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Here our some pics of our outside balcony cabin on deck 8. The room still has that new car smell.

We are onboard the Mall of the Seas. Certainly hard to tell you are on a cruise ship without looking outside. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. It’s just different.

Boarding was super fast, especially with somehow acquiring EXPRESS BOARDING. Not sure how that happened.

Good news. We are in Miami.

Waiting on our Uber.

 Goodbye airport, hello cruise port.

ROUND #2

Well we pushed back from the gate and moved about 50 yards when the pilot decided that he wanted to change the route due to severe weather in the area. This now requires us to top off the plane with more fuel. Sooo… back to the gate we go.

We are seated and waiting for takeoff!

Good nights folks. Alarms are set and the incoming flight appears to be on time.

7 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Maybe get new luggage tags from the porters if unable to print with new cabin info

Issue was resolved after a phone call to Royal.

So we had the "tiny" Royalup fairy pay us a visit yesterday. We had originally booked a guarantee Surfside balcony, but submitted a bid to upgrade to an Outside Balcony which was accepted for 75.- per person. Not a big win, but we would rather face the ocean. Now we just have to figure out how to change our luggage tags...

All right folks time for an update:

Today was packing day and as always lots of stress deciding what to take and what not to. The good news is the mission is 90% accomplished.

The next step is to finish off at work tomorrow and sign off for the week. We are committing the proverbial sin of flying to the port on the same day. I know. I know, however, my work schedule is what it is.

We do have the first flight out on Saturday morning and it is a non stop from Louisville to Miami. We are schedule to land at 8:36am. So far the weather appears to behaving and let's hope for no travel drama. 

Hello fellow cruise aficionados. Yes, it's time for itchintocruise to do a LIVE review again. 

Stay tuned for additional details.

In case you need some additional reading material check out my previous LIVE reviews:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2616173-live-hoho-horizon-and-a-bottle-of-tequila-christmas-cruise-12-23-18/

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2717481-live-122119-itchintocruise-presents-parrotheads-on-the-panorama/

Guess what? itchintocruise is back to do a LIVE review. Wow, it's been 4 years since our last review on Carnival Panorama. You can check out our reviews below:

Link to 2018 Carnival Horizon Review

Link to 2019 Carnival Panorama Review

We are also introducing itchintocruise.jr to assist in the review. Double the snark.

As of now we are scheduled to depart Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, however Mother Nature may have different plans. 

Stay tuned for more details....

3 hours ago, logan25 said:

Do tell.  I have not located a good view of Trieste port.

Try this link to all the Costa ships.

https://www.costacruises.eu/fleet/webcam.html

Looks like we are on the move and have entered the channel.

We are currently anchored off the coast of Galveston awaiting for the port to open.

On 1/12/2020 at 8:08 PM, MEUB1112 said:

Just off the Panorama yesterday, it was a great Cruise!! Your review was a lot of help. Thank You!!

I am glad we could help. We hope you had a great time?

On 1/9/2020 at 4:38 PM, missholly24 said:

Being Platinum I never thought early debarkation was a perk. HOWEVER, after I utilized it once and walked right to my luggage and right through immigration and right into a cab I changed my mind!!! Early debarkation is probably the best perk because the immigration line (MIami and FLL) is awful!!! Snakes and snakes of sad angry people in a hurry to go nowhere. LOL....

I agree that it made debarkation a little less painful.

We did the Blue Hole and Dunn's River Falls with Dr. Fun Tours during Christmas 2018 while on the Horizon. It was a private tour for our family only. Very nice guides and dependable. I would use them again.

On 1/3/2020 at 4:39 PM, rn4t5 said:

Great review! Just read through all nine pages. Any plans to post the last 2 sea days of Funtimes to complete the set? TIA

Here are the last 2 sea day Fun Times. Sorry it took so long.

21 hours ago, Greektreats said:

Loved your Panorama review!  Do you, by any chance, remember what’s on the Room Service menu, or did you happen to take a photo of it?  Sailing on Panorama in several weeks,( our first time on Carnival in many years after becoming Diamond on Royal Caribbean.), and we enjoy room service breakfast and occasional mid day snacks.  

Sorry I didn’t take a picture, but from what I recall the breakfast menu was limited to cold items such as pastries and cereals. Enjoy your cruise and curious to see how you compare Carnival to Royal?

8 hours ago, mk907 said:

Thanks for the great review! It definitely helped with the cruise fever! 

You are welcome.

On 12/31/2019 at 9:20 AM, CACruiseLady said:

Hi.  Thanks for the great information.   Do you have a copy of the Fun Times for the Puerto Vallarta day?

23 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

A new suitcase for your next cruise! 

Let's hope. The person at the airport office suggested that they might try and fix it. Ha Ha.

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

 

Thanks. I'm looking for a super shuttle replacement. Prime time has some good looking prices.

It was the best price I could find to avoid the App Ride disaster at LAX. About half of what other limo companies wanted.