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1. Carnival cruisers generally like to access their food onboard as soon as possible. I mean, we already paid for it, regardless of its perceived quality. 2. Some Carnival cruisers like to access the alcohol as soon as possible. I may or may not be in that category. 3. As someone already mentioned, many Carnival cruisers travel light, and/or check their luggage to their rooms, reducing the burden of hand baggage.
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Let me add my voice to the choir and thank you for this blog! Excellent photos and fresh commentary. I am now primed for my next cruise on the Discovery Princess at the end of this month followed immediately by a cruise on the Carnival Radiance. Those will, however, be quite a bit different than your Carnival/Cunard combo! And, oddly, both cruises will take me into the top tier status on the respective cruise lines. Unlimited free laundry! 🙂
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This is so true. The omelets are cooked in some kind of oil that is a total turnoff. And what passes for eggs benedict sitting under a heat lamp? Hard pass. Soggy bacon and inedible scrambled eggs. Yuck. HAL and Princess have a decent biscuit and gravy combo . . . but Carnival doesn't even have that on offer any more. I am now reduced to eating fruit and cottage cheese at the breakfast buffet. OK, the fruit is good and is good for me. Sigh.
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As you think John should try the Gala night, perhaps you should try the Great British Bake Off. Part of its charm is that it is the least competitive "competition" I have ever seen. There is no monetary prize, and the amateur bakers all help each other despite it being a competition. There are absolutely no losers on the show and no one is embarrassed -- in fact, they all hang out together after the show. I don't bake, and I barely cook . . . and I still enjoy the show. I watch it with the better half who is a superb baker. Of course, many folks have better things to do than watch any sort of television, and that is perfectly understandable. BTW, a few years ago there was an American version of the Great British Bake Off. No one liked the American version. Not even Californians. Why? Because, of course, the American producers tried to make it really competitive. 🙂
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Too bad you couldn't get to Rome, though understandable in your situation. Perhaps you will go back some day. For history buffs I think Rome and Athens are the tops in the Western World and are bucket list visits. Well, London is pretty good too, given all the historical sights there and the location of the British Museum (arguably the best history museum on this planet).
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This is the place that impressed me the most in Rome, more than any of the usual sights. https://www.romesightseeing.net/basilica-of-san-clemente/ As you descend into the basilica, its like you are in a time machine. And even though it is very near the Colosseum, not many tourists visit the basilica.