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I think they have potato stix also.

Meat lasagna MDR. Top 5 entree at sea.

For 3rd and more

Thumbs down: first slot my wife chose, the wolf and coyote thing. Moneysucker! Thumbs up: fake aquaman machine next to zeus. Got my hundy back while lowrolling .50 spins. Thumbs up: casino drink service. Fast! Thumbs up: cabin steward Thumbs up: mdr head server knew our party of six by name instantly, for entire night. Impressive. Thumbs up: mdr Showtime. Tons of fun.

Very noticeable sea onboard. Nothing too rough but a contant reminder. Bed shook up and down while sleeping. I didnt mind it. Emerils BBQ Salmon is my new alltime fave from MDR. Checkitout. Another rainy day this am. Cafe Latte T minus 20 mins

All abooooooooooard? Our embarkation time is 11am and for once i might board on time-ish. Threatening weather in Miami today. Last i heard was 2-4" rain, 30-40mph wind gusts and 9' seas. Giddyup! We are rollin with a party of 6 (3 cabins) and my son's pal missed college grad ceremony to sail. His first cruise! Hes a nice young fella. They are football fanatics and plan to catch 2 of the nfl tripleheader games today. More details to follow. I hadnt planned on getting wifi but i have some xmas shopping to do and a partial ebay refund to process as seller. Its none too easy on the app...dangit. Fins up!!!

1-4pm optimism is welcome! It wasnt bad at all today. Went up to Dania Beach to see jai alai. Took 2.5 hours from miami beach. Rough. Not weather related at all. Still, its been a fantastic journey.

Big rain and winds yesterday. Things did turn at dinner. Had an A+ meatball. B+ 4 cheese pizza. A- cannoli. The hotel mini fridge makes bottled water fast quickly. Today mostly wind. Little rain! Cruise cancelled at West Palm and one delayed at Everglades. So far Port Miami on schedule!

Got to hotel, shoulda had 3 studio king (with kitchenette and dining table). Prepaid. Zero studio available. Just basic rooms. All rooms sold at the inn. Aaaargh. Have to dispute with Capital One travel since i booked it via them to earn 75k miles promo.

Had no issues ar embarkation. Debarkation is a hot mess. Longest lines ive ever seen at comedy shows. Busiest casino ever. It tis smokey. Trivia always packed. Solid MDR. Great meat lasagna. Folks in buffet often tried to cut in line. Otherwise guests pretty chill. I liked CD and fun squad.

Have a Miami sailaway saturday, 90% chance of rain. I dont recall having a rainy sailaway previously. Odd!

Today - 80% storms Tomorrow - 80% storms Sailaway- 90% rain C'est la vie!

3 to go

the luck continues, just checked in flight. 5 of our party in row 27 and i'm row 38. rollin' solo in the back of the bus! ha.

so tomorrow is flight day. as it turns out the discount carrier is unable to process check ins on mobile or desktops. ack. no biggie, im sure it will shake itself out later today. usually i couldnt care less but rollin' with a party of six i wouldnt mind scratching that off the to do list. And.....will spend two days in Miami pre-cruise. Looks like trop storm level winds and storms the three days we are in South Florida. booyah! one plus: very pleased we got three hotel rooms for the herd, each room has full size fridge and kitchen table in Miami Beach.

double down on calling carnival.

Go Port, i think. Shuttle bus.

YOLO. Hope you like it!

This is a toughie, for me. 11 nt OV? Heck yeah. Deck 1? Uhhhhhh.... (I have an irrational aversion to decks 1 and 2. Ive only recently shed my balcony only rule which lead to OV. Not too shabby! From that we have had two inside casino offer cabin offers we couldnt refuse. Meh. I like that natural sunlight!!!)

Heard back from Margaritaville Caribbean desk...had a question about getting a tray of jello shots at the Grand Turk pool to give away to others. I heard the dj mention a tray last visit. Sadly not gonna happen. Its $210 for a tray. Granted there are 70 shots but i cant pull that trigger when im gonna have a bar tab for 6 on top.

Ha. Worked like a charm.

thanks, pe. spent last night watching some jai alai livestream on youtube. i dont recognize many of the young fellas on the roster and the ones i do were brand new last year. bought a new Bengals shirt for sailaway since its 1pm game that day. didnt have a white team shirt (i HATE dark shirts on sunny days) so now i do. im sure many others will be wearing jerseys for their teams the first couple days like in years past. i'll start packing this afternoon. and we bought pink flamingoes instead of ducks. ive never hid ducks before but i do see them bringing some joy to those that like finding them. maybe the kids will come up with a clever social media hashtag.

i agree with the first steps on ship off the gangway. we get to the gangway so fast now that it almost "robs" us of the anticipation of boarding while waiting in lines at the terminal. not complaining, ha!

The best way i can put it is i will only book 4+ star hotels online. But i feel the 5 star hotels dont deliver an experience i value for the cost incurred. And i enjoy Carnival. (and the other lines i've cruised) The older ships are definitely a different experience across the board. But if your glass is half full i'm sure you'll have fun. a bad day at sea is better that a good day at the office! 🙂

Have a few hours at the office this morning before i can dig into how to pay for another cabin's drink package pre-cruise. does anyone have knowledge on how to do that? (want to pay for two cabins who are part of our original booking. dont want to do in onboard since it will be a higher rate to wait) many thanks!