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1 hour ago, rn4t5 said:

 

You are amazing.. Happy New year!

One more huge thanks! Love our cruise critics friends. I miss so many of the old tips, like go and meet the friendly waiter on the ship in the lido, that will remember your name for the whole trip! But the tips now are so amazing, like seeing my trip, just before we board the Panorama.. safe journey.

thanks for sharing this... great photos and info all the way through.

10 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

Our day in PV consisted of doing a RZR (side by side) ATV excursion through WILD TREK. They took us up into the mountains and stopped at their restaurant/ bar at the halfway point. Super nice guides and very safety conscious. They don’t let you do any racing or hot rodding. The ride was very dusty and we did get splattered with mud and cow patties. We could have gone through the car wash afterwards and still needed a shower back on board. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to take any pictures as they didn’t want you to use your camera on the ride. We did get to interact with their resident cat “Pepito” and dog “Cuco”. We finished the day in the main dining room for Carnival’s  Christmas dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for posting the menu! Looks yummy, and guessing this will be the same menu for the New Years Eve gala! Enjoy your last day on the ship, and leave some of the fun on board for us tomorrow! Safe journey home.. 

7 hours ago, Mutumbojimbo said:

If you're using a Windows computer, you ought to be able to right-click on the picture and save it to your computer. Then just open it there and zoom in until the font is legible. Sometimes the font gets blurry when you zoom in and make it larger, but the pictures I tried with, seemed to stay pretty sharp. 

Thank you all for your help and posts! You are all appreciated! Paid top dollar for this cruise so trying to plan to get the most bang for the buck. Got the family joining us for their first cruise!

33 minutes ago, itchintocruise said:

Sorry they are hard to read. Have you tried opening the picture and zooming in? Have a great cruise.

We did, but might just be our Macintosh not wanting to make it clear, but in now way criticizing you.. just excited to see the fun times.. thank you... have fun on the last few days..

19 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

Well let me tell you about Mazatlan...

 

 

We knew from the outset of this trip that this port could be a bust. We didn’t plan anything ahead of time, knowing we had two other active excursions planned. So we took a chance and grabbed a taxi down to the Golden Zone. We made the classic rookie tourist mistake and didn’t negotiate the cab fare ahead of time. So a 10.- ride turned into 20.-. Not terrible but this isn’t our first vacation. So the driver seemed nice enough and pointed out the highlights of Mazatlan as we are driving along the nice Malecon. However, the further we drove the sketchier the surroundings became and eventually we got dropped off at the “friends” souvenir shop well past the Golden Zone. He also asked that we at least need to go inside the  store so he can get a voucher for gas money. For real! We swiftly walked back for at least a mile hoping to run into a nicer part of town and maybe the beach. After some discussion and the not so nice fish smell coming from the beach we opted to just head back to the boat and hang up in Serenity for the afternoon. Once back on board we did notice that a large number of people didn’t get off the ship. Apparently, we didn’t get the memo.

We were in Mazatlan last month off the Celebrity Infinity. unscheduled port. However, when you get off the ship, there are both open air taxi's and air conditioned taxi's. You go to the lead guy at the stand, tell him you want to go to Golden Zone, and pay no more than $10 to Golden Zone plus tip. Ask to go to Lucky B's. If you go there, they are kind with great food and beverage and free wifi... ALSO, the beach is right behind them with great views.. you walk down the path next to Lucky B's.. you and just hang out or rent a beach chair and umbrella, walk to the right a bit for the best price for the beach chair k(however remember it is Christmas break, so the price is more this time of year.). The beach is beautiful, you are right behind some beautiful hotels. Then go back to Lucky B's and ask them to get you a cab back to the ship... they will get you a cab and a price before you leave there. One more thing, the shopping mall right at this port has excellent prices and good quality tee shirts and souvenirs.. Warning, getting back through and back onto the ship, can take some time. We were in port with a ship with 4,000 passengers and our ship 2,000 passengers and everyone waited until the last minute. Since you have to wait for a shuttle back to the ship through the working port... be patient. there will be 2 lines and nobody is polite about not cutting... however, we did enjoy Mazatlan this past trip, but not in the past.. 

On 12/22/2019 at 2:36 AM, Saint Greg said:

Good to see they’ve adopted the late night comedy showcase in the main lounge. That’ll be hard to stay up for on the west coast though. 11:15 there is like 1:15 to me.

I see all the comments on the Fun Times, so is there a helpful way to read them? It might just be us, but we can't read them at this size font... We board in 2 days and am excited to find the fun times here. someone on the cruise critics Panorama Dec. 28th sailing pointed us in this direction, thankful! 

On 12/14/2019 at 8:00 AM, heffy2 said:

It was pretty warm, one water slide wasn’t working yesterday because of the slight list due to the wind, but the pools were warm. 

Warm as 72 or warm as nice and warm like 78 or 80?  Thank you for your review! We board after Christmas and truly 👀 forward to our new west coast ship! 

On 12/17/2019 at 8:46 AM, Garth2 said:

 

This is not correct.  When sailing to Hawaii from Long Beach ship time was set back an hour twice and set forward an hour twice on the return.  On certain sailings ship time was advanced an hour to Atlantic time.  It all depends on where you sail from and where you go.

Our ships always change time to the current time zone. Ships do not stick with original port time zone.