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smileyone

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  • Location
    Virginia
  • Interests
    Reading and traveling
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Carnival

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  1. I’ve cruised Magic, Mardi Gras, and Vista (plus Fascination, Fantasy, Glory, Triumph, Liberty, Pride, Dream, and Sunshine). Vista is my favorite. We cruise Horizon in March and I’m so excited since I know they are almost identical. On the Vista, I liked that there was no charge for the Sky Ride and it was fun. It also had a Clubhouse area in the sports square that we liked. One thing we really like is the IMAX and thrill theater. We rarely ever go to the movies and consider it a nice treat on a sea day. And the thrill theater is just fun. We also sometimes watch the documentary style films they show as well. If we are hanging out on deck, some of us like to grab a bowl of pasta from the Italian place at lunch and chill in our lounge chair watching the ocean. You can’t do that on Mardi Gras. Same thing with the pizza place. It is on deck 5 on Mardi Gras. Now I’m not against the Mardi Gras, it is definitely #2. Carnival changed the location and set up of Guys Burger for this ship and it flows so much better. Still on the upper decks for easy access while at the pool. The pizza place is set up better too to handle the long lines but a bit more hassle if you want it for lunch while you are lounging in the sun. The Bolt coaster was cool to ride once but I wouldn’t pay to ride it again. Another big plus for Mardi Gras is Big Chicken. Family Feud was also fun. I tried to add the comparison chart in case you hadn’t seen it. You can see what each has and whether it is important for your family.
  2. I’ve been on 13 Carnival cruises. My favorite one was out of Puerto Rico. We had no sea days at all. Maybe Carnival could do a few sailings from there instead of trying to stay all year. I keep checking to see if they’ve added it as a home port. I’ve looked at NCL Viva but I feel the price is high because it’s a new ship. With so many ports I wouldn’t have enough time to fully experience the ship. I also like Carnival a bit more than NCL because there are so many non-repeating comedy shows. I even wrote Carnival an email saying how great that cruise was and how I hope they will sail from there again. I received a response that said something along the lines of we hope so too.
  3. While reading your review I laughed out loud when you talked about the way the closet door blocked the TV. My husband would keep saying will you close the door. I said “I’m busy trying to get ready and digging behind our hung clothes to see what’s on these stupid tucked away shelves.” It’s such a weird design. Thanks for another great review.
  4. We have two of the waterproof pouches. One is smaller. It holds passports, ship card, money. It’s small enough to fit in swim trunk pocket. We run the string through the hole in the bottom of the pocket (some swim trunks have a riveted hole in the pocket) then run it back to the top of the pouch and secure with a carabiner. You can tie the string to make it shorter so it doesn’t float out if the pocket doesn’t have a Velcro flap. The cell phone goes in a separate pouch so nothing else in the pouch gets in the way. Everything else we just leave on the beach because it doesn’t matter if it gets stolen.
  5. Looks like my files were to big to load. Also wanted to say we did the Monkeyland combo and just loved Monkeyland.
  6. I haven’t done the zip line in amber cove but we did the waterfalls. It felt very different from Dunn’s River. We went through Carnival cause of my anxiety if going too far from port and getting cheated out of $550 for a cancelled private excursion in june 2020. The Carnival P7 RIMG8070_Trim.mp4 description said the bus load would be divided into two smaller groups. Once there it was decided there wasn’t enough time for that. It was so crowded. I think it could be a great excursion thru a private company. I’m going to try to add a few videos.
  7. I stumbled across a video while looking for cabin tour videos. It’s called “Cavitation on Norwegian Joy Cabin 10966”. That might help you hear what the reviews are talking about.
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