Rare Saint Greg Posted September 23, 2019 #551 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, grandmarnnurse said: Yes, you can, but they have one other issue, Greg. You need to have your choice “approved” before it is final, or they may say, “sorry, you are having late seating. Or early seating”. They need to stop that. If they don’t go to a total Freestyle change, they need to allow people to have their choice of dining. And because they started this thinking not many people would choose YTD, they only have one level of one restaurant assigned for this. So sometimes there’s a back up and wait. With Freestyle, ALL restaurants are this way. You choose where you want to eat each night. Not sure if Carnival will go to this, but I’d bet from all the polls that they are thinking of it. It is what most people prefer now days. I’d definitely love to see it. I can’t book last minute cruises because they’d stick me with late dining which would mess up my entire schedule. My December cruise last year I booked three months out....two weeks before the cruise I had to email the Maitre D to finally get YTD. I’m not taking that chance again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 23, 2019 #552 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, sid_9169 said: Man, I've been getting some really great sleep! I considered just laying in bed all day today, but we're in Grand Turk... I came down to the secret coffee place, but the results were quite disappointing this morning. Still a little better than the buffet coffee. Our port time today is 7:30-1:30, so not a very long day ashore. I'm going to slowly get ready, then head out. I don't think there's really anything to do here other than go to the beach... I was hoping you had something good to do there...I’m looking for non-beach ideas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 23, 2019 #553 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, sid_9169 said: I dug deeper into the stack of stuff that came with the fun times last night, and there is a birthday gift... A fifty dollar gift card for the spa. Good for services only. Basically, it's an invitation to come spend fifty or a hundred bucks, so that I can get my fifty dollar discount... Is that the same $50 spa card they normally give? They just swap it for one that says “happy birthday?” It seems like I always get a $50 spa card I don’t use. ”Is that any kind of a gesture?” Edited September 23, 2019 by Saint Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #554 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I ended up getting off the ship for awhile just to take some exterior photos... To tell you the truth, the beach here doesn't look very spectacular... Crew cabins... You can only imagine what goes on behind that window... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #555 Share Posted September 23, 2019 When I went to get back on the ship, I was about twenty people back in line... It took close to twenty minutes, and that's not even an exaggeration... At that rate, it would take all day if the line was really long... Something that I'm definitely not looking forward to the rest of the week... They had exactly one x-ray belt and one metal detector... Just stupid for a ship this size. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene225 Posted September 23, 2019 #556 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Those sugar straws... woof. On the Dream last month, someone gave me a chocolate sugar straw with a ... wait for it... Bloody Mary. The bartender didn't understand why I was laughing. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #557 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Piano Bar... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #558 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Alchemy when it's all empty... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 23, 2019 #559 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, ashirene225 said: Those sugar straws... woof. On the Dream last month, someone gave me a chocolate sugar straw with a ... wait for it... Bloody Mary. The bartender didn't understand why I was laughing. That’s horrible. I thought sugar were only supposed to be for frozen drinks. The chocolate ones specifically for shakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #560 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Casino Bar... Interestingly, the casino is open while we're in port.... I've never seen this before... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #561 Share Posted September 23, 2019 This one is dedicated to TheDougOut... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #562 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Skybox sports bar... Definitely not somewhere I would hang out, but people love their sports... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #563 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Havana bar area... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #564 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Ocean plaza and Java Blue... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #565 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The ocean plaza dance floor... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted September 23, 2019 #566 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 9:44 AM, blarko said: So wait.....does the Ocean Plaza bar have exactly the same coffee choices as Java Blue? Or is it a limited menu? No the coffee though is similar to the MDR and in truth the Lido. The Ocean Plaza breakfast has an excellent chicken, lemon grass soup. Caldo something. Better than the omelets, but not quite up tot eh arepas and breakfast burritos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelGirlinDallas Posted September 23, 2019 #567 Share Posted September 23, 2019 How do you like the ship itself so far? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #568 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Guy's bbq outdoor area... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #569 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said: How do you like the ship itself so far? It's pretty much the same as Vista other than a couple of minor things... I'm liking it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #570 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The steakhouse outdoor seating area... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogladyrider Posted September 23, 2019 #571 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Horizon looks just like Vista's twin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted September 23, 2019 #572 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Give my best to Annamaria. Had her for Alchemy on 3 cruises. She can make a mean drink. And if Armin (?) is a tall guy with dark hair in a post-punk crewcut, he know his stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 23, 2019 Author #573 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Can't spell funnel without "fun"... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted September 23, 2019 #574 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hogladyrider said: Horizon looks just like Vista's twin! Tis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarko Posted September 23, 2019 #575 Share Posted September 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, sid_9169 said: When I went to get back on the ship, I was about twenty people back in line... It took close to twenty minutes, and that's not even an exaggeration... At that rate, it would take all day if the line was really long... Something that I'm definitely not looking forward to the rest of the week... They had exactly one x-ray belt and one metal detector... Just stupid for a ship this size. Probably because it’s still relatively early for passengers coming back to the ship. I would hope they’d open more gangways once the throngs start returning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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