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YAY!!! See you out and about in just a few weeks!!

My shifts are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 7p to 7a...I work in the emergency department. It can be busy some nights and be 12hrs non stop or if slower some breaks in-between.

Magnifica last month we just watched the video, made the call and went to the MS and had our card scanned. No problem.

A lot of my patients are so I'm gonna have to agree with you on that! lol

Yes! I feel the same way... 😂 Mine are three 12s also. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Good morning! However, I work overnights, so 2 more hours of work and I get to go home and go to bed. I guess it's like night time for me instead of morning. 😁 05:00am here, sunny and 86 here today.

I've not sailed X before either, I usually sail RC as well. My first sailing is in 2 weeks on Reflection. I'd go with Beyond.😁 She's a beauty.

That's awesome!! I love the perfume shop, it's the first place I go...ok second, Frog & Onion Pub and then the Perfume shop. 😁

I leave in 2 weeks for my first cruise on X (Reflection)...super excited!! 😁

Thank you so much… Winnie thinks he’s a dog, as we found him outside when he was no bigger than your hand and Millie mothered him. They run around this house and play like 2 dogs! Lol

Besties… Winnie and Millie 💜

I missed the original posts about the cactuses. I'm happy to see yours. I was just saying to my son the other day, this sis so weird my Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming right now. It bloomed about 2 months ago too. I was like what the heck is going on with this cactus??? I'm glad I see that others' cactus is blooming too. 😁

DESSERTS!! Oh how I miss the desserts on Carnival. I switched over to RC a number of years back and although I find the main foods to be pretty equal to each other, Carnival's desserts blow RC out of the water! I sail Conquest in October and am looking forward to eating nothing but desserts for 7 straight days!! 😁

Following along. Although I've been to Bermuda a number of times, I haven't been in quite a few years. I'm interested to see how things have changed. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along!

Excellent description, I like it. 🙂

We did a week in Aruba at an Airbnb during covid. You are correct, it was dirt cheap....so were the flights. We had a fantastic time, we felt like we had the beaches to ourselves. Definitely one of our most favorite vacations!

I got off the ship this morning a little later than I planned…talking up on deck. 😁 I got off about 6:40 and got out to the terminal curbside about 6:45 and ordered the Uber, it was $13.50. He got there at about 7:05. We arrived at the airport at about 7:15. The whole process was easy and super quick. I purchased my flights through Kiwi. They did all of my check in and everything. I received my boarding pass in an email for both flights 24hrs before. My flight doesn’t even start boarding for 2 hours so I’m outside the terminal sitting on a bench in a nice sunny and breezy area. I don’t plan on heading in until about 8 or 8:15.

Last night! 😞 Time to get back to reality tomorrow. I always have a great cruise, I just enjoy cruising. 😊 My next one is in 10 days. 😁 I’m getting off first thing with my tote bag and getting an Uber to the airport for my 10:15a flight to Philly, boarding starts at 9:30a. On the ride to FLL, because I did not select a seat, I was in the middle of the 3 seats. We were all three of us chub chubs…not a great flight. Last night I went online and booked one of the larger exit seats near the window. Should be a nicer plane ride home. I have the number for the shuttle from the Clarion, hopefully they’re quick and I’m in my car by 2pm. It’s a 2.5 hr ride home. Say hi to everyone, get my scrubs in and it’s ohh to the hospital… 1hr 20 min ride. Thanks for following along… looking forward to my June cruise here on LOS to Canada as I don’t believe it will be as crowded and not so packed on the pool deck or in the solarium. 🤞 Also, I wanted to mention…. my waiters in the MDR and my cabin steward have been the best I’ve had as far back as I can remember. Service on this ship was outstanding!

This is a nice ship, and I just may have chosen an inopportune time to cruise her. I’m sure you’ll have a fantastic time! 🥰

As I was posting the last post, 2 kids come running through the smoking section, run right into the waiter with a full tray of drinks. He’s attempting to stop the kid from falling, tray hits the floor. Chaos, right in front of me. Yep, somehow I’ve ended up on a whale tail ship! 😝 (not knocking Carnival, I’m scheduled for Conquest in November.. but I have a mind set for that booze cruise already!) 😂

It turns out the deck was packed to the max by noon…not a seat to be found anywhere. In fact, families were using the chairs over in the smoking section up on the pool deck. That’s the first I’ve seen in all of my cruises, kids sitting around the smokers in the smoking section (there’s a toddler resting on those two chairs surrounded by smokers in the smoking section, there are others just sitting up at the tables with the smokers). People throwing their towels and flip flops at the smoking tables to have someplace to put their things. I don’t remember ever seeing a pool deck as packed as I’ve seen here on this Liberty cruise (maybe Carnival Sunshine many years ago). I definitely feel as if I’m on a Carnival ship. The solarium is no different, packed to the max. No kids over there though. My saving grace for my June cruise on Liberty may be it’s not going to the warm, beach part of the world but to Canada and not what one would call a family beach holiday. I’m hoping that cruise will not be as packed as this one. I am enjoying this cruise, any cruise is a great cruise. 😊 But Liberty is not a ship I would book again.

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The Solarium is looking like I should stay on the ship today!! I am noticing the first 2 rows have chair savers….

Sitting out here looking at Magnifica and looking for my future cabin. I booked an obstructed view OV window this time. Last month I had an interior and I wasn’t a fan, I needed some light. Now I’m hoping my upgrade bid to balcony goes through. Those boats obstructing are big!! 😆 My July cruise on Magnifica I booked a balcony with the Aurea experience…access to spa and to the private top deck on deck 16.

Just came up on deck and noticed I missed one…the Carnival Dream is here, too!