Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #26 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Chris Williams the CD (AKA The Flying Scotsman) welcomed everybody and told everyone the ceremony would be in the liquid lounge at 11. We decided to take the little time we had and walk around some before the ceremony. Next are some pics...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #27 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Area on 5, we passed Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald along the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #29 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The Red Frog area is large and had a stage like in Oceans Plaza on other ahips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #30 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Alchemy Bar, aft pool and tides bar and Lido inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #33 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Main pool area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #34 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Kids area forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #35 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Shops area, and looking down on the atrium, yes there is a view up down and glass elevators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #36 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Next up the naming ceremony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #37 Share Posted May 23, 2019 So the group for this met up in the Liquid Lounge, it was noticeably small group from any other that we had attended, but had a list of Carnival who's who including Micky and his wife, daughter (ships god mother - her mother was the god mother of the Triumph, and Mickys son and girl friend (he is the President of the Miami Heat). Other Arison family members, Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald, Carnival President Christine Duffy, other Carnival execs, members from the ship yard in Cadiz, a noted artist I will describe more about later, Carnival senior Spokesperson John Heald, and some other dignitaries one of which I will get into in a little bit. Chris Williams introduced John Heald who opened with some classic John humor and we had a little entertainment from the Playlist group. John then introduced Christine. Christine did a nice job talking about the 200 million upgrade which went much smoother then the Sunshine upgrade and recognized the Cadiz shipyard attendees. They showed a small vid of the ship from the Triumphs last sailing in New Orleans to the trip over and a quick montage of the work done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #38 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Some pics from the beginning of the ceremony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #39 Share Posted May 23, 2019 From the playlist intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #40 Share Posted May 23, 2019 John and Christine (sorry for the quality of the John pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #41 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Christine then introduced Kathie Lee Gifford, long time spokesperson for Carnival. Kathie Lee came up on stage and talked briefly of getting the spokesperson job for Carnival in what then the first national add program, her strong ties to the Arison family and even on her wines which are offered in the MDR of Carnival ships. As a side note, it ws watching her Carnival commercials that got us interested in cruising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 23, 2019 Author #42 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Kathie Lee talking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 24, 2019 Author #43 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Kelly Arison has a rare disease called Erlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Carnival made a contribution to this group to help fund the fight. Here are some people from the company that leads in research, Kelly and Christine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 24, 2019 Author #44 Share Posted May 24, 2019 The ship was then blessed from someone from the Seaman Union (a long standing tradition) and then Kelly christened the ship with the Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 24, 2019 Author #47 Share Posted May 24, 2019 That concluded the ceremony, we moved to the Radiance Dining room for a luncheon (the mid dining room). John announced that embarkation had commenced so he asked everyone to go directly there. We made our way there, and had a very nice lunch and here are some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 24, 2019 Author #48 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Note the way the bread was delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 24, 2019 Author #50 Share Posted May 24, 2019 We only had a short time before we had to leave, but here are some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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