Our Fantastical Journey: Carnival Fantasy Review & PICS/December 8th, 2012 sailing

[luvmysox1]

Fun review! thank for doing it!!! 3 weeks baby!!!!

[Dymediva]

Awesome review, we sail the 7 day January 19th.......ahhhh I can hardly wait:)

[re-re]

Enjoying this review just as well as your last review, glad your stash made it on the ship this time...lol.:D

[sammy1956]

Great JOb !! Still wish we could have met you guys

[All4fun&fun4all]

I will continue tomorrow. My computer is being a total brat.

[BananaAnna]

Loving the review!

It's like my past (cruise) is flashing before my eyes.

 

So many good times - Fantasy Girls rule!

[willow028]

Love this review and can't wait for the rest of it! :) (It is also making me insanely jealous that our roll call is so quiet - would have loved to have been on your ship!)

[my2monkees]

Yeah loving the review. had such a great time and now get to relive so much of it

[wrigley80]

Nice Review.....I throughly enjoyed your last review from the Fantasy. I am in the process of compiling and organizing our pictures from our back to back cruises on the Ecstasy and Sensation earlier this month to begin another photo review of my own

[carolinablonde81]

Nice Review.....I throughly enjoyed your last review from the Fantasy. I am in the process of compiling and organizing our pictures from our back to back cruises on the Ecstasy and Sensation earlier this month to begin another photo review of my own

 

I can't wait for your review either. Your photo review of the Fantasy was also a big factor in my deciding to book my first (but not only) Fantasy cruise in 2013.

 

Oh, yeah - Go Tar Heels!! (Class of 2003, representing!)

Edited December 24, 2012 by carolinablonde81

[PathfinderEss]

Great photo's, nice review, thanks for posting.

[gapearl]

Loving it! :p

[missygirl]

Great JOb !! Still wish we could have met you guys

 

 

We didn't meet with you guys either but I did see Andrew once in a elevator.

[ThePatientOne]

WOW, Great review.. Thanks for swinging by our roll call to let us know it was up..

Swing by and let us know when part 2 (and 3 and 4 and....) are ready..

(I will try and remember to swing by for a look see..)

We can't wait for ours..

Oh yeah to the poster that mentioned a quiet roll call.. Keep posting to it to sort of "bump" it up to the top part of the roll call list.. Easier to see;):eek::D...

[hockeyluver]

 

Remember that fun group that I spoke about in the Hairy Chest Contest section? We spent some time with them this evening and invited them to our UN-Wedding at HMC. So much laughter...and then the great hockey debate. alligirl78 *cough*. Anyone that was in that area knows about the great hockey debated. We dont speak of it in public circles. Only speak of it in whispers.

 

 

Loving your review so far :D

 

Hockey debate??? The only debate is which team is second best AFTER THE DETROIT RED WINGS :D

come on with a name like hockeyluver you know I had to chime in on that one!! Thank God for junior hockey this year!!

[fromthebus]

OK Nancy. Time to get up and start writing. I want more!

[kjeanne2001]

OK Nancy. Time to get up and start writing. I want more!

 

I agree!! LOL I've been waiting on your review! Thanks for doing one again - Will make my 3 weeks hopefully go by faster! Tell me about those disco balls - Are they just decoration or does a drink come in them. Looks like you all had a blast!

[Sarapdot]

I just love your reviews!! I have followed you and THE Andrew on many cruises. Keep up the good fun!! :D

[alligirl78]

Loving your review so far :D

 

Hockey debate??? The only debate is which team is second best AFTER THE DETROIT RED WINGS :D

come on with a name like hockeyluver you know I had to chime in on that one!! Thank God for junior hockey this year!!

 

Our dear new friend John is a Penguins fan. The debate was really never a debate because only an idiot or a Penguins fan would argue that LeMieux is a better player/captain/all-around-better guy than the esteemed Steve Yzerman. ;)

[Pinkfloydfan]

We didn't meet with you guys either but I did see Andrew once in a elevator.

missygirl, Nancy and the Andrew are really a fun couple to hangout with. She has fun and I love Andrews "different" outlook on things:eek::D Pink

[my2monkees]

We didn't meet with you guys either but I did see Andrew once in a elevator.

 

Missygirl - there were so many people on the roll call that we didn't get to meet. Andrew and Nancy were alot of fun (we got to spend quite a bit of time with them).

[All4fun&fun4all]

Ok I am back. At 9am this morning the Andrew woke me from a blissful slumber with a mimosa telling me I need to get busy writing/typing. We have managed to get our last minute Christmas shopping done and re-medicated me. The coffee is on and my boyfriend/agent/whip cracker has me back on track.

 

We left off with syncronized swimming on day 2. That's where we will pick up...only because it makes sense to do so.

 

Yeah, can you tell I am sick? :p

[All4fun&fun4all]

SEA DAY 2 contd:

 

And, while the ladies did a great job, the guys...well, the guys totally brought down the house. And guess who was involved. Yep..."those" guys!

 

 

Spinning

 

 

The lift

 

 

And a big finish

 

 

The FG's were poolside laughing and cheering for our favorites

 

 

Then someone started a spontaneous conga line with Santa and while it didnt last very long....I WAS IN A CONGA LINE WITH SANTA!!!!

 

[All4fun&fun4all]

The Fantasy Girls set up little group activites to do together throughout the cruise prior to sailing based on a 7 day Fun Times from a recent sailing. We called it our "Loose Itinerary" so that no one felt obligated to come if they were busy doing something else at the time. This worked out well for the first couple of days but the Fun Times were slightly different after day 2 so some activities got moved around and some were abandoned. I dont know if ANY ONE of us made it to the open invite to walk the track at 8am each day. I know I wasnt present.

 

On this day at 2pm we decided to have craft time. Now, I am not really a very crafty person but I will certainly try anything once. The craftier girls in our group brought instructions and materials and we found that Cat's Lounge was unoccupied at the time. We unloaded our materials and got busy making Christmas ornaments and necklaces.

 

She's crafty

 

 

Wreath ornament

 

 

Craftin

 

 

Icicle ornament

 

 

So, the main reason I am posting about this crafting session (other than the fact that it was great fun despite my poor crafting skills) is to show that if you have impromptu activities that you may want to do with a small group, you can almost always find a space to do just about anything without having to ask permission. A few staff members came through and we asked if we would be in the way and they said no and some took an interest just to see what we were doing.

 

On my way back to lido

 

 

Tonight was the night they had the VIFP party. We had received the invitations the night before at turn down and were excited to find out what this new party would be like. In my opinion, it was very much like the Past Guest party and I am not sure if this sailing just had a large amount of VIFP's but the place was packed.

 

Waiting to get in

 

 

They did the video of all the ships and asked you to yell out for the ships you have been on. I yelled for the two that I had been on and waited for the servers to bring the hors d'ourves around.

[All4fun&fun4all]

I must admit that service was pretty slow but eventually I did end up with a bite of this meat/potatoes thing and a drink.

 

 

And this pizza-ish type deal

 

 

They also called up on stage the two couples who had the most sailings and guess who got called up...our buddy Pinkfloydfan. This pic is horrible but perhaps you get the gist.

 

 

Server

 

 

All this time I had been sitting with ilovetheislands and was looking for the Andrew because we got separated. He found the FG's but I was in a different section of the lounge so I got to watch him wandering around looking a bit lost. Then he found me and after a few minutes we were able to get him a drink as well. After about 45 minutes the whole thing was over and after a brief meeting with the FG's we headed up to...you guessed it....lido to hang out before dinner since we were already dressed and ready.

 

 

 

We approached the hostess stand and again were asked if we minded sitting with others. We didnt mind at all. We ended up sitting with members of the Entertainment staff! How cool! At first it was a bit awkward. You cant just start with "so hey, what do you do for a living" because I am certain the last thing they wanted to do is talk about work, Once we found other things to talk about we had a wonderful time.