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From the port do you taxi there?

1 hour ago, jimbo5544 said:

Aft wrap snobs are an eclectic group....I am not only a member but the President.

Yea we are!

Next election I'll be on the ticket for your cabinet El President if you should allow!

😂

Just off the Venezia Aft Wrap on Deck 6 May 17th 11 day, (We usually get deck 7.)

Depends who's in the hot tub right below your balcony on how loud it can be, last sea day it was a party but to be expected.

I don't think we ever heard anything from the lounge below us and we hit the sack by 10ish.

We get up early.

The sofa was nice instead of 2 sitting chairs in the cabin,

Call me an Aft wrap Snob 🙂but that is all I'll travel in, we are sticking to the  Horizon, Vista & Venezia for now. Love the peace & quiet back there with Horizon & Vista being our favorites with the pool.

Will get Deck 6 for the future.

Jut my 2 cents on us.

We had Cheers for the first time on this Venezia 11 day cruise May 6-17.

We drank no where near our 15 per day "drink" limit.

I factored our math on the whole cruise.

My wife only has a couple ( Mudslides) per day but between Gatorade, Spiked milkshakes, couple Irish coffee's each morning, coffee with Baily's, bottles of water and my Rum & cokes.

Just went thorough the Sail & Sign print out yesterday and we were ahead.

I paid for Cheers with AMEX $150.00 back + AARP discount cards so it worked out.

Will we do it on our 8 day in September. have to run numbers but probably.

This will give you an idea.

https://cruisespotlight.com/drink-package-calculator/

I pay for everything Carnival related with AARP cards with the exception of NON-Carnival excursions.

When we cruise out of Miami, we stay across the street at the Holiday Inn Port of Miami,

Always walk over to Bayside Market, good for dinner and people watching,

Quick Uber in the Am to port.

46 minutes ago, DukeASUGirl said:

I actually like ordering it before dinner, because when you order after dinner it just adds to the amount of time spent, and makes it harder to get to a show afterwards.

On the Venezia the past 11 days, there ATD starts at 5 PM, we were there between then and 5:10 each night, we were done by 6:00ish just about every night and way early for the shows.

Stopped in the Atrium to listen to music prior to the show.

Ordering all up front.

6 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Did they ever get ice buckets on Venezia? I have to think so.

Been on her twice, Sept and the last 12 days.

Ice Bucket on both.

Call to room service late in the afternoon- early evening for a bag of ice to freshen the bucket.

Also had Carnival Binoculars left in the room from the previous cruiser.

Walked by the room supplies and saw a few fans in there, (I bring my own.)

This was 6 Aft.

Just off the Venezia today on an 11 night,  had anytime dining, after the first night we loved the dining crew and requested them for the rest off the cruise also requested a better table and had the same table by the Gondola all week! Dinner at 5 PM every night.

Best dining team in years.

We love ATD.

On 5/16/2024 at 2:06 PM, BlerkOne said:

Looking through some of my Venezia pictures, we had glass on the Inaugural Transatlantic. Maybe they have been coming back for a while (May 23 at least)

 

Just off her today and had them in the bathroom.

10 minutes ago, luv2kroooz said:

La Strada Grille outside on Deck 5

Forgot all about La Strada, it's where we ate in September on her.

Thank you and thanks for the other post.

What else is open beside the buffet area?

Anything quieter for lunch?

Lunch on Embarkation day.

What else is open beside the buffet out of the way?

Thank you !

6 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

 Just get there early👍

One of the only times during the year I'm hammered by noon!🤣

Unless of course we go there 2x per year!

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

 

You can ask, in my experience usually they'll make it in a regular glass first to make sure it's the right amount and then pour it into your cup.

Thank you !

Will they pour/make cocktails in these?

If you can get a golf cart and tour the whole island.

1 hour ago, shof515 said:

no salad bar, only a drink bar 

Thanks we'll factor in lunch on our trek to serenity from our Aft cabin!😁

Do they have a salad bar and a drink (alcohol) bar?

What time does it open?

Thanks!

On 5/1/2024 at 9:34 AM, luv2kroooz said:

We enjoyed sea day brunch and port day breakfast in the MDR on Venezia recently

What time is the MDR breakfast on the Venezia on sea days?

I don't think we ever ate breakfast in the MDR.

Usually in line for Omelettes at 7 am.

My wife is also an epileptic, suffer seizures regularly, along with chronic migraines, resulting from a brain tumor and brain surgery in 2012.

We live life one day at time, enjoy today and we won't and don't worry about tomorrow!

We leave Monday from New York for an 11 day!

We can relate and all the best to you !

38 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

If you ever get the chance grab an aft wrap, my fav room on Vista class ships, and the 6th floor is the best.

We are Aft Wrap only on the Vista class Ships.

LOVE them! Matter of fact our next 4 or 5 are.

We are doing the Venezia for an 11 day on Monday,we love Horizon and Vista for the Havana area "with pool".

Venezia is nice for the peace & quiet. Our second cruise on her.

Very rarely do we go out in general population 😆 during the day, just to eat basically then back out at night for dinner and entertainment.

We'll be on our aft wrap or in the Terraza area.

49 minutes ago, sparks1093 said:

You aren't allowed to order doubles with Cheers. Best you can do is order a drink and 5 minutes later order a shot.

Thank you I'll get them to heavy pour on the first one 🤑

Does a double count as 2 drinks with cheers?

Doing cheers for the first time and my wife doesn't drink.

Its an 11 day cruise (10 days of cheers actually from NY) so I figured based on the spreadsheet It's a break even with Gator aides, bottles a water nice coffee and milkshakes.

Paying with the AMEX $150.00 kickback and AARP discounts I felt it was worth it.  

36 minutes ago, MayorDrafty said:

I've seen personal training sessions for sale in my cruise planner before, so I would assume so.

Thank you, Just found it under Spa and Salon!

Does the gym have personal trainers?

Want to start a new routine and looking to work with someone to get us going in the right direction.