jbhcw Posted January 11 #176 Share Posted January 11 Way behind....but here for the cruise....Sid...know this one will be better than the last....everyone have a super great time!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putter23 Posted January 11 #177 Share Posted January 11 Original Tribe lurker here….rarely post. But I’m looking forward to both yours and Megan’s reviews! Hope you have a blast and safe travels! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofy2010 Posted January 11 #178 Share Posted January 11 I am generally lurking in the shadows, but hope that you have a great cruise and can find some relaxation in it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #179 Share Posted January 11 (edited) I ended up advancing the alarm forward three different times before I finally dragged myself out of bed... Between Bill the bartender's heavy handed pours and the additional tequila I had when I got home, I think I might have over done it slightly. Anyhoo, I've gotta try to make it through another long day at the 'ol salt mine today, and I certainly hope it's not nearly as busy as yesterday. We'll see... Thanks to each and every one of you who are following along on this great adventure, and even though I might not respond to every comment (or, hardly any) that I do read and appreciate every single word... We're now only 48 hours from getting this show on the road for real!... In other news: it looks like my traditional thank you list is going to be a long one! Keep the love coming!... Edited January 11 by sid_9169 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare KmomChicago Posted January 11 #182 Share Posted January 11 Welcome to a pre-cruise episode of As the Rug Turns, in which Sid is smugly satisfied all day long that he is mere hours from the most fascinating, interesting, enjoyable, unusual, special cruise of his entire life. 8 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #183 Share Posted January 11 I guess for "seasoned cruisers" like us, we take for granted our vast knowledge of the subject, however John Heald recently had some comments for those "not in the know" about general cruise line policies, such as their cancellation rules... Here's what he had to say on the subject: 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #185 Share Posted January 11 And now back to our regularly scheduled programming: I had been stalking the airlines for three or four months trying to find a decent price for my flights, but everything that suited my needs were outrageously priced… My last trip to Miami ran me around $450 round trip, which I consider highway robbery, and the ones I had my eye on were running six hundred and even up to eight hundred! Finally on Saturday December 2nd, I was able to secure my desired times, and even better, I was able to completely cover it with Skymiles. My persistence had finally paid off. 5 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aztekpm Posted January 11 #187 Share Posted January 11 Can't wait for this show to get on the road ... have fun! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #188 Share Posted January 11 I was about to continue with some of the pre written parts of the review, which I've typed into Google docs, but instead of copy and pasting I accidentally copied and "cut"... I just spent the past half hour trying to recover the text that I accidentally erased, but I was unsuccessful. I even tried googling how to do it, but still couldn't figure it out. Finally, I remembered that it was saved on my other phone which is in airplane mode, so hopefully I could find it there. Luckily it WAS still there, and I was able to copy and paste it into a new document, so crisis averted... Getting ready now for hopefully a nice smooth day at work... 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted January 11 #189 Share Posted January 11 I'm here to argue for retaining the pinky finger! How else will you hoist your drink to show you're amongst the Carnival hoity-toity royalty?? Source: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/enjoying-a-drink-at-christmas-gm1152646243-312790810 4 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az4ship Posted January 11 #190 Share Posted January 11 Enjoy your trip. I always look forward to your reviews. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #191 Share Posted January 11 (edited) I always purchase Cheers when sailing with Carnival, and sometimes I purchase way ahead of time, and other times I wait until right before my sailing date comes up. Early on a Saturday morning back on August 26th 2023, I came across some chatter that people were able to purchase Cheers for the entire cruise for only the one day price. Of course it was some kind of website glitch, but who knows, maybe they would end up honoring it. I added it to my shopping cart and sure enough the total price ended up being around seventy bucks. This same thing happened with Royal Caribbean months earlier, and they did in fact end up letting all those who purchased it get away with their significant discount. Would the same thing happen with Carnival? Well, it wasn't long before John Heald came out with an announcement that they were working on it, but in the meantime, everyone who purchased it at the absurdly discounted rate would be refunded automatically. A day or two later, Carnival sent out an email offering a 10% discount to everyone affected by the glitch. I ended up re-ordering Cheers with the discount code a couple of days later, and I was also able to throw some obc towards the price, so I still wound up paying much less than full price... ***This is the paragraphs I was trying to copy and paste when I lost them. Thankfully I was able to recover them somehow, even if I wasn't able to follow seemingly simple instructions to do so... Edited January 11 by sid_9169 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaToMany Posted January 11 #192 Share Posted January 11 Following along, Sid! Love your lives. Always follow, but usually lurk. My cruise doesn’t leave until next Friday, so you and Megan are getting me through until then. Nothing like morning tea and cruise chat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted January 11 #193 Share Posted January 11 I'm having so much fun following the Tribe cruise "lives" and you aren't even on a plane, yet!! Loving the memes, too 😁! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #194 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, ColeThornton said: Hmmmm. Another really weird and odd thread full of stuff that doesn't belong in a cruise review and despite that I'll follow along for what will most assuredly be at least 80 pages long (and that's before the actual cruise even starts) LOL 😉 I never claimed to be an actual cruise reviewer, just blowing smoke in the wind... Edited January 11 by sid_9169 8 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #195 Share Posted January 11 ***Before we get too far into the weeds, I always like to add a disclaimer in case there are any new readers out there: This “review” probably won't be like most of the others out there. The tale you're about to endure will merely be the narrative beginning here at my home in Atlanta, and documenting in words and pictures, my travels down to Miami, and eventually boarding the Carnival Celebration for what will be round number two for me. (First time was back in late November / early December 2022) I'm not going to be providing pictures of menus or the Fun Times nor any other pertinent information that would help you out if you decided to cruise on the Carnival Celebration. You can find all of that via other reviews here on Cruise Critic or elsewhere. It'll mostly revolve around whatever I decide to eat or drink or the things I run across in my daily walkabouts… Sometimes I’ll “zig” and sometimes I’ll “zag”, and sometimes I may not have the slightest idea what I'm going to do next… You just never know. We'll just say that my take on things is probably a bit more “rough around the edges” than most. More similar in attitude to Archie Bunker than say Ward Cleaver, if you know what I mean. I'll try to at least keep it clean enough for the Cruise Critic brand, although sometimes I may get very close to the boundaries. So pour yourself a drink and pack your sense of humor and most of all, just try to take everything with a grain of salt. (*especially my gross misuse of punctuation, grammar, and excessive use of “quote” signs) Now, with those bits out of the way: Please buckle your seatbelt, and let's get this show on the road!!!... 49 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare sid_9169 Posted January 11 Author #198 Share Posted January 11 Starting out incredibly slow this morning at work, which is a huge break from the insanity yesterday. I'm hoping this continues all the way till quitting time this afternoon. The weather is nice today so I want to get out for one more afternoon walk before heading out out of town. Supposed to be nasty here tomorrow with rain and storms, so today's my last chance... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 11 #200 Share Posted January 11 (edited) What type of rug does your company sell? We bought this runner in Turkey on our cruise last October. Edited January 11 by ninjacat123 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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