Knights on the Beach

I'm allergic to shellfish and don't eat any seafood at all. I don't like hibachi restaurants on land because I've had an issue every time I tried one. We've eaten at Teppanyaki on Mardi Gras twice and I absolutely loved it. I get the chicken/steak combo and found the food to be great.

On Grand Turk day, we repeated our morning routine of coffee (Pepsi Zero for me) with Setyo, breakfast at Blue Iguana and then walked a few laps on deck 12. We hid some ducks and found a couple, enjoyed some drinks and food and just totally chilled out. We took advantage of a less crowded ship and hit the hot tub by the Tides pool. After dinner at the buffet, we headed back to Ocean Plaza Bar for a couple drinks with Setyo and listened to the Vista Rock Band for a bit. For the rest of the cruise, I called them The Kids of the Kingdom after a Disney group that used to perform in front of Cinderella's castle in the Magic Kingdom. They were super animated. 🤡 We found out a little girl in our FB group had a birthday the next day and had not had much luck finding ducks. So we went to Cherry on Top, bought her a big duck and stuck one of our pink ones in with it to drop off at her cabin the next morning.

No wonder this sounded familiar - the same question was asked by the same OP. 😂 So did the Celebrity plan not work out?

I don't know the answer to this but this question seems very familiar. I recall someone asking it a few months ago and I think they were going to attend a wedding in Aruba so they wanted to take the cruise and leave the ship in Aruba. They were given all kinds of varying replies here but in the end the OP said they were given permission to do so by Celebrity so they decided to book their cruise with them.

Well apparently the food is back in the grab & go case this week. Our kids just sent me the below picture of their breakfast they picked up at Java Blue this morning. They said it was in the case to the left of the coffee. To the right of the coffee, they saw all kinds of pastries, croissants, raspberry danishes, sandwiches, etc. I asked them to send pictures of the cases if they go there tomorrow morning.

We originally had the trike tour booked in Aruba. About a week before our cruise we started watching videos and weren't crazy about most of the stops. This looks like one of those places and no thank you, big rocks are not my friend! So we cancelled it. Later I kind of wished we'd done it just so we had seen more of the island but we had a good day anyway. Heading back to where I left off now . . . . 😂

Our room on Vista last month could have been slightly cooler but it wasn't so warm that we were uncomfortable so we didn't say anything. On the other hand, Heroes Bar was so cold I couldn't stay there long. Every other place we went on the ship, I thought the temperature was perfect.

If I can count, Patti's surgery will be in 10 days. I know both of you are looking forward to getting that done!

Pig & Anchor is free for dinner on Excel ships but does have some extra fee items on the menu.

Actually we were on Celebration in December and were surprisingly happy with the MDR food and service. We ate there more than we'd planned to that week because we had such a good experience. And I know someone earlier said the food on Vista is superb this week but that was not our opinion during our cruises 4/14 - 4/28 so we gave up on the MDR and ate elsewhere. We love Carnival but if they're consistent about anything, it's their inconsistency in the MDR. 😂

What time were you at Java Blue in the mornings? Maybe it just needed to be restocked. Our son and DIL are on Mardi Gras this week and said they've definitely had fruit & granola there the past two mornings. We aren't fans of the MDR on Mardi Gras. We went there only 3 or 4 times over the course of 4 cruises. There are so many better options for dinner on MG that it just doesn't bother us anymore. We have 2 more booked on MG and will be happy with specialty dining or even pizza or a Guy's burger just before they close.

Great plan Jeff, I hope you and Patti have a wonderful day!

@Jamman54 you inspired us to book Venezia today! I just started reading your review and we watched a few videos and we're intrigued. We booked a balcony on Lido since our favorite location was available. 😊

I feel like there must be some secret hidden industry here making hotel astronauts. 😂

Wow! Spectacular pictures! While Patti was being super productive, we were not.🤦‍♀️ We went full circle, starting at the Ocean Plaza Bar in the morning for coffee (and duck hiding) and to say hi to Jeff of course. After breakfast, we hit the walking track for several laps hiding ducks here and there, then took advantage of the quiet(er) ship while people were at Half Moon Cay and jumped in a hot tub by the Tides pool. Then we just pretty much ate and drank the day away, making Ocean Plaza Bar our last stop of the night.