Semi-Live: Venezia Labor Day Cruise 8/31-9/7

DeniseTr · September 1

I imagine there will be more kids because of the holiday than a month from now.

How was your yoga class? Are there many classes?

I'd run screaming from the room with the disco dance lesson, but already have my white shirt for the 80s party.

TravelE · September 1

2 hours ago, DeniseTr said:

I imagine there will be more kids because of the holiday than a month from now.

How was your yoga class? Are there many classes?

I'd run screaming from the room with the disco dance lesson, but already have my white shirt for the 80s party.

I’ll check on the classes. There are a good number of kids.

TravelE · September 1

I found 2 ducks!

After reading for an hour, I headed to the gym.

The treadmills and yoga mats are in Italian.

You touch the screen and then choose your language. You can pick US English. Speed and incline controls are on the handles.

The ladies locker room has a whirlpool which is hot and a dry sauna. Both are free to use and have wonderful views.

Edited September 1 by TravelE

TravelE · September 1

I found all the people

Lunch menus at the pop up Asian at Seafood Shack and the Lido Buffet.

TravelE · September 1

A nice lady, Pam, stopped by our table and offered us a free snorkel excursion for tomorrow morning. She said she won it but could not use it. We have one booked for 1:30 pm tomorrow. I hated to decline but don’t think we could snorkel twice. Hopefully she finds another couple who can use it.

DeniseTr · September 1

Woohoo, you found me a hottub that won't be crowded! 😄

Lol, I've been on 5 cruises and never been in the locker room or exercise facilities. (Already planning to this time, have my 3 class pass)

ninjacat123 · September 1

6 hours ago, TravelE said:

The Morning Show

I spy some famous people:

I was able to speak with @Jamman54 and Patti after the show. As I expected, they are the loveliest people. So kind and personable!

I also met Lee Mason who is taking over from MarQ. He has a ton of info to download this week as the Venezia has some different events compared to other Carnival ships. I have no doubt that he will be fabulous.

Found a lovely spot to read and listen to the waves.

Did you bring your own towel?

TravelE · September 1

17 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

Did you bring your own towel?

Yes. My friend brought back that Turkish towel from, well Turkey. It’s a great travel piece. It serves as a blanket, cushioning for my carry on wine, and a beach towel. It dries quickly and is so much lighter than the Carnival towels. I did go back to the room to get the big blue towels to lay on after I took the photo!

ninjacat123 · September 1

1 minute ago, TravelE said:

Yes. My friend brought back that Turkish towel from, well Turkey. It’s a great travel piece. It serves as a blanket, cushioning for my carry on wine, and a beach towel. It dries quickly and is so much lighter than the Carnival towels. I did go back to the room to get the big blue towels to lay on after I took the photo!

I’ve seen those on the site that shall not be named. Maybe I’ll get one. We could start a trend😎

TravelE · September 1

After lunch we went to the comedy showcase in the Limelight Lounge. Both comedians had new material. Tommy Savitt went first. Today he did his Tommy Lama self help guru act. He’s quite good but his voice makes me sleepy! It’s very weird.

Chris Clarke did a bit about growing up with his Jamaican parents.

We headed back to the room for naptime.

Our current position.

We will eat dinner early catch the first Vintage Pop show and maybe more comedy.

TravelE · September 1

3 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

I’ve seen those on the site that shall not be named. Maybe I’ll get one. We could start a trend😎

Yes! It also functions as a cover up (wrap). I actually used it in the hotel because they only left us 2 towels and my hair need it’s own towel 😝

ninjacat123 · September 1

4 minutes ago, TravelE said:

Yes! It also functions as a cover up (wrap). I actually used it in the hotel because they only left us 2 towels and my hair need it’s own towel 😝

Sounds like a plan😁fyi our hub app is now saying we port in Bermuda at 5:30 on Tuesday 🤷🏻‍♀️

TravelE · September 1

15 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

Sounds like a plan😁fyi our hub app is now saying we port in Bermuda at 5:30 on Tuesday 🤷🏻‍♀️

Is that because of the hour time change? We moved our clocks forward one hour last night.

TravelE · September 1

Tonight’s dinner

Our team. We had the same table last night. Right by the gondola.

ninjacat123 · September 1

Just now, TravelE said:

Is that because of the hour time change? We moved our clocks forward one hour last night.

According to my cruise manager the itinerary had us porting Wednesday at 8am. I’m happy if we are porting on Tuesday at 5:30. Just interesting…

Jamman54 · September 1

22 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

According to my cruise manager the itinerary had us porting Wednesday at 8am. I’m happy if we are porting on Tuesday at 5:30. Just interesting…

That would be great. It's possible since the Vision OTS departs at 1:30pm on Tuesday so a berth is available. 😎

Edited September 1 by Jamman54