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  1. 34 minutes ago, krueg2828 said:

    The picture with the green umbrellas….what place was this.  

    Looked not crowded.===> Depends on the day.

    Place with the green umbrellas is Lobster Alive,
    on Carlisle Bay, next door to Boatyard..

    although I think they may have changed the umbrellas by now

    - that shot is years old, btw

  2. Carnival Venezia was in Barbados, yesterday

    Saturday 7th. October, 2023.

     

    Today's local Sunday Sun newspaper carried an article

    revealing that cabin costs will be double what they were! 🫣
    I am not happy about that!

     

    Does anyone know...

    if Carnival is resuming their Southern Caribbean route?

    with boarding at both Old San Juan PR -and at Barbados?

    - and will Carnival Venezia be 'our ship' for that route?

     

    Carnival Venezia -7 Oct 2023 visit.jpg

    Carnival Venezia visits 7Oct2023.jpg

  3. On 7/19/2023 at 10:21 AM, hard_eight said:

    They all have issues...They're mechanical boats

    constantly running EVERYDAY,

    something is going to give from time to time.

    Same thing with aircraft: expensive equipment standing still

    isn't turning a dollar:

    aircraft work pretty much the same way.

    24/7 if they can arrange it!

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  4. We did Glory twice, out of Manhattan
    but that was a hundred years ago now

    - like 2011 and 2013 -

    for the Canada Cruise, out to Halifax and back!

     

    It was a nice ship, back then

    but not lively like the Southern Caribbean cruises
    we so often boarded here in Barbados
    with a bunch of crazy P.Ricans on board... lol
    they were fun (sometimes)

     

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  5. I recall two versions of the coin pusher game.


    The first version..

    where the player pushed the coins

    along a parallel-sided  channel -worked OK

    and you'd get a few quarters tumbling over the edge!


    Then they got too clever, and came up with a version

    where coins were pushed along an ever-wider channel,

    where your chance of getting anything was near-impossible

    That's when I stopped playing what used to be a fun game.

     

    Shown here is the first version where you stood a chance...

    on Carnival Victory, back in April 2011!

     

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  6. 3 hours ago, FastShip24 said:

    On 5be last cruise on March, I was told by staff

    that you can only buy 2 drinks until you check in for muster..

     

    = Biggest quantum leap in crowd control and compliance!


    Frankly, it should be ONE - not two
    You can always get sloshed, after muster drill.

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  7. 8 hours ago, lasekeye said:

    It’s not necessary to use the free drink at Brunch…that’s our experience, but it —must—be used on the last sea day….you can go to any bar on that day/evening to claim.

     

    Must be used on that last sea day and no other day.

     

    Never understood the restrictions.
    It's like they hope you forget it
    so they won't have to give it to you, at all.


    Are they that scrimping? Surely not.

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  8. Not all Carnival cruises are wild and debauched.

     

    We've done 11 Carnival cruises, most of them boarding

    at either Barbados, or at Old San Juan PR

    to do the Southern Caribbean cruise..

     

    but we also  did two Carnival Glory "Canada Cruises"

    out of Manhattan NYC -and the difference in vibe-on-board

    was sobering: these were no Southern Caribbean cruises

    with fiery Puerto Ricans on board! ...It was borderline dull

    but at least the itin. was interesting. Boston is nice!

     

    That first Canada Cruise had so many scooters on board

    I felt like I was still on Times Square:

    our second Canada Cruise had very few scooters.

     

    So it seems like

    departure point and itinerary have significant bearing

    on what your cruise might be like.

     

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