Live B2B2B2B From the Carnival Magic 11/26-12/22

[jam19872016]

I have a friend joining me on tomorrow's cruise. She will have her own room so I can still have my own space.

 

I've been tasked with keeping her out of the casino as much as possible. Now I have that task every cruise and fail every time. Of course, it is always my fault but she is a grown woman and when I suggest things to do she is never interested. I've sent her videos from the Piano Bar and she is mortified by how bad it is. I can already see where this going...she will be living in the casino again. But I shall do my best to distract her.

 

She is a last minute planner, just like me. I just talked to her and she has not begun her packing yet. Yep, that's about how much packing I usually have done 10pm night before the cruise 😄.

 

Where we differ is day of. I am up and out the door as early as possible and try to be on the ship when boarding begins. She would rather show up as late as possible and is generally late to things anyway as a rule. Punctuality is not her strong suit. She says she plans to be here at 12:30, followed by what time is final boarding, 2. I said probably 2:30 but don't push it. My money is closer to 2 than 12:30. Especially with the weather forecast in Miami tomorrow.

 

I talk about her like she does not read what I write, and she may not be keeping up live, and won't have Wifi on the ship, but she will be reading this one day and expect to get a lecture from her 😆.

 

I'm excited to cruise with her (ask me that again in a day or two) since we have not cruised together in a while. We used to cruise together about three or four times a year but now we are lucky to make it more than once a year. Having our own rooms helps keep us from wearing on each other, niether of us are easy to room with, just ask my mom 🙂

 

Edited December 16, 2023 by jam19872016

[jam19872016]

I've decided on bed. I know I am going to have an exhausting final week and I need to try and get a little sleep. I will also benefit from not eating again tonight not to mention all the calories I consume in my drinks.

 

Tomorrow we will be back in Miami to start the last leg of the cruise. Thanks for following along, see you from what is supposed to be a nasty day in Miami.

[Jamman54]

3 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

I have a friend joining me on tomorrow's cruise. She will have her own room so I can still have my own space.

 

I've been tasked with keeping her out of the casino as much as possible. Now I have that task every cruise and fail every time. Of course, it is always my fault but she is a grown woman and when I suggest things to do she is never interested. I've sent her videos from the Piano Bar and she is mortified by how bad it is. I can already see where this going...she will be living in the casino again. But I shall do my best to distract her.

 

She is a last minute planner, just like me. I just talked to her and she has not begun her packing yet. Yep, that's about how much packing I usually have done 10pm night before the cruise 😄.

 

Where we differ is day of. I am up and out the door as early as possible and try to be on the ship when boarding begins. She would rather show up as late as possible and is generally late to things anyway as a rule. Punctuality is not her strong suit. She says she plans to be here at 12:30, followed by what time is final boarding, 2. I said probably 2:30 but don't push it. My money is closer to 2 than 12:30. Especially with the weather forecast in Miami tomorrow.

 

I talk about her like she does not read what I write, and she may not be keeping up live, and won't have Wifi on the ship, but she will be reading this one day and expect to get a lecture from her 😆.

 

I'm excited to cruise with her (ask me that again in a day or two) since we have not cruised together in a while. We used to cruise together about three or four times a year but now we are lucky to make it more than once a year. Having our own rooms helps keep us from wearing on each other, niether of us are easy to room with, just ask my mom 🙂

 

Ah, the mysterious Ms. M will be making an appearance? 😁

[balcony bound]

10 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

I have a friend joining me on tomorrow's cruise. She will have her own room so I can still have my own space.

 

 

I always enjoyed your reviews with M... Have lots of fun!

[KmomChicago]

Grabbed a live pic just now from the Miami webcam. Nice day to stay on the ship.

[jam19872016]

Good morning from Miami.

 

Bit of an interesting timeline so far today.

 

Stayed up watching Youtube instead of trying to sleep. Regrettably I even got up for a late night snack. But once I turned out the lights and put my head on the pillow, I was out like a light. That hasn't happened all cruise. That was around 1am.

 

Around 6:15 I could hear the thrusters, but it was nowhere near as bad as the last few port days. Stewart mentioned maybe it was the ports we were out when I said it was so strange it wasn't like this last week on the other side of the hall. That explanation didn't make sense, but I went with it. Today in Miami again was definitely better. There were some vibrations, but normal for being this low at the back of the ship. There was no sleeping through the vibrations we experienced last week.

 

Now having the same room and knowing we were going to be sitting in the B2B room for an hour and a half, I had no plans of being there at the requested 8:45 meeting time. Wait until near last call and make my way down. Enough so they are not looking for me, but I'm not sitting there all morning.

 

At 8:56 the first announcement comes in the room apologizing for the delay but the gangways are now open. We were here on time, so this was a clearance issue. 

 

Disembarking started two hours late and I imagine embarking will start at least an hour late, so I hope everyone packs their patience this morning especially with the weather issues already in place in Miami today.

 

I'm ready to roll but going to hang out until they near the end of the debark process. So glad to keep the same room this week, this day would be going much differently for me so far if it were not for that.

[jam19872016]

Doing the next to last call already, that was a quick catchup. I guess I will head to the meeting point now so I don't get an overhead page.

[jam19872016]

I should have known they couldn't be close to clearing the ship in under an hour...it's still chaos out here. 

[jam19872016]

8 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Ah, the mysterious Ms. M will be making an appearance? 😁

 

1 hour ago, balcony bound said:

I always enjoyed your reviews with M... Have lots of fun!

Yes indeed. I realized last night I forgot to introduce her. That's a good memory y'all have. 

[jam19872016]

59 minutes ago, KmomChicago said:

Grabbed a live pic just now from the Miami webcam. Nice day to stay on the ship.

I think I will 😀

[jam19872016]

Talked to M at 9, she wanted to know if the ship was here. She saw some news report yesterday that ships were being canceled. You know how the news is.

 

Coincidentally we were delayed but had nothing to do with weather. I have two theories but I'll discuss that later.

 

Anyway, I told her we were here and she said ok I'm getting up...and packing. 

 

She's giving even me a run for my money for best last minute packer. 

 

She's about two hours away, so my original guesstimate of closer to 2 than 1230 arrival checks out so far.

[jam19872016]

Last call at 1008...you can hear the stress in his voice as he makes his announcements this morning.

[KmomChicago]

10 minutes ago, jam19872016 said:

Last call at 1008...you can hear the stress in his voice as he makes his announcements this morning.

Yeah turnaround day is always the hardest for crew, even when everything goes like clockwork. Throw it off a couple hours and try to get out of port on schedule or close as possible, it’s got to be miserable every time.  We were delayed arriving at Galveston on Vista last year but we still had to get out of the rooms and sit around in lounges. Obviously they still have to prepare the ship for new arrivals. 
 

So does stewart still strip your bed or get a reprieve?

[jam19872016]

It's escalated from stress to panic...says there will be a operational test of the elevators at 1030 and they will be shut down.

 

Seems like a good idea to postpone the test unless there is a statutory requirement to do so today. Or he could just be saying that to panic people into getting off the ship.

[jam19872016]

Just now, KmomChicago said:

Yeah turnaround day is always the hardest for crew, even when everything goes like clockwork. Throw it off a couple hours and try to get out of port on schedule or close as possible, it’s got to be miserable every time.  We were delayed arriving at Galveston on Vista last year but we still had to get out of the rooms and sit around in lounges. Obviously they still have to prepare the ship for new arrivals. 
 

So does stewart still strip your bed or get a reprieve?

Definitely a challenging day for everyone onboard on a perfect day. 

 

I think officially they strip the bed but sometimes that does not happen. Stewart this week has been really on top of things so it will probably be done. I am definitely ok with him getting to it whenever he can, I know he's got a lot of cabins to turn over by 130.

[jam19872016]

Getting ready to head off at 1035. They did a great job getting back on track time wise.

[jam19872016]

Maybe...they are still processing people off. We may be sitting in the terminal for a while.

[bradenday]

We're sitting in the boarding area now. Group A02.  I guess that explains why. 

[jam19872016]

Yea...we are not going anywhere for a while.

 

[jam19872016]

1 minute ago, bradenday said:

We're sitting in the boarding area now. Group A02.  I guess that explains why. 

Yea. Two hours late getting started. They have made up some time. But we are at the mercy of customs now.

[jam19872016]

They just announced boarding will begin at 1130. It's doubtful. 

[jam19872016]

Almost made it. Cbp said shut it down so we are in a holding pattern again.

[jam19872016]

Heading back on at 1114. Wedding party already lined up just waiting on us to board and they will follow. 

 

They should make that 1130 goal after all. 

[jam19872016]

Stuart has already been here.

 

 

Wifi is not working yet but in a surprise turn of events, my data on my cell phone is working. Painfully slow, but this progress after going round and round with them for the last month. 

 

[jam19872016]

Been talking to M she said weather is not great but the drive was not too bad. In another surprise turn of events she is almost here.

 

She is at her offsite parking garage now. Not going to make 1230, but since I put money on closer to 2, if she makes it by 115, I've already lost my first wager of the cruise.