LoungingMcCoy

My wife was called for jury duty, two weeks I think. One of which we had a cruise scheduled and paid for. I assumed that the court had heard every reason under the sun from people trying to get out of jury duty so I printed off every document, e-mail, etc. that I could think of so she could show that we're not making this up. Armed with a mountain of papers she called the court. They took her word for it, didn't want to see any documentation, and said to call when we got back home.

Yes, unless something has changed. I usually get a bucket of 4 beers in the evening, especially when they're on sale. I either take them with me and watch the Dive In Movie or take them back to my room. The cool thing is, if you don't drink them all, the cleaning staff will fill your bucket with ice the following day so the remaining beers are cold.

I'll echo what the others have said about later check in times. I always wanted to get on the ship as soon as possible, which usually meant sitting in the dock waiting area forever, then grabbing lunch at the least crowded spot on the ship, then sitting there with our carry-ons until our room was ready. On our last cruise we had a later check in time. We checked in, went straight to the ship, straight to E-muster, and sat for less than half an hour until the rooms were ready. Maybe we're boring, but we usually spend the first few hours of our cruise relaxing in our cabin. We always get a balcony and we enjoy watching sail away from there.

I love trivia! It's my favorite onboard activity. I have won two ships on a stick. It would be three but the person running classic rock trivia on our last cruise put a Red Hot Chili Peppers song in there. I have nothing against RHCP but they aren't classic rock! lol I lost by one point. My wife and I play solo (I have to let her know who is the trivia master in our house), but I don't mind teams. I want to win but at the end of the day we're all there for fun. I don't really pay attention but I have never noticed anyone looking up answers on their phone. I have to admit that, after many trivia games, there are some answers that I didn't know at first but when they're repeated on a later cruise I remember them.

Fun question! I never really thought about it before. I've never been to a show, the gym, the spa, in a pool or hot tub, and I've never gambled in the casino. I'm glad those things are available for the folks that enjoy them, they're just not for me.

I have never had my room changed, but what I have gathered in speaking with my PVP in the past I would have a guess at two things. 1) You chose a room for 3 people max with only 2 people. Someone needed a 3 person room and you got moved. 2) You chose a handicapped accessible room. On a past cruise all the rooms on the deck I really wanted showed sold out. I asked if any were available on this deck. She said that there were handicapped accessible rooms available, and she would book one of them for me, but there was a chance I would get moved. I'm very particular about my rooms as well. That would stink to get moved after I picked the exact room I wanted.

We're planning a port day in Cozumel. We have been there a couple of times but have only seen the port passing through to get to our excursions. Is there anywhere in port or nearby to get an authentic Chelada or Michelada? It may be gross but I at least want to try one.

I have only ever sailed on Carnival so I can't compare to any other lines. What I like about Carnival is how chill the people are and we're all just there to have a good time. (The cool kids still say "chill", right?) I've never had an issue getting a partner, or partners, for activities like giant Jenga, giant Yahtzee, dance classes, etc. My wife doesn't want to participate in these activities but she likes to watch. We're not anti-social but we're also not looking for new friends. Every cruise we've been on we've made buddies that we hang out with and it's really fun.

I'm a list maker when it comes to packing. I start the list at least a couple of weeks before the cruise and add items as I think of them. I don't trust myself to remember everything while I'm packing. I can totally see myself forgetting something like underwear, and I'm not even joking. lol Then I start packing 2 or 3 days before we depart.

I never had any trouble bringing a bottle or two of soda pop back on board. Sealed and/or half drunk. Nothing has ever been said about it.

I'm ok with medals. I won one early on on a cruise and proudly wore it the rest of the trip!

Kind of off topic, but we bought FTTF for two of our cruises. I had no idea that you could show up earlier than your scheduled check in time. That would have made it even more worthwhile! 😛 So far it isn't available for our Celebration cruise in January. While we both liked being able to drop our stuff off in the room and the one time we needed to talk to guest services, but $130 seems a little steep to me.

We're on the Celebration in late January. We booked the sushi making class on Nov. 2 and it's showing up on the planner.

Trophies and trinkets that I won from games and trivia and I try to find a national team soccer jersey for each new country I visit.

We had a Lido deck cabin on the Dream. It's close to food (buffet, Guy's Burgers, pizza, etc.), bars, pools, water slides, Dive In Movies, and mini golf. We have only ever had rooms on or a deck above the Lido, so I can't compare, but noise and foot traffic was never an issue for me. The only con is that every morning I thought I could walk to the buffet area and get us coffee without spilling half of it before I got back to the room. I may have been used to the rocking of the ship but the coffee sure wasn't.