-
Posts
9,906 -
Joined
Content Type
Forums
Store
Blogs
Downloads
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by nybumpkin
-
Carnival Glory Transatlantic April18-May 2
nybumpkin replied to BlerkOne's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Thank you for reminding me that I need to soak beans overnight for tomorrow night's soup! Not kale soup (DH is rebelling๐), but I never would have remembered if you hadn't posted this. I'm enjoying your review - we've sailed Glory 5 times and she's one of our favorites. -
Share Your Perfect CARNIVAL Cruise Day
nybumpkin replied to MtnSeaGirl's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Sea day, combined over 20 years of Carnival cruises: Wake whenever. Probably wouldn't be much later than 8:00 - but then, DH and I aren't late night people. Breakfast. Either the dining room or the buffet. If the dining room, I'm having eggs sunny side up (dippies!), white toast (got something to dip in the eggs๐), and bacon. DH gets an omelet, either in the dining room or at the buffet. After breakfast, we settle in on the promenade deck for rounds of cards and coffee from Java. Maybe play a round of trivia. Lunch: Probably the buffet. I'll opt for Guy's or fried clams if the fish place is open. Love the clams.โค๏ธ If I see something I like elsewhere, I'll head there. (Maybe Chinese?) Afternoon, we'll find some entertainment - or if the weather's good, we'll head for a pool. (Definitely a pool if we're in Havana.โค๏ธ) Dinner: Probably the dining room. I've never had much to complain about in the area of food. Favorites? For appetizers, just about any of the soups (Carnival has always done soups right for me). Dessert? Creme brulee. After dinner: Maybe a show if we're interested. If not, we'll go for a band in one of the lounges (maybe Red Frog?) End of day. Next day? Repeat. -
DH has done guest choir twice - once in 2019 on 2-week WB TA and one last year on a one-week EB TA. Both times they asked for black and white as a preference (not a problem for DH - he travels with a tux), but nothing required. DH really enjoys the choir. Rehearsals are sea days after lunch. We'd have lunch and then he'd go to rehearsal while I found someplace comfortable to read.
-
Carnival Excursion - Tracy Arm Fjord & Glacier Explorer
nybumpkin replied to MistyRo76's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
We did this tour (wow - was it really 2014?) Absolutely a great tour - we've said that if we go back to Alaska, we'll do it again. Our sons were 14 and 18, and they had a great time. I think they'd do it again as well. -
A sad reminder of our cruise to Norway last year on Pride. I went to get wonton soup and found that someone had made off with all - and I mean all - the dumplings in the container. Nothing there except broth and scallions. Looks like you had a better lunch. I've enjoyed your review. Spirit is the only Spirit-class ship we haven't sailed, so it's nice to get a look at her.
-
Saint Greg's Carnival Jubilee - Live - February 3, 2024
nybumpkin replied to Saint Greg's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I was picturing a plastic stencil they'd use to put the picture on the drink. I guess I'm just too old.๐ถ -
Hi Karen - I love the Seafood Shack! Last year when we sailed NYC-Eastern Caribbean on Magic we ended up staying on the ship at HMC (another story - but it was worth it to us!) and commandeered a table on Lido for the afternoon. I got the clam strips and DH went for fish and chips. I think the clams are very good - maybe not what I remember from HoJo's in the 1970's, but I really liked them. Oh, and they go very well with gin and tonics.๐
-
I sailed Norwegian Prima last year - my one and only time on NCL to date. Why? DH wanted to get me a cruise as a retirement present, and Norwegian works for sailing from Manhattan in the off-season. This was a 5-day NYC-Bermuda cruise; I sailed with our daughter-in-law. I liked the ship, but I have to say that if you made me choose between NCL and Carnival, my choice would be - Carnival. I'm not crazy about the "freestyle" sailing that NCL promotes. Instead of "do what you want, when you want," I found myself trying to plan meals and activities far in advance - otherwise, you wouldn't get in on NCL because you were expected to make reservations. We never did get to see "Summer," since the show we were able to book ahead of time had to be canceled due to weather. This just wasn't my experience with Carnival. Having said all that, the food on NCL was very good, and we never had difficulty getting seats for meals.
-
LIVE from the Celebration 1/14-1/21โฆ
nybumpkin replied to MeganGC1983's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
The first thought that crossed this retired lawyer's mind! But the pictures would be fun! -
I remember meeting some folks from your cruise in Cozumel - I think you had a much more difficult time than we did. When we were supposed to be in GC (but sailing instead to Cozumel) we were told that the Captain thought the Mississippi would be closed and that if anyone really needed to be back on time we should arrange transportation from Cozumel. I don't think there were many - if any - takers. And we didn't have to get off the ship in New Orleans until a reasonable hour the on the 11th.
-
July 10, 2005 - We were supposed to be in New Orleans that day after our Carnival Conquest cruise. Instead, we spent the day sailing around rigs in the Gulf until they opened the port. We managed to deal with Dennis three times on that trip - once when leaving Montego Bay (we skipped Grand Cayman and went directly to Cozumel), once at the end of the cruise, and the last time on our flight home. Our only casualty was a drinking glass in our sons' cabin on deck 1.
-
Venezia returning to NYC in May 2025 to November 2025
nybumpkin replied to shof515's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I tried NCL out of NYC this past year - end of March, beginning of April. No, thanks - lovely ship, but you want to be outside to really enjoy it and that sure wasn't happening. At least now I can say I tried sometime other than summer in NYC. -
How Often do the shows / entertainment change?
nybumpkin replied to cjdcmf32's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
We first saw Playlist shows in 2014; to be honest, I didn't care much for them. However, one of the "backstage" shows explained that Playlist was much cheaper to produce and easier to change. (I assume it's even cheaper not to change them often.๐) The live-action shows they produced "back in the old days" were much harder to change. And over the years, I've really enjoyed some Playlist shows; my favorite has to be "Celestial Strings." -
Live B2B2B2B From the Carnival Magic 11/26-12/22
nybumpkin replied to jam19872016's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
The drink that makes the Cheers package worthwhile.๐ -
Back before I retired (wow - I love writing that), I was on a train with a lawyer having a very loud phone conversation with one of his clients. Another passenger finally got up, took the phone from the lawyer, and said to the client, "Congratulations - you and your lawyer have completely destroyed any expectation of privacy you might have had in this conversation. I'm with [number of] people who have just heard all of the details of your planned deal, and you'd better hope no one who knows the other party has just overheard this." We didn't hear another word from that lawyer for the remainder of the trip.
-
Absolutely! The Chart Room was our after-dinner routine every evening.
-
Thank goodness, no. They did this on NCL earlier this year and it was miserable. Carnival was easy in comparison.
-
We did 21 days on QM2 in 1999 (an EB transatlantic and a 2-week WB transatlantic) and nothing repeated.