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In port with us today was the NCL Jewel. I did not know it at the time, but I have since booked this ship and will be sailing her for 12 days next year. I'm not a big NCL fan, but the itenerary was my motivation. Skagway Walking through downtown while I had some time to kill before my excursion. Nice Aft.

So Alaska....it seems like so long ago now. I've got some downtime, and cell phone reception so Im gonna get some more photos of my time in Alaska posted. Our first port of call was Skagway. I mentioned when I was reviewing Tracy Arm Fjord that there was one other excursion this trip I enjoyed as much. It was not my day in Skagway lol. Skagway was nice, but I feel like the excursion was just a little too long and a bit steep for what it was. Nonetheless, it was still a good excursion and I enjoyed myself. I booked the White Pass Rail, Klondike Highway, and Gold Camp through the ship $189.99.

This is a premier cruise and I'm booked in on it. Probably going to go light in the casino since my gambling budget has been blown on all these cruises I'm taking 😁

Yes when they switched ships they did not give any consideration to b2b guests and just randomly assigned us new rooms. I didn't even bother to unpack for the 2 days just lived out of my suitcase.

Back on at 1059. Final leg of the cruise. Cards are not active yet so we couldn't get muster out of the way. Also been downgraded to platinum again lol. Our room is ready for us so getting settled in. I am so happy I have another super comfy bed for this final 8 day trip.

We are on the move.

Guess the problem today is people not aware they had a bill to pay. Waiting on 54 people to settle their account. Some people 🙄

After that we just had a late and light dinner just before closing. Chicken tenders. My mom had the chicken. Short ribs. A little dry tonight. Babaloo cake.

At the Pharoah's palace for turnaround. Feel like I just did this 😆. Finally got my photos from last night to upload now that I have my own network. Diamond gathering had free flowing drinks and some nibbles. I don't remember what most of these were lol. Some kind of watermelon soup shooter. No idea what this was. Beef tartar. Sushi. Mini seafood sandwich. Arancini

The light issue took almost two hours to resolve. I'm not gonna dwell on it because it is a new day and I want to leave that negativity in the past but that took way too long to resolve a very simple issue. Good morning everyone. Tired this morning and I kind of want a coffee but don't want to reward carnival with the extra revenue. Ooops I'm still dwelling lol. At breakfast now then gotta repack the five or so things I unpacked for these two days.

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I gave up on the internet and went to bed. I'm laying here almost asleep and the bedside lamp came on. Nobody touched it. We turned it off. Few minutes later it flickered. Then again. We took a look at it to see if we could unscrew the light bulb and it turned itself on when we touched it. We've put a call in and now we play the waiting game for someone to come take a look at it. Meanwhile we still gotta be up early in the morning for turnaround day.

We both enjoyed our meal here today. Sometimes hit or miss but I've always been a fan of the deli menu since they revamped it a couple years ago.

My mom did better than me by about $50. She got 160 and I got 110. We each had around 200 left so not very good but not terrible and it was free money 👍. Off to dinner now.

Good catch. I didn't even notice that.

Tried to prove or disprove that you can no longer use obc to buy gift cards, but they were out. So going to the casino where I will not be doing the casino trick because I am a frequent gambler who enjoys paying no charge to charge the room and don't want to see that stopped to prevent abuse. I will at least play through what I charge and keep my winnings. I've had no problem spending my obc on the other cruises but for only 2 days I've still got a lot left over.

Omg parodeejay in person. Probably the closest to a celebrity I'll ever see.

Sailed away from Nassau about an hour ago and into the storm that has darkened the sky all day. Ran into another diamond who asked if I was going to the diamond party. First I heard about it I guess my invite got lost in the mail 🤣. Off to crash a party in the piano bar now 😁

I just realized parodeejay is on this cruise. They are literally the only YouTubers whose personality doesn't turn me off. They seem genuine and not like they are putting on a show for the camera.

It did look good. I don't care for rye bread but that looked good enough I'm gonna try it and ask for a different bread. They may have a different menu on Mardi Gras not sure. If they do definitely get it my mom doesn't rave about too many of the items on the ship. I'm even gonna try it against my no chicken on a sandwich rule lol.

Yw 😁

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who hasn't sailed Mardi Gras yet. But I will get to play with carnivals next new toy, Celebration, for 15 days in December. Super excited for that!

We are in port today with the Mardi Gras. Here she is leaving. And away she goes.

We just walked around a little today in Nassau. My mom found some souvenirs so she was happy. After my embarrassing defeat at trivia I went to the deli to try a new sandwich. @Jamman54 here's a turkey Swiss cheese sandwich pic for your wife. It was pretty good but I think it was the honey mustard that made it stand out and the menu calls for mayonnaise. Almost a suitable replacement for my turkey and avacado sandwich. My mom got a chicken salad sandwich which she said was very good. Washed it down with a slice of sugar free raspberry champagne cake. Lunch menu.

I've never had great internet on a carnival ship and it's been hit or miss on royal. But this is pure garbage. It's usually usable for anything but streaming. Then I walk down to guest services and I'm doing speed tests the whole way and I'm getting the fastest speeds I've ever encountered on a cruise. That's what it doing, up and down constantly. Maybe I should just sit in the lobby until it goes slow again lol.