Live (Wi-Fi willing) Christmas Mardi Gras Review 12/18- 12/26 Blue Card Perspective

[BennyBrun]

Day 2 

 

ooops… I thought tonight was going to be elegant night and when people asked me that’s what I have been telling them… I guess they did not see the blue card lol… it’s actually tomorrow because we switched to Nassau and flipped the sea day around.  Shoveling the dress shoe back into the closet and pulling out the trainers.

 

Before going to the Thermal Suite we walked around the Serenity Deck and it is such a different vibe than the lido deck.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by BennyBrun

[BennyBrun]

Day 2
 

Blue Iguana… still haven’t had a chance to try this place yet but I still have time …. The hot sauce selection is impressive.

[ccd228]

How is the mask situation in the thermal suite? Required or not?

[SNJCruisers]

29 minutes ago, BennyBrun said:

The hot sauce selection is impressive.

 

 

Looks like the house habanero is to the right of the limes.  Great stuff.

[BennyBrun]

37 minutes ago, ccd228 said:

How is the mask situation in the thermal suite? Required or not?

It is not required while you are in the Thermal Suite.  If you venture out to the relaxation lounge you have to put it on.  You don’t need to put it on while in the steam rooms/salt rooms and the pool.  People are also not wearing them while sitting on the chairs and staff did not say anything.

[BennyBrun]

17 minutes ago, SNJCruisers said:

Looks like the house habanero is to the right of the limes.  Great stuff.

I am all about the spice so I will be pouring it on and make it rain!

[SNJCruisers]

22 minutes ago, BennyBrun said:

I am all about the spice so I will be pouring it on and make it rain!

Here's a suggestion.  Get a ramekin of it, walk to the aft of the ship and put it on a naked Big Chicken sandwich.

[JMacklin]

8 minutes ago, SNJCruisers said:

Here's a suggestion.  Get a ramekin of it, walk to the aft of the ship and put it on a naked Big Chicken sandwich.

My brain just exploded with the possibilities of this magnificent idea!

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, SNJCruisers said:

Here's a suggestion.  Get a ramekin of it, walk to the aft of the ship and put it on a naked Big Chicken sandwich.

You sir are the master of the UNIVERSE!!!

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, JMacklin said:

My brain just exploded with the possibilities of this magnificent idea!

If they are open right now I would be there with bells on!

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

The official capacity count according to guest services is 80.16%.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2 Evening

 

Wondering around the ship…lots of see lots to do and the restaurants are busy tonight!

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

Poor child… he is all tired out 

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

Cucina Capitano dinner… so many choices… I can’t believe this is complimentary dinning.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

They must be over whelmed because the service at Cucina tonight is very slow compared to ChaiBang last night.  Oh well I guess we won’t be making it to Rock Revolution tonight… but what we had so far were excellent.  The cured tuna was amazing!

[SNJCruisers]

2 hours ago, JMacklin said:

My brain just exploded with the possibilities of this magnificent idea!

Just "paying it forward".

[calgaryhhr]

It is great to follow through your review and to see the spa interior cabins and to read your comments. We previously chatted about potential noise concerns from the Serenity deck and it looks like so far, so good. If anything changes please note any noise issues as I am very interested in knowing about that stuff.

[BennyBrun]

54 minutes ago, calgaryhhr said:

It is great to follow through your review and to see the spa interior cabins and to read your comments. We previously chatted about potential noise concerns from the Serenity deck and it looks like so far, so good. If anything changes please note any noise issues as I am very interested in knowing about that stuff.

I will but so far we heard nothing!!  Try to pick the bonus room as they call it.  It’s bigger.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

Cucina was very slow.  But the food was excellent!!!

[RhinoMomIL]

One thing I'm curious about is where the best spots are for loungers in the shade. It looks like the Patio Pool on deck 8 might have a lot of umbrellas? On the Horizon and Magic there is the one deck above Lido that is covered and I love that. Would appreciate any tips for shade still near the pools. TIA

[BennyBrun]

22 minutes ago, RhinoMomIL said:

One thing I'm curious about is where the best spots are for loungers in the shade. It looks like the Patio Pool on deck 8 might have a lot of umbrellas? On the Horizon and Magic there is the one deck above Lido that is covered and I love that. Would appreciate any tips for shade still near the pools. TIA

I would recommend the Serenity deck.  There are a lot of seating options on both sides and shaded areas to take shelter from the sun.  The lido deck is crazy fun and deck 8 you have to go through Pigs and Anchor to get to the loungers and the pool area.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

WOW the line at the pizza place backed up all the way to Guest Services around 10PM

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

the Carnival sign at Guest Services is no longer hidden … there is no line tonight !  The perfect night to apply gift cards to my account.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

Center Stage is amazing.  The technology they put into it certainly creates that WOW factor during show time.  The singers from the Big Top show were incredible.  Unfortunately there was a group of 3 that would not stop talking loudly no matter how many people asked them to stop.  I wonder why they decided to come to the show.

[BennyBrun]

Day 2

 

Nassau was nice as we try to walk to a different place and do something slightly different time each time we “divert” here.  The thermal suite was very relaxing and worth the visit.  I particularly liked the salt room and will be back on Day 3.  Food was amazing except the loooooooooong wait for food at Cucina which caused us to miss Rock Revolution and A Train (Comedian) but we were able to catch Big Top Production and it was amazing!  Sea Day Fun Day coming up tomorrow!