Beagle Goes North To New Brunswick!

[Beagleluv6107]

On 9/29/2023 at 8:31 AM, pe4all said:

Sail-away from NY is one of the best imho!

It was wonderful. We had a blast. In fact a little too much "blast"... I'll explain 😇

[Beagleluv6107]

After we took a thousand pictures, someone mentioned dinner. OMG DINNER! I totally forgot. 😱 What a terrible cruise director I am. I herded all my kittens and we made our way to the dining room, but we were turned away. It was 6:20 and our dining time was actually 5:30 not 6pm. So, we more than a little late. We headed to the buffet. I’m not much on a buffet but I felt like this was all my fault so I would make do and keep my negativity to myself. We grabbed a table a little passed the Rococo bar but closer to the buffet. I offered to get drinks for us if DH would get some extra food for me on his plate and he said sure, no problem.

 

Here's a copy of the slip to give you an idea on cost and taxes.

 

 

I think that double was a very bad decision for DH. By the time I got the drinks and made my way back to the gang they all had their food.  I gave DH his drink, but He was NOT EVEN about to share a single bite off that plate.

 

 

I call a party foul here. I should have drank that drink myself since he went back on our deal. 🤔 But instead, I stomped off to the pizza line. I returned with two slices of white and a cookie.

 

 

I must have wanted some spice because I sprinkled hot sauce on one slice. I only ate the cheese off the top and the cookie. I can see the night taking a swift spiral downhill at this point. Can’t you?

[Beagleluv6107]

After everyone got their bellies full but me, we decided to walk around and soak in some more of decks 10 and 11 outside.

 

 

 

 

The wind must have died down. I remember it was just lovely outside. I didn’t want the sun to go down.

 

 

 

 

At some point, someone mentioned let’s all get another fun ship. Oh my… not good folks. 🫠

 

 

 

 

We managed to get back in the pizza line around 9. 9PM!!! I don’t know how it happened, but “Midnight” pizza just became 9pm pizza. I promised myself I’d do better the next day. I know these are my two pieces.

 

 

DH must have wolfed his down before I had a chance to snap a pic.

 

I should save the following pics for the next day, but it really goes with Embark Day. This is me wide awake 3am. Which is exactly what I deserved for passing out I mean, falling asleep at 9:30!!!! 😉

 

 

It sure was beautiful looking down at the Terrazza area. To keep myself entertained at this unholy hour of night, I grabbed my phone and snapped screen shots of the Hub App.

 

1^st up – Early morning stretch.

 

 

Wow, you really have to make a reservation??? I took a pass on that!

Next pic… Coffee lovers can get their Java Blue and drink lovers can get something at the Rococo Bar starting at 7am – Sweet!!

 

 

Awe, look at pic 3... Golden Girls Trivia.

 

 

Now who doesn’t love the Golden Girls?? Last up, a puffy eye seminar at noon.

 

 

If I don’t fall back to sleep soon, I’m gonna need that seminar!!😁

 

 

Up next… A Sea Day!!!

[JHU]

On 9/28/2023 at 7:22 PM, Beagleluv6107 said:

Hi Starstruck05,

Oh $25 a day is way better than here in the North. We went on a 4-day in Aug 22 and it was $160. So it's only $5 more a day. I'm surprised it's not higher the way things are going. ☹️

We here in Baltimore pay $15 per day.  

[Beagleluv6107]

4 hours ago, JHU said:

We here in Baltimore pay $15 per day.  

 

Hi JHU,

We LOVE Baltimore. It's a quick ride for us down 95 and easy to get through Embarkation. We sailed from there earlier this year and I forgot how cheap at only $15 per day. 😅

[Beagleluv6107]

Sunday, August 20^th – Sea Day #1

 

 

Good morning from the high seas. It was a glorious morning.

 

 

 

 

 

We jumped ahead one hour according to the letter in our cabin. Neither of us could read last night apparently.

 

 

DH left for coffee sometime close to 8am. MIL sent me her picture enjoying coffee from Room Service.

 

 

I joined DH for a Bloody Mary around 8:30 only it was really 9:30. Oops. We need to pay attention to the time here so I fixed our phones. It didn’t automatically change over even with the Hub App on. I wish I had fixed the time on the camera. These pics are hours off now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, before I knew it, it was way too late to go to breakfast if we were going to eat brunch at the Steakhouse. Everyone went to the buffet except me. I had to hold our seats. They brought back small plates to hold them off until noon. DH got me some toast. So, let’s recap… I’m on Day 2 of my cruise and I have had cheese off of pizza, 2 slices of pizza and a piece of toast. I’m doing life WRONG right now folks. Time to step up. This is a champagne with a splash of pineapple juice. I don’t know where the idea came from, but I pour this over ice in my cup, and it lasts a very long time.

 

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Beagleluv6107

[Beagleluv6107]

I went back to the room around 10ish and Ro had us all cleaned and freshened up.

 

 

 

 

Here again is the info about St. John. They continued to remind us to do this.

 

 

I filled that out and dropped it off at Guest Services. They had a drop box. The line was so long that folks couldn’t see the drop box so as I walked down the hall, I told everyone standing there with the paper looking totally annoyed. My good deed for the day.

 

I took a pic of the back on Deck 10. The hot tub was filling up. 

 

 

Then a few shots looking down to the Terrazza hot tub area. Looks nice and empty! 

 

 

 

[Beagleluv6107]

We made our way to the Steakhouse on Deck 5. We were each given an Aperol Spritz.

 

 

I was delighted. I had been wanting to try one for months. Even the boys tried it. They each gave it a thumbs down. I liked it!

 

I snapped a few pics around the Steakhouse and the menu, but it didn’t come out too good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIL got the mushroom soup as an appetizer. It looked crazy. She loved it.

 

 

I had the cheesesteak, and it was wonderful.

 

 

Finally, some real food in me. But I am sensing a theme here… carbs and cheese. 😋

 

DH got the steak and eggs and Caesar salad.

 

 

 

 

Check out the salt and pepper shakers. Very unique.

 

[Beagleluv6107]

“The Girls” napped off their brunch for 2.5 hours. We pondered what to do with ourselves after lunch and decided to enjoy the beautiful day out on Deck 5 in the Terrazza area. DH and I and another friend went to one of the two hot tubs, and we owned it. There was no one else there. My other friends laid out in the sun right in front of us. I think that Aperol Spritz was getting to me because I proclaimed I was “Living My Best Life” about 5 times. In my defense, I really was. That view was unbelievable. I’m so glad I brought a suit. I’d never been in a hot tub on a ship before because most of the time, I see 20 kids at once in there. This privacy was unreal!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After about an hour in the hot tub, I tried to lay out in the sun with the other friends but since I was wet, I got cold. I curled up with my towel and DH’s towel and sat with the boys. We just sat there looking at the view. A waiter walked up and offered me some fruit. I had to let it sit in the sun for a few minutes because it was frozen solid, but I was happy. I like when people randomly bring me snacks. That was the first on any ship I’ve ever been on, and I was finally eating something that wasn’t going to turn to glue on the inside!!

 

 

 

 

[Beagleluv6107]

After a while it was time to shower up for dinner.

 

 

Here are tonight’s selections.

 

 

 

 

Our waiter told us to call him Master P. He was a sweetheart. DH had the Caesar Salad, Fried Oysters (no pic) and Grilled Garlic Shrimp.

 

 

 

 

I had bread with my BUTTER haha and the Cream of Mushroom Soup and the Stuffed Portobello.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master P brought DH another entrée which was very nice although he didn’t need or want it.

 

 

I ate one of the shrimp trying to help. We didn’t order dessert, so we exited the dining room quickly. That was a mistake. It was my niece’s birthday about 2 days prior and Master P brought her out a piece of cake and made her wear a napkin hat. She was mortified. I am so sorry I missed that but luckily, they showed me a video

[Beagleluv6107]

After dinner we made our way back to the Burano Pool bar and the kind bartender made me that Patron Peach Margarita.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I finally remembered to try something off my list. It was excellent. The rest of the gang eventually found us. I went up to deck 11 and snapped a few sunset pics. I couldn’t resist the heart hands!

 

 

 

 

MIL found popcorn.

 

 

Then she eventually got pizza and snapped a picture of her pizza and her towel animal.

 

 

 

 

We stayed right in the same spot for another hour.

 

 

 

 

It was so beautiful outside, we didn’t want to move. I think this was my #10 a Tito’s and Ginger ale.

 

Here's my friends pizza.

 

 

After seeing that masterpiece we got in the pizza line!! 

 

 

 

But we still didn't want to leave so we went back to the bar for one more. 😉

 

 

Up Next – St. John, New Brunswick

[Cherries Jubilee]

Oooh I didn’t know this was a Venezia review! This is fabulous so far! Thank you for taking us along with you! 

[pe4all]

That Patron Peach Margarita looks amazing.  Will have to try one on next cruise!

[puppycanducruise]

Great review.

But, not to be pedantic, it's Saint John, not St John.

[Beagleluv6107]

17 hours ago, Cherries Jubilee said:

Oooh I didn’t know this was a Venezia review! This is fabulous so far! Thank you for taking us along with you! 

 

Hi Cherries,

Thanks so much!!! I'm glad your along for the ride! 😎

[Beagleluv6107]

11 hours ago, pe4all said:

That Patron Peach Margarita looks amazing.  Will have to try one on next cruise!

Hey Pe4all,

I thought it was really good. Just a little sweetness to take away from the tart. My MIL didn't like it so I'll be anxious to see what you think. 

[Beagleluv6107]

10 hours ago, puppycanducruise said:

Great review.

But, not to be pedantic, it's Saint John, not St John.

Hi Puppycanducuise,

Thank you so much!!!  I am so glad I didn't have that in my subject line!! I would have been so embarrassed. 😳  Thanks again! 

[Beagleluv6107]

Monday, August 21^st – Saint. John, New Brunswick

 

 

We woke up to quite a gloomy day in Canada. Thankfully it wasn’t cold just rainy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was good time to just lounge around.

 

[Beagleluv6107]

We met at the Rococo Bar, and they had the roof open which was surprising. The other day it was closed when it was sunny and warm and now it’s open and raining inside.

 

 

I got a Bloody Mary from Kadek.

 

 

He tells everyone he’s from Massachusetts and then watches their faces for a reaction. The MIL fell for it which cracked us all up. It turns out Kadek was on the Freedom cruise in 2022 when we were on board. One of my friends needed a straw to stir but all they had at the bar were these rubber things.

 

 

We had nowhere to be and no hurry, but everyone decided to get burrito’s this day.

 

 

 

I snapped this picture to show how quiet it was in here. I guess no one wanted those mid-morning drinks.

 

 

A few more gloomy pictures. I'm glad we didn't have an early tour. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Beagleluv6107]

After breakfast, I went back to the room to gather my stuff. Ro came while we were gone.

 

 

 

 

We all met in the Atrium to get off the ship. We had just planned to wander around. We were stopped by a driver offering to take us all on a tour for $65 pp. I tried to haggle that price, but he didn’t budge so we moved on. We met some locals on the street that suggested we could go to Britt’s Pub but when we arrived, they were closed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Beagleluv6107]

We walked across the street and went into O’Leary’s.

 

 

I’m so glad we did. We met Kevin Ferguson who has owned the place for 33 years. He and the bartender were awesome. We had the best time. I tried a small glass of a grapefruit beer that was fantastic.

 

 

Some of the ladies don’t drink beer. So, we had 6 beers and 3 mixed drinks, and the total was $55. Not bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Beagleluv6107]

This guy came out and sang to us. He was a trip. I loved hearing old Irish songs.

 

 

 

 

The place was very cool and had a huge back bar as well. They said on St. Patty’s Day folks come from miles away and there are usually a few thousand that day. We told the bartender we wanted seafood, so he strongly recommended Grannan’s. We didn’t get good directions and figured we would use our phone’s and find it. At first, we went right and that was correct, but we didn’t go far enough. We asked someone and they said go left. So, we backtracked and still didn’t find out. Eventually, someone got their phone GPS to work and we back-tracked again and finally got there. Poor MIL, that was a lot of steps for her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are back by the ship. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are back by the ship again!!!! 😕

 

 

 

[Haljo1935]

On 9/28/2023 at 8:22 AM, Riles34 said:

You got on when I got off. Did you enjoy a ton of doors that had the room key covers ripped off?! A bunch of teenagers were causing some trouble on board and ripping them off when I was on board. Stupid. Looking forward to the rest of your review!

You mean these? We saw plenty of them the 2 weeks we were on (9/16-29).

[Beagleluv6107]

On 10/6/2023 at 5:05 PM, Haljo1935 said:

You mean these? We saw plenty of them the 2 weeks we were on (9/16-29).

 

 

That is terrible!!!

[Beagleluv6107]

I’m so sorry for the delay folks. I’ll try and get this wrapped up in the next few days.

 

Grannon’s was well worth it. We had a private room all to ourselves on the second floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DH and I split the mushroom caps with lobster and bacon wrapped scallops. Both were fantastic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my friends got the Seafood Bucket but I can't find a picture. It came with so much food she had to get some help from others at the table. I could see the ship from our window. Bad pic tho... sorry