Just back from the Carnival Conquest and I Have Lots To Talk About And to Show!!!

[EricasTJ]

On 10/4/2018 at 4:30 PM, MsJersey84 said:

After inspecting the room we decided to go to the Serenity deck and maybe find a clam-shell to lay in for awhile. Most of the shells were empty just our luck we climbed in and dozed off the sound of the horn going off telling everyone that it was time for muster station drill scared us out of our sleep.. We went running down trying to find muster station E. The drill lasted about 30 mins.

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Really enjoying your review of your cruise.  I'll be on the Conquest on Sunday, and my muster station is E as well.  Can you tell me where on the ship the drill will be for muster station E?   I'll find out once I'm on the ship, of course, but at this point I'm just curious!  Thanks!!!

[MsJersey84]

8 minutes ago, EricasTJ said:

 

Really enjoying your review of your cruise.  I'll be on the Conquest on Sunday, and my muster station is E as well.  Can you tell me where on the ship the drill will be for muster station E?   I'll find out once I'm on the ship, of course, but at this point I'm just curious!  Thanks!!!

Hi EricasTJ,

Muster E is located on deck 3 aft. I would say more the middle then the very back of the aft.

Hope thats help.

[EricasTJ]

Thank you!!!  

[MsJersey84]

1 minute ago, EricasTJ said:

Thank you!!!  

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Your welcome. Question can you see my pictures that where posted before the new CC??

Thank you

[F22Smitty]

NO photos here.

[Darcy8]

I can't see the photos either.

[MsJersey84]

I am not sure why my pictures from my earlier post aren't showing but I will keep pushing on.. I am typing my next post now!! The show must go on hopefully the new pics will show

[cheermomof2girls]

love your writing style and review!

[MsJersey84]

2 minutes ago, cheermomof2girls said:

love your writing style and review!

Thank you

[MsJersey84]

Grand Turk: Sept 26:

 

Since we weren’t due to arrive in Grand Turk until 11 am we slept in until 9 am.. We woke up just in time to run to the main dining room to get breakfast.

Nick had the omelet, waffles, and a side of sausage.. Nick said the waffles tasted like someone ran up to the lido deck throw some waffles on a plate and served them to him 20 mins later.. Sometimes I just can’t deal with him!!! I had the French toast, bacon, and hash browns. To finish breakfast off Nick had a cappuccino with a shot of Irish cream and I had hot tea with a shot of Irish cream. After breakfast we grabbed our beach bag and headed out on the island.

I was super excited this was our first time in Grand Turk, and now I can finally see what everyone was talking about when it comes to Jack’s Shack.. Jack’s shack is an awesome little bar and grill spot at the end of the beach where it’s nowhere near as crowded.. When you get off the boat turn left. We walked along the beach shore all the way down to the end you can’t miss it. We rented two beach chairs and an umbrella for $10. The water was niece and blue with lots of fish in it.

our view from Jack's

View 2 from Jack's

[MsJersey84]

. Around 1pm Nick and I got out the water and we decided to get some lunch.

We had the grilled chicken sandwich, Conch Fritters, the fish of the day which was snapper, fries and Salad.. Everything was so good the only thing we didn’t like were the Conch Fritters because they were sweet. It was like conch meat rolled in a sweet breading and then fried. We also got more drinks. We loved Jack’s Rum Punch out of all the drinks, but we also tried (not all at once) the Sandy Vagina, sex on the beach, Jazzy Cockatoo, and while here Nick also tried the local beer called I-Ain-Ga-Lie. Its spelled just like that too.. After our food and drinks we back in the water. We stayed until around 3pm when we decided to leave and head back to the ship.

** I am not going to get into the story of my phone being stolen while at Jack’s but I know mentioned it earlier so I just wanted you to know the local police found my phone thanks to me being the best FBI agent and they are mailing it back to me, and they arrested the person who took it!! Also in no way do I blame Jack’s Shack it a great place to visit** Now back to our regularly schedule program!!

[MsJersey84]

Once a board the ship we showered and headed to find us a clam-shell on the Serenity. We found one right next to the bar which was great we grabbed some more drinks and settled down.

Somewhere we must have fallen asleep because the next thing I know the horn is going off for sail away.. We woke up just in time to see the sail away. Within us being a couple miles from the island the wind started to pick up really bad. The clam-shells were vibrating, people were almost being knocked over when they were trying to walk down the serenity deck. It was horrible. We tried to stay and see if the winds would die down but they never did.. It just got worse. Finally we decided that we would go to the room and get ready for dinner.

For dinner Nick had the Cannelloni, shrimp cocktail, Seabass fillet with plantain crust, Salmon cake, and the Carnival melting cake to finish up. Nick loved the Seabass. I had the Prosciutto Ruffles, Peach Soup, Salmon Cake, and the Bitter N Blanc. The Peach soup was not my favorite I guess I just expected it to be not so soupy. Why did I expect that? When that’s literally what the dish is soup, who knows?? When you figure it out let me know. LOL. After dinner we headed to see the Carnival Quest. It was a great interaction show, with lots of laughs. After the show we went to the LGBT Mixer which was supposed to be on the Serenity deck, but due to high wind the Serenity deck was closed and the mixer was moved to the nightclub.. The mixer was great, the music was booming, the drinks were flowing and everyone was dancing. Around 1am we left the club for some pizza. The line wasn’t that bad this time. After pizza I wanted another drink but for some reason on this ship after 1am there are only 2 bars open, the one in the club and the one in the casino. So off we went to the casino for our final night cap. Our night cap ended up being another hour of drinks and talking to random people doing the same thing we were doing. Looking for their final night cap. We crawled into bed somewhere between 2am and 3am.

Up Next Amber Cove!!

[missallyn]

Loving your review! We were in GT on the Pride. Was very cool watching you come into port!

[MsJersey84]

2 minutes ago, missallyn said:

Loving your review! We were in GT on the Pride. Was very cool watching you come into port!

 

Those pictures were on my phone but yes. My husband and I ran up to the top deck all the way in the front to watch the sail in.. Everyone on your ship was waving.. I have never been up close to another ship like that before while pulling into port it was very very exciting.. I watched your sail away from Jack's while sipping my rum punch!!

Thank you for following

[missallyn]

12 minutes ago, MsJersey84 said:

Those pictures were on my phone but yes. My husband and I ran up to the top deck all the way in the front to watch the sail in.. Everyone on your ship was waving.. I have never been up close to another ship like that before while pulling into port it was very very exciting.. I watched your sail away from Jack's while sipping my rum punch!!

Thank you for following

Always love watching the ships😍 Wish we had longer in GT it's so beautiful and Jack's Shack is fun. So sorry to hear about your phone troubles.

[Teslyn]

Yay! I was waiting for this. I am glad you enjoyed your day in Grand Turk. 

[MsJersey84]

Sept 27: Amber Cove!

 

 This is the morning that I could not find anything to eat on a ship full of food. First world problems. LOL. We woke up around 830am showered and dressed and off to breakfast in the main dining room. If you haven’t notice by now we aren’t buffet people. Wait… Let me fix that. Nick is not a buffet person.. LOL. So when we arrived at breakfast this morning I couldn’t find anything on the menu that I was like oh yes I think I will have that.. Eating in the MDR is the least I can do after dragging Nick on cruise year after year with me!! Nick had his usual Omelet, a side of sausage and bacon, and this time he wanted to try a stack of pancakes.. The outcome was not good. When it was time for me to order I asked our server even though I don’t see BLT on the menu can they make one anyway? He informed me that he could get a side of bacon, white toast, and a side of Lettuce and tomato but I would have to put it together.. I told him that would be fine but I need three sides of bacon (don’t tell anyone), hold the lettuce, and please add a side of hash browns. I ate only half of my sandwich and then we ordered cappuccino and tea with our Irish cream shot for each. Since we were in no hurry to get off the ship since my family is from Dominican Republic and we wanted to treat today like a sea day since we only have one sea day on this sailing. I was able to sweet talk Nick into going to the lido deck since I had only eaten a little bit of my breakfast to see if they had anything different. They didn’t so off we went to the room to grab our shades and cash. We had nothing planned for Amber Cover so we walked around the port, and took pictures.

 

(Amber Cove Map)

(Amber Cove Port Rental Rates)

 

 

[MsJersey84]

Sept 27: Amber Cove!

 

 This is the morning that I could not find anything to eat on a ship full of food. First world problems. LOL. We woke up around 830am showered and dressed and off to breakfast in the main dining room. If you haven’t notice by now we aren’t buffet people. Wait… Let me fix that. Nick is not a buffet person.. LOL. So when we arrived at breakfast this morning I couldn’t find anything on the menu that I was like oh yes I think I will have that.. Eating in the MDR is the least I can do after dragging Nick on cruise year after year with me!! Nick had his usual Omelet, a side of sausage and bacon, and this time he wanted to try a stack of pancakes.. The outcome was not good. When it was time for me to order I asked our server even though I don’t see BLT on the menu can they make one anyway? He informed me that he could get a side of bacon, white toast, and a side of Lettuce and tomato but I would have to put it together.. I told him that would be fine but I need three sides of bacon (don’t tell anyone), hold the lettuce, and please add a side of hash browns. I ate only half of my sandwich and then we ordered cappuccino and tea with our Irish cream shot for each. Since we were in no hurry to get off the ship since my family is from Dominican Republic and we wanted to treat today like a sea day since we only have one sea day on this sailing. I was able to sweet talk Nick into going to the lido deck since I had only eaten a little bit of my breakfast to see if they had anything different. They didn’t so off we went to the room to grab our shades and cash. We had nothing planned for Amber Cover so we walked around the port, and took pictures.

 

(Amber Cove Map)

(Amber Cove Port Rental Rates)

 

 

[MsJersey84]

Then we found out there is a small shopping area that is a 5 min drive but a 20min walk with hills.. None of the taxi’s wanted to take us to this shopping area, they all wanted to take us to Puerto Plata which was a $30 drive. So we walked out to the port gate where we found a local taxi driver that was willing to drive us there, wait on us and then back all for $20. While we were shopping in this little village one of the store owners, come to find out knows my grandfather and uncle (they were twins). Small world!! When we returned to the port we did some more shopping in the stores, and taking pictures along the way. Even though we did not visit the SkyBar I took a picture of the menu for you guys.

(Sky Box Menu)

 We were back on board sometime around 1pm. We dropped our bags off in the room and headed straight for the lido deck I was starving. We opted to try the deli for the first time. We both got the Cubano Mixto and nick added a hot dog to his order. We got our sandwiches, ordered some cocktails (Hurricane wave and the Red Caribbean)

We found our favorite table in the back by the pizza pirate. The Cubano was so good. I just need a little more mustard. Nick added honey mustard to his. As we were making our way to the Serenity deck to find us a clam-shell to lay in until sail away Nick noticed the sweet spot. So we stopped and made a dessert plate for us to share, ordered Rum Treasure and a mojito. We finally made it to the Serenity deck to relax until after sail away.

** Side Note: Nick and I visited the serenity deck every day during our sailing we always found a clam-shell to relax in but on this day the clam-shell next to us stayed like this (Empty) for the whole 3 or 4 hours we were out there. So clam-shell hoggers do exist.. IJS. LOL**

[MsJersey84]

After sail away we decided to go to the room and take a nap before getting ready for our final formal night. I must have been really feeling the drinks because that nap was the best sleep I ever had. We hit the snooze button on the alarm like 3 times and talked back and fourth about skipping dinner. In the end we made it to dinner just in time and boy were we glad we decided to go to dinner. The options tonight we awesome. We wanted to order everything literally.

 

Nick had the stuffed mushrooms, 2 crabcakes and the clam chowder to start. Then he had Fusilli cream mushroom, and the stuffed peppers. To finish dinner off he had the Carnival melting cake, and a cappuccino with an Irish cream shot. I had 2 crabcakes the stuffed mushrooms to start. Then the teriyaki salmon, to finish dinner off I had the grand marnier soufflé, with a Malibu and pineapple cocktail. By far the crabckaes and teriyaki salmon are the two dishes of the cruise for me.

(Crabcakes)

 

(Salmon)

(Stuffed Peppers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2018 by MsJersey84

[scoobikins]

Fantastic and entertaining review! You and Nick sound like fun cruisers. Your review is helping tide me over until my trip in May.

[MsJersey84]

After dinner we ran off to find seats in the theater so we could watch the show Flick. The flick was a music show that had songs from all the famous movies over the years. Nick ordered a white Russian and I got a mango mojito. To help make the show even more interesting. After the show the race was on to make it to the punchline in the aft of the ship. It was an adult only show by Ronnie Bullard and everyone leaving the flick show was going to the punchline as well. Nick and I got ahead of everyone by not waiting for the elevators we just walked up the stair and v-lined to the Punchline where we found of plenty of seats, but those seat were only open for a few minutes and then the mob came in.. As we waited for the show to start Nick decided to try the Punchliner cocktail and I ordered the Zany Zombie. The Zany Zombie has become my new favorite comedy club drink.

 

 

The show was great Ronnie just cracks me up. As the night whined down it was now time for our bedtime pizza. We made it to the back of the ship just in time, the bar in the aft of the ship by the pizza was serving its last couple of drinks of the night so nick and I grabbed our cocktails and our pizza and seat down to enjoy.. Man I am going to miss this. We made back to our room and prepared for bed.. As my eyes started to get heavy I began to think this cruise has been get and tomorrow we must make the best of the of our only sea day and the last day of the cruise.

las

 

Up Next: Our only sea day (Last day) 😪

[MsJersey84]

9 minutes ago, scoobikins said:

Fantastic and entertaining review! You and Nick sound like fun cruisers. Your review is helping tide me over until my trip in May.

 Thank you Scoobikins!! We try to be laid back and fun going people!! Happy Sailings in May!! I always tell Nick it takes forever for the cruise to get here and then its over in a blink of an eye.. Uggh!

[grandmarnnurse]

12 hours ago, MsJersey84 said:

Sept 27: Amber Cove!

 

 This is the morning that I could not find anything to eat on a ship full of food. First world problems. LOL. We woke up around 830am showered and dressed and off to breakfast in the main dining room. If you haven’t notice by now we aren’t buffet people. Wait… Let me fix that. Nick is not a buffet person.. LOL. So when we arrived at breakfast this morning I couldn’t find anything on the menu that I was like oh yes I think I will have that.. Eating in the MDR is the least I can do after dragging Nick on cruise year after year with me!! Nick had his usual Omelet, a side of sausage and bacon, and this time he wanted to try a stack of pancakes.. The outcome was not good. When it was time for me to order I asked our server even though I don’t see BLT on the menu can they make one anyway? He informed me that he could get a side of bacon, white toast, and a side of Lettuce and tomato but I would have to put it together.. I told him that would be fine but I need three sides of bacon (don’t tell anyone), hold the lettuce, and please add a side of hash browns. I ate only half of my sandwich and then we ordered cappuccino and tea with our Irish cream shot for each. Since we were in no hurry to get off the ship since my family is from Dominican Republic and we wanted to treat today like a sea day since we only have one sea day on this sailing. I was able to sweet talk Nick into going to the lido deck since I had only eaten a little bit of my breakfast to see if they had anything different. They didn’t so off we went to the room to grab our shades and cash. We had nothing planned for Amber Cover so we walked around the port, and took pictures.

 

(Amber Cove Map)

(Amber Cove Port Rental Rates)

 

 

My hubby is the opposite! He would rather always eat in the buffet, and I’m always dragging him to the MDR! Lol!

[MsJersey84]

Sorry for the delay in the post of my last day aboard the conquest. I will be posting the last day within the next 10mins. Life has just really set in since returning home