Mommapadraig

14 hours ago, dmet0225 said:

Did I read somewhere in this report that he is on the spectrum, or did I read it wrong?

Yes.He said that.

3 hours ago, Mommapadraig said:

Can you ask your room stressed to turn it off?

I swear it said room steward when I typed this last night. Autocorrect must have been feeling the stress of that light constantly burning!there is probably a review somewhere complaining they couldn’t sleep because of the light on their balcony.

Once again I enjoyed your review.You are brutally honest about yourself which is seldom seen. You also are able to convey the fun you are having in the different ports. Hopefully you’ll take us with you again on your next cruise. That’s a lot of free play! 

7 hours ago, TxTeach79 said:

My neighbor of the perpetual balcony light is not on my good list at the moment 

 

Can you ask your room stressed to turn it off?

8 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Good morning! Look at the sun!

(from Willy Wonka, lol)

So I got up early, put in my 20 minute mile. Came back to the cabin and got cleaned up and I’m heading out for Sea Day Brunch (those brunch potatoes were gooood)

Obligatory shirt of the day (I had this one custom screen printed because Club Cal-Neva is honestly the dumpiest/sketchiest casino in the world, haha..at least it was when I was going in the 00’s)

Great shirt! 

I thought Sid had started another thread….
 

Toilet etiquette!

Good morning from the Dominican Republic. Time to start my day with some drama free coffee.

Just now, KarmaCruisers said:

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TMI! 

Edit!Edit!

4 minutes ago, Hogladyrider said:

It is kind like trying to keep up with your live reviews!

 

Once upon a time I would check off "follow with one email notification per day".....nope can't do that because then I am so far behind!

I switched gmail to aol mail for notifications. I don’t know t what the  difference was but I had over 100 notifications from this site in under 3 hours. Turned them all off.

2 minutes ago, vswan said:

I was thinking sardines.

He had them in Bonaire! 

Anyway speaking of missing members …..Where is Riles?

1 minute ago, TxTeach79 said:

awww, congrats! I’m sorry for that stress but what a sweet story. All the best to you and your grandson. 

Thank you. He is the sweetest boy you’ll ever meet. He was diagnosed when he was 10. I’m still angry  about it and someday some higher being is going to have to explain to me why this happened. 

I thought of all of you teachers last night at our Grandson’s HS graduation . The faculty all filed in and sat there while over 300 kids got their diplomas.Some do this year after year. God bless all of you. Luckily we only have 3 grandsons and this is the 2nd.one more to go. A little side story. Our GS last name starts with C. So he was across the stage pretty quickly. He’s also T1D. We were sitting there trying to be attentive while 289 other grads go across when I saw my son look at his phone and frown. He then texted my DIL who was across the venue in a prime photo taking place. She looks at her phone. I realize my son is now looking at the app which shows our GS glucose level. I pulled out my phone and pulled up the app and his Glucose was way too high. My son texted his son to look at his monitor and get working on getting it down. I  never saw another kid walk across the stage. We were all busy refreshing our app watching his glucose numbers go down. By the end of the ceremony he was fine. I thanked him afterwards for making the evening fly by. 

42 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 

I'm wondering if something with disconnecting the battery could've screwed it up. My time was wrong.  

I think that’s what happened too. But..,have you pulled the oil stick?.

Today is Bonaire! It’s time to sample the local cuisine. 

On 5/25/2024 at 12:25 AM, mkcurran said:

 

Will he go down in flames again?  Will it get interesting? Will thing be edited out? Tune in to see!

 

I enjoy his reviews. He has a completely different perspective of most anyone else who does reviews. He’s socially awkward and readily admits it. Without hesitation he tells us he is on the spectrum and his mind works differently than ours.I’m not sure if he is a math savant or just spends so much money on cruises he will always get one for free. Follow along…he’s too honest for his own good but what you see is what you get…. Complete with some new teeth and a great smile.

25 minutes ago, odie1024 said:

Nothing like sunrise or sunset from a cruise ship balcony. I also love wandering around before the ship becomes alive. 

 

I don't know but all these cruise reviews want me to book more. It really is addicting. 😊

Me too. I want to book now!Ive never cruised carnival but these reviews make it very appealing. 

3 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Damnit! I just realized they put cheese on this! I don’t need that extra fat and dairy 😞
EDIT: I guess it’s mostly my fault; I forgot to say NO CHEESE.

It’s a minefield isn’t it? I’m allergic to folic acid so that leaves out almost all bread, pasta and most desserts  on any cruise. Our last trip was on MSC and the chef made me a gluten free pizza. I appreciated that.the only good thing about an allergy like mine is I didn’t  gain weight on the last cruise.

8 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Love&Marriage was “meh”.

Time for siesta..gotta wake up at 6:45am so I can get breakfast before heading out to HomeSweetHome excursion at 9. (Maaan; I wake up at 6am to fight a 150-minute commute…waking up at 6:45 is for the birds!)

Good morning! Looking forward to photos of your excursion today.

3 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Haha I actually just noticed the other two “tables” are active and talking..mine is DEAD silent..I think I’m honestly making everyone uncomfortable; because NO one is talking to their partner..
I think it’s my shifty eyes

Either that or they are all fighting. Put on your shades and enjoy your evening

3 hours ago, Sugar Magnolia said:

 

Did the filet include the foie gras? 

At Le Bistro on the Escape, the filet no longer comes with the foie gras, yet the $10 supplement remains though I know that no supplement is charged if using the AmEx perk.

 

I’ve always requested no Foie gras………….does this mean they don’t serve it at all anymore?

Sid will be dumbfounded to hear @TxTeach79 was in the customer service line before sail away. 

2 hours ago, Travelicious said:

I forgot to add that we also tried the bitterballin.  I knew it was supposed to have veal inside.  What I didn’t know was that it was gooey inside.  It didn’t taste bad, but it still grossed me out.  We both ate only one.

I’m with you. I actually shuddered when I read gooey. The older I get the more textures matter.

8 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

So the second $2000 wash went better than the first (I had a $800 bonus) but still felt short of the math; at $1701.

Out of $4000 coin-in I’ve got a return of $3256 (EV is $3600)

however if these machines are set to a lower payback than normal (I’d almost say they are) then EV shrinks to only $3400) so I guess if I just figure them at 85% EV, then I’m doing OK.

 

I don’t understand your posts about the money (not a gambler!) but I assume you figure how much you can lose and still have a free cruise for less than paying for it?