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The game will be on the big screen, in the main theater and in the sports bar. When we cruised that weekend it was not available in the cabin. The weather was wet and cool, so the theater filled early; at least 45 min before the kickoff. We love seats on the second tier on the glass in the theater and snagged one early. Food was plentiful, extra time for a burrito or Guys Burger. Appreciate this was before Covid, so who knows. Last month on the Breeze the cruise director shared they were over two hundred crew members short, and we could see a difference from past trips. .

Seriously, a brilliant resource. Just once I want to hear him share his preference (if any) for digital amateur radio. That would entertain and educate at least me... K5BLU. Icom 7100 and a couple of Kenwood mobiles. DMR, WiresX, Echolink and working on D-Star. .

Two experiences since returning to cruising with priority debarkation. Both were positive because we did NOT wait until the time on the letter to go to deck 3 and wait in the theater. The elevators were a mess. We learned a long time ago to press both the Up and Down button and just get aboard an elevator. Eventually it will get you there. There is a throng of people wanting to get down and they clog up the process. Mix in the Breeze crew made zero effort to stop anyone from entering that didn't have a letter as they said "priority?" and everyone said yes. They waived them all through. We saw cards of all colors in peoples hands in the diamond and platinum waiting area. I get it; they are two hundred crew short on this ship and quite possibly most of the other ships and embark and debark are their most stressful times. We were off the ship at 7:45 AM and home at 9. .

Depends. We were surprised to get cold cans given to us last week on the Breeze. Unknown if that is fleet wide.

We've seen one dog in forty plus years of cruising. On the Breeze last week we saw a box on the area by the lifeboats for dogs to relieve themselves. A large pan filled with absorbent and a small roped off area were visible through the windows. .

Please copy and paste any of my posts from the past two decades where I “stirred things up.” Sorry I don’t have a chair hog or rum runner report for you. I didn’t embellish anything, I merely posted what was shared with my family. Since you have a burning desire for hard hitting news I’ve attached a lounger swine photo. .

True. Headed to the steakhouse for our last dinner. We haven’t had a vacation since November when we cruised the Breeze with four other couples from church. .

Amazing. We are in our last day at sea and met another person in the Diamond and Plat line at Guest Services that was part of the excursion. My cruising experience goes back to the Mardi Gras in 76 and twenty years here on Cruise Critic. My wife and our friends were on the elevator from Deck 0 to the Lido with the first woman that shared this. We have no value in fabricating what she shared. Did she make it all up? Dunno. I do know it was discussed again today from another source. So, for the skeptics, sure, your right. I didn’t monitor the boards here on our last day. We return to Galveston Terminal One tomorrow and I step off my first cruise. I made all the stuff up about past cruises also. Go search my reviews from decades ago. We did a new excursion with a sandbar stop to see stingrays and starfish. We elected not to go into detailed questioning to a woman in tears over loosing her cash and passport. My bad. .

No. We just left Cozumel and we talked with a couple on the elevator and lido before we returned to our cabin. They’ve cruised enough to be gold and had never experienced anything like this. This is our thirty-eighth cruise and we’d say the same. .

Today while we were in Cozumel on the Breeze the Save A Sea Turtle Experience turned horrific when twenty-seven cruisers were robbed. We rode the elevator back up with a couple that were on the tour, and they are working with Carnival to inventory what they lost. .

Interesting when you run out of content you drop down to name calling. Along with that, you have no idea of my families cruise history that will grow by one more in a few hours. In your refusal to accept that someone might not fall into an absolute you suggested you've gone off on a trail to include challenging an unknown. I originally stated to the OP there might not be an absolute you'd stated, and to find out via a phone call and verify via email. Your response was to challenge the efficiency of their team and then call me a name. Finally, the employees here in the terminal in Galveston are part-time employees for Carnival, they were hired and trained by them and are a great group of people. .

Which is remarkably different from our experiences dating back to the Mardi Gras in 1976... .

Those Dale Carnegie tapes, did they arrive? Seriously, you state an absolute without a verified case. That's speculation. To the OP: call Carnival, explain the situation. There will be your answer. Have them email you the results of your conversation and print it off. .

My family have been on several, and as described in prior posts it's a blast. At dinner you will see hats on the table, noisemakers and a nicer choice of food in the MDR. Attire ranges from shorts and flip-flops to a more dressed up crowd. In thirty-seven cruises, seven of those being NYE I have not seen a tux in the last decade. Those were Caribbean trips and it was plenty warm on the Speedo Deck. The party starts around 9:30 or 10 in the atrium with music and the cruise director and a balloon drop at 11. Then up on the Speedo for the big party. Get a spot early! At midnight the big screen will do a countdown followed by a horn serenade from the Captain. Go, have a great time!

As a fellow Texan, eat too many of those burgers and say goodbye to a "hard pass." .

Mayonnaise a whole buncha people tryin' to be funny... I'll stop now. .

Fantasy Class ships! For many this was their introduction into cruising. I had the pleasure of cruising on the original Mardi Gras and the Celebration along with all the Fantasy ships, and we loved when the Ecstasy and Elation came here to Galveston. I've attached a few images to this post, so share yours. The one of my family shows a much younger man from at least fifteen years ago! See You At Sea! .

I've said and posted here before that I'd sit with a family in purple tutu's and love the conversation versus dinner guests in formal dress that are miserable and have full intent on making my wife and I the same. In all our years of cruising we have only asked to be moved once. I'd do it again if needed.

Well OK. I guess I've been remarkably lucky since cruising on the Mardi Gras in 1976. I read one of your other posts where you have cruised on Celebrity, Carnival, Princess and Royal this year, so you have seen the difference. I've seen a dress code enforced once on the Glory headed to Canada in 2014. They sent a father and son back to change from basketball shorts. When afternoon activities involve grown men roaring like Tarzan and grinding on a total stranger on the lido deck for a plastic trophy I would not expect Emily Post to make an appearance for fashion once food is served. My wife and I like Carnival since I can leave my driveway and be in my cabin in about 90 minutes in Galveston. We're booked on two in the next few months that will push us over 40 on the funnel. We also have realistic expectations on what people do versus a suggestion for dress. We also go back to the cabin on Cruise Elegant night a change back to shorts for the show and piano bar later. If I was sitting at the dining table with shorts and a polo shirt you'd never know unless you looked under the table. Since the food is on the top, that's wasted effort. See You At Sea! .

Except it wasn't. And I carry my luggage on and drop it in the cabin when we board. .

Let me correct my answer. Long pants are required for Cruise Elegant (ultimate oxymoron) only. I wore golf shorts and a polo to the steakhouse on the Breeze in November and will do it again later this month. I wear long pants only on Cruise Elegant night. .

Best answer is no. The would need to have long pants and a polo shirt as a minimum. Some might give other advice, but who knows? See You At Sea! .

Perfect winter day in Galveston: Breakfast at Mosquito Cafe Walk around the Strand area The Bryan Museum The Elissa at the Seaport Museum Dinner at The Gumbo Bar (two of them on the island) Good night sleep before your cruise Call us, we will come over for gumbo. 🙂

First cruise was on the Mardi Gras for high school graduation and later as newlyweds. Then an absence for Disney with a young family and a return on the Ecstasy in 1995. The Celebration came here to Galveston in 2002 and we've been aboard everything with a funnel or Viking Crown Lounge that sails from our home port. Mix in a few more from Miami, Boston and Ft Lauderdale and we are hooked. The Breeze (again!) is next.

Here is the email I received. Sorry if it has been posted prior. See You At Sea! .