RebekahJP

53 minutes ago, wolfie11 said:

E107 is a male and was branded as a pup in 2007 at the Chiswell Islands, which are near Seward.  He’s 17 years old, which makes him a senior citizen in male sea lion years.

Wow, thanks! That's interesting! How did you find that out? I couldn't track him down on Google.

On 7/24/2016 at 12:35 PM, gpb11 said:

Sorting through my photos and ran across one from our Kenai Fjords tour that shows what looks like a sea lion that's been branded with "E207" or "E107" -- the animal is in the shadows in the upper-right of the image.

 

Am I misunderstanding what I'm seeing? If not, I'm curious who does this and why?

 

http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj574/gpb11/160605-3139_DxO_zpsswmddnbm.jpg

 I have a photo of the same sea lion. Taken just a couple weeks ago on the Marine Mammals boat tour in Kenai Fyords. Ended up here looking for info about him/her just like you were. Did you ever find out anything?

This will be my first Alaskan cruise. My husband and I will be on the Norwegian Jewel, sailing from Seward, Alaska to Vancouver, Canada in late April. We expect to do excursions in some of the ports, but not all. I am guessing the weather will be chilly (jeans, long sleeves, hoodie) to cold (winter coat, scarf, gloves, hat, etc.) at all times? When we do not go on an excursion and want to spend time on the ship, I don't expect we will be swimming and laying around on deck in our swimsuits like we normally do on Caribbean cruises unless there are indoor areas for this. Are there indoor pool and/or hot tub areas that are accessible to couples (not divided by gender), and do you need to pay extra to get into the spa area in order to access them?

Thank you,

Rebekah

Thank you all. I should have been more specific, but I'm sure that info will help others as well.

I was just asking about if it was allowed in this post-Covid world. I had heard that when the cruises first started back, you HAD to take a Carnival excursion or stay on the ship. I agree with all of your cautions, we have mostly booked 3rd party excursions, even in Jamaica, but there are definitely advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage to just getting a taxi and showing up, that happened to us before, was that they didn't have time slots available to accommodate us because the cruiseline excursions had filled everything.

The reason I was considering it this time is because my husband wants to do the ziplining that includes the 1,600ft long zip, but it looks like Carnival isn't offering an excursion there. 

Can we get off the ship in Montego Bay, hail a taxi, and go where we want?

Thanks. 👍

I know the topic of straws has been covered a couple times, but that was months ago and things have changed. Also, what I’m wondering has not been answered by anyone who has sailed in the past few months as far as I can see.

Most will probably think this is a dumb question, but in this day and age less and less is surprising me anymore.

I’m looking at bringing my own straws that are very similar to plastic straws, but made from corn starch. (They are compostable, but not in most home composts.) Are they going to look at them and say, “You can’t have plastic straws.”? I thought about bringing the box, but it would be bulky and I wouldn’t have it at the table anyway.

What if someone were to actually bring disposable plastic straws - would they be allowed to use them - and throw them in the trash?

I answered you on your other thread here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2450055

 

The very quick summary - yes, you'll be able to watch it.

Thank you. Someone on the other thread, said I was posting in the wrong place and told me to post here.

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Having also been on Carnival a few times, they've always had the Miami FOX station available in cabins. So yes, OP, you'll be able to watch the 500 in the cabin at least. There's a good chance it will also be on in the sports and/or casino bar. There's also a small chance it will be on the big screen on Lido.

Thank you!

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Will I be able to watch the Daytona 500 on board? It starts at 1pm on Fox on the Sunday we board the ship.

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It will be on Fox on the Sunday we board the ship.

We were there last week. My husband did the extreme and I did the regular one. In "comparing notes" so to speak, it seems that the regular Fly Zone had more varied obstacles, shorter zips, and not as many zips. The extreme had some of the same obstacles (like walking on a wire while holding to two other wires) but they were much longer. The regular Fly Zone actually had some more difficult obstacles (like walking on a wire while holding to only one wire directly above the other at about chest level.) The extreme one had 13 zips total and some were very long. My husband LOVED it! I am 46 yrs old, 5'3" and 180lbs. I did the whole obstacle course, although another lady who looked to be in a lot better shape than me complained the whole time about how hard it was and quit about 2/3rds of the way through. The only real problem I had was that it was HOT and I really wished I had brought a bottle of water with me. I was seriously dehydrated by the time I finished. You definitely need both hands free to do the course, so to bring water you would need some other way to carry it. The have water, and punch waiting when you finish, but they really need to have a water station 1/2 way through.

One other thing to note, when we have done zip lines before, in Puerto Rico and other cruise destinations, there have been many guides with each group, and the guides took the responsibility of hooking and unhooking your safety lines and the pulley that you zip on. Here there was one guide with our group of 8-10, and two guides with my husbands group of 30. You were completely responsible for hooking and unhooking your safeties and pulleys at each transition. Once the guides show you how to do it at the beginning you are on your own. It was a pretty simple concept, and easy to do, just a little "scary" not having someone with more experience there to supervise and make sure you did it properly. That and the fact that I don't like really long zips is why I chose not to do the extreme version.