Our Carnival Venezia B2B - 21 days of "Fun Italian Style" (with pics) - 9/23/23

[Jamman54]

Patti is looking down at the Burano Pool and hot tubs…..

 

 

 

 

She heads down to Deck 10 to get this picture of the Burano Pool & Bar…..

 

 

Here are a few more pictures of the port area…..

 

 

 

Out in Casco Bay you can see Fort Gorges……

 

 

It’s now a little after 10 so Patti comes back to the cabin to tell me she is heading ashore. My Husband Daycare, 3$ Deweys, doesn’t open until 11:30, so I will meet her there then. Patti makes her way off the ship. Here is the Carnival Venezia docked in Portland, Maine…..

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti passes through the Ocean Gateway Cruise Terminal…..

 

 

 

This is the outside of the terminal…..

 

 

This is the Maine Narrow Gauge Railway. You can ride it for about $20/pp…..

 

 

The Norwegian Sky is docked at the Portland Ocean Terminal…..

 

 

 

Patti begins her walking tour of Portland’s port area…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti continues her walking tour of Portland’s port area…..

 

 

 

 

Patti checks out some of the narrow cobblestone streets…..

 

 

 

 

Patti said that there was an insanely long line to get into this donut shop…..

 

 

Patti continues with her walking tour…..

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Patti continues her walking tour of Portland’s port area…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti has arrived at $3 Deweys……

 

 

To be continued…..

[blarko]

1 hour ago, Jamman54 said:

 It’s strange looking up at the funnel and there is no whale tail…..

 

 

Will there eventually be a whale tail?

[Jamman54]

Patti walks into $3 Deweys and of course I’m on my phone, but I’m enjoying an ice cold Allagash White beer……

 

 

 

Patti took some pictures around the bar…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Now, I have been here several times, and I had thought that the name $3 Deweys had something to do with the bar prices. Boy was I wrong. Patti was about to give me an education……

 

 

Wow, a fellow could have quite a night for $6! Lol. Now that I’ve been enlightened, let’s take a look at the beer and cocktail menus…..

 

 

 

Here are the food menus……

 

 

 

 

I order another beer for myself and a Malibu bay breeze for Patti…..

 

 

We decided to order some lunch. Patti had a bacon cheeseburger….

 

 

I had some bacon wrapped scallops and a fish sandwich…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

After we ate we said goodbye to $3 Deweys and made our way back to the ship…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once back at the cabin, today’s towel animal was waiting for us…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

16 minutes ago, blarko said:

Will there eventually be a whale tail?

Not likely. Same for the Firenze. 

[dmet0225]

In a previous job, I spent just over 2 years on and off developing a new medical building for a hospital in downtown Portland.  There are some unbelievably terrific restaurants in that area.  One of those restaurants was on one of those cobblestone streets that looked like an alley.  I’d love to go back there and visit.

[LatinaInTexas]

Loving the review and the ship. Had planned on this ship being one of my 2 cruises for next year along with Alaska in August. Then life threw us a recent curve ball, nothing bad just unexpected so can't commit and all plans are on a short time hold.

Still going to enjoy learning more about this ship and looking forward to seeing new to me ports🙂

[callsworth]

9 hours ago, canes20 said:

Jamman said it was a little choppy a couple of days but didn't know it was that bad.

"Charlie"  As long it's not late for a DRINK ! ! 

[jimbo5544]

11 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

 

Thirsty Frog Wheat and Moretti.

 

 

I haven't either, but TS Ophelia probably had something to do with it.

ahhhh, thanks that dang weather coming into play again.

[Jamman54]

9 hours ago, callsworth said:

"Charlie"  As long it's not late for a DRINK ! ! 

Hey Charlie! Thank you so much for posting more Patti pictures. I know you have a ton of them. I never use my phone to post pictures, but I know that something can be done to prevent the upside down pictures. Can one of the experts here help Charlie out?😀

[Princess Cruiser27]

Great read Jeff, 👍 Gotta love the food porn

Edited October 22, 2023 by Princess Cruiser27

[Jamman54]

Hey Cruise Critic family! Today is all about football and beer,  so I won't be adding anything on to the review today. Have a great Sunday everyone! 😀

[BohJang]

Hey @Jamman54 - Enjoy your football and beer today.  I'm looking forward to the next installment.  Great review.

[Elaine5715]

6 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Hey Charlie! Thank you so much for posting more Patti pictures. I know you have a ton of them. I never use my phone to post pictures, but I know that something can be done to prevent the upside down pictures. Can one of the experts here help Charlie out?😀

Thought maybe there was an Australian port stop? 

[detroitavant]

Subscribed.  We got caught up in the whole Magic/Venezia debacle as well and sailed on I think the second sailing.  We had to wait months for our cabin assignment and went from our first suite booking, an ocean suite, to a random lower deck junior suite since they re-categorized all of the rooms compared to sister ships like the Magic.  When we got a call the day on the drive to NYC I was about to lose it (again), but with this last change they made it right and we ended up a Terrazza balcony on 11.  I wasn't sure if we were going to give Carnival another chance after how they handled this whole thing but looking on your pictures it's bringing back the good parts of the vacation and maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember 🙂

[Bronx12]

Hey Jamman54, I was wondering if there is a usb charger beside the beds, I went back to look at your pictures but make it out very well. Great review and pictures!!! We are going on Venezia in

March 2024, our first Carnival cruise. Thanks

[Jamman54]

44 minutes ago, Bronx12 said:

Hey Jamman54, I was wondering if there is a usb charger beside the beds, I went back to look at your pictures but make it out very well. Great review and pictures!!! We are going on Venezia in

March 2024, our first Carnival cruise. Thanks

Yes there are! 

[Haljo1935]

1 hour ago, Bronx12 said:

Hey Jamman54, I was wondering if there is a usb charger beside the beds, I went back to look at your pictures but make it out very well. Great review and pictures!!! We are going on Venezia in

March 2024, our first Carnival cruise. Thanks

There's 1 USB and a C on each side.

[Haljo1935]

3 hours ago, detroitavant said:

Subscribed.  We got caught up in the whole Magic/Venezia debacle as well and sailed on I think the second sailing.  We had to wait months for our cabin assignment and went from our first suite booking, an ocean suite, to a random lower deck junior suite since they re-categorized all of the rooms compared to sister ships like the Magic.  When we got a call the day on the drive to NYC I was about to lose it (again), but with this last change they made it right and we ended up a Terrazza balcony on 11.  I wasn't sure if we were going to give Carnival another chance after how they handled this whole thing but looking on your pictures it's bringing back the good parts of the vacation and maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember 🙂

We were in that ship swap mess, too, for our Sept B2B that we just completed. It was handled poorly and completely preventable. 

In the end, we did get the cabins we had paid for, but it was painful... Once onboard, we didn't forget it had happened, but we really enjoyed the Venezia and were glad we got to spend some time sailing on her.

The crew was, as usual, fantastic!

[MistyRo76]

On 10/21/2023 at 1:23 PM, Jamman54 said:

 

I haven't either, but TS Ophelia probably had something to do with it.

A friend of mine was on another cruise line going to New England/Canada and was impacted by Ophelia. They skipped port calls in Halifax and Bar Harbor and made it to St. John. Then spent three days sitting out in the harbor in NY waiting for the weather to clear enough to dock. They made the best of it, but crazy trip! Hope Ophelia was kinder to you and Patty! 

[jennas_mum]

13 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Hey Cruise Critic family! Today is all about football and beer,  so I won't be adding anything on to the review today. Have a great Sunday everyone! 😀

How many football games were shown today? We get on as you are getting off and my husband is also a big football fan. 

 

Enjoying your review!