Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted January 29 #1 Share Posted January 29 This post was recognized by LauraS! "And another from IntrepidFromDC! Thank you for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic! See your post featured on our: Click: . . When you return, please consider submitting it to the site for publication as well: Click: Write a Review" IntrepidFromDC was awarded the badge '"Live from...."' and 5 points. Now that the Super Bowl teams have been decided - 49'ers vs Chiefs (a repeat from the SB a few years ago!) I thought I'd just get my LIVE started, although it'll be mostly dormant for the next two weeks. Sailaway is at 4pm and the game will start a few hours after that so I expect to be sandwiched in the Sports Bar on The Venezia unless the game is showing on the tv's in the casino which usually provides a better viewing opportunity. I have never been to Antigua, Dominica or Grenada and as usual my first visit to each will be "whole island tour" excursions. I've already booked two of the three - NON-Carnival excursions as my experience is the local operators offer a better experience than the Carnival-selected operators for the most part. A stinkbug just flew into my Cava order and I am not happy about that, but have mixed feelings since it is, after all, protein. Anyway, I am really looking forward to spending a couple days in Manhattan, after the 12-day cruise, including Chinatown dim sum and a highly rated restaurant in Brooklyn on the East River with beautiful view of lower Manhattan. Usually my trips to Manhattan include a visit to Central Park and feeding of the turtles in Turtle Pond, but in February I don't think they'll be above ice, and even if they are they will be too cold to want to eat. Still, I'll be prepared. As Jamman would say, "to be continued..." 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drazil65 Posted January 29 #2 Share Posted January 29 mmmm...dim sum in Chinatown, yes please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 29 #3 Share Posted January 29 Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princess76021 Posted January 29 #4 Share Posted January 29 I think I this is the earliest I've gotten to a live!!! Thanks for allowing us to join you!! Hugs from Texas 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted January 29 #5 Share Posted January 29 Super excited for your Super Bowl live (see what I did there 😄?). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 29 #6 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, ninjacat123 said: Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁 Oops, NYC after🙃 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted January 29 #7 Share Posted January 29 We'll be following along! 😃 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets07 Posted January 29 #8 Share Posted January 29 2 hours ago, ninjacat123 said: Let’s go!! Great itinerary, NYC before and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl!!👍😁 She has to make it back from Tokyo! She has a concert there on Feb 10. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fair-winds39 Posted January 29 #9 Share Posted January 29 Looking forward to your “Live” journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted January 30 Author #10 Share Posted January 30 A little about the Manhattan part of my trip, after the cruise. I'll walk from the cruise port two blocks to my hotel, store my carry-on, then visit The Met for a few hours. Lunch will be walking distance from The Met, Home Kitchen on 84th. Dinner will be at Bar56, a new restaurant with rave NY Eater and other foodie reviews. Menu is what sold me to choose it over a few other places (www.bardumbo.com/menus/#food-dinner) ... I almost picked Fraunces Tavern the oldest restaurant in Manhattan, where George Washington ate. Afterward I'll be doing a late-night walking tour of rooftop bars in Brooklyn. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted January 30 Author #11 Share Posted January 30 Hopefully the link to the bar56 menu works better this time... Menus | Bar56 in Brooklyn, NY (bar56dumbo.com) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 30 #12 Share Posted January 30 10 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said: Hopefully the link to the bar56 menu works better this time... Menus | Bar56 in Brooklyn, NY (bar56dumbo.com) Looks delicious! I would select the Hiramasa crudo, the raviolo, the branzino and the olive oil cake. Then I would have Craig order the other items I want to try😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted January 30 Author #13 Share Posted January 30 6 hours ago, ninjacat123 said: Looks delicious! I would select the Hiramasa crudo, the raviolo, the branzino and the olive oil cake. Then I would have Craig order the other items I want to try😉 Clever. You know what they say, "great tastebuds crave alike" or something like that - I match you on three out of four courses. For pasta I'll have the lobster tagliatelle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 30 #14 Share Posted January 30 1 minute ago, IntrepidFromDC said: Clever. You know what they say, "great tastebuds crave alike" or something like that - I match you on three out of four courses. For pasta I'll have the lobster tagliatelle. I looked at that and thought "there's an upcharge, Intrepid will get that for sure".😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 30 #15 Share Posted January 30 I looked at bar56 website and on Yelp. Food looks great and the urban design is very cool. No pictures of a view. Have you seen one? If there isn't, you could go to The River Cafe and have a drink at the bar. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted January 31 Author #16 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 8 hours ago, ninjacat123 said: I looked at bar56 website and on Yelp. Food looks great and the urban design is very cool. No pictures of a view. Have you seen one? If there isn't, you could go to The River Cafe and have a drink at the bar. River Cafe is on my walking plan after Chinatown, it's a little south of Brooklyn Bridge while bar56 is a little north (between Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge). I checked sunset time before making my dinner rez and timed the rez so I can take sunset pics from River Cafe area before walking to restaurant. I'm not sure bar56 has a view as from google-mapping the little yellow guy it looks to be on the non-East-River-facing side of the huge brick warehouse directly north of Brooklyn Bridge. I think River Cafe might be on the walking tour I'm doing after dinner, because the tour ends near it. It's beautiful from this pic, thanks. Edited January 31 by IntrepidFromDC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouChamp Posted January 31 #17 Share Posted January 31 Aloha. Enjoy my native Manhattan! Have been blessed to dine at the River Cafe. One of few NYC restaurants that survived more than a few years! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EllieinNJ Posted January 31 #18 Share Posted January 31 Hi. We will be on this cruise too. Looking forward to reading your take. Ellie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted January 31 #19 Share Posted January 31 Bring it! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted February 1 Author #20 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 17 hours ago, EllieinNJ said: Hi. We will be on this cruise too. Looking forward to reading your take. Ellie. Hi, Ellie! It would be nice to meet you and say hi, maybe chat a bit. Look for someone who looks like me in my signature pic, but add an alarming amount of grey hair (I guess it's better than losing hair) and aging skin, LOL... I'll be looking for a yellow or green fish I guess? Edited February 1 by IntrepidFromDC 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted February 1 #21 Share Posted February 1 (edited) On 1/29/2024 at 8:25 AM, ninjacat123 said: Oops, NYC after🙃 I'm sure it was the excitement - you were overcome!! Edited February 1 by Haljo1935 Typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted February 1 #22 Share Posted February 1 Excited to be along for the ride. We did B2B Venezia out of NYC in Sept - I'm curious to see what's changed. Safe travels - enjoy your cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusin Karen Posted February 1 #23 Share Posted February 1 Did a Super Bowl cruise years ago. From San Diego. Live in Jersey-Giants fan my whole life. Guess who was in the Super Bowl….and we’re all the way across the country! 🙄🥴 Love Venezia and love that itin. And love NYC add ons.. I live right across GW bridge and have never done/know about 3/4 of the treasures found there. Enjoy the planning. Looking forward to going along with you! 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsammo46 Posted February 1 #24 Share Posted February 1 Following along! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted February 1 Author #25 Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, Crusin Karen said: Did a Super Bowl cruise years ago. From San Diego. Live in Jersey-Giants fan my whole life. Guess who was in the Super Bowl….and we’re all the way across the country! 🙄🥴 Love Venezia and love that itin. And love NYC add ons.. I live right across GW bridge and have never done/know about 3/4 of the treasures found there. Enjoy the planning. Looking forward to going along with you! 👍 Thanks! I agree and although it can be said about many cities, I think in particular NYC stands out as a place where no matter how good of a time you have, there are thousands and thousands of things you don't know about yet but would love to do there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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