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On sea days we go to the MDR for breakfast @ 8:30 and go back for brunch at 12:30. :D

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If they are paid for I am not sure why he/she would want to have them taken off just to repay when they get paid?

We did not attend but I remember it being set up in the Library both in November 2015 and May 2017.

Thanks so much for the advice! I will visit the MDR when we get on the boat. If we don't get early dining, it sounds like YTD isn't so bad.

YTD is actually very nice.

BTW there is no MDR lunch. Breakfast on port days and brunch on sea days.

On sea days we go when they open for breakfast and we go late for brunch.

I don't count my drinks when I purchase Cheers, if I didn't I would. I would be constantly adding the cost up in my head and would not enjoy myself as much. I drink at least 10 bottles of water daily so that helps.

We headed to the Lido deck and I wanted something lighter like a salad. Sad to say I never did get a guys burger the whole week. I kept saying I would and didn’t want to have grease laying heavy on my belly. On my last 5 day, I only ate it once without the bun and it was awesome but if you haven’t been used to that grease, it sits hard. The lunch buffet is open till 3:30 on port days and until 2:30 on sea day. But you still have the deli, guys, sushi, seafood, pizza and room service to choose from. They have a little cheese area with different kinds of cheese and some deli meat. The cheese and salad was good. The dessert options at the buffet were not very tasty. The desserts in the MDR were delectable. We walked around and decided to head to the sauna/steam room. I went to the gym 1st and then the steam room then the sauna. They don’t have the steam or sauna working on the 1st day. We tried out the showers in the spa too, so much bigger with a rain shower head from the ceiling. The handicap shower’s spray is adjustable to a jet. The spa has several lockers with push button combination lock or you can get a key from the reception desk at the entrance.

 

We decided to eat dinner early so we could watch Commuter at 7:30. We got to the MDR around 6:30 and got seated by ourselves all the way in the back next to the spinning doors. I forgot to mention Saturday’s dinner was a table for 2 too but Sunday’s breakfast was with at a shared table. For breakfast and lunch I don’t care about sitting with people but for dinner I want us to be by ouselves. But to order a table for two is a joke because there’s only about 4 inches between you and the table next to you. Sometimes I will talk to the neighboring people if they want to, but if we see that want to be by themselves then we will leave them alone. It took 50 minutes from start to finish without dessert. I probably could have ate dessert that night but wanted to get a good spot for our first dive in movie! And I knew that buffet would just be within walking distance if I was really craving something, lol. Tonight I had seared tuna, shrimp cocktail, and portobello mushroom. My husband had the shrimp and flatbread and mushrooms. We split the Caribbean pepper steak. The mushroom is so good as I remembered from our last cruise. It was probably one of my favorites, an explosion of flavors.

We headed up to Lido and found a spot for the movie and I got two blankets for us and 2 cups of hot chocolate before it started. The chairs that we got right in front of the water slides were the most uncomfortable chairs. My husband didn’t want to sit in the lounges so he chose that. When we did it again we choose the rockers on the side, they were much more comfortable. After the movie, which was great, we walked around and listened to some music and people watched.

When we went to our room, we found a bottle of sparking wine, chocolate covered strawberries and a ship on a stick delivered from John Heald. I had wrote on his page 2 days before I left and gave my room number and asked him to make our anniversary special. One of his staff replied and said that they forwarded it to him and to make sure that we told Carnival too. He had just got off of the Horizon and was taking a holiday so I didn’t know if we would get anything or not. When we got back home I did post the picture and thanks to his page and he replied, you’re welcome. I know a lot of people don’t like him but I Kinda do :-)

We went back up to Lido for the deck party. It was fun but short! This cruise had mixed generations with a average of 30-50 years with some younger and older mixed in. My complaint here is that all the beverage areas are closed except for the one all the way in the aft across from the seafood shack. All I wanted was a glass of water when I was dancing and had to walk all the way back there to get it. When they know that there is a activity like a movie or party, why wouldn’t they keep them open up front?

After the party, we headed to pizza so we could see what “pizza plus” was. They had 4 people working with 2 prepping, 1 baking and 1 serving. It was fast service! On the Elation in November, there was only 1 poor guy working it and he burned our pizza twice. I had a Caesar salad with a slice of Quattro Formaggi and chocolate chip cookie for dessert. I forgot to take a picture of the “plus” menu but the plus Sunday night was chicken parmigiana sub or meatball sub. I saw everyone getting pizza. We normally don’t stay up so late but a few nights and this one ended around 1!

Next is bed to sleep in for 1st sea day!

How do you write to John?

Bitter n Blanc is fantastic!

We had Baked Alaska and Bitter n Blanc on Breeze on March. Is Bitter n Blanc good? It’ll be tough to get me off that s’mores parfait

 

 

 

 

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We were on the Triumph November 2016 no issues at all, it's a fine ship.

Can you get drinks off of the standard Alchemy menu at other bars? We are sailing on the Paradise next year which doesn't have an Alchemy bar. Wondering if we can order these drinks on that ship?

When we were on the Fantasy they had a few of the drinks at the Lobby Bar. I definitely ordered the Pineapple Chipoltle Martini.

Thanks for the review. We will be on the Dream in October and I must admit I am a bit nervous about it. This will be the biggest ship we have been on.

Did you drive in on the day of or spent the night some where? Also were they going by arrival times at the port or just letting everyone in regardless of their time?

Any pointers or tips you would like to pass along...any do's or don'ts? LOL

We always drive in at least the day before, for our cruise on the Dream this October we are staying in the Garden District Friday and Saturday for our Sunday cruise.;p;p

We were on the Fantasy out of Charleston Nov. 15 and Triumph Nov. 16 out of NOLA, we loved NOLA but preferred the Fantasy over the Triumph. We did enjoy the Alchemy bar on the Triumph but did not like the food in the MDR or the service as much - not nearly as personal.