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The current piano guy is indeed Bob. We passed this place up the first few nights because we'd walk past and hear some honestly pretty crap singing, but the place was full, always. Curious, we sat in there one night and it was tons of fun! Bob's mediocre singing voice is part of the charm that includes his excellent piano playing and piles of charisma.

I have clothes on when i sit on Hotel room chairs and toilet seats are non-absorbent and get cleaned. But i guess you sit on them naked....ok then

Deck chairs are non-absorbent too bud.

This prudish post is so funny coming from someone with the graphic in your signature. You know what those four feet signify, right?

Oh well. Don't worry about nude people. They are everywhere. Some just a small wisp of clothing away. They're not going to infect you with things or otherwise harm you. Honestly. If it really bothers you to your soul, cruise another line that never allows naked people, I guess.

If you're scared of sitting where naked people have sat, you must never use hotels. Or public toilets for that matter. Diseases don't get passed around that way mate. You think nothing of putting your butt on a hotel chair where hundreds of naked butts have been, or putting your face down on a deck chair where someone's snotty face has possibly been minutes before, but someone someone wearing slightly less clothing than a bathing suit on a deck chair days before you is a health crisis? You're either a troll or very silly. If it's the latter you need to examine the hangup you have about nude people and the assumption that you're going to get a disease from them somehow.

Technical Evidence, finally. This I can follow. Not just because 'someone' said so.

Have a nice day.

Yes! This is why I went looking for either evidence or some sort of explanation why it's not dangerous. Welp, it's dangerous. Went out and got one with no surge protection so we can plug in a few things at once. Not as cool as the Belkin surge-protection one but at least it's not going to cause problems. Or get nicked.

Outdoor bars tend to close first. Lido bar is typically the last outdoor bar to shut. Other indoor bars will start closing around 9-10, with bars near show locations staying open, and the nightclub bar(s) remaining open. And of course the casino.

Wow. You must see into the future. Dancing in the Streets is a show made just for the Dream and the Dream's maiden voyage was in September 2009. Yet somehow you saw it in the 90's.

No need to get snarky there smarty! I must have been thinking of another show. It's named after a 1985 song so assuming it's from the late 80s/early 90s is reasonable. Your tone is just so rude.

I was sure that the whole "it's a safety hazard" thing was a story they made up so that they didn't have to upgrade their electrical system or something. But lo and behold it's a true thing. It really is dangerous and it can cause harm to the ship. Today I learned.

I guess I'll be bringing the one I have without any surge protection.

Wouldn't this change every week anyway?

Agree....I carry hers as well when she has no pockets....I want to keep a bit of dignity and that lanyard just screams "Clueless Tourist"....exception is kids, they are allowed to get away with the lanyard look

I agree on all points here. I hear folks say things like "well I'm on vacation and I'll never see these people again so who cares what I look like" but you wouldn't dress up like a clown and go walking around downtown and you'll probably never see any of *those* people again either :). (No a lanyard does not make you look like a clown, I'm just using hyperbole because I'm silly and this is a silly fun discussion on the internet.)

Still, follow your bliss; if a lanyard is your thing then bless your heart. Hell I don't wear sweat pants or cargo shorts either and plenty of folks love those to bits. And who am I to talk about fashion because I occasionally wear a My Little Pony t-shirt that my nieces gave me a couple years back, but I mainly wear that to embarrass said nieces, which I consider a noble goal :D

> Apparently, the photog "slapped" at the ladies hand / iPhone as she was attempting to take the photo

Oh boy. It takes a lot to make me mad but seeing someone slap at a lady, especially my wife, will set me right off. Just ain't right.

Thanks for the thing about the vendors and the guy with the monkey. I'm going there to snorkel with my niece and I'll give her the heads-up so she knows not to engage them, and if she wants a monkey pic we'll get it at a bargain price or not at all :)

How does a lanyard or wrist thing make someone look old?

Women's swimsuits do not have pockets.

 

Both comments offer no value to the OP.

Haha, you disagreeing with the comment does not mean that it has no value. I answered the question and then gave my opinion on lanyards. You're welcome to disagree, and you do, so there we are! No point getting mad at each other over it is there.

My wife hates lanyards as well and settles for the "honey can you please put my card in your pocket" method of transport :p.

When you're in a pool or something do you just leave the lanyard sitting out on your towel or whatever? I'd feel that someone would nick it but that's just me being a worrier I guess.

I wouldn't be surprised. Cruisers do offer something a little bit different from the same old local grub.

If nothing else, most of them are well-marinated.

A pocket. Lanyards look ridiculous and are uncomfortable, the wrist things ditto, and both make anyone "look old" which as an aging person I try to avoid :). I buy swimsuits that have a pocket or two. My current suits have a velcro pocket on the butt that works perfectly for my S&S card, and I can confirm that these cards are unaffected by water exposure or being repeatedly sat upon! :p

Oh lordy, why? I understand that there's a cult following behind the movie and I've seen it a few times with friends who love it, but the movie is objectively bad and the fans of it can tend towards the, er, annoying. Plus there's all the extra cleanup from the toast crumbs everywhere :p

They have Let It Ride? lol, I haven't seen that game in a casino in BC, WA, OR, or Vegas in like ten years. They must be too cheap to get rid of the felt :)

The Dream shows may be old but they are much better than most of the "New" Playlist shows.

I'll have to take your word for it as the last Carnival cruise we were on had what we called Fake Cirque, which was pretty darn good and very impressive for a show done on a moving ship, and two shows, the first which featured 50s/60s music and which was so hilariously high-school-musical-quality bad that we left half a minute into the second song, and the second which we skipped because it featured the same rubbish cast as the first. :) Oh and there was a "stand up comedian" who provided about two or three audience chuckles in the show and whose biggest laugh came from an audience member ecstatically shouting "HONEY I'M FROM GUAM" when asked where he was from, and who did a 15 minute comedy-free rambling speech on bullying at the end of his show, the focus of which was not really anti-bullying but more on selling his book on anti-bullying which was conveniently available right outside the room.

So really there's not much way to go but up :)

Old style production shows. Only name I remember is Dancing in the Streets which is a very good one.

Old style is right; I may have seen this one back in the 90s!

We did a RCL Hawaii cruise (Vancouver->Hawaii) two years ago. Don't know why people would say that RCL is miles above Carnival. The activities were worse, the main entertainment shows were all complete busts, the ship was weirdly laid out so you were constantly funnelled through tights areas with hundreds of other people, and the food was just normal cruise food. The cabins were definitely a little nicer but aside from that it's not like you're going from a two star to a five star hotel.

Don't get me wrong, the cruise was awesome, we met *so* many fantastic people that we still talk to, and there just happened to be some Elvis tribute folks on the ship doing private shows and they did a couple in public areas which were great. It's all what you make of your time on the ships.

edit: someone else mentioned the solarium on RCL. YES. This was SO great. The outside pool was always a complete zoo, but the solarium pool area was reasonably quiet and a great place to chill and swim. Going to miss this on our upcoming Dream cruise.

Quality review. Thank you!

What's the deal with surge protectors not being allowed?

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I can't speak to dry dock but I have been on a cruise where all the entertainment and nearly all the crew were done after that cruise. It was hilariously bad as the entertainment folks hung out in passenger areas all the time when shows were not on taking up tons of space and just being cliquey with each other, like coming to the dance club and just taking the whole floor to themselves. And events during the day were constantly being randomly cancelled -- never been on a ship with fewer events.

To be fair this was an Alaska cruise and the club would have been pretty dead anyway, but it just came across as really unprofessional and August actually our first Carnival cruise since that experience about eight years ago because it just soured us on the line for a bit. Beautiful scenery though. But I've never spent more time in the casino on a ship because there was bugger all else to do at night or when we weren't in port! :D

I reckon the former is a fancier styling with some shape to it. That's what my wife's has looked like on those occasions where she's got an "up-do". Probably involves a cubic yard of hair spray and a bunch of pins that you'll be finding in bed for the rest of the cruise.

The latter is a wash and dry with just a normal style, like a style she'd normally have for a night out. Seems good as she gets a shampoo and that whole scalp massage thing they do out of the deal.

But I'm a guy and these are just from my experience listening to women. Those options make me happy I just gotta ask for a number 2 back and sides when I get my hair cut :D.

Can't you just ask your wife? Or is it a surprise? Might as well get what she'd prefer I think.

One fellow on our cruise had Nike shorts, NASCAR t-shirt and flip flops at dinner on formal night. Needless to say he did 'stand out'. :eek:

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Man I hope it was at least a semi-fancy driver!

Yeah see I don't even care if people dress up, or have nice clothing. I'm not going to criticize someone for having a different style even if it's not something I'd wear, or if their clothes aren't new or fashionable or whatever. But that's not even trying. Just try! Everyone owns a couple shirts with a collar, right? And a hairbrush :)

> Most night hats jogging shorts and wife beaters were present in the dining room I get it its vacation

I don't care; I will never be OK with this. I know it's "just a cruise" and "just Carnival" but let's attempt to be adults enough to take off the ball caps and manage a shirt that both covers the shoulders and does not advertise a beer brand. I don't even mind the shorts because their sorry legs are going to be under the table in any case. I wear tank tops almost all day while on board and it takes me one minute to head to the cabin and put on a collared shirt for dinner. It's just manners.

Sorry, I can't even resist ranting on this topic. Drives me mad when people treat everywhere like it's a hot dog stand.

if its not onthe menu , they wont let you get the drink at all. It would be a shot, wait 5 minutes and then get another shot then wait 5 minutes for another.

Where's this rule? Do they have literally hundreds of common mixed drinks listed on the menu? If I want a gin, tonic, and St. Germain do I need to order a gin and tonic and then hang about at the bar for five minutes waiting for a shot of elderflower so I can put half of it into my glass? That's hilariously absurd.