mets07

3 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

 

Interesting and possibly disturbing that you didn't receive evening turndown service. I always had evening turndowns on my Meraviglia sailings in the past, including as recently as late October. I hope they haven't cut this out like other cruise lines have!

 

We did not have evening turndown service on Meraviglia in November. Our stateroom attendant left the next day "schedule" either at our door or on the bed. He asked us at the beginning of the cruise if we would prefer morning or evening service. We chose morning.

We did not have do not disturb on....

I had a runny nose last year sometime after a cruise. I only tested myself because my daughter-in-law was pregnant. I was positive so stayed away from her until I was negative. About 5 days. 

I otherwise was able to do my normal morning run right through this experience and live pretty much as usual. If it was not for her, I would not have tested myself. It was my only experience with Covid and my husband and I did everything we were "allowed" to throughout .... went to restaurants the day they re-opened, etc. 

Happy and healthy cruising, all.

Pirate ship (galleon) right where you enter CoCo Cay. Splashaway Bay area with slides etc.

Pools, sea, most food, etc. 

Enjoy! 

10 minutes ago, shof515 said:

Carnival also has this smart elevator system on a few of their ships too. It looks like everyone is copying each other 

Yes, I recall experiencing it on Carnival Horizon in 2019. 

Enjoy, all.

Agree that one option is South Beach .... facing the water, walk way to the left. Pretty quiet there and helps if you get there early or stay late (people tend to get back on the ship early).  

This is a photo probably an hour before we were supposed to be back on the ship...

Are you doing the Feb 2 and Feb 11 cruises?  I see you started two threads, so I assume so....

Thanks.

@Tree_skier

Everyone will have a lot of advice for you about visiting NYC.  Take it into consideration,  however also do whatever you think you will enjoy! 

@bonsai3s Jersey Boys was on Anthem and was outstanding, but was not a show in the Broadway sense, but rather a singing show / performance. Ryan Molloy, British actor, was extremely entertaining. Not sure if that is what you were thinking of....

The Broadway type show we enjoyed the most on a Royal ship was Saturday Night Fever. I don't know if it was just our luck as to the specific performers on board (Liberty) at the time, but the dancing in particular was fantastic. 

Most other Broadway-type shows on the ships have not held our interest.

It may be apparent to you, but for my time (anytime / your time) dining, you must purchase the Aurea level of experience.

Enjoy the cruise!  Stay warm for now. 

Ours was assigned about 2 months or a little more prior to sailing. No email as mentioned above.

Best wishes.

6 hours ago, harryfat1 said:

Being OCD

You will forgive me that I hate this expression. You don't have OCD. You might have an obsessive personality or planning proclivity, but anyone that knows anyone that truly suffers from OCD knows there is nothing in what you have that is really like the anxiety disorder.

Enjoy your cruise! 

Woohoo!  Super Bowl Sunday on the cruise! 🏈🏈🏈

We have noticed on several cruise lines that they are frequently not offering coffee/tea after dinner unless you deliberately bring it up.

We had once/day room service on Meraviglia. We chose morning. The attendant did enter our room every evening to leave the "compass/daily/whatever it's called" for the next day. 

We enjoyed the cruise very much. The ship was beautiful and the live music excellent. On the negative side, we found the buffet linearly designed and disorganized. 

Happy cruising, all.

13 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Well I'm hopefully boarding dream for 2 weeks Saturday. Just my luck seem to have pinched a nerve or whatever so that's why its iffy, nothing to do with carnival. 

 

I am looking forward to white pizza and guys hamburgers. I'm hoping its dream where there is a seafood place with lobster rolls. I have always said all lines have stuff I like. I know people who are loyal to one and only one. Even on the rcl threads I post carnival has better pizza. 

 

If the bribe is more free perks, then thats me. I miss my free wifi and drinks and discounts on carnival. On rcl I ate pizza once in 3 weeks. I pulled off the cheese and toppings. Uggh. And I post I wish royal would take lessons from carnival on anytime dining. They stink at it. I loved on carnival I could push a button and be seated without standing in a long line. 

 

I just dont agree any one line does it all the best. I used to go back and forth to get Mdr variety. Not because one was the best, for variety. This will be my diamond cruise and here I am in pain leaving tomorrow. Hope I make it onboard. I was in emergency tuesday the pain was so bad so I'm not exaggerating.  Disappointed. I booked a couple of excursions now I'm worried about. 

 

I will never agree one is all perfect .. they all have pluses. I'll be heading to guys burgers asap when I board. I dont touch royals free burgers btw. Another thing carnival does better. Fast food. I like junk food not a solid burger and cheese and all that, give me a greasy burger on a toasted bun .. im hoping for guys. I read they got rid of the sauteed onions. Darn. My favorite part of guys burgers.

 

Why does it have to be 100% loyalty? 

I agree with you @firefly333 and hope you feel better soon and can go on the cruise.

My husband and I have sailed mostly Royal, but have tried NCL, Carnival, and recently MSC. We will be on Venezia next month.

All the lines have positive elements and some things that could be better, but we always enjoy cruising. One thing we get on Royal that I agree with you is hard to sacrifice is the free loyalty drinks starting at Royal's Diamond level. 

Happy cruising to all.

6 minutes ago, freeon said:

So you have to reserve time slots to access the thermal area? Hate being on schedule and would prefer to be able to just go when I feel like it. Hard to plan ahead when I'm going to feel like going to spa. 

We did not have to on a recent Aurea experience. Just showed up and checked in at front desk. They will also take a reservation .... not sure if necessary on some ships. We were on Meraviglia.

17 minutes ago, 7x5090g said:

So I also read somewhere you have to pay $1.99 to use the text chat on RCI app.  And everyone you try to reach will also have to pay the $1.99/day.  Is this old news?

There is no longer any charge for the messaging within the Royal app.

Can you do the check-in on the Carnival app or only online in browser? Thanks.

Still all snow in Northern New Jersey. Looks pretty. Not sure how much we will get ....

1 hour ago, maggieq said:

@mets07 We are going on 1/11 to msg.   This will be our first time in nyc since before Covid.  Hope you had a great time. 

Hi @maggieq  Enjoy it!  We have been to NYC a bunch of times during/since Covid and have survived without incident. 😉🙂

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Looks like fun.  Can't wait to do the same thing in 11 days, only earlier in the night and at MSG.

 

How was the sound level?  Micheline is worried that it will be too loud.  She'll definitely have her Loop earplugs with her just in case.

We did not find the sound level bad. We were on second level to side of stage. 

Have a great time. He still puts on quite a show. 

6 hours ago, Coralc said:

That is kind of a lot of people. Happy New Year. Thanks for the photo. ☺️(they look like moss. <jk>) Because there are so many people with the green lighting. 

 

That is why Bill wanted to see Kenny Chesney at a smaller venue in Lake Tahoe. I can definitely see why now. I am way over arena shows. Too many people. 🙄

Ha, I think the "moss" effect is also caused by the confetti. We have no problem with big crowds.

As you know from my previous posts, we love Kenny Chesney and are happy to see him in any venue! Part of the fun of his concerts is the crowd and the tailgating. 

Understand, however, that you can only do what you are comfortable with...

Happy 2024, everyone.  We went to the Billy Joel concert at the UBS Arena, New York 

Photo taken at midnight.  Concert was great. 

I don't know for sure @firefly333 but reason OP might be considering Venezia is perhaps it is local for them. (We have only done Carnival once before, but we are in NY/NJ area and the ship looks nice, it is going in our case to at least one port we have not been to before and one we have been to only once, and it is an easy drive from home).

We have been on Oasis more than once and the last time was with our son and 3 of his kids ages 6, 4, 2. They loved it. Pools, slides/play areas, kids club, carousel, etc. 

My husband and I will be on Venezia in February and perhaps can comment better then. We have heard pools / pool areas are small. We like to try different ships and cruise lines, and were interested once we saw this ship was leaving from NYC. But this has nothing to do with what might appeal to kids...