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The reason for the question is usually a spa treatment like a massage doesn't include using the thermal suite. If you had a whole cruise spa pass that would account for getting access to it after your treatment. But in most cases if you didn't have a Spa Pass you wouldn't be able to use the thermal suite. They would have you change in the locker room and meet you in the lounge/waiting area. After your treatment they take you back to that same lounge. The OP's question specifically asks about using the Thermal Suite after a treatment which assumes they won't have a weekly Thermal Suite pass.

I agree with your conclusions 100%. While ideally the overall experience should be the same regardless of new or older ship the reality is it isn't. I was on the MardiGras in April for 2 weeks and the experience was excellent, especially the food. That's why I was disappointed on the Pride when comparing the same meals to the MardiGras. I knew the kitchen could do better (MDR and buffet, specifically).

Are you answering from personal experience on the MardiGras?

I wonder if he's going to be on the Celebration's TA or the naming ceremony right after on November 21st.

No. There is a CO-ED sauna that's accessible from the rear of the Men's Spa Locker Room. You go through the rear door and make a left. The Sauna is directly opposite from the Woman's Spa Locker Room rear door. The sauna has a glass door and can hold 6 comfortably, 8 if you want to get cosy. The Panorama is the last new build ship to include Single sex saunas. Even with the refurbed Sunshine Class the Sunshine was the only ship to include a single sex sauna in the Spa locker rooms. Starting with the Sunrise they only installed a Co-Ed Sauna in the Locker room area. Attached is a photo of the Co-ed Sauna on the Mardi Gras. Just like all the other Carnival ships, the Spa locker rooms and this particular sauna is available to all passengers regardless if you have a Thermal Suite Pass or not. On the Excel Class ships it's not apparent that the Cloud Nine Spa locker rooms are accessible to everyone.

While I didn't have the occasion to try this space out on my recent Pride cruises have you considered using the Secret Garden Interior promenade which encircles the theater on Deck 3? No it's not outdoors but it should be a quiet area with plenty of window seating to enjoy the views.

I don't remember where you're boarding the ship, but the Barcelona check-in was GREAT. Beautiful terminal, and it was easy. No lines at all, and they did look at the Verifly and didn't need to look at the paper copies.

No testing for b2b cruisers.

100% agree and I always try to separate reviewing the ship itself vs whether I had a good time on the cruise. I was on the Pride for 31 days starting May 19th. Now that it's been two weeks since I left the ship, I can have a clearer mind reviewing her. The ship is indeed overall in rough shape. Having said that they try to keep the ship as clean as it's possible with the limited staff that's on the ship.There are nicer areas and not as nice areas. The nicer areas are the MDR, the casino (the casino has all new slot machines, gaming tables, chairs) and where the Alchemy Bar is (that should be of no surprise since that section of the ship was renovated/facelifted when they added the Alchemy Bar). The areas that are not so nice are the outdoor areas (if you followed some of my posts you'll see I was very critical of the cabin balconies and how dirty they were) and the buffet (those blue 'water' lamps are hideously tacky). The cabins are in ok shape but the bathrooms need updating. I had a great time visiting al the different European cities, but the current CD, Felipe, is TERRIBLE. There's no communication (when did CD's stop making daily videos that loop on CCTV?) There's four different ways to communicate with passengers, print, PA, CCTV, phone app. But apparently the Pride doesn't want to use any of these to communicate with passengers.

Now that I've been off the Pride for two weeks and had time to think about our 31 days on the ship I would say the balconies were the only thing that really bothered me about the ship itself. Besides the older decor the ship was very clean and the MDR, for example looked great. The buffet is the one area that can use some renovation. Besides the tacky blue 'water' lighting that really hasn't aged well the layout could use a re-imagining.

Why would you do her check-in if she's not going on the cruise?

It's unfortunate the balcony floors are so dirty. Ours was eventually hosed down after 14 days. It was better but when you looked at the water trench right below the balcony railing it was permanently stained with yellow gunk along with dirt that was tramped in the gunk. It was pretty disgusting and looks like it would take more effort to clean it than the Cleaners had time for.

I like the Striped Bass on formal nights.

https://www.goaheadtours.com/travel-blog/articles/guide-to-power-adapters-and-converters https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2020/01/07/travel-adapter-vs-voltage-converter-overseas-travel-electricity-info/2827260001/

depends on what you're plugging in. Computers, cell phone chargers, etc only needs an adapter for the different plugs.

I guess people are literally looking for a 10 second mention from the Captain on his daily briefing. I Don't give a sh*t how deep the water is but a quick acknowledgement of the incident and that it's of no consequence seems to be what people are looking for.

Oh boy. Are there lines for people with reservations? I will be on August 5th with a party of 8 and have a 7pm MTD reservation for all 9 nights. Do you think we will face long waits?