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So the excursion I booked I was told it’s closed by carnival’s shopping expert, Allison. It was not. So I spent the entire day in the ship because anything else I was interested in I didn’t a) plan for it or b) it’s sold out. so now I’m out $80 because carnivals expert is a liar. She was always rushed and was never patient. Didn’t quite enjoy. Her talks always last way longer than schedule so we miss other things. she told me there’s no more jackets available at fun shops. We saw someone with one. Apparently the fun shops had a sale and it wasn’t announced. I asked multiple people multiple times. 😠😢 in the future I’m going to avoid the shipboard experts.

I am a vegetarian but my friend tried it. He liked it! also the fjord excursion sold out!

If the only thing you want is massage or facials don’t book online. Always go to the pamper fun party or lady’s pamper party. Even if you’re a guy go to it. It’s the cheapest price you can get. I wrote it up here: The pamper party is carnivals secret.

There are no more straws in the dining room or any of the bars. The now charge $4.95 plus tip if you want a metal one. Also they took all of the Alaska gear out of the shops. It’s all for Hawaii now. They’re not selling jackets or anything. Super disappointed. Wanted to get an Alaska windbreaker.

Hey hey hey. The teeth whitening went rather well. I really enjoyed the experience and results. They gave me another discount for adding a fifth spa appointment. I’m enjoying it and that’s important. we were informed that it is very likely our Juneau excursions are going to get canceled due to the weather. I spent some time in the casino today. Had a lot of fun. Didn’t win anything. But had fun 🤩

Fall back time! We're now on AKDT time and we have one more day to go! As my paycheck dropped today, I am going to talk about Spa packages! I had already pre-planned the spa experience. Sadly, the excursions nope! But, spa, I can go alone and not get lost. Haha. Excursions I wouldn't want to do it alone. I'm doing free things in the ports, and will share my free tips and what I did for others who wanna save on excursions! Especially those of you with big families, as those can get costly! I went to the Ladies Pamper Party! Only guy there but I don't care! It was pretty good. Here's how it went down: Go to the pamper party and you get a free facial. You have to do it for yourself, but, you get to try out Carnival's "premium" product line. Elemis is a British product line that is very popular there in the luxury circles. Carnival uses it fleetwide. We got to try 5 different facial products, and they explained each one. They went into detail of how they work for the face, etc and finding your balance. Dr. Miguel Cano (oh man did he look dapper, handsome, and perfect) came in and spoke a little about botox. After that they showed us their GoWhite teeth whitening pens and gave us all a free sample. So after we tried the 5 different products, they gave us a list of discounts. Here's their deals for the Ladies Pamper Party TOP TO TOE SPECIAL Indulge yourself from head to toe for 75 glorious minutes with all of these treatments for only $199: • Swedish Body Massage • Pro-Collagen Eye Treatment • Foot and Ankle Massage • Neck and Shoulder Massage • Hand and Arm Massage Add Hot Stones or Bamboo with your back massage for only $20. This was discounted to $119 at the party only, also includes FREE HOT STONES. GO SMILE™M TEETH WHITENING $149 Everyone wants a whiter, cleaner smile so why not make yours the best and brightest it can be? Did you know that a whiter, brighter smile makes you look more youthful and radiant? Try our advanced GO SMILE ™M Tooth whitening treatment. It is a safe, effective way to add a sparkle to your smile. 30 minutes $149 | Couples $258 (Save $40) This got discounted to $99 for the people art the party only! Also, they're throwing in a free take home kit. ELEMIS BIOTEC FACIALS $199 IT'S TIME TO SWITCH YOUR SKIN BACK ON BIOTEC facial treatments use groundbreaking technology, active ingredients, and transformative touch to switch the skin back on for thriving, visibly healthy, and energized skin. Book a complimentary consultation. • BIOTEC Line Eraser • BIOTEC Firm-a-Lift • BIOTEC Skin Resurfacer • BIOTEC Super Charger for Men INCLUDES A FREE SKIN LAB HD CONSULTATION. This got discounted to $119 for those at the party only. Okay now here's what went down: If you book ALL THREE or a combination of THREE. like 2 massage and 1 facial, etc you're discounted to $100 per treatment. So I booked a facial, teeth whitening, and the massage, for $300 total! I added a fourth massage on for my friend in my cabin. They gave me the $100 deal. It applies to everyone in your cabin. So for $400 we got 2 massages, 1 facial, and 1 teeth whitening treatment. I planned no getting a facial and a massage this time around as I never had done it and my party swears by it. So I bought an AARP gift card rofl, so these are effectively $90 each. I pay around $80 for a massage on land, plus $15 tip.

I’m on the miracle from SF to Alaska. It’s at 3pm on all sea days. fantastic pastries. 😍

We went to the comedy show after the 88 keys. There were two headliners back to back. first one was hilarious. We really enjoyed it. Paul Lyons was funny. The second headliner John DeCrosta wasn’t that funny. His phone gag was good. However he resorted to racism. That isn’t okay. But, he resorted way too much to overly racist jokes and directly made fun of a deaf guy.

I did get a photo with our cruise director, Georgina.

The show just ended. We tried to flag down the waiters a few times. We weren’t able to order any drinks. just know even if you’re on the first floor you may not get served any drinks. You might want to bring your own in.

As the dinner lasted so long we got to the show, 88 Keys about five minutes before it started. There’s three showtimes it seems like. We missed two to our dinner. we got there. It was packed. We got seats and let me tell you anything on the first floor past the middle of the room isn’t a great seat. the show 88 keys has rising platforms. We weren’t able to see the performers for over two thirds of the performance. Check out the photos to see how they’re cut off. great music. I’d you’re on the Miracle definitely get here early and sit closer or your view and experience will be impacted.

Dinner was fantastic. Almost a 3 hour experience. It was elegant night, you know where they give the free lobster. It was so busy. the food was fantastic. The waits were very long. The waiters were all amazing. Several people from our table got up to dance with them. lobster, steak, prime rib, and root vegetable pie! Check out the photos. I’ll add the videos when I’m on land with a stronger connection. The premium wifi is really bad. I keep losing connection. Making grad school breaks a bit difficult. Had downtime for almost 3 hours today. Super clear sky so far.

I really want to do this. But the excursion cost was rather pricey. Almost $300 when I asked. I don’t want to do it alone so it’d cost me double. I think it’s $200 now. Maybe if I win something in the casino 😂

We just got back to our cabin. We saw a beautiful service dog working hard. Missing our dog. Lidia our steward took care of our cabin when we were at breakfast. The dog is fantastic. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Our breakfast.

Breakfast time! I got a good shot of the sun rise before I got ready for breakfast. here’s the breakfast / brunch menu. QR_SeadayBrunch_Menu_08312022.pdf

That’s exactly what I came back to do! Here you are! QR_SeadayBrunch_Menu_08312022.pdf

Good morning all! I’m watched the sunrise. Didn’t have my phone with me. Enjoyed it! I got back inside to look at the planner. I just discovered the long awaited tea time is back!

On panorama I watched Dune at midnight. it’s just too humid sometimes to watch it outside.

On miracle and can confirm they don’t. I do wish they had a theater. But not by the pool. I didn’t really enjoy it on panorama. Too humid.

We had it on panorama. It didn’t taste good and cost more then what the bar pour was.

Big news! We saw several whales! They were far off but we saw their water squirts in the air! So amazing! I couldn’t get it on video sadly. This is my first gold sailing. I got a nice pin today welcoming me to the gold club! I guessed at the Art club there was a Thomas Kincaid painting. Simply gorgeous. We had to guess the price. I guessed $1850! Virtual cruisers what’s your guess? I got my first stamp on my art event passport. Has anyone done this? Do you feel it’d worth doing? Do the paintings sell for a lot? My walls are bare but I don’t have a lot of money 😂 if you’ve done this. How’s the scavenger hunt? How’s the final price?

Happy to have you aboard for the virtual ride!

Main entree is here. I got the Indian special that is vegetarian. The aloo is spicy and perfect! The rice is perfect and everything tasted so amazing. everyone else got salmon and they stated it is perfect!!! I might ask for my rice. One of the ladies stole it 🙃

First appetizer for me is the vegetarian lasagna. Never seen it before on the menu. It’s so good!!! Four of us ordered calimari (not me) and they all hated it. The panorama was much better according to them. They said it taste like boxed and microwaved calimari. The last got a salad and loved it.