Horizon / Live / Solo - Sep 21-29-2019

[sid_9169]

Six thirty am on Monday morning... Getting prepared for my first day back at work, and it's going to be a long one... I went and did some of my part time job yesterday afternoon, and noticed a sign on the door saying they were closed today for Rosh Hashanah... That meant that I had until tonight actually finish, which was good news. Last night I only had one beer in addition to the one earlier at Holeman and Finch... In fact, that burger ended up being my lunch and dinner. One of my goals, now that I'm a half century old, is to really get my daily drinking under control. And, maybe the savings could help me to pay off some of my "cruise debt"

 

Thank you all so much for being such a big part of my epic journey... I'll be starting to get together my traditional "thank you" list this week, and I will personally thank each and every one of you who commented along the way... If you want to be a part of the Ay Tee El family, just head on over to the Floataway Lounge and join the party there. But, just a note, it's mostly just boring day to day type stuff, and sometimes personal in nature...

 

Again, I wish this cruise could've gone on forever, but real life will have to prevail. Join me on the new Norwegian Encore, beginning on or about Thanksgiving... Hope to see you all there.........

[grandmarnnurse]

57 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Six thirty am on Monday morning... Getting prepared for my first day back at work, and it's going to be a long one... I went and did some of my part time job yesterday afternoon, and noticed a sign on the door saying they were closed today for Rosh Hashanah... That meant that I had until tonight actually finish, which was good news. Last night I only had one beer in addition to the one earlier at Holeman and Finch... In fact, that burger ended up being my lunch and dinner. One of my goals, now that I'm a half century old, is to really get my daily drinking under control. And, maybe the savings could help me to pay off some of my "cruise debt"

 

Thank you all so much for being such a big part of my epic journey... I'll be starting to get together my traditional "thank you" list this week, and I will personally thank each and every one of you who commented along the way... If you want to be a part of the Ay Tee El family, just head on over to the Floataway Lounge and join the party there. But, just a note, it's mostly just boring day to day type stuff, and sometimes personal in nature...

 

Again, I wish this cruise could've gone on forever, but real life will have to prevail. Join me on the new Norwegian Encore, beginning on or about Thanksgiving... Hope to see you all there.........

Can’t wait for that review! 

[blarko]

1 hour ago, sid_9169 said:

If you want to be a part of the Ay Tee El family, just head on over to the Floataway Lounge and join the party there. But, just a note, it's mostly just boring day to day type stuff, and sometimes personal in nature...

 

We cant be that borIng.....there’s almost 3500 posts over there.  Personal? Yes. BorIng.....no way 😀😀😀

[1stTIMECRUZER]

Thanks for the great review, Sid.  We haven't cruised Carnival for a while but once all of our NCL Cruise Next certificates are used, may need to give it another try.  We've loved all of our cruises, regardless of the line.  Just wish we could cruise more than once a year.  Thanks again!

[sid_9169]

According to the scale at work, I gained two pounds last week, so that's good news...

[Anyislandwilldo]

On 9/20/2019 at 4:55 PM, sid_9169 said:

I wanted to try the ant egg tacos or the agave worm tacos, but they were $25 each... A little rich for my blood...

 

I did order some smokey mezcal...

 

 

 

You are a brave man to try those foods.

[BigNance]

22 hours ago, ceilidh1 said:

Safe travels home Sid! Missed you in the tribe! I leave on Bliss tomorrow so will catch you on the flip side! 

 

Thanks for another outstanding review of a ship and itinerary that I had no interest in until you sailed! Lol!

Ceilidh,

I forgot to say,  have a GREAT trip on Bliss!!!

Send pix!

N

[BigNance]

Sid,

Thanks for another great review and fun times!!  I'm looking forward to your review in November! 

St. Greg, yours too!

 

[taraavo]

Have really enjoyed your review, as always. Sorry your vacation is over but I'm ready to pick back up in ATL to get ideas for our next trip down!  

[THL1313]

Hi Sid,

 

GREAT REVIEW!!  I have followed a few other reviews of yours, and you are just an awesome person to bring us along on your journey.  I will no longer be a lurker!  Definitely a follower for life!  Cant wait for your next review!

[kpark895]

3 hours ago, blarko said:

 

We cant be that borIng.....there’s almost 3500 posts over there.  Personal? Yes. BorIng.....no way 😀😀😀

 

I agree!   We're definitely not boring, we're actually quite interesting people, I think!

 

Welcome home, Sid and thanks for another great review.

[zencruisers]

On 9/28/2019 at 5:26 PM, sid_9169 said:

 

Manny, Moe & Jack !!   🙂

[mom2tcdx2]

On 9/22/2019 at 8:06 PM, sid_9169 said:

Annamaria was next on deck to lay one down for me... (Wow, that sounded dirty...) Something with tequila and blackberries...

 

Looks fantastic, I have lots of pages to catch up on.  Though any drink with blackberries IMO is fantastic.  Loved some they made on the Pride with Gin (and Vodka).  Never thought about trying with Tequila.  Though on the Pride they made so may blackberry cocktails they ran out of blackberries before our cruise was finished.  

 

We get to sail on the Horizon at the end of October, cant wait.  

[zencruisers]

Thanks for taking us along for the ride. You have a great writing style that makes the reader feel they are right there with you. Your pictures and commentary make for and epic review. Thanks again!

[tkportersat]

On 9/29/2019 at 9:52 AM, sid_9169 said:

Thanks to all of you, this "review" is on a trajectory to be my biggest ever... I really appreciate all of you who chimed in along the way, and to all of you "lurkers"... I will thank each and every one of you by username when I return to reality...

I'm sad it's over, so enjoyed reading all your posts.  My work days are going to be really long now without the entertainment 😞  Safe travels!

[adam3313]

Thanks again for the review, Sid.  All caught up after being out of town for the weekend, but looks like a great time was had, and a belated Happy Birthday!

 

I'll be looking forward to the Encore review as I am booked on her in March!

 

See you and the tribe back on the A T L thread.

[vicky3vicky]

Okay, what is the ATL thread I keep reading about? And how do I get there?

[pebbles1102]

8 minutes ago, vicky3vicky said:

Okay, what is the ATL thread I keep reading about? And how do I get there?

 

 

Here is the link to The ATL

 

 

[mom2tcdx2]

Well I made it through to like page 34, loving the review.  Makes me wish my cruise wasn't still 4 weeks away and that I also had the drink package LOL.  But sadly our money will be just a tad tight as my husband quit his job of 25 years last week.  

 

That excursion in La Romana just seemed awful, however if there were kitties that would have been great for us.  We do cat rescue, so I love still getting to see a few kitties on vacation.  Always try to manage to snap a few pics of local kitties whenever we go places.  

 

I think I like my plan of the anytime dining for this trip, will be the first Carnival cruise we haven't done late seating.  I almost think I may manage the entire week without using the dining room.  We have the Teppanyaki and Italian place for two of our nights.  

[AmyJA]

I'm finally caught up!  Thanks again for taking us on your cruise Sid. 

Didn't follow you on this one....but the next one I'll be on four months behind you.

[sid_9169]

2 hours ago, zencruisers said:

Thanks for taking us along for the ride. You have a great writing style that makes the reader feel they are right there with you. Your pictures and commentary make for and epic review. Thanks again!

My writing style is nothing but the thoughts inside my head translated into text... I failed English class more times than I can remember. Thanks for following again:)

[wesorbeth]

Thanks Sid! This review really helped me out, I'm going on the Glory in 20 days.  I needed to live vicariously thru you.

 

[ROXY GIRL]

On 9/23/2019 at 1:10 PM, sid_9169 said:

Now, I've been on a lot of cruises, and this is simply not normal... Look at that line!

 

 

[ROXY GIRL]

That is what Cookie said about the long line. He said to start getting in line about 1pm because the line would be very long. There is something very wrong about that.That is another reason i probably won't be sailing with CARNIVAL again.

[christydore]

Great review Sid. Quick question, how did you find the temperature on board and in your room. There is a big post on Facebook Horizon page today with a bunch of people that had recently sailed saying how hot it was on board and that the AC was not working in areas. Can you confirm?