Our Carnival Vista B2B - Havana Style - (with pics!) - 4/14/24

[Jamman54]

The chefs are hard at work…..

 

 

Here you make your selections on a paper, hand it to your server, and about fifteen minutes later your food arrives. Here is our lunch…..

 

 

 

 

 

After we eat, Patti is going to go out and start taking pictures. I’m going to go down one deck and hang out at the Tides Bar. Patti heads up to Deck 12 where she sees the MSC Seashore and the Wonder OTS at their berths…….

 

 

 

Patti’s zoom captures the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) over at the Space Center…..

 

 

Here’s a view of the Waterworks Deck 12 forward…..

 

 

Patti heads back to the Sports Square. Above her the Sky Ride is open…..

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Here are some more Sports Square views…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the new parking deck that they are building……

 

 

This is the parking deck we parked in…..

 

 

This is the parking deck for Terminal 5…..

 

 

Patti joins me at the Tides Bar for a couple of drinks…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

 

[pirate4me2]

13 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

We’ve made it to our muster station. It took all of three minutes. Don’t know why this is so hard for some people. The solution would be no drinks until you do your muster!

 

 

Next, we walked up two flights of stairs to drop off our carry-ons. We have an interior Havana Cabin # 5214. The cabin isn’t ready so we drop off the bags and leave…..

 

 

 

Patti checks out the sideways cabin next door # 5208.......

 

 

 

We decide to head up to Deck 11 and have lunch at Cucina……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…….

I keep wondering about those sideways cabins. I am ALMOST intrigued enough to book one. 

 

Patti, best of luck with the foot surgery! We appreciate all the walking and picture-taking you do for these reviews!

[Jamman54]

1 hour ago, pirate4me2 said:

I keep wondering about those sideways cabins. I am ALMOST intrigued enough to book one. 

 

Patti, best of luck with the foot surgery! We appreciate all the walking and picture-taking you do for these reviews!

After checking out that cabin we decided that it's not for us. Don't like the location of the television. 

[Jamman54]

It is now 1:30pm so we head down to check out our cabin. Here’s the hallway to our cabin…..

 

 

Our Sail & Sign cards are in our mailbox, but our luggage has not yet arrived…..

 

 

Here is Cabin # 5214…….

 

 

 

 

Hey! We have writing on our mirror too! We feel special!

 

 

Typical Carnival bathroom…..

 

 

 

Not much closet space but sufficient for our use…..

 

 

 

Our television welcome and itinerary…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

This is our Room Steward. He did a great job for us during our two weeks aboard the Vista…..

 

 

This is our Havana letter which also included our red wristbands for our Havana Area access……

 

 

 

Patti is going to continue her picture walk, while I am going to head up to the Red Frog Rum Bar. Patti checks out the seating in the Havana Bar area……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[sgttami]

I'm enjoying another great journey.  Thanks, Jeff.

 

Hope Patti takes it easy on her feet and the upcoming surgery works well.

 

Love the road trip.  I hit the same spots when I drive down, especially Santee and Kingsland!

 

[Jamman54]

Patti moves forward on Deck 5 and comes to the Ocean Plaza……

 

 

A little further forward on Deck 5 is Java Blue…..

 

 

 

Moving forward on Deck 5, Patti checks out Fahrenheit 555. We will be eating here later in the week…..

 

 

 

 

Patti takes the mid ship elevator up to Deck 11. She finds the entrance to Camp Ocean…..

 

 

Clinton is playing the steel drums for the Beach Pool crowd…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti goes up to Deck 12 forward to check out the Cloud 9 Spa…..

 

 

Patti checks out the Fitness Center first……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti checks out the Thermal Suite…..

 

 

Here is the whirlpool and heated loungers…..

 

 

 

 

 

The Rain Shower…..

 

 

Infrared Heat…..

 

 

The Laconium….

 

 

The Aroma Steam Room…..

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Patti takes us into the Ladies Locker Room…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Ladies Handicap Shower and Restroom…….

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti heads back down to Deck 5. She checks out Piano Bar 88. Roger will be the Piano Man for both of our cruises…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Across the way is the Library Bar. It’s currently being used by the Art Gallery…..

 

 

Heading aft she passes Bonsai Sushi. We will be eating here later tonight…..

 

 

 

Across the way is the Alchemy Bar……

 

 

 

 

 

Further aft is the Pixels Gallery…..

 

 

To be continued……

[Kris Lee]

Thank you for the review and the amazing pictures! We will be on the Vista in July. Can't wait!!!

[mamiamjo]

It seems that writing on the mirror is somewhat of a new thing! 🙂

[Indiansbaseball]

To Patty …

I too started as a personal shopper in 2021. Within months, I developed plantar fasciitis! I’ve also been told to quit, but I haven’t. I have had two shots in my left foot. I feel minutely better. I bought two pair of shoes by a company called OOFOS. They are slides and sandals! After a long day of work and when waking up they are the only thing that allows me to walk. 
I feel your pain! I wish you nothing but the best on your surgery and I hope Jeff will update us ! 
Jen

[Jamman54]

Patti pops into the Red Frog Pub & Brewery……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti runs into Beth & Mark there, so she comes up to the Red Frog Rum Bar to get me. We hung out together having a few drinks….

 

 

After a while we noticed that the ship was moving, so we parted ways and made our way back to the Havana Area to watch the sail away. By the time we got outside we were already past Fishlips and passing Grill’s……

 

 

 

 

Looking back at the MSC Seashore…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

We are now sailing past the Wonder OTS……

 

 

 

 

 

We are sailing through the channel…..

 

 

Looking up at the aft cabins from the Havana Area….

 

 

Hope the guy in the back doesn’t lean back or they’re going down!

 

 

We are now sailing past Jetty Park…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Mommapadraig]

9 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Patti pops into the Red Frog Pub & Brewery……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti runs into Beth & Mark there, so she comes up to the Red Frog Rum Bar to get me. We hung out together having a few drinks….

 

 

After a while we noticed that the ship was moving, so we parted ways and made our way back to the Havana Area to watch the sail away. By the time we got outside we were already past Fishlips and passing Grill’s……

 

 

 

 

Looking back at the MSC Seashore…..

 

 

To be continued…..

We’ll be on the Seashore on Sunday.

[Jamman54]

It’s a beautiful day at the beach…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patti zooms in on the Cocoa Beach Pier…..

 

 

We are out to sea…..

 

 

 

 

We’re hanging out at the Havana Area Bar…..

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

We made our way back to the cabin where we found that all of our luggage had arrived. After unpacking we made our way over to Bonsai Sushi for dinner….

 

 

 

 

I started with the Miso Soup and Patti had the Edamame……

 

 

 

 

Patti had the California Roll and I had a Bang Bang Roll and Meat Skewers…..

 

 

 

 

Afterwards, Patti said she was going to check out the shops and then head back to the cabin to read, while I went over to the Alchemy Bar for a couple of Pain Reliefs…..

 

 

To be continued….

[Knights on the Beach]

3 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

After checking out that cabin we decided that it's not for us. Don't like the location of the television. 

 

I thought the same when I saw the picture.

 

4 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

 

 

 

Bye bye home - see you in two weeks! 

[Jamman54]

Patti catches the Accidental String Trio…..

 

 

 

 

The current Dreamscape…..

 

 

Patti takes some shots of an empty Liquid Lounge…..

 

 

 

 

 

In the meantime I head to the Limelight Lounge for a comedy show starring Randy Lubas. He wasn’t bad for a PG show. I gave him an 8 out of 10….

 

 

 

Afterwards, I made it back to the cabin for the night.

 

Today’s Cheers scorecard: Patti = 5, Jeff = 14. For the day and cruise (+7).

 

Coming up next: It’s great to be back out at sea!

[Jamman54]

9 minutes ago, Knights on the Beach said:

 

I thought the same when I saw the picture.

 

 

Bye bye home - see you in two weeks! 

Yep, I can see your condo! 

[Stallion]

2 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Patti takes us into the Ladies Locker Room…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Ladies Handicap Shower and Restroom…….

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[jedi bobs]

I'm getting a Mitsigurly and jamman review both at the same time, how lucky can we get:) The second leg of your vista cruise, Ann and I had to cancel, becuse of her hospitalation, (still a little sad about that one).  How far out from JAXPORT was the hotel you stayed at?  We are tinking of staying there when we go to get on Elation in dec.  THanks for all the hard work you and Patty do. I kind of know what Patty is going though at Target. I too have feet problems but not to the severity that she does.  I do Spark and Instacart for a living, so I shop at my local Kroger for Instacart and I either get loaded up at Walmart or shop there for SPark, and I take the groceries/items to the customers location.  Patty, you are trooper huggs for you from Ann and I and we'll see you on the Valor next year.