Jamman54

I believe that there will be many more revelations before this review is finished! 😁

We remained on ships time the whole cruise. 😎

This is the small Loft 19 Pool….. Patti’s looking down at the Serenity area from Loft 19….. There’s some type of Security vessel doing doughnuts next to the ship….. To be continued….

Patti heads up to Deck 19 forward to check out Loft 19….. To be continued……

Patti is going to head to Deck 18 forward and check out Serenity. Here are a few pictures of the Beach Pool area as she made her way there….. Welcome to Serenity……. That’s the Carnival Horizon in front of us….. To be continued…..

Patti heads back down to Deck 17 mid ship, where on the starboard side you’ll find the Warehouse Arcade….. Circle “C” is right next door…… Over on the port side you’ll find Guy’s Burger Joint….. Club “O2” is right next door….. This is the upper level of the Red Frog Tiki Bar..... To be continued…..

Patti moves up to Deck 18 and the Ultimate Playground….. Here are the Mini Golf and Water Works…… Patti’s looking up at the Ropes Course….. There’s a very narrow Jogging Track up here….. All the info you need on Bolt….. To be continued…..

That's the effect we're trying for!

Patti takes in the Miami views…… There is plenty of seating and loungers on Deck 17 aft….. To be continued…..

Now that we are on board, here are today’s Fun Times….. Our plan now is to check-in at our muster station (C7), drop off our carry-on bags at our cabin, and then head back to Big Chicken and the Tides Bar. Pat & Jim would do the same and meet us back there. Patti and I have grabbed our lunch….. It wasn’t very long before Megan (MeganGC1983), and Brian (Mr. Megan), joined us….. Patti is having her very first Cheers drink….. Sid (sid_9169) joined us, and soon the first “bar” picture of the cruise was taken. That’s Sid, me, Megan, Jim, & Pat..…. Jim is keeping track of Patti’s drinks for “Cheers” purposes….. Patti heads up to Deck 17 aft to begin her picture tour. The rest of us move over to the Red Frog Tiki Bar to continue our drinking. Here are the Grandeur OTS and the Scarlet Lady….. To be continued…..

Once through security you are given a boarding placard. Ours was Priority “A”. You then entered the Captain’s Lounge which is sectioned off for Diamonds, Platinum, and Suites. We are seated by 9:30am….. We have our first Tribe sighting! In the Tribe t-shirt is Heather (SenatorsFan), and to her right, her husband Peter. To her left is Vic (Roscoe13), who is with his wife Donna. She’s camera shy, so we have to respect that. I will say that she is a very pretty lady, and that Vic and I have definitely married up! Lol. Jim is displaying their Priority “A” placard…… While we were waiting Patti and I had our Embarkation Photo taken….. Barbie and Ken are sailing with us this week….. Sid joins us in the Captain’s Lounge. This is his first cruise as a Platinum member. Welcome to royalty Sid! He’s sporting a Priority “Q” placard, but in reality he’ll be boarding only minutes after us. Don’t know why we didn’t get a picture, but that will be rectified shortly. At 10:45am boarding begins. We're the first group to board. We’re through the facial recognition scans and heading up the gangway behind Pat & Jim….. We are now aboard the Carnival Celebration! To be continued…..

It was 8:50am when we parked our cars. The four of us made the short walk back to Terminal “F”….. That’s our line….. It was only 9:10am and they were already letting people into the terminal. We just walked up to the next available check-in station…… That took a whole two minutes, and they directed us upstairs to the Captain’s Lounge……. Before entering the Captain’s Lounge we go through the security check. Off course the metal in my knee and hip sets off the alarm. As security was wanding me, Patti took a picture, which is a big no-no. They gave her a slap on the wrist and made her delete that picture from her camera. To be continued…..

We are heading through the tunnel to the Port of Miami…… Once out the other side, we just follow the signs to the Carnival Celebration at Terminal “F”….. We pass the MSC Divina and the Carnival Horizon along the way….. Here is our home for the next seven days, the Carnival Celebration….. We pull over here to drop off our luggage….. That being done, we have to drive down to Parking Lot “G” to park our cars. That’s the Scarlet Lady down at the end…… The Grandeur OTS is docked at Terminal “G”….. We have made it to Parking Lot “G”…… To be continued……..

Day # 1 - (January 14th) - We board the Carnival Celebration! It’s cruise day! We were up at 5:30am to get ready for the day. It’s a cloudy 70 degree day with a chance of showers. We repacked our luggage and put the cruise tags on them. We then met up with Pat & Jim for some free Springhill Suites breakfast. Afterwards, Patti grabbed the camera and took these shots of the pool area that she had forgotten to take earlier. We can’t leave without doing that! We have a 9:30am to 10am check-in time at the pier, so we checked out of the hotel and met Pat & Jim by our cars at 8:15am. They would be following us down to Miami. And we’re off! This is the way to Miami……. After around twenty minutes of driving we are getting close….. Before we reach the tunnel, we can see some of the seven ships that are in port today. Here are the Scarlet Lady, Grandeur OTS, Celebration, and Horizon….. To be continued…..

Glad to have you aboard! We were so sad that you couldn't make it. Hopefully we'll get to cruise together some day in the near future!

Getting there. I have another Celebration review from last April in my signature that will answer your questions very quickly. Thanks for reading!

You're getting closer to cracking the code, but it's really in the subtle hand signals!

Aw geez Vic, you're making us blush! We love meeting people and we love cruising. Put them together and magic happens!

You were the star of the show my dear!

I thought that their home delivery service was called "Knockers". 😁

No problem Amy! This is the kind of stuff we love to see. There are so many back stories and we'd love to catch as many as we can! 😃

We stopped to gas the car up for tomorrow, and then made our way back to the hotel. Patti took a short trip over to the shopping center across the street, while I worked on the pictures. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Pat & Jim arrived at the hotel around 7:15pm, and once they got settled into their room, it was time to get some dinner. We wanted to go to Miller’s Ale House, but the wait for a table was crazy long. We settled on TGIF’s and were seated almost immediately. Here are Pat & Jim (Webecruzen) finally getting a chance to relax….. And here we are….. Dinner service was really slow but we didn’t care. We spent the time catching up and having a “few” drinks. Back at the hotel, we’re all ready to retire for the night, except for Patti, who was taking some late night pictures of the breakfast area and the lobby. These areas had been remodeled since we were last here in April….. Here are a few views of the Market by the Front Desk….. Patti’s checking out the Exercise Room…… Patti returns to the room and we crash for the night. Coming up next: We board the Carnival Celebration, and the fun begins!!

At 11am I made my move over to Hooters while Patti continued her walk. She would also spend some time browsing the various shops on the strip….. Patti joined me at Hooters around 12:30pm. What a nice view from up here….. It’s time for another round of drinks. Patti is having a Malibu bay breeze, while I’m drinking Blue Moon……. We order some boneless wings and fries for lunch…… About this time we get a text from Pat saying that they would be going on the cruise! Pat talked to her father’s doctor and he assured her that her father was going to be fine, and to go on the cruise. Her father’s wife would look after him while they were away. They had to pack and then they would be on their way. They are also staying at the Springhill Suites, so we will see them when they get here. ETA will be around 7pm. Our prayers have been answered!!! We left Hooters around 2pm, just as the skies clouded up and it appeared it may rain….. We’re going up and over the bridge again passing the ships at Port Everglades….. To be continued……

As we passed the Spazio Italian Bistro, I noticed that the bar was open, so I decided to hole up here until Hooters opened….. Patti continued walking along the beach…… Patti passes Bubba Gump’s…… To be continued……

We parked in a parking garage at Beach Place which was right behind the Hooters. The cost was $20 for the first three hours. This Hooters is up on the third floor…. I’m letting everybody know that Hooters is my #1 favorite Husband Daycare…. Hooters doesn’t open for another hour, so I will walk the strip with Patti until then. Here are some Fort Lauderdale Beach views….. Here are some of the shops, bars, and restaurants on the strip….. To be continued……