2/11/24 LIVE Super Bowl Sunday Cruise from Manhattan to Anitgua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Maarten...

[IntrepidFromDC]

Now that the Super Bowl teams have been decided - 49'ers vs Chiefs (a repeat from the SB a few years ago!) I thought I'd just get my LIVE started, although it'll be mostly dormant for the next two weeks.

 

Sailaway is at 4pm and the game will start a few hours after that so I expect to be sandwiched in the Sports Bar on The Venezia unless the game is showing on the tv's in the casino which usually provides a better viewing opportunity.

 

I have never been to Antigua, Dominica or Grenada and as usual my first visit to each will be "whole island tour" excursions.  I've already booked two of the three - NON-Carnival excursions as my experience is the local operators offer a better experience than the Carnival-selected operators for the most part.

 

A stinkbug just flew into my Cava order and I am not happy about that, but have mixed feelings since it is, after all, protein.

 

Anyway, I am really looking forward to spending a couple days in Manhattan, after the 12-day cruise, including Chinatown dim sum and a highly rated restaurant in Brooklyn on the East River with beautiful view of lower Manhattan.  Usually my trips to Manhattan include a visit to Central Park and feeding of the turtles in Turtle Pond, but in February I don't think they'll be above ice, and even if they are they will be too cold to want to eat.  Still, I'll be prepared.

 

As Jamman would say, "to be continued..."

[Drazil65]

mmmm...dim sum in Chinatown, yes please!

[ninjacat123]

Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁

[princess76021]

I think I this is the earliest I've gotten to a live!!!

Thanks for allowing us to join you!!

Hugs from Texas

[pcvtmom]

Super excited for your Super Bowl live (see what I did there 😄?).

[ninjacat123]

1 hour ago, ninjacat123 said:

Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁

Oops, NYC after🙃

[Jamman54]

We'll be following along! 😃

[mets07]

2 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁

She has to make it back from Tokyo!  She has a concert there on Feb 10.

 

[fair-winds39]

Looking forward to your “Live” journey.

[IntrepidFromDC]

 

A little about the Manhattan part of my trip, after the cruise. I'll walk from the cruise port two blocks to my hotel, store my carry-on, then visit The Met for a few hours.  Lunch will be walking distance from The Met, Home Kitchen on 84th.  Dinner will be at Bar56, a new restaurant with rave NY Eater and other foodie reviews.  Menu is what sold me to choose it over a few other places (www.bardumbo.com/menus/#food-dinner) ... I almost picked Fraunces Tavern the oldest restaurant in Manhattan, where George Washington ate.  Afterward I'll be doing a late-night walking tour of rooftop bars in Brooklyn.  

[IntrepidFromDC]

Hopefully the link to the bar56 menu works better this time...

 

Menus | Bar56 in Brooklyn, NY (bar56dumbo.com)

[ninjacat123]

10 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Hopefully the link to the bar56 menu works better this time...

 

Menus | Bar56 in Brooklyn, NY (bar56dumbo.com)

Looks delicious!  I would select the Hiramasa crudo, the raviolo, the branzino and the olive oil cake.  Then I would have Craig order the other items I want to try😉

[IntrepidFromDC]

6 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

Looks delicious!  I would select the Hiramasa crudo, the raviolo, the branzino and the olive oil cake.  Then I would have Craig order the other items I want to try😉

Clever.

 

You know what they say, "great tastebuds crave alike" or something like that - I match you on three out of four courses.  For pasta I'll have the lobster tagliatelle.

[ninjacat123]

1 minute ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Clever.

 

You know what they say, "great tastebuds crave alike" or something like that - I match you on three out of four courses.  For pasta I'll have the lobster tagliatelle.

I looked at that and thought "there's an upcharge, Intrepid will get that for sure".😉

[ninjacat123]

I looked at bar56 website and on Yelp.  Food looks great and the urban design is very cool.  No pictures of a view. Have you seen one?  If there isn't, you could go to The River Cafe and have a drink at the bar.

[IntrepidFromDC]

8 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

I looked at bar56 website and on Yelp.  Food looks great and the urban design is very cool.  No pictures of a view. Have you seen one?  If there isn't, you could go to The River Cafe and have a drink at the bar.

River Cafe is on my walking plan after Chinatown, it's a little south of Brooklyn Bridge while bar56 is a little north (between Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge).  I checked sunset time before making my dinner rez and timed the rez so I can take sunset pics from River Cafe area before walking to restaurant.

 

I'm not sure bar56 has a view as from google-mapping the little yellow guy it looks to be on the non-East-River-facing side of the huge brick warehouse directly north of Brooklyn Bridge.  I think River Cafe might be on the walking tour I'm doing after dinner, because the tour ends near it.  It's beautiful from this pic, thanks.

Edited January 31 by IntrepidFromDC

[LouChamp]

Aloha. Enjoy my native Manhattan! Have been blessed to dine at the River Cafe. One of few NYC restaurants that survived more than a few years!

[EllieinNJ]

Hi.  We will be on this cruise too.  Looking forward to reading your take.  Ellie.

[Frank12]

Bring it!

[IntrepidFromDC]

17 hours ago, EllieinNJ said:

Hi.  We will be on this cruise too.  Looking forward to reading your take.  Ellie.

Hi, Ellie!  It would be nice to meet you and say hi, maybe chat a bit.  Look for someone who looks like me in my signature pic, but add an alarming amount of grey hair (I guess it's better than losing hair) and aging skin, LOL... I'll be looking for a yellow or green fish I guess?

Edited February 1 by IntrepidFromDC

[Haljo1935]

On 1/29/2024 at 8:25 AM, ninjacat123 said:

Oops, NYC after🙃

I'm sure it was the excitement - you were overcome!!

Edited February 1 by Haljo1935
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[Haljo1935]

Excited to be along for the ride. We did B2B Venezia out of NYC in Sept - I'm curious to see what's changed.

Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!

[Crusin Karen]

Did a Super Bowl cruise years ago. From San Diego. Live in Jersey-Giants fan my whole life. Guess who was in the Super Bowl….and we’re all the way across the country! 🙄🥴 Love Venezia and love that itin. And love NYC  add ons.. I live right across GW bridge and have never done/know about 3/4 of the treasures found there. Enjoy the planning. Looking forward to going along with you! 👍

[Elsammo46]

Following along! 🙂

[IntrepidFromDC]

9 hours ago, Crusin Karen said:

Did a Super Bowl cruise years ago. From San Diego. Live in Jersey-Giants fan my whole life. Guess who was in the Super Bowl….and we’re all the way across the country! 🙄🥴 Love Venezia and love that itin. And love NYC  add ons.. I live right across GW bridge and have never done/know about 3/4 of the treasures found there. Enjoy the planning. Looking forward to going along with you! 👍

Thanks!  I agree and although it can be said about many cities, I think in particular NYC stands out as a place where no matter how good of a time you have, there are thousands and thousands of things you don't know about yet but would love to do there.