MrsJoshuaRanoni Posted January 1, 2013 #26 Share Posted January 1, 2013 On the Ecstasy in 9 days, excited to see more of your pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susiecruisey Posted January 1, 2013 #27 Share Posted January 1, 2013 More please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMSACE6 Posted January 1, 2013 #28 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Im loving your review, and photos! Looking forward to more. The Sensation was my first Carnival ship!. Thanks for posting, I will be following your review.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedbirdFL Posted January 1, 2013 #29 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about the Ecstasy. DD and I will be cruising on the Ecstasy in a little more than a week! We took her on a cruise on the Sensation in 2011, and now she's hooked, just like DH and I are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamawsnest Posted January 1, 2013 #30 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Brianna, Glad to see your review going. It brings it all back. Thanks for co-chairing the grab and grin. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Anxiously waiting on the rest. Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #31 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I will be back later on to post some more of my review. I'm gonna go watch the Orange Bowl. I am NIU Alumni so this is a very big game tonight vs the Florida State Seminoles. GO HUSKIES!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #32 Share Posted January 2, 2013 More please Sorry I had to take a break to watch the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #33 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about the Ecstasy. DD and I will be cruising on the Ecstasy in a little more than a week! We took her on a cruise on the Sensation in 2011, and now she's hooked, just like DH and I are! You will have a great time. Look for a Bar Waiter in the Starlight Lounge named, Bussabong, she is a lady from Thailand. Tell her that Rick and Brianna said Hello. She is amazing and so friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #34 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hi Brianna, Glad to see your review going. It brings it all back. Thanks for co-chairing the grab and grin. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Anxiously waiting on the rest. Happy New Year! Yes thanks again Pat for helping me to organize everything. I never had a chance to see ya again throughout the cruise but I am assuming that you had a great time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #35 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We had a rather large roll call for this cruise so about 3 months before cruising date I propsed the idea of a meet and greet through Carnival. I posted all the details on the roll call. Everyone agreed on a 2 hour open bar private party to be held on embarkation day. I called Carnival to get everything organized and planned. Everyone on the roll call who had confirmed a place at the party sent their money to another roll call member and then she paid for the party when she got onboard. It was wonderful and a great way for everyone to get to know one another. I wasn't sure what to expect because I had never organized one with an open bar before but everything worked perfectly. We also decided to had a hometown gift exchange where everyone who attended brought a gift to show where they were from. This is Matt (Mhurst) and Danielle from Nashville, TN This is Matt and Danielle (crawdaddy34) from Florida. This is Mike and Sara from Indiana This is Dustin and Tricia (tbloch) from St. Louis area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #36 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Having this meet and greet was a perfect way to get to know one another. We had talked to each other for months leading up to the cruise This is Larry and Char from Florida This is Nick and Melissa from Pittsburgh, PA This is Walt, Terry, Jane, and Barb from Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #37 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Everyone who attended the party wore a nametag that had what kind of drink package they purchased....alcoholic, non-alcoholic, or soda package. The 2 hour open bar allowed everyone to mingle around while also drinking whatever they wanted.....you could order from the bar and there were also waiters walking around taking orders This is Kathie and Tom from North Carolina This is Tom, Izabella, and their son Jake from Pennsylvania This is Bud, Tina, and their sons Scott and Chase from Maine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #38 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We had our meet and greet party in the Chinatown Lounge from 5:00 to 7:00 pm This was the Chinatown Lounge This was the sign out front. We didn't have any problems with anybody coming in to crash our party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPfromCT Posted January 2, 2013 #39 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Loving your review and pictures. The Sensation was my first cruise in 1994. Cannot wait to see how she is lookin' today:D You and your Dad are too cute!!! Keep up the good work. Anxiously awaiting more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted January 2, 2013 #40 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks for the review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 2, 2013 Author #41 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Loving your review and pictures. The Sensation was my first cruise in 1994. Cannot wait to see how she is lookin' today:D You and your Dad are too cute!!! Keep up the good work. Anxiously awaiting more..... Thank You.....I just got a big chuckle by calling me and my dad cute :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamona2311 Posted January 2, 2013 #42 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hey brianna! Looking forward to your review n hope you enjoyed fishlips. Did you get the nachos???:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted January 2, 2013 #43 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks for your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbafan Posted January 3, 2013 #44 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hope to see more pix soon-sailing on Saturday! Love your review so far! P.S.-- Have been to M&M world in Vegas and NYC :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tattoos Posted January 3, 2013 #45 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Brianna, Hi, nice to see you and your Dad again (if only in a photo review). Hope you enjoyed your back-to-back, looking forward to the rest of your great review. Thank you for posting photos of the M&M's store at the Florida Mall and Senor Frogs. I live 15 minutes from all the Disney theme parks and shop at the Florida Mall and just went to Senor Frogs to buy my son-in-law a couple of funky glasses for Christmas. I'm so accustomed to living in close proximity to so many wonderful attractions, i.e., Disney, Sea World, Universal, Legoland, cruise ports, that I forget that a lot of people look forward to experiencing the venues that are almost in my backyard. We recently visited the Magic Kingdom in all it's Christmas decorated glory and enjoyed the new Fantasyland and had our photo taken with handsome, hunky, Gaston. I'm anxious to hear if you enjoyed the food venues on the two different ships and if you preferred one over the other. Hope you tried the rotisserie chicken on the Lido deck on the Sensation, it was soooooo good, not to mention the red skinned mashed potatos. Also, we really enjoyed the Serenity Deck on the Sensation. Looking forward to the rest of your review. Rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 3, 2013 Author #46 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hey brianna! Looking forward to your review n hope you enjoyed fishlips. Did you get the nachos???:D Thank-You.......Your review of the Ecstasy inspired me to do a good one for our back-to-back cruises. Yeah we really enjoyed Fishlips. It was such a great place to watch the ships leave port that night. The Carnival Ecstasy, Carnival Dream, and Disney Fantasy pulled out of port that night. Be sure to check back on my review because I will have pictures from that perspective at the restaurant. We didn't get the nachos. :p We both had the Fish and Chips & then saved room for a little Key Lime Pie :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 3, 2013 Author #47 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thanks for your review. You're Welcome!!! I like reading them myself so I am hoping others do as well ;) :p :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 3, 2013 Author #48 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hope to see more pix soon-sailing on Saturday! Love your review so far! P.S.-- Have been to M&M world in Vegas and NYC :rolleyes: I will get back to my pics tomorrow. I have been super busy today planning things for my next cruise in March ;) :p :) I will be sure to get more pics posted just for you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 3, 2013 Author #49 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Brianna, Hi, nice to see you and your Dad again (if only in a photo review). Hope you enjoyed your back-to-back, looking forward to the rest of your great review. Thank you for posting photos of the M&M's store at the Florida Mall and Senor Frogs. I live 15 minutes from all the Disney theme parks and shop at the Florida Mall and just went to Senor Frogs to buy my son-in-law a couple of funky glasses for Christmas. I'm so accustomed to living in close proximity to so many wonderful attractions, i.e., Disney, Sea World, Universal, Legoland, cruise ports, that I forget that a lot of people look forward to experiencing the venues that are almost in my backyard. We recently visited the Magic Kingdom in all it's Christmas decorated glory and enjoyed the new Fantasyland and had our photo taken with handsome, hunky, Gaston. I'm anxious to hear if you enjoyed the food venues on the two different ships and if you preferred one over the other. Hope you tried the rotisserie chicken on the Lido deck on the Sensation, it was soooooo good, not to mention the red skinned mashed potatos. Also, we really enjoyed the Serenity Deck on the Sensation. Looking forward to the rest of your review. Rose Thank-You souch for checking out my review. I was very surprised how convenient the Senor Frogs was. Everyone was saying on Trip Advisor that parking was a nightmare but we had no problems. M&M's World was so cool and I am so glad that we took the time to stop there. Yes the food was quite different between the two ships. I will be sure to post food porn pics and mention which ship had better food. By the Way I am so envious of you living in Florida. That is my dream someday...move to Florida. And sooner rather than later that is going to happen ;) :p :) it would make going on cruises much easier which is always a good thing :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted January 3, 2013 Author #50 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I will get back to posting pictures of my cruise review tomorrow....so don't go anywhere because it is just getting good :) :p :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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