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Conquest and Freedom at Grand Turk -exchanging people!

Looks like she may still be at Grand Turk?

Just now, ontheweb said:

Thanks for the pictures. That is not a pretty sight. 😢

Maybe not, but it's Reality! Part of Life.

Photos of what it now looks like...

Cheng reckons what burnt was fiberglass..

I hope they get to remove those two vertically-dangling bits,
before moving the ship to the Shop.

2 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

Why are cabin doors heavy? 

Because they present an A-60 fire rating, meaning

if I set a bonfire outside your cabin door, it would take 60 minutes before the paint on your cabin side of the door would catch fire. 

Many thanks for your explanation! Now we know!

Most ppl have no idea that their cabin door is also a firewall!

Wow!

3 minutes ago, Homosassa said:

The balcony door next door

was permanently locked for the remainder of the cruise

(Head of Housekeeping and Head of Security visited the cabin next door to speak to the occupants and lock the door).

That's ^ the bit I really like!

But it's amazing how Push has to come to SHOVE!

before anything gets done............

You'd think that... by now.. engineers / door-designers

would have figured out a buffer mechanism for heavy cabin-doors

so that this known, decades-long problem would be substantially reduced!
It cannot be that difficult!

If they can build computer memory into the cabin door lock

to identify the last 100 entries (by who, using what card)

then surely felt buffers against the door jam cannot be far away now!
You'd think...

 I recall my first cruise: an interior cabin on Deck 2, Carnival Destiny

hearing doors slam at 2 in the morning

and later trying to figure out if I was hearing crew slamming big freezer doors in the galley right behind my bulkhead...it wasn't that, at all.

It was simply inconsiderate fellow passengers next door!

9 hours ago, Host Carolyn said:

Sorry to hear this, keep us posted and take care of yourself!

My son has a house on Roatan,

- more cases popping up there past weeks

Turns out the nights are a lot worse than the days!

The nights are when the sinus congestion sets in

along with an annoying tickly cough at bedtime

(you know how that goes!).

More and more this confirms my suspicions

that this is my second bout of Covid, the first being

Feb. 10th. - March 3rd. 2020 when I came down with

Something Suspiciously Nasty,

along with many other Barbados islanders.

The recent clogged-up nights trying to sleep ..are very similar!

That (Feb. 2020) was Early Covid, version 1.0

before W.H.O. had even named the damned thing!

Nine weeks after I finally ditched it in early March

after three long and persistent weeks,

the clotting factor we now know about, came into play

and found my waiting 90% occlusion in my LAD coronary artery,

and Voila! there was my STEMI heart attack

on the morning of Friday 8th. May 2020,

resulting in 6 days and 5 nights in the local Hospital.

Oh it's been great fun -lol

Luckily I've had my 3 shots of Astra-Zeneca, during 2021

and that is now standing me in good stead!
Apologies for the long ramble, but y'all got me going!

Just now, BasicSailor said:

I truly hate to read this ,please keep us posted .

You're a well respected poster in the forums here.

Thank you for your kind sentiments!

I'm having mild symptoms, nothing to be worried about

and nothing

that two Panadol/paracetamol tabs every 6 hrs. can't handle.

Today has been Sore Throat Day -yesterday was Panadol Day!

plus I discovered some expired COVONIA Cough Syrup (2017!)

in the medicine cabinet

so it's still got plenty of life in it -like me. Lol!

I've been instructed to keep myself to myself

until Saturday coming.   No big deal.

It's a lot like Dengue Fever (lethargy).

This is how I felt yesterday morning,

before breakfast to raise my blood sugar level.

6 minutes ago, pe4all said:

Hope you make a speedy recovery, and symptoms aren't too bad. 

Thank you for your kind and caring words!

Luckily, both Wife and I have had our 3 shots of Astra-Z

last year -and that's probably standing me in good stead, now!

Yesterday was a crapper, but today I'm a lot brighter!

I'm just stuck in the house for a week - a looong week!

I sure hope your brother does well.

With diabetes and obesity, he will need medical help!

Here on the island of Barbados

I just tested positive for Covid on Saturday afternoon

after waking from my usual afternoon nap
and feeling feverish!

It feels a lot like Dengue Fever!

Yesterday morning early was bad

(most of that was simply low blood sugar)

and I spent Sunday living on Paracetamol

but this Monday morning things are much improved

and it seems I'll live after all!

OK so this is what Bad News looks like...

1 hour ago, ledges1 said:

We like to keep the cards. So, I like a good card.

Same here.

I have our every cruise card except two Ocean Village cards which
"for security reasons" they insisted they have back as we left..

Luckily I took a photo of it.

Re: folio number / cabin number...

I recently was given a few RCL cards, and I notice that their cards

state your Deck number - but not the cabin number.

I imagine that might help most people returning 'home' .. somehow?

8 hours ago, Pellaz said:

And let's not forget

that giant technicolor neon fish hanging in Victory's aft MDR lobby....

 On second thought, yes, let's forget it.   😄  😄  

 

You didn't like the fish??  ....Awwww... he had yellow eyes!

20 hours ago, sparks1093 said:

Right, it used to be much easier to find.

Not sure what the web designer was thinking

making customers search for something they want to buy. 

Good thing you're not on face book

which seems to dedicate its life to disrupting things and hiding functions

or worse yet dumping them altogether!

I'm almost appalled at the idea. Food is messy stuff!

Personally I wouldn't dream of eating/transporting food

anywhere other than right where it's served, but then...

50 minutes ago, crazy4themouse said:

Who are all those creepy faces watching you eat??? 😱

LOL - You might well ask!

The Ghosts of Christmases Past?

1 hour ago, smwg said:

I realize we as humans, fall and may be clumsy at times, but

did anyone look into whether there was something wrong with the walk way to see if you tripped on something, or stumbled because it was faulty? 

Maybe there was a lip that was not lying correctly? 

I'm always amazed how people fail to look down at where they're actually walking.

Most folks assume a clear path, but you know what they say about assumptions

and the road to hell being paved with whatever...

At my advanced age,

a constant concern is Avoiding Falls, having had one or two already.

Watch where you walk -literally.    Look down!

16 minutes ago, justafem said:

Cruise in 14 days, was able to fill in everything on the 26th (passports, credit cards, etc).

• And today it says
• "We're sorry but the credentials entered do not match."

That HAS to be upsetting!   ....It's no consolation either

that Carnival Cruises website has been legendary in its consistent malfunctions!

My wife always balked at the choice of MDR decor on Carnival Victory.

Who on earth ever combined brown and blue? -and WHY? lol

On 4/22/2022 at 12:13 PM, ontheweb said:

Good to know, and I bet if you are an early riser

that they are not busy at all in the early morning hours.

That's when I go.     NO-one else around...

and they're glad to help at that time - not stressed.

6 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Cloth masks are still better than nothing.

And of course, the best masks are useless if worn as chin diapers.

The pandemic still sets the schedule and is still being aided

by those who can't, or refuse to, follow simple instructions. 

Mankind doesn't like that the virus is still in charge!

Canada now enduring Wave Number SIX, and here we are

pretending that this thing is over!

Good luck to the gamblers!

Well done re. your easy-boarding experience

but it's hard to beat boarding Carnival's Southern Caribbean cruise

at Bridgetown Barbados, where only about 40 cabins join the cruise half-way!

Cabins are always ready --you go straight there--

while everyone else has gone ashore for the day!

We're often on board and settled by about 10:30 - 11:00 !

This is a rare exception for any Carnival cruise anywhere

where there's more than one possible boarding location

and us Barbados islanders take full advantage of the opportunity!

THIS is the sort of confusion that has to be done and over with

before I start cruising again.

Simply too much uncertainty, waves, surges, variants,

and weekly changes in protocols!

But Bravo! to those of you who who tolerate it, in order to cruise!

Keep it simple.

Pay down CASH. Nothing beats cash.

It's simple and un-complicated!!       I've never done it any other way..