Venezia November 9 - 20, 2023

[caribe123]

Hi all,

we are sailing on the Venezia to celebrate my wife’s 60th birthday. I turned 60 last year. We have sailed many times but this will be our first trip on the Venezia

[caribe123]

Hi all,

This will be our first trip on the Venezia. Looking forward to a new ship

[theavonb]

On 5/2/2023 at 9:20 PM, caribe123 said:

Hi all,

This will be our first trip on the Venezia. Looking forward to a new ship

Thank you very much. Enjoy your cruise🛳️

[caribe123]

Is anyone going on this cruise?? It is my wife’s 60th birthday cruise

[Host Kat]

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[Raven8188]

We are sailing on Venezia for first time.   Our longest cruise so looking to get to know some prior to sail

[theavonb]

Looking forward to sailing from NY again,  epic!

[ABubbe]

Hello fellow cruisers. 
First time on Carnival in quite a few years.  Looking forward to being on an “almost new” ship for a Mother-Daughter getaway.  
Fran and Marlene

[Heartgrove]

We booked this cruise a few months ago. Actually cancelled a cruise to Greenland in August aboard the Carnival Legend to book this instead. So far we have reserved Il Viaggio for dinner one night. Looking forward to the five sea days. I am anxious to compare it to our upcoming cruise in Europe aboard the MSC Preziosa in September.

[caribe123]

On 6/3/2023 at 7:26 AM, theavonb said:

Looking forward to sailing from NY again,  epic!

We have sailed from Brooklyn, but first time leaving from the Manhattan terminal

[caribe123]

11 minutes ago, Heartgrove said:

We booked this cruise a few months ago. Actually cancelled a cruise to Greenland in August aboard the Carnival Legend to book this instead. So far we have reserved Il Viaggio for dinner one night. Looking forward to the five sea days. I am anxious to compare it to our upcoming cruise in Europe aboard the MSC Preziosa in September.

We are definitely excited about the sea days!  Going to reserve Fahrenheit 551 for my wife’s birthday!! We booked this cruise back in April. We got o e of those great offers from Carnival that could not pass up.  Looking forward to St Marteen, the DR as those are 2 ports we have not seen.  

 

145 Days Till We Sail!!

[caribe123]

[MZPENE]

Hi all, my husband and I are looking forward to sailing on this beautiful ship as well!  Have been following and watching so many videos on YouTube and Facebook from some of the people from the Trans Atlantic as well as the Inaugural cruise m...she looks absolutely beautiful and so different from all the other Carnival ships.  We will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and decided to book this at the last minute.  We love to cruise and had originally decided to just use our cruise end of February 2024 as our Anniversary trip even though our Anniversary is November 12th but just couldn't pass this one up!

Edited June 18, 2023 by MZPENE

[caribe123]

On 6/18/2023 at 4:34 PM, MZPENE said:

Hi all, my husband and I are looking forward to sailing on this beautiful ship as well!  Have been following and watching so many videos on YouTube and Facebook from some of the people from the Trans Atlantic as well as the Inaugural cruise m...she looks absolutely beautiful and so different from all the other Carnival ships.  We will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and decided to book this at the last minute.  We love to cruise and had originally decided to just use our cruise end of February 2024 as our Anniversary trip even though our Anniversary is November 12th but just couldn't pass this one up!

Congratulations on your upcoming 25th anniversary!!  

[caribe123]

I see where Marq Anthony is the inaugural cruise director on the Venezia, but do not know if he will still be the CD when we cruise

[caribe123]

[caribe123]

What will be your favorite port to visit.? Are there port calls that you have never visited before?

Grand Turk

San Juan

Dominican Republic

St Thomas

St Marten

Sea Days

 

Sea Days are always a fav! 😎

DR  have never visited ❓

Grand Turk for the clear blue water 💧 

[Mike C]

In the DR, if you’ve never been there before, I would strongly recommend the City Tour through Iguana Mama.  We did an excellent five hour tour a few years ago.

 

Mike

[caribe123]

14 minutes ago, Mike C said:

In the DR, if you’ve never been there before, I would strongly recommend the City Tour through Iguana Mama.  We did an excellent five hour tour a few years ago.

 

Mike

Thanks for the advice. What was the price back then? What all did you see?

[Mike C]

1 hour ago, caribe123 said:

Thanks for the advice. What was the price back then? What all did you see?

I don't remember the price, but it less expensive than going through Carnival.  I saw the tour on a ParoDeeJay video. If you search Youtube for the ParoDeeJay channel and then search for Amber Cove, you should find it.

 

We went up the mountain to the botanical garden, saw the statue of Jesus, visited a Rum factory, cigar shop, city center, fort, and had an authentic Dominican lunch.

 

We were the only people signed up that day, so it was like a private tour. You do need to walk outside the port area to meet the tour.  On the way back, there is a cab waiting that will drive you back into the port for a few dollars.

 

Mike

 

 

Edited July 6, 2023 by Mike C

[caribe123]

Thanks a lot Mike. Are you all cruising anytime soon?

[Mike C]

56 minutes ago, caribe123 said:

Thanks a lot Mike. Are you all cruising anytime soon?

We’re booked on NCL in May, the Glory in October and then the Venezia

[caribe123]

Wow!! We are on the Venezia for an 11 day cruise to celebrate my wife’s 60th in November. 

[caribe123]

Are you concerned about reports of poor security and the ship being hot 🥵 

 

Weare not overly concerned as things tend to get exaggerated. Also thinks will be worked out in next 3 months I’m sure

[Mike C]

15 hours ago, caribe123 said:

Are you concerned about reports of poor security and the ship being hot 🥵 

 

Weare not overly concerned as things tend to get exaggerated. Also thinks will be worked out in next 3 months I’m sure

As far as the ship having spots that are warm, or reports of the casino being smoky, those things will not change. As far as the reports of fights on the last cruise, those are not security issues, those are cruiser issues.