Rare mkcurran Posted May 17 #1376 Share Posted May 17 On 5/13/2024 at 5:00 PM, Saint Greg said: I haven’t been on the newer ships yet. I do have Encore and Prima booked in the first three months of next year. So far I’ve only been on Jewel. I’m doing it again this summer. That’s actually my next cruise so I’ll be posting the link in this thread when it comes around. Before you book make sure you buy a cruise first certificate. It’s a free $150. And if you wait they frequently do the $500 ones for $250. You may find this interesting: https://www.saintgregtravel.com/carnival-norwegian-princess-comparison/ Now to get you on Celebrity, to add them to that comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1377 Share Posted May 18 13 hours ago, mitsugirly said: I've seen several reviews with them writing on the mirror. They've never done that on mine before. Do they only do it for milestones? I’ve seen them for birthdays and anniversaries and things like that. This is the first time anyone has written on mine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1378 Share Posted May 18 14 hours ago, mitsugirly said: It's weird people put names of crew members on their reviews but the minute I do it, I get dinged for it and the post taken down in my review saying we are not allowed to post crew members names. 🤷♀️ Don’t think I’ve ever heard of that being a problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1379 Share Posted May 18 (edited) 14 hours ago, mitsugirly said: So wait, if you are VIP you get a ship ornament? I haven't even been able to find them on the ships in the shops on my last 3 cruises on Carnival or NCL. (I collect these). It looks like I'm going to have to find a new collection hobby soon since I can't find them. 😞 No, I always buy a ship ornament. I usually do it at the same time as picking up my VIFP stuff so I can bring it all to the room at the same time. I’ve done it so many times now I just assume people know. Spirit didn’t have them but I think every other ship has..including regal princess and NCL Jewel. Edited May 18 by Saint Greg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1380 Share Posted May 18 10 hours ago, mkcurran said: Now to get you on Celebrity, to add them to that comparison. Maybe I’ll look but I don’t know. I’d bet on Royal before Celebrity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted May 18 #1381 Share Posted May 18 On 4/30/2024 at 6:43 PM, Saint Greg said: Car rental guy gave me this which didn’t really work. What did work was my maps.me offline app. I got turn by turn directions. I use mapsme everywhere I go on vacation. It's the best app ever! Has taken us all over Aruba during our land vacations and never steered me wrong. You hit up some great places in Aruba that we always go to. It brings back so many memories. We need to get back there soon. We love Aruba! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted May 18 #1382 Share Posted May 18 On 5/1/2024 at 5:45 PM, Saint Greg said: I have it set to salt pier now. Salt flats, pink water, hopefully flamingos. Can you walk out there close to the pink? Is that salt piled up on the second picture? On 5/1/2024 at 5:47 PM, Saint Greg said: Oooooh, pretty. On 5/1/2024 at 5:51 PM, Saint Greg said: I was keeping my eyes peeled for flamingos and I found one….just the one… FLAMINGO!!! So pretty! On 5/1/2024 at 6:03 PM, Saint Greg said: they have these little spots where you could pull over which I tried to do anytime I saw a car up ahead. Some weren’t as nice when I was coming. Is most of Bonnaire like this when driving? Now I want to go there. That's one place we haven't been to yet. It looks so pretty. Did you pass a lot of beaches when driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1383 Share Posted May 18 31 minutes ago, mitsugirly said: Can you walk out there close to the pink? From what I could tell, crossing the street was as close as you could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1384 Share Posted May 18 33 minutes ago, mitsugirly said: Is that salt piled up on the second picture? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 18 Author #1385 Share Posted May 18 34 minutes ago, mitsugirly said: Is most of Bonnaire like this when driving? Now I want to go there. That's one place we haven't been to yet. It looks so pretty. Did you pass a lot of beaches when driving? Yes. Aruba and Bonaire were very flat, desert areas. Brown, dry, with cactus. Wild donkeys and goats. I did not see any beachy beaches in Bonaire. I stopped at a few spots and they were all basically land to water without much beach. Maybe there are some, but I didn’t see them along my route. Aruba had more beaches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted May 20 #1386 Share Posted May 20 On 5/3/2024 at 11:47 AM, Saint Greg said: I know the first thing the guide is going to tell us is no pictures. So the first thing I do is snap some before he can say it. I'm wondering why you can't take pictures in the caves? We're usually just told no flash. On 5/3/2024 at 2:47 PM, Saint Greg said: I decided to eat pasta for lunch. This is the 2pm line. At one point the people in front of me told me the line was for JiJi’s if I was eating pasta. I weren’t up and asked the hostess. She said it’s for both. I went back and told the people in front of me. They said well everyone in front of you is waiting for JiJi’s. After 5 Mins with no movement I decided to get a burrito instead. I will be extremely upset if I was a half hour waiting in a line when nobody in front of me is going the same place I am. Same thing on my cruise. There was a long line for JiJi's but those that wanted the pasta went around everyone and got right in. On 5/5/2024 at 10:35 AM, Saint Greg said: The line holdup is they have a guy with a dog. They’re making everyone walk in pairs side by side along this one walkway if you don’t do it right you have to do it again. That holds the entire line up. I’ve only seen this once before. Houston IAH during Covid May 2021 when I flew to Cozumel. The girls behind me are from Houston. They say they’ve never seen it before so I don’t think it’s common practice there. They had the same thing at our home terminal in Columbus. It was the first time I had seen that as well. Times are changing I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 20 Author #1387 Share Posted May 20 2 hours ago, mitsugirly said: I'm wondering why you can't take pictures in the caves? We're usually just told no flash. I’m assuming some people don’t know/care to turn their flash off and spook the bats. He did let us take pictures in the last two chambers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lupush Posted May 20 #1388 Share Posted May 20 On 4/25/2024 at 2:51 PM, Saint Greg said: This is my 27th cruise, 25th with Carnival, first on Horizon, third time out of Miami, and first time to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Late to the party but look forward to catching up on another Saint Greg review. Crazy that you've only sailed out of Miami 3 times out of 27 cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted May 20 Author #1389 Share Posted May 20 3 minutes ago, Lupush said: Late to the party but look forward to catching up on another Saint Greg review. Crazy that you've only sailed out of Miami 3 times out of 27 cruises. I hadn’t cruised out of Miami at all until Celebration 2022. I did do a Fort Lauderdale in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mlshum Posted May 20 #1390 Share Posted May 20 Thanks for another fantastic review! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktinnc Posted May 22 #1391 Share Posted May 22 Thanks for the review! I was on this cruise with you and it was fun to relive it! I stayed on board for 2 more trips so just got home Sunday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Rose Posted May 26 #1392 Share Posted May 26 Thanks, Greg, for another great review. I'm just finishing up. Friends and I did an 8-day on Magic in January with 2 of our ports being Aruba and Curacao. Very interesting places and I'd love to go back. I recognized so much from your pictures....things and places we saw and getting to relive it was wonderful. I'll be watching for your next travelogue soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted June 1 Author #1393 Share Posted June 1 (edited) A month ago was too early for this. Good season if you like true stories. There are 8 of them in there. Saint Greg’s Spring 2024 Movie Rankings: Ordinary Angels Cabrini Dune 2 Furiosa Arthur the King The Long Game Unsung Hero The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warefare Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Sight If Fall Guy Monkey man Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Challengers Love Lies Bleeding Knox goes away Wicked little letters Back to Black Civil War Kong X Godzilla Late Night with the Devil Boy Kills World Garfield Abigail Not another church movie The Strangers Part 1 Arcadian Kung Fu Panda 4 A Cat’s Life The American Society of Magic The First Omen Immaculate Imaginary Drive-Away Dolls Tarrot Sting Edited June 1 by Saint Greg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted June 1 Author #1394 Share Posted June 1 For those interested in what happened with my car…I finally got it back on Wednesday. The final total was $13,677. And the shop reimbursed me for an oil change since I had about 4k miles to go when I put it in and it came out saying 0% oil life. I think that may have been an issue with the battery being disconnected but better safe than sorry. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted June 1 Author #1395 Share Posted June 1 For those interested in my next thread make sure you follow this one because the next one is on another board. I will post the link here though. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted June 2 #1396 Share Posted June 2 17 hours ago, Saint Greg said: For those interested in my next thread make sure you follow this one because the next one is on another board. I will post the link here though. when will that be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted June 2 Author #1397 Share Posted June 2 31 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: when will that be? Early August 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted June 2 #1398 Share Posted June 2 24 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Early August Thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destaw71835 Posted June 2 #1399 Share Posted June 2 I left for my cruise the day before you disembarked so I’m finally catching up. Great review as always! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltigre Posted August 5 #1400 Share Posted August 5 OK I'm waiting it's early Aug.😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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