Live from Millennium Panama Canal East-to-West April 21 - May 6, 2023

[mahdnc]

Hopefully the passenger will be ok.

 

@DaKahuna, if you have an opportunity and a break from extracting money from the ship's casino, I would appreciate it if you would post the pages for Celebrity Today for today.

[DaKahuna]

2 hours ago, Fly and Sail said:

 

I can't understand those. Yesterday I got a Gold Spin Deluxe, it landed on 1100 credits and still only paid 180 so I moved on.

I got the Gold Spin.  The first time it landed on 7X and the second spin landed on 700.  I had a couple of smallers ones before that. 
 

did five spins without a win after hitting 700 and cashed out.

 

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, mahdnc said:

Hopefully the passenger will be ok.

 

@DaKahuna, if you have an opportunity and a break from extracting money from the ship's casino, I would appreciate it if you would post the pages for Celebrity Today for today.

 

 

 

 

[DaKahuna]

Food porn from last night’s dinner 

 

Amuse Bouche

 

 

starters

 

shrimp cocktail - we both had our own

 

 

French Onion Soup — DW loves this stuff

 

 

My number one starter — spiny Louisiana Gumbo, the more okra the better (looking at you @Jim_Iain )

 

 

main courses

 

Roasted chicken for the wife — it was nice tender and juicy ( I stole a couple of bites)

 

 

and I had the grilled Barramundi 

 

 

 

dessert

I had the chocolate caramel custard

 

 

Green Tea Cake for DW

 

 

[Fly and Sail]

Chair hogs being scolded in today's edition of Celebrity Today. 👹

[Sigyn]

The Vegetarian Pancit your wife ordered looks fantastic. Is that on the regular menu in Luminae, or the vegetarian menu? 

[DaKahuna]

We had some ‘guest’ while at the harbor entrance and the ship was doing the passenger transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaKahuna]

3 minutes ago, njsmom said:

The Vegetarian Pancit your wife ordered looks fantastic. Is that on the regular menu in Luminae, or the vegetarian menu? 

it is on the regular menu.  This is the second time this cruise she’s had it.  She says it has egg but no meat so not vegan.

 

It does taste good.  I had a bite or two of it. 
 

[Fly and Sail]

Why does this stop take so long? The captain said they'd just transfer the sick passenger, yet we're still here.

[RTShaker]

Just now, Fly and Sail said:

Why does this stop take so long? The captain said they'd just transfer the sick passenger, yet we're still here.

The med team came, went ashore again, returned and it appears the passenger is now on the way to shore. We are underway.

[The Colonel_Cruises]

1 hour ago, RTShaker said:

The med team came, went ashore again, returned and it appears the passenger is now on the way to shore. We are underway.

Scuttlebutt is the first run was for their bags. Second for patient transport.

[mahdnc]

1 hour ago, DaKahuna said:

We had some ‘guest’ while at the harbor entrance and the ship was doing the passenger transfer.

 

 

IMG_9345.mov 26.23 MB · 5 downloads  

 

 

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IMG_9348.mov 23.76 MB · 1 download  

 

 

Nice show!  I didn't see it in the Celebrity Today schedule.....

[Fly and Sail]

So per the captain, we won't make it to Puerto Vallarta before 9 am tomorrow. That might have implications for some people on excursions. When were we supposed to get there originally??

 

Gangway down: 9:30am

Gangway up: 2:30pm

 

This will be a VERY short stop.

[DaKahuna]

22 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

So per the captain, we won't make it to Puerto Vallarta before 9 am tomorrow. That might have implications for some people on excursions. When were we supposed to get there originally??

 

Gangway down: 9:30am

Gangway up: 2:30pm

 

This will be a VERY short stop.

I believe it was initially 0700 for arrival.  Didn’t Captain mention two hours later being 0900? 
 

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, mahdnc said:

 

Nice show!  I didn't see it in the Celebrity Today schedule.....

See, I keep telling you there’s little value in those except for those on board at that particular day and even then it’s still not 100% reflective of what’s happening 🙂 

 

[DaKahuna]

The food porn for today ..,

 

Breakfast  - same old, same old - not photo’s that you have not seen before.

 

Lunch was Sushi on 5

 

Gingertini

 

Miso soup

 

 

Gyoza

 

 

Lobster & Shrimp Wonton

 

 

Tamaki Trio

 

 

Spicy Tuna & Shrimp Tempura Rolls

 

 

dessert was at Cafe al Bacio

Coffee with Bailey’s for DW

 

 

Affagato with Bailey’s for me

 

 

[DaKahuna]

Relaxing with a Sidecar 

 

[Fly and Sail]

Now it's getting interesting. Oceanview Cafe changed its sanitation protocol, no more self-service and self pickup of plates.

 

Several cabins are marked with a yellow sticker/postit above the cabin and constantly sprayed with disinfectant from the outside (you can see the residue). Also, room service is piling up in front of their doors.

 

Four more days to go! 🙂

[mahdnc]

3 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

Now it's getting interesting. Oceanview Cafe changed its sanitation protocol, no more self-service and self pickup of plates.

 

It's either Noro or you are running out of food....

[Fly and Sail]

12 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

 

It's either Noro or you are running out of food....

 

I don't like a combination of many (bad) signs including a missing cabin steward for 2+ days.

Edited May 2, 2023 by Fly and Sail

[cruisestitch]

I have been told that the food protocols are not a response to noro, but preparation for the USPublic Health inspections looming over the crew’s heads.

[Fly and Sail]

Or Omicron XBB.1.16 which has more traditional flu-like symptoms several passengers have been complaining about.

 

No reason to suspect Norovirus, but these isolation cases look a bit concerning. I doubt that those are part of a preparation for an inspection by health officials.

[mahdnc]

A key part of preparing for an inspection by health officials is having healthy passengers.

[Fly and Sail]

3 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

A key part of preparing for an inspection by health officials is having healthy passengers.

 

Good point. That is probably one of the reasons why we had a brief stop in Acapulco this morning.

 

Although if it was just a minor case of Covid etc they could have let them off tomorrow morning rather than diverting the whole ship, so no need to read more into it. Remember the recent changes to the cruise contract?

[mahdnc]

1 minute ago, Fly and Sail said:

Remember the recent changes to the cruise contract?

 

Wherever the ship goes, you go?