MITSUGIRLY sails off into the HORIZON-review & pictorial

[Hillbillygram]

53 minutes ago, jenseib said:

I am sooooo glad to see you back.

I noticed you left Facebook a while back and worried about you.

 

I decided to give a look today as I just booked a cruise on Monday that sails Jan 27 (I love booking last minute cruises for a deal!) and wanted to find your ports you visited.  We are going out of San Juan, a first for us.  Which hotels did you stay while there? I believe the Sheraton was one?  I'll have to do some digging to find your reports.

So far my pre-cruise choices are super limited and I booked an airbnb for the first night, but I am looking at options for a post night.

 

Dec. 10 is a great birthday! Congrats to your son. My youngest daughter has that same birthday!

 

I am enjoying this so far and can't wait to read more.

Hi! I'm not Kim but we sailed out of San Juan in September. Based on her review from when they sailed out of San Juan, we stayed at the Sheraton the night before our cruise and at the Decanter Hotel the night we got back. Due to Hurricane Florence, American advised us to change our flight plans, so we actually flew down 2 days earlier than planned. For those two nights we stayed at the Navona Guest House. Of the three, we liked the Decanter best. If we ever go back to San Juan, that is where we will be staying.

 

[sree_cruising]

Congratulations on your academic achievement. I read all your reviews and love this. They are like virtual vacation for me. 

Sakari has grown up. She will be a teenager soon. I still remember her as a baby in your early reviews. Cant wait to read this one 🙂

[JillL]

Yea!  So excited for another one of your reviews.  I have been missing the entire bunch!  It's like getting a late Christmas present!!  

 

Congrats on getting through those final classes!  That's a huge accomplishment for anyone but especially with as busy as you are.

 

And Sakari is getting more and more beautiful!  It's been so amazing to watch her grow up over the years of your reviews.  🙂

[mitsugirly]

On 12/26/2018 at 11:09 AM, sid_9169 said:

Great review so far, mitsugirly... That building referenced on the way to the port isn't a hotel, but indeed a VERY expensive condo. 1000 Museum Place has condos starting at $5.65 million, and go up to $21.85 million... The architect, Zaha Hadid, is from Iraq, and has designed famous buildings all over the world...

 

Yea, that's her name. I remember him saying something about her passing away a few years ago and they needed to finish the condo or something. Thanks for the info. 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 12:03 PM, 19cruiser59 said:

great review so far !  Thanks for doing this. looking to head onto the Horizon hopefully in 2019!

 

You're welcome and thanks for the comment. Hopefully you'll make it on the Horizon next year. 

 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 12:14 PM, Debala715 said:

Like others, I kept looking to see where you were and was getting quite concerned.  I'm so glad to see you back and that it was nothing more serious than just life getting in the way.  As to Sakari, OMG, she has lost her "child" face and she now have a pre-teen face for sure!  They do grow up way too fast!  So glad I now have this to read in the coming days!  Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!

 

I know, I've never disappeared like that before and usually pretty active. I just really needed a break...from life in general. Blah. 

 

Yep, Sakari is growing up quickly...that poor preteen face is getting acne and I feel bad that she's going to inherit my skin. I guess it just comes with having the dark skin.

 

We had a great Christmas. I hope you did too. 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 12:45 PM, mkcurran said:

Congrats on being almost done with school. Glad you got a little break to recoup before you dive back in. 

 

Thanks and well...really no break since I have to work on papers/capstone projects during this "break" before school starts. Yucky. 

 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 12:48 PM, ccodcruzer said:

Can't wait for more!

 

Thanks

 

On 12/26/2018 at 2:00 PM, pirate4me2 said:

I’m loving your review! Thank you for taking the time to put it together, your reviews are a wealth of information and I always love reading them. 

 

Thanks and I appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoy them. 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 2:58 PM, CRUISERMOMX3 said:

So glad you're back!! Congratulations on the hiatus and the dedication to school work. I love your reviews! You, Sid_9169 and Saint Greg keep the rest of us coming back for more. I sure hope there's some diving planned because I love your underwater shots! Have a great cruise.

 

Thanks so much. Yep, we definitely did some diving this time around. 

 

 

On 12/26/2018 at 3:25 PM, HolySpearit said:

Love your reviews! We're pondering this itinerary in 2020 so looking forward to it!

 

 

I would highly suggest it. This is a great itinerary to do!

 

21 hours ago, CoasterGuy said:

Awesome. Always enjoy your reviews and now I finally get to follow along with one as you're posting it live. 

 

Also, I'll be sure to scratch that hotel from the list of candidates for my next cruise in Miami. Closing the pool at dusk is so stupid.

 

Thanks and glad you are here from the beginning. Yea, I just couldn't believe that it was closed at dusk. Total bummer and felt like a waste of money. 

 

20 hours ago, boomhower said:

Along for the ride again.  Sakari has really grown up!  I've went back and read your older reviews last year. Astonishing how fast they grow up. 

 

Yes, she is getting so big. I'll tell a somewhat funny story about her and how big she is getting when I get to my day in Curacao. 

 

19 hours ago, cruisebaby9 said:

So glad you are doing another review, I enjoyed all of your previous reviews and the information and details that you put into them. It really help me when our family took our cruise in September. Looking forward for the rest. Congrats on almost being done with school.

 

 

Why thank you so much! I'm glad they have helped you in some way. That's one of the main reasons I do them. 

 

19 hours ago, LuvCruiSun said:

So excited to see another review from you! We'll be sailing  on Conquest in April with the same itinerary except going to Princess Cays instead of DR. I can't wait to hear about your adventures in the ports. Going on a 3 day cruise tomorrow so will be so happy to catch up with this when we return! Thanks so much for your reviews!

 

I would love to try out Princess Cay. Hopefully, it will be on one of my itineraries some day.  I hope you have a great 3 day cruise!

 

18 hours ago, sayvan said:

Looking forward to your review. We board Horizon in 3 weeks. Our itinerary is different but I look forward to hearing about the ship.  

 

Nice! I hope you have a wonderful time and great weather. 

 

16 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Yay!! Glad to see you back!!

 

Thank you!

 

16 hours ago, bartzcrew said:

Havent read past the intro, but so glad to see you again! Hope you had an amazing time, and I cant wait to read it all!!

 

Thank you so much. We did have an amazing time and weather!

 

6 hours ago, JaniceB said:

Will definelty be following along!

 

Thanks

 

6 hours ago, jenseib said:

I am sooooo glad to see you back.

I noticed you left Facebook a while back and worried about you.

 

I decided to give a look today as I just booked a cruise on Monday that sails Jan 27 (I love booking last minute cruises for a deal!) and wanted to find your ports you visited.  We are going out of San Juan, a first for us.  Which hotels did you stay while there? I believe the Sheraton was one?  I'll have to do some digging to find your reports.

So far my pre-cruise choices are super limited and I booked an airbnb for the first night, but I am looking at options for a post night.

 

Dec. 10 is a great birthday! Congrats to your son. My youngest daughter has that same birthday!

 

I am enjoying this so far and can't wait to read more.

 

Yea, I'm sorry. It was just kinda out of the blue immediate decision. Both the hubby and I did it and decided we were just spending way too much time on the computers and away from our lives. It has worked out great and at this point, I really have no desire to go back however, with schooling, I'll be forced to get SM back for a while because of the nursing class I will be in will have the students on our fb student page. It's just been so peaceful without it. 

 

I'm not good at booking last minute. I'm a planner! hehe  This was abnormal for me and somewhat unexpected. But thank goodness we had done these ports before and I was somewhat familiar with what to do. 

 

My absolute favorite place to cruise out of is definitely San Juan. Yea, Sheraton was one of the first one's we stayed at but the second time we went they had tripled in pricing. I'm not sure if it was because of the hurricane destruction and not many were open and repaired yet or not. But it's a nice place and right across the street from the port. El conquistador is absolutely amazing, but unless you are staying more than one night, it wouldn't be worth it. It's a resort that you would never have to leave and be perfectly happy with the private island. We've stayed at the El San Juan hotel and casino once and it was nice (and probably a lot nicer now that they have remodeled). But I believe they changed their name too. I also highly recommend De Canter! Great place and they are nice and like staying in a small apartment with kitchen, dining, living room, private bedroom with shower. Awesome place. AVOID DaHouse hotel!  Hopefully this helps. 

 

 

6 hours ago, Jenjer said:

Thank so much for all the time and work you put in. Crossed that hotel off my list for our June Horizon cruise

 

Also flying southwest out of Columbus (live near Dayton) into FLL. We usually head down to Miami to stay the night before. Why did you choose to stay in Ft Lauderdale? would you do it again?  

 

 

 

You are welcome and I hope you have a wonderful cruise in June. 

 

We have stayed in both Miami, South Beach and FLL in the past but we usually try to fly in mid-day so just easier to stay in FLL. We've stayed at a lot of them in FLL and had luck with most. Yep, I'd definitely do it again...just a different hotel. 

 

5 hours ago, EllisEnchanted said:

Following.  I love the pictures!  Thanks for such an interesting review!  I know this takes so much time and effort.

 

Thanks for following and glad you're here. 

 

5 hours ago, Hillbillygram said:

Hi! I'm not Kim but we sailed out of San Juan in September. Based on her review from when they sailed out of San Juan, we stayed at the Sheraton the night before our cruise and at the Decanter Hotel the night we got back. Due to Hurricane Florence, American advised us to change our flight plans, so we actually flew down 2 days earlier than planned. For those two nights we stayed at the Navona Guest House. Of the three, we liked the Decanter best. If we ever go back to San Juan, that is where we will be staying.

 

 

I agree, the DeCanter is very nice and definitely a place I would stay at again. 

 

2 hours ago, sree_cruising said:

Congratulations on your academic achievement. I read all your reviews and love this. They are like virtual vacation for me. 

Sakari has grown up. She will be a teenager soon. I still remember her as a baby in your early reviews. Cant wait to read this one 🙂

 

Thanks and glad you enjoy them. Yep, Sakari is definitely getting big and growing up. This pre-teen thing...whew!

6 minutes ago, JillL said:

Yea!  So excited for another one of your reviews.  I have been missing the entire bunch!  It's like getting a late Christmas present!!  

 

Congrats on getting through those final classes!  That's a huge accomplishment for anyone but especially with as busy as you are.

 

And Sakari is getting more and more beautiful!  It's been so amazing to watch her grow up over the years of your reviews.  🙂

 

Thanks and glad to have you here. 

 

I can't wait to get my final and last class over with! Thanks for the comment about Sakari. She's my little angel. 

[mitsugirly]

 

We arrived at the port, took Marco's card to call him for a ride back to the airport after the cruise (IF he was going to be in the area) and headed to the lines after giving the port peeps our luggage. 

 

There were 2 separate lines and we approached the attendants that waved us into the shorter line. They also let Kendra and the kids in the same line even though it was not her time to board. Once inside, we approached the desk, they took our boarding passes and passports and we were instantly done within minutes. Then on to security with our belongings and they didn't even question on pop or bottles of wine. We were done? Wait, what happened to the area they usually have inside where they ask for your payment, take your picture, and then give you your keycard? Hmmm....

 

 

They took our pictures....and my family is goofy of course. 

 

 

 

Sakari has developed a habit of sticking her tongue out for pictures lately. Usually every picture I take of her consist of a tongue protrusion from her face! I usually have to take several, after scolding her to stop, just to get a picture of her. 

 

 

 

Then up the ramp we went toward the ship....wait...what about our key cards? I would stop to ask someone and they would inform me that "you have a mailbox outside of your room and you will find your cards there now". Hmmm, so this means anyone could get our cards that is passing by? Weird. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That feeling you get when you first step onto the ship..... ahhhh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bakersdozen12]

Yeah, the leaving of the S&S cards in your mail box is fairly new. But don’t worry, people have no reason to want to steal your cards. One, it will only get them into an empty room, so there’s nothing to steal. And secondly, they can’t purchase anything with your card because your picture comes up when making a purchase, so the ship’s personnel will know it’s not you using the card. Personally, I love the new way of doing it because it does make everything so much easier when checking in, like you pointed out. 

 

Can’t wait to read more! 😊

Edited December 28, 2018 by bakersdozen12

[mitsugirly]

It felt like we zoomed here and there and zoomed everywhere and we were instantly on the ship! Super quick and super easy.

 

Since the porters made us carry our own soda on, the first thing we wanted to do was head to the room to drop it off before eating lunch. So...off we went to find the room. We were in room1324 on the first floor (which I have to admit, the last few times that we got the first floor, I'm absolutely loving it) and Kendra was down the hall in 1370. Close enough for comfort but far enough away for comfort. lol

 

We booked an interior, which we always try to do unless we get one heck of a killer deal on a balcony. We just can't justify booking a balcony because we never spend any time in there. We sleep there and pop in maybe 1-2x during the day to drop stuff off, pick up stuff or change and that's it. To us, balconies are only a benefit when pulling in or out of port. So, interior it was.

 

Everything was brand spanking new looking and like any other Carnival interior. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now take a good look at this room from this angle. THIS STORAGE SUCKS!!! Like seriously! There is basically no storage on the desk in front of the beds. There are 3 shelves that are open and deep but once you put anything on the 2nd or 3rd shelf, you can't see it.

 

Next the desk on the side in front of the beds...no drawers other than the 1 drawer that consists of the hairdryer. Not really much of a space to store anything.

 

Then look at the closet doors....ONLY ONE OF THEM!!! Not your normal 2 sets of doors (equaling 4 doors total for plenty of storage).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you open this storage closet...you'll see there's hardly any room at all.

 

 

 

Here's the configuration of the beds once they drop down the bed from the ceiling for the 3rd person...Now...another mess up because once this bed is dropped (which stayed dropped the entire cruise this time for some reason and normally our room steward puts them up daily) then you can't see the t.v., which happens to be on that side of the room!!!! What the heck went wrong here?????

 

 

 

They have our names on the t.v !!!! haha

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least they wised up and put a section to charge cell phones here with the plugs. That was a nice added feature!

 

 

 

 

Notice this sign? Well it would light up at night...only problem is, the life jackets are NOT under the bed but in the closet on the floor instead! Under the bed we would find extra bedding and sheets.

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

Once we dropped the luggage we headed upstairs in search of food. Remember we ate gas station food for breakfast and it had been some time ago. Time to get this belly expansion started!!

 

Now I know they always have the "special" places open on sailaway day, but after searching a bit, I gave up and decided we'd head to the buffet as every other newbie cruiser does. However, I did notice that Iguana Cantina was open and I saw some interesting things that other people had and knew it had to come from there. Off I went and the family headed to the buffet.

 

I came back with this....and everyone was envious and wanting to know where I found that.

 

 

It was seriously yummy and loaded with shrimp too! (You pick out your own ingredients). Of course, there's nothing like eating more than your belly can hold on a cruise so several of the others decided they'd have one too...even after eating at the buffet.

 

We had some visitors with a special cruise pass with us this day...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, someone was getting a special proposal today as well. I wonder if they were on one of the cruise ships.

 

 

 

 

We would have our safety meeting inside, which is always nice and you were able to sit down. We sat in the Pixels photo area. However, obviously, so many people do not show up to these safety meetings that they have caught on and kept making announcements that we would all sit here until there was 100% participation. And sat we did.....and sat, and sat. It was about 30 minutes of sitting before they did the drill and released us.

 

TIME FOR THE FUN TO BEGIN.

 

We were in port with the Carnival Glory and she pulled out first.

 

 

 

 

 

Then one of the NCL mega ships was in front of us and I couldn't figure out which one it was...so I had to ask Sakari. LOL That girl identifies them by their drawings of course!

 

 

The Bliss! She's massive, she's new, she has a RACE CAR TRACK on the top! Of course, we all agreed we're going to have to get on that ship soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we were finally pulling out and it was cloudy but great weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

The party was popping and everyone was up dancing and having a great time! Only I couldn't find my dance partner! Grrr

 

 

 

 

 

This time I decided to pack Sakari's bathing suit. Every time we cruise she begs to swim and we always have to wait on the luggage to arrive. I decided to throw caution to the wind and allow her to swim this time. She's such a water baby and not thoroughly happy unless she's in some form of water. I don't know where she gets this from. 🤣

 

 

 

She swam until it was dark! And loved every minute of developing her wrinkled pruned skin!

 

 

 

 

These hand washing stations are AMAZING!! If I could buy one of these for my house I would. We used the heck out of them daily. 

 

 

 

🤣

[JaniceB]

Wow, not much storage in that room.  I have never stayed in an inside but I am guessing that small closet is not normal. Blocking the tv with the bunk is a very poor design.  Thanks for the pictures.

[mitsugirly]

So, night one. What to do for dinner? We decided to head to the MDR.

 

 

Maysae was our waitress and let me tell you she was AMAZING! So attentive and treated you like you were her only table. She was talkative and just plain awesome! She said it took her 2 years to become head waitress and sometimes it takes some 10 years. She was very proud of her accomplishments. She spoke 6 languages and at this point, had no desire to go for manager of the dining room because she knew if she asks for it, she'd immediately get it. However, she planned on having a baby soon and that would get in the way.

 

She was just great. We would see her around the ship serving from the bar on the back of the ship by the pool and also the main pool but sadly, we never got her table again in the MDR.

 

 

 

 

 

The photographer came by and took our picture tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

The assortment of bread is always yummy and I LOVE their very soft melty butter. I remember once John Heald asking if people preferred the softened butter or harder butter. Why would anyone want hard butter for their bread? Maybe someone can enlighten me?

 

 

Sakari always loves the bread too...so much that I usually have to cut her off from it or she'll fill up on it alone.

 

 

Sakari started off with a chilled strawberry soup. It is SO GOOD! We had this last time and I suggested it to her (even though she was hoping for some hot soup). She loved it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything was good and we ordered dessert.

 

 

 

 

 

We thanked our waitress for the awesome service and headed out. They now have people at the entrance/exit asking how dinner was, wanting feedback and want to know if you would give it a "10"?   It was absolutely a 10 for us!!! At least they are taking the initiative to get inquiries about how people felt about the food and service! That's awesome.

 

 

[Hillbillygram]

I love your reviews! My husband and I have been doing this same itinerary on the Horizon in November 2019. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your review.

[mitsugirly]

Oh, I almost forgot, while we were eating dessert, someone can up to us from Guest Services and asked if we knew "Brayden". My first thought....oh gosh, what did he do this time??? I was scared to answer. I didn't know if this was a trick question or not. Do I acknowledge that we are family or do I play it off like they have the wrong person? Ugh! Ok, I'll accept the consequences of what I'm about to hear. They told us that he was "lost".   LOST?!?  LMAO....seriously? Brayden lost? Paaaaleeezeee! That boy wonders around and seeks to get lost on his own constantly. He does this on purpose and I'm sure for attention and also to see how far he can push his mom. 

 

Then she says...."no, seriously, he came to guest services and said he was lost and was crying". Um...ok. Weird. I can't picture this at all. First of all, he was upstairs on 10 watching a movie with his mom and sister...but he gets "lost" and can find his way to Guest Services on deck 3? That boy I swear! They told me they were going to go back and bring him to me.

 

We waited and waited...was finished with our dinner and wanted to catch the welcome show...so we finally left after a while. Like seriously! This was ridiculous. Find his mother. This kid pulls this crap all the time.

 

Well, we would find Kendra upstairs and her story was...they were watching the movie and Kambriah wanted a snack, Brayden refused to go with her and wanted to watch the movie. She told him where she was going and to stay put. Do you think he did? He left when the movie was over and didn't wait for her to come back. He said he went to the room and she wasn't there (remember the room is on the 1st floor and he managed to find his way there!) and then went to Guest Services to report his unfortunate events of being "lost". Sigh...

 

So off to the opening show...which was pretty good.

 

 

 

After the show, we met the fam up on the deck and hung out for a while and the kids decided they wanted to go back to the room.  So I know Sakari is getting a lot older and she has been gaining our pre-teen trust lately with staying home here and there on her own. She's very responsible and mature...unless she's with Brayden. I told her the only way she was going back to the room by herself is if she STAYED by herself! She agreed and did as told.

 

 

We headed off to the comedy show and then stopped by the casino on the way back to the room. I sunk $20 into a machine and managed to walk away that night with around $30 and some odd change. Not bad at all.

 

 

 

Sakari would go back to the room and entertain herself with some phone drawings that night before going to sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

We broke open one of the bottles of wine we brought with us and watched a little t.v, with all of the commercials being in Spanish, until 1am and off to bed we went. Oh, we received a stingray on our bed mid-day today (once our luggage was brought) however, it was gone by that night and I can't find a picture of it now.

 

 

[mitsugirly]

Oops, just found 2 missing pictures from sail away. Cars being transported somewhere....

 

 

 

 

[mitsugirly]

1 hour ago, bakersdozen12 said:

Yeah, the leaving of the S&S cards in your mail box is fairly new. But don’t worry, people have no reason to want to steal your cards. One, it will only get them into an empty room, so there’s nothing to steal. And secondly, they can’t purchase anything with your card because your picture comes up when making a purchase, so the ship’s personnel will know it’s not you using the card. Personally, I love the new way of doing it because it does make everything so much easier when checking in, like you pointed out. 

 

Can’t wait to read more! 😊

 

 

Good point. I guess there's nothing to really worry about. It just felt odd.

 

24 minutes ago, JaniceB said:

Wow, not much storage in that room.  I have never stayed in an inside but I am guessing that small closet is not normal. Blocking the tv with the bunk is a very poor design.  Thanks for the pictures.

 

Not at all. It was a real struggle for just us 3 in there. Imagine for those with 4 people in the room! Very poor design even though they are just like any other interior Carnival room I've been in other than the storage and the bed being on the wrong side. 

4 minutes ago, Hillbillygram said:

I love your reviews! My husband and I have been doing this same itinerary on the Horizon in November 2019. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your review.

 

Nice. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

[mitsugirly]

Ok, that's all the pictures I have ready for now. Next up will be the tour of the ship and those pictures take a while to get put in order by deck and name order so it might be a hot minute before I'm back with those.

[CoasterGuy]

5 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

Then up the ramp we went toward the ship....wait...what about our key cards? I would stop to ask someone and they would inform me that "you have a mailbox outside of your room and you will find your cards there now". Hmmm, so this means anyone could get our cards that is passing by? Weird. 

 

This seems to be the case with all carnival ships now.

[jenseib]

15 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

Yea, Sheraton was one of the first one's we stayed at but the second time we went they had tripled in pricing

 

Yes..It was crazy high!

 

11 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

These hand washing stations are AMAZING!!

 

They have those on the Disney ships in the kids clubs. I love going to visit the clubs and washing my hands there.  LOL.

[zencruisers]

I am glad i found this review. They are always informative and great pics!

[Stinger-pr]

Awesome!! Another Mitsugirly review! I can't wait for your pictures and your witty humor.

 

BTW, I'm in the early stages of doing one of my own over on the NCL board and had the same problems with the font that you did. Apparently it's an iOS conflict with the site's new format. Care to share what you did in order to make your font "iOS-firendly"?

 

Following along your adventure, of course!

[kpark895]

Kim, I was so happy to see another review from you - I've been waiting!  Thanks for taking the time to post so much info and so many pictures.

 

Congrats on almost finishing school, and for the new grandbaby!  Looking forward to reading the rest of your review.

[mitsugirly]

On 12/27/2018 at 11:41 PM, CoasterGuy said:

 

This seems to be the case with all carnival ships now.

 

Thanks for the heads up. 

 

On 12/28/2018 at 9:22 AM, jenseib said:

 

Yes..It was crazy high!

 

 

They have those on the Disney ships in the kids clubs. I love going to visit the clubs and washing my hands there.  LOL.

 

They are wonderful aren't they?

 

On 12/28/2018 at 4:39 PM, zencruisers said:

I am glad i found this review. They are always informative and great pics!

 

Thanks so much and glad you're here. 

 

On 12/28/2018 at 5:14 PM, Stinger-pr said:

Awesome!! Another Mitsugirly review! I can't wait for your pictures and your witty humor.

 

BTW, I'm in the early stages of doing one of my own over on the NCL board and had the same problems with the font that you did. Apparently it's an iOS conflict with the site's new format. Care to share what you did in order to make your font "iOS-firendly"?

 

Following along your adventure, of course!

 

Aww thanks Stinger! I'll have to check yours out once I'm done here. I ended up just using the regular font and not changing it to the comic sans that I used to use and it worked well. I just used a different color to distinguish my post from others within the review. 

 

21 hours ago, kpark895 said:

Kim, I was so happy to see another review from you - I've been waiting!  Thanks for taking the time to post so much info and so many pictures.

 

Congrats on almost finishing school, and for the new grandbaby!  Looking forward to reading the rest of your review.

 

Aww, thanks and glad you are here. 

[mitsugirly]

Well I had hoped that I could start on the ship pictures yesterday but after working my nursing job and then on to our business, we ended up at Kendra's for dinner...which turned into about 3 hours of hot tub time under the stars and cold air...which turned into playing several poker games and a few drinks...which turned into coming home at 5:30am in the morning! Needless to say, I didn't get back to the review. But, I do have some ready to go.

 

SHIP PICTURES:

 

 

DECK 3

 

The atrium. It has a very pretty THING in the middle that turns into pictures every few minutes. The pictures change and they are pretty neat. I think it's some type of LED screen. They also have one in the casino as well. 

 

 

Of course my favorite one...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MERIDIAN RESTAURANT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DECK 4

 

CASINO

 

There were a lot of new games (slots) that I hadn't seen before and a few of the oldies but goodies as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was something new that I had never seen before...you could lay your phone down on the slot machine while playing and charge it.