Live B2B2B2B Carnival Spirit Alaska/Panama Canal/Caribbean

[jam19872016]

I had pretty low expectations for Canada. I know this is just a technical stop to check a box on a legal form. I expected a tourist center with some tourist traps and. It much else.

 

My very low expectations were way way too high. There was one shop open with a line that quite literally wrapped around the entire length of the store.

 

 

I heard town was a 30 minute walk but nothing was open but a couple bars. I don't knownof that was accurate but I didn't bother just turned around and returned to the ship.

 

Back onboard now and probably in the room for the night although I may go out for a late night snack. I ate light at dinner in case I found something i wanted to try in port.

Edited September 20, 2022 by jam19872016

[jam19872016]

Off to bed now. Turnaround day in the morning.

[jam19872016]

Good morning. I'm up earlier than I need to be. Repacked this morning and I'm gonna go grab some frozen yogurt for breakfast.

 

We meet in the theater at 9am to checkin for our next cruise.

 

They seem to be pretty efficient with this whole moving cabins thing since so many ppl lost their cabins. They have delivered us numbered luggage tags and our new cabin number is written on the back. 

[jam19872016]

In the theater for our b2b meeting. They had champagne and mimosas waiting for us and they our checking us in now for our next sailing.

[jam19872016]

Just informed cbp will not require us to walk off the ship and back on. Once they check us back in we are free to go 😁

[Jamman54]

8 minutes ago, jam19872016 said:

Just informed cbp will not require us to walk off the ship and back on. Once they check us back in we are free to go 😁

Same thing happened on our Legend B2B. Score!!! 😁

[jam19872016]

Just now, Jamman54 said:

Same thing happened on our Legend B2B. Score!!! 😁

Nice! I like this here's hoping this is the "new normal."

[jam19872016]

Zero count achieved. They are now calling our names and we are free to go. Easiest b2b ever. They say our rooms are ready but I somehow doubt that is true but will check it out once my name is called..

[jam19872016]

They just announced the housekeeping department has informed them the rooms were not ready. Saved me a trip to go check lol.

[jam19872016]

My mom and I both moved up levels this cruise. I did not expect either to be correct so I'm a little worried hers is platinum and mine is still platinum.

 

I have exactly 200 days and I have checked and double checked And it says platinum is 75-199 and diamond starts at 200, not 201. 

 

Guest services said they can check after the new voyage is loaded.

[pe4all]

25 minutes ago, jam19872016 said:

My mom and I both moved up levels this cruise. I did not expect either to be correct so I'm a little worried hers is platinum and mine is still platinum.

 

I have exactly 200 days and I have checked and double checked And it says platinum is 75-199 and diamond starts at 200, not 201. 

 

Guest services said they can check after the new voyage is loaded.

Definitely follow up with Guest Services.  You should be Diamond and receive the "perks" (not many - lol) that come along with it.  Unlimited laundry was fantastic for us, and you get a "free" dinner (we went to the steakhouse) also.  The Diamond party was nicer than the Platinum one - finger foods were good.

[jam19872016]

I just want the shiny white card lol. I'm about to follow up now I'm just not ready to be told to mask up.

[jam19872016]

Took some convincing but got my nice new card. I'll probably wait to use my free dinner until Celebration and see if I can use it at Rudi's.

 

Did muster now checking on the room.

 

New signs are posted. 

 

 

[CruiseMGM]

14 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

I had pretty low expectations for Canada. I know this is just a technical stop to check a box on a legal form. I expected a tourist center with some tourist traps and. It much else.

 

My very low expectations were way way too high. There was one shop open with a line that quite literally wrapped around the entire length of the store.

 

 

I heard town was a 30 minute walk but nothing was open but a couple bars. I don't knownof that was accurate but I didn't bother just turned around and returned to the ship.

 

Back onboard now and probably in the room for the night although I may go out for a late night snack. I ate light at dinner in case I found something i wanted to try in port.

 

I'm actually so happy you have this picture! It was the same way on our cruise, the line was INSANE and it looked (through the windows) like it was front-to-back and shoulder-to-shoulder and no way in HECK did we want to set foot in there! Heck, I'll buy some maple syrup from Amazon if I have to! 😄

 

For what it's worth, if you ever have another technical stop in Victoria in the future....... on our Monday 9/5 stop from 8pm-midnight (all aboard at 11:30) I'd spied (on the internet) a nearby little restaurant to try and we skipped dinner on the ship and decided to go for that. Well, nearby wasn't quite as nearby as I thought, but it was a beautiful night and a nice walk and we got there before they closed. Heron Rock Bistro. The food was great (fish & chips, POUTINE!, and a fabulous Caesar's salad with BACON!), the beers were very nice, servers were friendly and funny, and we thoroughly enjoyed our little sojourn. Walked back to port a bit more leisurely than we'd hiked at the start, enjoyed seeing flowers and neighborhoods and just really had a great time. We spent a week in Vic one early summer and love the place.

 

Have to agree with you on the Char Sui Chicken at Chopsticks, I've been Jonesing for it ever since I tried it! Enjoying the review!

[jam19872016]

Lost internet for a while.

 

Went down to the room and our card wasn't in the box so defeated we turned around then I realized we were already wearing our cards duh 🙄. 

 

We got an Oceanview this week.

 

Port view right now.

 

 

[jam19872016]

After we got settled into our new room we went up the the buffet for some lunch. 

 

Chopsticks and Lido lunch menu. 

 

 

 

My lunch.

 

 

[jam19872016]

2 hours ago, CruiseMGM said:

 

I'm actually so happy you have this picture! It was the same way on our cruise, the line was INSANE and it looked (through the windows) like it was front-to-back and shoulder-to-shoulder and no way in HECK did we want to set foot in there! Heck, I'll buy some maple syrup from Amazon if I have to! 😄

 

For what it's worth, if you ever have another technical stop in Victoria in the future....... on our Monday 9/5 stop from 8pm-midnight (all aboard at 11:30) I'd spied (on the internet) a nearby little restaurant to try and we skipped dinner on the ship and decided to go for that. Well, nearby wasn't quite as nearby as I thought, but it was a beautiful night and a nice walk and we got there before they closed. Heron Rock Bistro. The food was great (fish & chips, POUTINE!, and a fabulous Caesar's salad with BACON!), the beers were very nice, servers were friendly and funny, and we thoroughly enjoyed our little sojourn. Walked back to port a bit more leisurely than we'd hiked at the start, enjoyed seeing flowers and neighborhoods and just really had a great time. We spent a week in Vic one early summer and love the place.

 

Have to agree with you on the Char Sui Chicken at Chopsticks, I've been Jonesing for it ever since I tried it! Enjoying the review!

I'll give that a try next time. I was actually doing some research for some place to try poutine and I read something that made a lot of sense. Ordering poutine in Victoria is like ordering a Philly cheese steak in Seattle. Thy might serve it, but it's not necessarily authentic. So I abandoned that idea but I still want to try it just have to wait till I hit eastern Canada.

 

I can't wait for that char sui chicken to come around again 😋. 

[jam19872016]

The weather must know we are heading back to Florida. It is warm out today almost hot even. The midship roof is open.

 

Also the country music overhead has been replaced with carnivals standard playlist of 70s and 80s rock and pop.

[jam19872016]

Going to the spa raffle again to try to win some spa loot for my mom.

[pirate4me2]

Thanks for the beautiful scenery pics and the great live review so far!!

 

Hubby loves baked Alaska, he’s gonna be disappointed in the new version I think. 😞

 

I love the burger at Seaday brunch, hoping it’ll be good on MG in November! 

[nwcruiselover]

I’m glad you and your mom both got your new Diamond/Platinum cards.  

[jam19872016]

Another brief internet outage. Rewind about 45 minutes and we were pulling away.

 

My view is now ocean view.

 

 

Water is getting choppy already. Can't feel it but can see it this close to the water.

 

 

[jam19872016]

Heading out to dinner there was a knock knock knock on the door.

 

Special delivery for b2b guests.

 

 

Yay I was starting to think with so many b2b they didn't have the budget to give out the champagne.

 

Sunset on the way to dinner.

 

[jam19872016]

And we are caught back up. Dinner is on a 20-30 minute wait tonight. I'm sitting in the waiting area outside the MDR waiting for my app to buzz.

 

New stuart this week is off to a rocky start. There was hair on the nightstand next to my bed. I checked the rest of the cabin after that and it appears to be the only oversight.

 

Then when we asked for ice he told us we would need to call room service. We politely mentioned we got it last week and he said he would try.

 

He did return with the ice bucket. It's still early and the big test will be if we get our PM service as requested 😆. 

[jam19872016]

38 minutes ago, pirate4me2 said:

Thanks for the beautiful scenery pics and the great live review so far!!

 

Hubby loves baked Alaska, he’s gonna be disappointed in the new version I think. 😞

 

I love the burger at Seaday brunch, hoping it’ll be good on MG in November! 

Usually they burger is so good but it was overdone and dry on here.

 

 

17 minutes ago, nwcruiselover said:

I’m glad you and your mom both got your new Diamond/Platinum cards.  

Thanks 😁