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55 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

another red herring, I check this every single cruise with a digital thermometer in both cabin and common areas, on 7 ships since the restart

Bingo. I usually check the mini-fridge temp, also  and starting to check outside temps.

2 hours ago, RLM77 said:

That looks almost exactly like the meal we were served.  Very overcooked, black something or other inside, and tasted burned.  I stand by my original description of "almost inedible."

Black something or other is the mushroom pate and that is the color it should be.

59 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

 

Watery sewage water sounds appetizing. 🤮

 

Sounds like the beginning of a good gumbo.

12 minutes ago, cellfree said:

Yikes, all this really good looking food is killing me, I can almost taste it!

I can only post so much before making myself hangry.

Night 14 Dinner

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Guess

Fried Tomatoes

Parched Pig Ale and Cheddar Soup

Coffee Glazed Roast Duck

Carnival Melting Chocolate Cake

Online Menu was wrong because that is Babaloo Cake and not Baked Alaska

Night 13 Dinner

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Escargots Bourguignonne

Escargots Bourguignonne

Iceberg

Duet of Filet Mignon and Short Rib

Grand Marnier Souffle

Our cabin was in the 60s our entire last cruise. It's been a long time since we've had a cabin that we considered warm and never anything approaching 80 degrees.

The Beef Wellington I had at the cooking demonstration on Carnival Glory was exceptional! Glad they gave me two!

Night 12 Dinner

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Stuffed Mushrooms

French Onion Soup

Ceviche Crudo

BBQ Pork Spareribs

Tiramisu

Night 11 DinnerQR-D10-Dining-Room-01-2024 - Copy.pdf

Ricotta and Spinach Crepe

Shrimp Escabeche

Cauliflower Soup

Grilled Beef Tenderloin

Pina Colada Panna Cotta

Chocolate Decadence

5 minutes ago, Eli_6 said:

So, no one knows if the Splendor has starlink?  I guess I will ask John Heald. 

I might ask in a current cruise Splendor roll call.

In the past I've cruised on Splendor in Southern and Northern Europe, around Cape Horn, and through the Panama Canal. The "old" Internet might not have been super fast, but I found it acceptable. I just wish they had unlimited plans back then, instead of by the minute.

Night 10 Dinner

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Taco De Camarones

Caldo De Queso

Pescado Frito - really good

Pork Lomito

Crema Catalana

Coconut Tres Leches

Fresh Tropical Fruit

Night 9 Dinner

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Spaghetti and Meatballs Appetizer

Seared Mahi Mahi

Chocolate Brownie Cappuccino

Passion and Peach Mousse

Night 8 dinner - Throwback Seaday

Caesar Salad

Lobster Bisque

Ancho Honey Basted Salmon

Custom Ancho Honey Basted Salmon over Mushroom Risotto with Shrimp

Carnival Melting Chocolate Cake

Baked Alaska

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1 hour ago, Elaine5715 said:

Gambling losses are red flags

There are many red flag. The IRS doesn't have the resources to audit everyone.

https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/tax-returns/602068/irs-audit-red-flags

1 hour ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Nope - same bucket, anyway you look at it!

One of your employees does all of the work and the rest do none. Do you care? All the work gets done. Same bucket. 

6 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Not really - it all goes into the same eventual big bucket!

Corporate expects a certain ROI from each entity. They are separate. 

Significantly less than 1% of taxpayers are audited. 

1 hour ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

It's all Carnival, accept it 😉

It's all Carnival Corp, but the casino and cruise line are separate. 

2 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

They are a lot more generous with their "Drinks on Us Everywhere" "bribery" program though. 😁

 

I recall, pre-Covid, the only way to get (what was essentially) free CHEERS was to book an Elite cruise. Now virtually all my casino offers include it. I will say, that is a carrot worth several hundred!

 

Tom

That's via casino marketing, not Carnival marketing. The people who actually pay for Cheers should protest, as it means they can wait even longer for their drinks.

On 4/27/2024 at 1:09 PM, SDPadreFan said:

Norway is killing (traditional, big cruise ship) access to it's fjords in 2026. That's already been decided. My sister is doing one on RCCL this year in June before the ban. I think Norway may allow the gas turbine ships (LNG) sometime in the future, but guessing they would have to be sub 5000 pax vessels for some of the smaller ports.

LNG may not be good enough, but many interesting alternatives are being investigated, including battery powered for a day.

https://businessnorway.com/articles/green-cruising-norway-world-heritage-fjords-becoming-emission-free

34 minutes ago, PA Dutchman said:

yep Carnival thinks there prices are good enough don't really need the loyalty program,  best perks come from the MGM casino not Carnival  

Yep. Carnival isn't interested in a bidding war for fickle customers who need enticements.

Made it home late Thursday. Got to the Parking Spot and the remote for my vehicle did nothing. Terrific. But I keep spare batteries in the glove box. The remote does have a pop out sort of key so I could open the driver door, but then a new battery didn't improve things. The vehicle battery was completely dead. Thankfully the Parking Spot has a ginormous wheeled jump starter (and compressor!) that they brought out and promptly got the vehicle started.

It seems fine now, so I'm not sure why it was dead, but will find out sooner or later.

Ordered for next trip - portable jump starter - check!

5 minutes ago, MadManOfBethesda said:

If that's true, then I'm more technologically challenged than I thought, lol. I had no problem accessing the Vegan menu at dinner each night, but never saw the brunch one.

I know it was true on the last sea day brunch when I looked for it to specifically answer this question. Slide to the left.   

On 5/1/2024 at 4:54 PM, DallasGuy75219 said:

Except I posted about the clientele that Carnival attracts on New Orleans cruises (due to the catchment area of cruisers within driving distance), not New Orleanians themselves.  I'm originally from south Louisiana and know all New Orleanians/ Louisianians are not like that. 

 

In 47 Carnival cruises, I've sailed out of every US homeport except New York, San Francisco, and Norfolk. Approximately 12 of those have been out of New Orleans and I can unequivocally say that the passengers out of New Orleans (not from New Orleans) are some of the 'grossest' and most ill-mannered and uncultured I've seen on any cruises.

I think the grossest passenger I've seen was on a cruise not from New Orleans where a passenger ate off her plate with her fingers while going through the line and kicked her fingers before picking up the next set of rings. When she got to the midpoint, she started swimming upstream against all the passengers coming from the opposite direction insisting they were all going in the wrong direction.