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Thank you, I leave in about a month.

 

How was the steakhouse? Good service? What did you and others in your group have to eat?

the steakhouse was incredible with great service. on the vista i would make reservations before hand as it can get hard to get a reservation once on board. i had the escargot which was incredible as an appetizer. i had the warm spinach salad which i love. for the main dish i had the spiced rib eye with the baked potato and for desert i had the chocolate sampler. my wife had the grilled portobello mushroom appetizer, with the same salad. she had the filet mignon. and for desert she had the cheese sampler. we go to the steakhouse every cruise and always seem to get the same thing because it is so good.

 

How was service in the dining room? Did you have assigned or anytime dining?

we had anytime dining but only ate at the dining room on the first elegant night for the lobster tail. the service was actually very good that one night and food was good. i had 3 lobster tails. my wife had the indian vegetarian dinner. both were very good. we skipped the dessert. we had to wait about 30 minutes to be seated at a table for 2 so we sat at the bar inside the restaurant to be seated. this bar feature was nice.

 

Did you go to any comedy shows? How were they?

didn't make it to any shows on the ship we like to go to the bars. but we heard the comedy show was good.

 

Did you go to the piano bar? who was the entertainer and did you like?

we love the piano bar and went the first night and the player Natalie from Australia was very good. the first night the singers 3 of them from the band velvet vibes(which were very good) came in after their band set and they along with Natalie took turns singing and playing on the piano. it was like an impromptu all star show and was incredible. but the next night Natalie got sick and lost her voice and the bar was closed until the last night when she came back to play. she was still sick but didn't want to let everyone down. she said carnival was bringing aboard another piano player the day we got off so she can take a week or two off to fully get her voice back.

 

Lastly, what time did disembarkation start?

we had a late flight and have platinum status so we didn't really pay attention to what the times were on the sheet they gave out. i know i got up at 7am and could hear the cruise director start disembarkation on the over head. we left the room at 8 am and ate breakfast in the dining room then walked off around 9:30.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Thank you very much for your detailed responses. I am glad to hear that the service was good in the steakhouse, on Splendor it was okay, but not great. I am looking forward to our meal there! I emailed for reservations last week and got the confirmation e-mail just a couple of days ago.

 

We love the comedy shows and the piano bar is hit or miss with the entertainers, so I'm glad to hear that you had a good time. I'll have to check it out on my cruise.

 

May all of your future cruises be good ones!

 

Brenda

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Did you do anytime dining? If so how did it go?

 

 

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I did do any time dining. But I only ate in the dining room on the first elegant night so I could have the lobster [emoji3]. On the vista if you have any time dining you have to check in on the 5th floor next to the coffee shop. I saw that the line can get long there. I'm not sure what they do at the check in, I guess they give u a time to go down to the restaurant. If you are platinum or above you go to the restaurant and check in. On the night I went we checked in at the restaurant and were given a buzzer and we're told it would be 30 minutes. Sat at the bar inside the restaurant and waited exactly 30 minutes.

 

 

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I noticed on shipcabins there was no couch in sideway cabin, is there a couch in the regular Havana interior? Rethinking once again.

 

There is no sofa in any inside cabin. You might consider moving to an ocean view

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There is no sofa in any inside cabin. You might consider moving to an ocean view

 

 

There aren't any Havana OVs. Only Havana Insides, Cabanas, and Aft Balconies. But yes you are correct. Even in regular Inside cabins, there aren't any sofas.

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Thanks for doing this!

What movies were on?

Hoping to catch LaLa Land :)

in the imax i know they had star wars, and xxx playing at night. not sure during the day. they have a nice little concession stand with lots of movie candy that costs 3.50. the popcorn is in individual bags like you buy in the store. they also sell beer. i went to the thrill theater to see the horror themed one that came on at 10:30 at night. it was 3 short films totaling about 18 minutes. the first 2 movies were animated like a video game on PS4 or XBOX. first one was Frankenstein and the second was a haunted house. the third and best one was Friday the 13th which showed actual clips from all the movies. the thrill theater is incredible and well worth the $5.50.

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Were there any themed parties on the cruise? Did you happen to take pics of the menus or the funtimes? we are doing this itinerary for our cruise in September for a friends wedding

i know they had the white party. they also had the sail away party. i think they had an Australian day party. one night i saw everyone walking around with bandanas it had something to do with one of the shows. i didn't take any pictures of the menus or funtimes.

here is a link to the ji-ji asian restaurant menu

http://carnival-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Ji-Ji-Asian-Kitchen-Menu_Web.pdf

here is a link to the cucina del capitano menu

https://www.carnival.com/~/media/Images/explore/dining/menus/cucina-del-capitano-menu.ashx

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I read there was in the morning but I never went in the morning. I just went to the coffee bar that was right around the corner. Also the taste bar that is right around the dance floor next to coffee shop had a full breakfast in the morning on port days. Made it convenient in the morning when getting off the ship.

 

 

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The bartender in the Havana bar told me the coffee and some pastries would be available after 10AM each day. Being an early riser I was always at the Java Café when it opened and never went to the Havana during the day.

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I've read in some reviews that there was supposed to be a mini-fridge in every room. It says it's empty so you cans tore what you like. Is this accurate?

yes in my cabin there was a mini fridge and it was empty. it even looked like you could adjust the temperature. i had the cheers package and often got bottled water and vitamin water at the coffee shop and would keep them in the fridge.

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Can you compare the Casino to the Dream class? Size/slot variety? Thanks.

the casino seemed small. maybe it was the layout of it. if you walk through along the pathway you have a few tables on one side and some slot machines. then on the other side you have a round bar and the rest of the casino. i did play craps one night and the table was crowded. the slot machines seemed like they had a lot of new machines. we played a wonder woman slot machine which i have not seen before. i did notice they had the wheel of fortune machines which i like. and also i saw the wolfs run machine which is one of my favorites. then they have 3 of the cash machines. one was the key through the slot which i played. one was the dollar sign going through the maze, and the other was the claw machine. there is no poker table in the casino. it is down the hall in the sports bar which i found kind of weird. it was the normal poker pro video style game.

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Which nights were elegant nights? And which was white night?

i did the 6 day western Caribbean itinerary. so the first elegant night was on the 2nd night which was a sea day. the second elegant night was on the 4th night which was when we were in grand cayman. i did not go to the white party but i believe it was on the 3rd day the day we were in jamaica. i remember a lot of people with the white sticks that light up that night.

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Oh, thanks! Those look nice.

 

We don't have that yet. We got new tervis cups on the Liberty over New Year's Eve. Even though we had received them a couple of times before, we were happy.

 

I don't know how many night lights we can use, though . . .

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Thank you very much for your detailed responses. I am glad to hear that the service was good in the steakhouse, on Splendor it was okay, but not great. I am looking forward to our meal there! I emailed for reservations last week and got the confirmation e-mail just a couple of days ago.

 

 

 

We love the comedy shows and the piano bar is hit or miss with the entertainers, so I'm glad to hear that you had a good time. I'll have to check it out on my cruise.

 

 

 

May all of your future cruises be good ones!

 

 

 

Brenda

 

 

Who did you email? As I would like to book one evening.

 

 

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