on the Celebration TA in November next year. Things are looking better for the restart of Australian cruising; however, given that international flights will be back on and no quarantine for the double-vaxxed, I’ll cheerfully transfer the credit and fly to the States for ten days to do a one-weeker to Alaska or some such.

We’re booked for the Transatlantic at the beginning of November 2022, Southampton to Miami. Anyone seen any progress reports or other news on her?

How are the house brewed beers down at the Pig & Anchor? 

Great review yet again, Jeff. Big well done to Patti putting in the miles getting the lovely photos.

Your observation regarding dining is very much in line with what we have been thinking - the variety of dining options, especially on the newer ships, is great for reducing crowds and wait times in the traditional dining venues, although I wonder what the knock-on effect on dining wait staff will be?

Here’s to next year! All things being equal, we will be on Spirit in May, then Celebration and Magic in November. In the meantime we get to cruise vicariously through your great reviews. Cheers! 😄👍🍻🍻🇦🇺

There is an amazing amount of work planned for the waterfront precinct here over the next 10-15 years. The inlet is being continually dredged, so capacity for larger ships is constantly improving. Stepping ashore in the middle of the CBD is great .

Both great to hear, thanks folks. We’re booked for the 14-night TA November next year.

Does anyone know when Carnival will release some info about the blank spaces (Fun Revealed Soon) on the current deckplans? Will Emerils, the Fortune Teller, Brass Magnolia, Della Rosa and all be onboard, or are we expecting new spaces?

Anyone heard any rumblings about Legend’s Europe 2021 redeployment? We have the June 25/July 4 b2b booked and I don’t like our chances the closer we get at the moment.

7 hours ago, kwokpot said:

I have a July 4th Iceland cruise. So much is up in the air. I have no flights booked, no particular reason to do that now. I'm just waiting to get an understanding of how things progress.

 

 

Kwokpot, we’re booked b2b on that cruise and the one before it, June 25. I’m not holding out much hope even being able to fly to England, let alone board the ship, and as far as hotel accommodation in Dover - that’s anyone’s guess. 

Noting the current out of control outbreak in England, along with most of the EU and the other members of the UK slamming borders down with England, how long do we think it will it be before the Legend’s European season 2021 is shelved? 

No Radiance cruises available at all on the website out to 2022. Not a good prognosis for the ship...

Thank you for the replies, folks - I was pretty sure I had it weighed off, and you’ve confirmed that for me. Cheers, just not on Mardi Gras in NYC 😄👍🍻

As the heading suggests, I have a question about the milestone cruise OBC. I understand that it is a future applicable OBC equal to 25% of the cost of cruise 25 and so on, but is that the cruise you qualify on or the future cruise? For example, if our number 25 is a 7 nighter out of Miami but we claim the 25% on a 15 nighter from LA a month later, which is used to calculate the credit? Cheers in advance 😄👍🍻

Aloha Stadium has a great flea market Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. If you’re looking for souvenirs or aloha shirts you can’t beat it for range and value for money. Something to remember for next time.

11 hours ago, Cairns Cruisers said:

Thanks Mal, Great to run into another cruiser from Cairns.

‘Every year for us now, it gets into your blood 😁 Next up is Mardi Gras from NYC next year.

5 hours ago, Cairns Cruisers said:

Thanks, We are flying from Australia to San Francisco for the cruise and then after NOLA driving for 10 days through Louisiana & Texas and flying home from Dallas. It's like 3 holidays in one!

Nice cruise, great ship, and great holiday!