sanmarcosman

The Carnival Vista Class ships, of which Costa Firenze is one, have automatic handwashing stations in various locations throughout the Lido Dining Room on Deck 10. Is the same true for the Firenze? Thanks

The salmon has been removed from the every night section of the menu. Of course there are some salmon entrees to be had but not every night. On some of our 4 day cruises with Carnival I looked forward to the salmon each evening. It was simply prepared, no frills or sauces, as I like it. 

There are a few new appetizers I would like to try so I see the BAM! factor 🙂 

18 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

That sounds absolutely awful. Good luck getting 25 people to commit to a time, and then waiting for a table that large. That'll probably eat up at least an hour each night. 

There are no tables for 25.

There seems to be one oversight: they left that tough and gristly beef striploin steak on the "every night" menu. 😲

21 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I was through bag drop at 11:40, to tsa at 11:48 and through tsa at noon.

 

Good for you. We like having our KTNs for TSA, no more removing shoes and belts, etc. 

3 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

 

Like that tip cup! 😀

Everything has gone up! 🙂

Jamman54 - We both know if Horn & Hardart was still in business we'd also be seeing some excellent photos of the automat. Then we could see Greg's monkey reaching in a food door for a fresh banana for the price of a nickel. 🙂

24 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I got that and a pastrami to go for $58 after tax. So probably  25-28.

 

One New York Style deli sandwich is a whole meal. When seen this way the price is what I expected in 2023. But I still miss the days of paying $8 for the same "meal." Thanks for the memory and the update.

44 minutes ago, Cherries Jubilee said:

This review makes me think I need to get out more. 

I know, my back goes out more than I do. 

In 1935 my mom went to nursing school at St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC. She and some classmates toured the statue when visitors were allowed to take the stairs up the right arm and walk outside around the base of the torch. Mom said only about 6-8 people could fit out there and it was scary.

29 minutes ago, sanmarcosman said:

In 1974 a Mets Double Header ticket at Shea Stadium set me back $6 and a 16-oz plastic cup of Schaefer beer cost .25 cents. Good times.

 

Jamman: You laugh at the memory AND I bet you remember the Schaefer jingle.

2 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

These are  $16.50 after tax. No collector cup.

For that price I hope it was served to you in the stands like mine was! 

In 1974 a Mets Double Header ticket at Shea Stadium set me back $6 and a 16-oz plastic cup of Schaefer beer cost .25 cents. Good times.

2 hours ago, x lindsay x said:

 

The Friends fountain is on a soundstage in LA. But honestly tourists are ALWAYS looking for it in NYC. In fact if you get a pedicab ride in Central Park they will likely tell you that the fountain is in Central Park at Cherry Hill, among other incorrect "facts". 

Almost, the fountain is on the backlot of Warner Brothers known as Warner Brothers Ranch and it and the house from Bewitched and others will be torn down later this year or early 2024 to make way for new, modern soundstages. 

24 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I’m not crazy about the design but I like the inside.

 

 

You got lucky, there's usually fog. 

10 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Maybe I should post pictures. In real life people usually guess 10-15 years under. 51 really? 

53 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

He’s in a safe place.

We feared Stewart took him hostage!

30 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Almost as expensive as the real theater.
 

 

And nowhere near as good. 

10 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I stuck around for 20 mins and left. It’s the history of photography. It’s not anything that’s going to help you take better pictures like the thing says. These are all just a misleading pile of baloney sandwiches 

After your depressing experience at lunch with her the irony isn't lost on me that she's showing a photo taken during the dustbowl days of the Great Depression.

The picture is best known as "Migrant Mother," a black-and-white photo taken in February or March 1936 by Dorothea Lange of Florence Owens Thompson, then 32, and her children. Lange was traveling through Nipomo, California, taking photographs of migrant farm workers for the Resettlement Administration. The picture in question is a portrait of Florence Owens Thompson with three kids taken in March of 1936 by Dorothea Lange with her 4×5 Graflex camera. 

1 minute ago, Saint Greg said:

And hey look it’s my lunch neighbor

 

 

" I'm in a BIG HURRY to give a lecture to a handful of people! " 

31 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 The woman is that crazy astrology speaker. 

Obviously she's an Aries:

Aries is a fire sign, and they tend to have a short fuse. They are impulsive and easily irritated by things that don't go their way.  🙂 

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

Where is he heck are they going to do line dances? The deck is filled with Loungers.

It will be the shortest line you've seen since boarding in Barcelona. 

2 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Back then they gave drunken people guns to shoot skeet

We had fun firing a shotgun at sea. The party ended during Operation Desert Storm and never returned.

1 minute ago, Saint Greg said:

I could sit there for about 30

minutes and then I’d get bored. 

We were in our early thirties in 1988 and enjoyed reading then and now and we both still like watching college games on TV 🙂