Aplmac

15 hours ago, ColeThornton said:

Well, she said it's a substitute port for Paris

so I'm guessing the Panama Canal.

^ Agreed ^

Celebrity will be Fun Fun Fun 'til Daddy takes the T-bird away
while Carnival will be dull and boring...

said no-one ever.

3 hours ago, AllgoodOnTheRoad said:

You will love the Carnival Celebration,

you could not choose a better Carnival Ship.

We Sailed on her in April and it was an amazing cruise. 

 

 

Thanks for that video! Gives a good idea of what to expect.

You'll love it!

All other cruise lines after this...will seem staid and boring.

Sailaways are fun too.......dance routines up on top deck

are fairly standard for sailaways.

Just now, mz-s said:

Do they have Driver's Ed in Barbados? Why do they still have car wrecks then?

No we don't have driver's edu. classes here...
and btw we love our car wrecks - lol.
 

We spend our days eating roasted breadfruit on the beach

and dancing the nites away... to the bongo drums!

I live on this beach: address all fan mail

to Aplmac, Barbados. I'll get it!

6 minutes ago, mz-s said:

They have parenting classes in the US too!

Delighted to hear that - and to know they're working

for the wider cruising populace too,

as evidenced in this (appalling-behaviour) thread!

GO USA!

Some more advanced countries offer Parenting Classes

to prepare  idealistic newly-weds for the grim reality

of their future with brats!

It's a great idea, actually -bcoz most young ppl

of reproductive age and the attendant urges .. are quite clueless.

16 minutes ago, Frank12 said:

100% nailed it!!!

It is the decline of the American family and discipline, etc.

I see it everywhere, not just cruise ships....

but don't get me started either!😡

Visitors to my island Barbados

often comment on how very polite and well disciplined

our island kids are!

Of course we take it for granted (it's just how we are!!)

but it's true: a strongly-British-Colonial social trend

for the last 300+ years helps!

A few evenings ago,

a small group of us older folk were chilling out in the breeze

on the Hastings Boardwalk, when three boys aged about 10-12

passed us on their way to the sandy beach,

and they all said Good Evening as they passed our senior presence.

I turned to my wife and mentioned

how nice and mannerly the boys were.

So it's not everywhere: there are still a few holdouts!

Here's a regular Sunday evening grouping of Ye Elderly!

8 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

And, there will be about 16 of these rooms, total

(chill or freeze). 

One each is dedicated to each type of protein

(beef/pork, poultry, seafood).

Interesting! Many thanks.

I like knowing how systems work.

Unlike many others, I don't take systems for granted.

Sailaway at 10 p.m. out of Old San Juan PR!

Many cruisers have never been in one of the ship's Cold Rooms

but trust me ..they are a bit larger than your living room -

and freezing ruddy cold!

This one shown here was on an RCL vessel

but I'm sure they're much the same on all modern cruise ships.

Once or twice while docked at St. Thomas

on a Carnival Southern Caribbean cruise (remember them?)

we saw containers waiting dockside to replenish our ship.

We got soap in the shower, later that day (honestly..)!

17 hours ago, sparks1093 said:

Or online before the cruise. I ordered several of the 50th anniversary towels before our last sailing.

That's what I did too: ordered online before the cruise

and found it waiting in the cabin, when we boarded.

Towel quality was not great though (you get what you pay for)
- it was a bit on the flimsy side, but we still have it.

Ocean Village did this, too..

for our two cruises with them, in 2008.

At first a bit disconcerting, but everyone surrendered them

and everyone got theirs back!

Just now, kwokpot said:

That's not a real Ship sign and sail card.

It's a custom made tag for the duck. 

LOL -you're so right! That totally escaped me (old eyes!).

Thank you!

19 minutes ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

While this is may be true on the older ships,

the air vents in the cabinets on many of the newer ships

are located strategically to take advantage of natural cooling caused by the chimney effect created within the cabinet. 

Convection occurs due to the air being drawn in through the lower intake vents and exiting through the upper vents at it warms up by the heat given off from the cooler. 

Opening the cabinet door causes the air around the unit to stay stagnant instead of having an updraft. 

I'm delighted to hear that tech. suggestions made a decade ago

have now been introduced to improve heat dissipation!

There has been lots of discussion (multiple threads) over time.

Hopefully this new tech. has also been retro-fitted

to older ships as well, per dry dock!

Interesting Carnival cruise card you showed there!

I haven't cruised now for 8 long years

so your card looks different to what I last saw (and collected).
Seems longer than standard card-size??

If you're not emotionally attached to it

I'd love to add it to my collection (anyone else,too!)

Please Email me at dh-jennie (at) outlook dot com

for a postal address

Those cabin fridges work a lot better

if you leave their cabinet door open for periods of time.

Heat-exchange units need circulating air

to dispel air on the Hot side of the system

(so they can effectively make Cold on the other side).
Ask any refrigeration technician.

The fish-fry nites at Oistins don't only happen on a Friday.

If you like jostling crowds, then Friday's your night

but on other nights of the week, it's a lot less crowded

and consequently service is quicker.  Your choice.

8 hours ago, vwrestler171 said:

Exactly.  We were snorkeling in Grand Cayman and we were in about 15-20 ft of water, the guide said the dark area

which was easily within swimming distance

is where it dropped to 3000 ft.  

The island is perched on the edge of a 'wall'

On 5/3/2023 at 11:51 AM, klfrodo said:

I'm confused.

Trying to convince us or yourself?

It's not my money and none of my business.

Agreed.

Sounds like a lot of $$$$$

to invest in a urine-conversion program......

On 5/26/2023 at 2:27 PM, stobe1 said:

I wish there was "status portability" between Carnival Corp brands.

I know it is a sore subject for some cruisers.

We are Platinum on Carnival, just a cruise or two away from Diamond.

We are going on the HAL Amazon cruise next year

and it would be nice to take our status with us to HAL. 

We have done 14 cruises: 11 on Carnival, two on Ocean Village,
and one on Caribbean Princess.
Every one of them a Carnival Corp. ship!

Yet no portability among them: ridiculous...

On 4/26/2023 at 11:07 AM, CarnivalShips480 said:

I've been watching the Meyer Werft webcam

WebCam | MEYER WERFT

That is so cool! Many thanks!

11 hours ago, CarnivalShips480 said:

Jubilee is now floating!  Still inside at Meyer Werft,

will probably stay for awhile.

Another lovely dark-blue hull to add to CC photo album....

My wife says I now rattle when I walk

due to the cardio-meds I take, post-STEMI.

I swallow about 8 pills a day (and night)
but WTH they keep me alive so I can cruise again, some day!

And by the way:

Heart Attack and Stroke are the same thing -

Cardio-Vascular Disease.   One manifests in the heart..

the other.....in the brain.