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30 minutes ago, csm5986142 said:

 

No, not right now, but they used to.  Vancouver to Hawaii was one of my favorite itineraries (we did it twice on Carnival before the pandemic).  Going under the Lions Gate Bridge and past Stanley Park was amazing.  I so wish Carnival would start using the Port of Vancouver again.

And another vote for San Francisco, my second favorite, but I haven't done New York yet - it's on the list for next summer.

 

We did it on a Legend repositioning cruise for Alaska in 2015, before starting her season in Seattle. The other time we did it was on a Princess one way Alaska. Hands down the most scenic port when you sail out with land visible most of the night.

Vancouver and New Orleans for the scenery.

Canaveral for the whole area seemingly made to support cruise guests.

We'll be on the first and second sailings back to back. We did not plan it that way but the cancellations worked in our favor.

I've had it work with facebook messenger in the past, pre-starlink existance. It seemed like it would happen overnight where I would receive the messages for the day, then replies to those would go out the next night. My guess was they allowed many things through in a window where they opened up service due to one system process or another overnight daily.

5 minutes ago, HangryGrl said:

They do have Red Bull now?!  Last I heard it was Rockstar.  DH would be thrilled if they switched and he didn't have to carry on.

I was hoping they'd keep rockstar.

We are on the Dec 19th Glory cruise as well. I was hoping more information would be available about this port by now. I think right now we are planning to rent a golf cart and just go explore on our own.

The Vancouver to Seattle at the beginning of the season and the Seattle to Vancouver cruises at the end are spectacular for the itinerary on Carnival. Princess did a little more than carnival, like the puppies in the piazza, but I much preferred the younger crowd on Carnival both times we went that way.

We've done Carnival twice and Princess once. The one way itineraries allow more time in ports than the closed loop week long sailings from Seattle. Princess service was generally better.

That said, I would not hesitate to take another Carnival Alaska sailing. Our first one was an 8 day Vancouver to Seattle at the beginning of the season and it was a better itinerary as it included both Tracy Arm and Glacier Bay and was in ports until pretty late.

We were on the first cruise after the Legend came over from Australia one year. There are two outlets in the room, one american style and one european style. I don't think they changed anything out between sailings. Maybe the Australians use plug adaptors full time on cruises?

According to Carnival's Australian site, they have either 3 prong Australian plugs or adaptors with additional adaptors for sale.

https://help.carnival.com.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/73/kw/electric

We've had some good ones. Ufuk and Alexsandra on the Legend, a different Alexsandra on the Valor, Atilla on the Valor and then the Vista, Adri on the Conquest in 2013, Svatava on the Magic, Phillip and Eliza on the Triumph, and many others. We have not had a bad one yet.

Chief,

Thanks again for providing clear information about how this may go down. Would they use the original prints of the ship to fabricate the new section to replace the damaged section? If they have all the drawings they likely would need minimal additional measurements outside of the exact dimensions of the damage.

That is what I am thinking. If they are actively welding/grinding/painting tonight they would need it closed. That would also mean that tomorrow it will open while at sea because it would be hard to do that making 20 kts.

All things considered even with those inconveniences, I am envious of my friends who are aboard right now.

1 minute ago, Organized Chaos said:

 

That's odd, because this picture shows they've built a temporary wall, covered it with a banner (trying to keep it from looking so unsightly), and have set up the tables. Water glasses and pitchers are set up, the pitchers are full. Why would they make the effort just to keep it closed? Maybe it'll reopen before the cruise is over. Or on the next cruise.

 

 

Agreed, but I have heard it from two different families and one poster on page 14 that I do not know (or at least, don't think I know).

I would guess that they closed it because they are actively welding steel sheets onto the hull during dinner time and noise/smoke would interfere with dinner.

I have friends onboard right now, about 30 of them. They are saying the same thing. Aft dining room closed, being directed to midship and Lido. I can't imagine how busy both of those places are.

I wish they hadn't stopped the live stream, that was interesting.

The steakhouse has always been there. This area did not change. It is not listed on the list of restaurants because they consider it part of the buffet. It is open for lunch.

https://www.carnival.com/cruise-food/lido-marketplace

(you can choose the ship and it will show that bbq is available).

Edit to add:

You can see it listed here: https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4252

That is pretty standard though. I wouldn't take it as proof yet.

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We tip a dollar extra per drink usually (unless the service was bad). We have asked the bartenders on several trips and all of them have said that the pool tips on cheers go across all the bartenders, but the tips that you put on the line go to the bartender/barwaiter that served you.

We have not had bad service with cheers, but I think after the first few drinks they know who is going to tip and who is not. 

Since your question is specific to Vista and Galveston you won't find many answers since she has only docked there once.

We've sailed from Galveston twice and found that embarkation starts between 11 and 11:30. I think I have seen something where that particular sail date had a change of itinerary so maybe there is something special about that date. Since you are platinum I would just go whenever. Our trick recently is just to wait until boarding begins (watching the galveston webcams) and head to the port then and the check in process is so streamlined that you never stop moving really.

Wrigley80/Brianna is still very much active, at least on facebook. She's currently on the Conquest with Pedro in tow. I hope she posts a review.

He joins the Vista on our cruise on 11/4, takes over as CD on 11/11.

We've done coves at least 3 times, and never had them close it off. Sometimes the waves were pretty impressive but normal sailings would likely never see them close it. They do close the door one day each week to hose off the balconies, but that takes a few hours tops.

On one of our trips, I want to say Magic, they did have tickets for Comedy. They would have you go into the night club and give you basically a group number and a line number (almost like southwest airlines boarding), then when they were ready to seat you they took you through a side door and into the comedy lounge. It was on the Breeze or Magic or Valor, but I can't remember which one.