Wennfred

1 hour ago, PetalumaCruiser said:

How is the ship otherwise

The ship is fantastic, it’s my favorite ship and the 5th time on Spirit since 2005, of course the staff is always nice. 

Please go to my Spirit Roll call as I am posting there about Spirit and everything else.

Check the schedule above, but they will cover over 150 passengers in the course of these 2 days, only 2 can sign up together at a time and not 6 which won’t be fair for other folks, also when you get down here at 6:45am make sure to start a line because everyone is sitting and people arriving late will try to jump the line once the line starts to form. if you are like me, start finding out who was first or second and starting making a line immediately. You can stand against the glass window and the sign up sheet will start at the Piano.

Also on the first night you must set your clocks 1 hour back so that you can be here in time.

Fred

It’s 7am and I’m in line to sign up for Soul Play which the sign up starts at 8am, there are already 15 people here seated and waiting to sign up.

Soul Play is an Arts Class, Spirit is the only ship so far that has it, if anyone knows of another ship, let me know where.

From the pictures inside the room there’s oil paintings and I believe there’s another class that does painting on Tiles. Here are some pictures and I hope to get in so I can have some video footage on this event.

Fred

46 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

Does each passenger need verifly if using?

 

I get a printed copy of my covid test results and I always carry my immunization card.

 

Is there any benefit to verifly other than saving some "check-in" time?

 

Suppose you have verifly...and don't print out your documents?  What happens if your phone isn't working?

Only benefit is that you cut the line and you don’t have to run around with papers in your hand.  I too make copy’s of my test.

Yesterdays embarkation was a breeze in Seattle as I flashed my VeriFLY & ArriveCAN and continued on my way.

buy a spare battery from Best Buy with a cord and keep in your pocket or purse just Incase your phone is running low.

Fred

Onboard Carnival Spirit, first dinner, MDR was extremely slow tonight. 1.5 hours. They started to sing “Showtime” and I still was waiting for my main courses. 
 

Low a carb, high fat diet, this is how I eat.

I take 4 days of clothing on a 7 day and wash mid cruise, but I still check luggage in at the terminal, don’t like to be weighted down and having to wait for elevators, going up 7+ flights of stairs is a pain with carry-on luggage.

I had bacon in the MDR every morning, always had bacon.

Easy to fill out and use, I had to also do ArriveCAN for the Canadian ports, with ArriveCAN you don’t have to submit the Covid test, just the Vax card.  
 

The issue with VeriFLY is that you arrive at the Terminal and you get a Noob and they want to see your paperwork, make sure to print out back up copies and have the Covid test on the phone as well.

Fred

1 hour ago, wazzu_coug said:

At a minimum do the white pass railroad. It’s a must do- prioritize it over every other activity on your trip.

There were some issues with Canada and the White Pass Railroad, so they shut it down for a while.

Will do the train ride next year.

5 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

I'm in Seattle now as well for the Spirit cruise tomorrow. 

Will see you at the Terminal tomorrow morning some time.

2 minutes ago, tallnthensome said:

I'm in Seattle now as well for the Spirit cruise tomorrow. 

Will see you at the Terminal tomorrow morning some time.

Some people will uber and some Hotels have their own shuttle that will pick you up and take you there, I will be renting a car so I can drive up to Buccee's and then return the car in Cape Canaveral.

I had already cancelled an excursion there for this coming week but now I don't think we will even Tender out there.  I will be there this coming Saturday, will keep you guys posted.

Fred

I book GTY all the time, once I scored a Mini Suite from a CAT 1A, anyways to answer your questions, a few weeks until cruise day or not even until you get to the cruise terminal.  Usually when I dont see anything until cruise day its a great upgrade.

I don't book cruises for cabins, so wherever I end up its fine with me, I can sleep on the basketball court and even when I score a free balcony, I might go out there once.

Fred

I'm a Solo cruiser most of the time and I just go to the Matre'D and ask to be seated at a singles table or a table with people 10 or 12 seats. Enjoy the company with others while in the MDR.

Fred

For those heading into Alaska like me, Skagway had its 3rd Rockslide in 1 week, so some cruise lines might be skipping this port of call. Keep an eye out for an updated email on this port.

Check Don's Family Vacations Video on Youtube as he just posted about this.

Fred

DrSea, made it to Seattle with those 3 large checked luggages, still have to make it back to San Diego next week, finger’s crossed.

I agree, I’m having to sail on Princess instead out of San Diego on Diamond this Sept and in January to Hawaii & back.

Also Royal is lacking the Oasis class ships on the Left Coast.

Fred

1 minute ago, BlerkOne said:

I may try just to play with, but TN seems more than a few miles from SD. 

My friend lives there so I had an address. There's a Starlink availability map somewhere that shows areas not far from you that they ship too, what's crazy is that it could be just across the road.

I will see if I can make a Vlog specific to that Art Studio onboard Spirit, will post the link here and show you guys my sucky art  LOL.

Fred

Just now, BlerkOne said:

I have excellent cable internet (usually), but a backup wouldn't be bad. Right now I'm hoping T-Mobile Home 5g expands to where I need it. Only $50/month, too.

I finally cut ties with Cox Cable, had them for many years as they were the only option, going to Starlink saved me $150 a month at the same speeds. 5G has lots of issues as it doesn't like to bend, you pretty much have to be line of site to get a stronger signal.  Download the Covered App so you can see you Cell Towers in your area so you can point your antenna in that direction when that time comes.

1 minute ago, BlerkOne said:

I keep looking at it from time to time, but availability in parts of Louisiana and Texas were lacking last I checked, and availability date just keeps getting pushed out.

You can have it in a week, just use someone a few miles over from your location that you know and have it shipped there.  San Diego was one of the last places they shipped too as they started in the northern states and canada, I had mine shipped to Johnson City TN, arrived in a week, I took a drive to pick it up.

4 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Yes, they are putting lots of space junk in low orbit. He is doing good work in Ukraine which makes me think some are working on a plan to disrupt.

 

https://downdetector.com/status/starlink/

 

 

Here's a great view of the sky, Starlink Coverage.

Starlink Coverage Tracker

6 minutes ago, DrSea said:

~25 cruises. I have had broken luggage, such as the wheel or the plastic lining inside the suitcase. Things get crushed and tossed around. Liquid containers like sun block explode. 

 

I have had lost luggage with flying. It was a huge suitcase, and we lost hundreds of dollars worth of clothing. And I didn't have travel insurance (I was a kid at that time so cut me some slack). 

 

Just bc it didn't happen last time doesn't mean that it won't happen the next time. 

 

Happy cruising. 

Believe me it can happen, I'm just stating my luggage stats LOL... I fly out tomorrow morning to Seattle so I hope you didn't Jinxed the hell out of me  LOL 

No Lost, Broken, Missing Luggage is going to mess up my trips, just get to where you need to go, buy new stuff and submit a claim later.

Have a good day.

Fred