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Great review, thanks for sharing.

19 hours ago, pc_load_letter said:

 

We're a couple weeks after the inaugural. Gotta say, not that excited from what I've read.

What have you read?  I haven't seen much about it at all.

2 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

For the excursion, you will go to a waiting area on the ship and be brought down to the tenders together. I would assume that if a vehicle is for 4, you get 4 tickets.

That makes total sense.  Thanks!

We are purchasing a UTV excursion in a tender port.  Since only one person in the party technically purchases the whole vehicle, how does Carnival know who else is on the excursion with you, thereby allowing them to get off on one of the early tenders as well?  It is a Carnival excursion, by the way.

Can't wait to sail on the Firenze in September!

On 2/27/2024 at 10:33 AM, tonit964 said:

 It's too bad the boys didn't check out the Lido Marketplace, they have a really nice salad bar everyday.

Glad it was a good trip.

I was thinking the same thing.  There is also the deli there which they might have enjoyed.

3 hours ago, TravelWith FunShips said:

On the daily menues, for 10 day cruise, D9 is not served andFeast 1 and 2 are served, look at the lower right hand of the menu, their a code.  D4 always served on the last day reguardless of journey

It's a little hard to follow the menus, but do you remember which day the Beef Wellington was served?  I want to make sure I don't book specialty dining that night.  Thank you!

For what it's worth, the Beef Wellington is technically a filet surrounded by puff pastry.  It was excellent on the Magic.  You didn't even need a knife to cut it, it was so tender.

On 2/23/2024 at 2:08 PM, staceyglow said:

And at that time, Carnival cruises were much more expensive in real dollars than they are today.

 

I don't know how far you were going back with "there was a time", but I know that I have been cruising on Carnival for over 15 years, and we are paying about the same amount for cruises as we did back then - and inflation has increased by almost 50% in that time.

 

I remember going to a presentation by a travel agent in the early 1990's about cruising. He said that base fares  ran $100 per day per person.  That's about what I pay now - 30 years later.

 

So yes, for a cruise that costs far less than it used to back in the day, I am not expecting the same service that I received back in the day.

I recently came across my receipt from our honeymoon cruise in 1985.  We paid $1100 for 2 people in an inside stateroom on the Festivale.  Deck 1 no less!  I think it is safe to say that cruises are a bargain now compared to back then.

1 hour ago, sparks1093 said:

 

I don't use a CPAP but if I did this is what I would do. $3.75 is more than reasonable and worth not having to lug it myself.

It's roughly double to what I pay at any store around here, but not having to carry it onto the ship is more than worth it for me.

Do you happen to have the 10-day menus?

2 hours ago, shof515 said:

Carnival carries distilled water which can be purchased either pre-cruise if you are sailing from a US port, or once on board. For pre-purchase, please contact our Fun Shops department at 1-800-522-7648 ext. 70039, Monday-Sunday from 9:00am-9:00pm ET. For purchase on board, please contact Room Service. Should you wish to bring your own distilled water with you, it must be hand-carried along with your CPAP machine.

Perfect! Thank you!

I looked on the website and can only find the 12-packs of spring water.  I see nothing about distilled water at all, yet I know people have mentioned that they have it delivered.

Thank you for the very balanced review!  I feel like I will have realistic expectations when we sail on teh Venezia in May.  

On 2/2/2024 at 10:20 AM, deladane said:

Camp closed at 3pm, so we picked up Ian and took him back to the cabin for a nap.  The starboard side of the ship is in the shade in the afternoon sailing north on the last 2 sea days, so I needed a jacket to sit out on the balcony while Ian napped.  

 

 

Ian woke up from his nap at 5pm, so we all got ready for the second formal night.  I tried to get a photo of the 3 of us together, but of course a little someone wouldn’t cooperate.  At least Jason and I got a nice photo of the two of us!

 

 

And I was able to sneak this photo of Ian in the elevator going down to dinner.

 

 

Tonight’s dinner menu:

 

 

I ordered the calamari and the beef carpaccio for my appetizers.

 

 

 

Of course, I ordered the lobster tail for my entree.  I probably should have ordered 2 of them… I forgot how small they are!

 

 

Wow, I hope you were able to finish that huge portion of broccoli they gave you! 🤣

11 hours ago, MayorDrafty said:

 

Which one of you hands the tip to the porter?  lol

He does!  You may be onto something here... 🤣

I'm still chuckling about "Heart attack hill" and your description of the apples in the tart at the steakhouse. 🙂

Although we have sailed enough to be platinum, I NEVER knew that there are drawers under the sofa in the room.  I was so happy to learn this from you!

On 1/31/2024 at 7:35 PM, ChuckF said:

While it may not be the best value, we always get a specialty coffee at Sea Day Brunch as our free drink. 

I did not know this was a possibility!  I am going to try that this time!

On 1/31/2024 at 12:49 PM, Haljo1935 said:

We ordered an extra appetizer, 1 extra for the 2 of us, not 1 extra each.  The Tiramisu is absolutely not the same as MDR. It looks just like the picture at the entrance and way too pretty to eat.

 

 

That looks amazing! So much better than the MDR version of Tiramisu.

Can you order more than one appetizer?  Also, does anyone know if the Tiramisu is the same one that they serve in the MDR?

On 1/26/2024 at 9:38 AM, jsglow said:

Wow. That's awfully presumptuous of them. I honestly wonder why they would have taken that position? 

Right?  If liquor offends you then a cruise may not be a good fit.  Alcohol is everywhere!

On 11/16/2023 at 6:20 PM, Destiny0315 said:

Ah the significance of the empty chair representing Edy's contribution...

 

OMG!  I'm reading this review at work and I actually snort laughed out loud at this one!

21 hours ago, Megan_Strick said:

You are literally 1 ft from the next table so we always end up talking to them anyway.

On the Magic in November it was more like 5-6 inches.  Not even enough room to  walk through.

Please tell them that you would spend much more money there if they figured out the smoke problem. 🙂

20 hours ago, tradewinds traveler said:

Delivery of checked on bass is weird. Sometimes mine arrived but not my husband's or his arrive & not mine. Sometimes is doesn't arrive until 5. We are platinum.

I can never understand this.  My husband and I drop our bags off together, they go in the same cart together, and yet his are always delivered hours before mine. Go figure.