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I was on the Sunrise last week and went up to play mini golf a few times and noticed the balls felt like foam. I have heard some lines use fish food golf balls for driving off the back but not sure if Carnival was one. Does anyone know?

1 hour ago, crewsweeper said:

Be sure to stop in Cockburntown at either the Sandbar or John's Ocean view for lunch.  Drive up to the lighthouse, but no real reason to walk around inside as you can't climb the lighthouse and views are decent from the parking area.  Stay off the chintzy zip line. 

How bad is the zipline? One couple in the group of us is going on that horse back riding, snorkeling, zip line tour and keep asking us to join them

We will be there on Monday on the Sunrise and plan on renting a golf cart for the day. How safe is the island if we wanted to head to the downtown area on the other side of the airport? My fiancee and I are both in our 30's and will be going with another couple on the cart so we should have safety in numbers and I'm sure the island is fine but you can neve rbe too sure.

Also what are the best shops away from the port area to go and get interesting stuff?

My favorite is going out on the top deck or the "secret" decks on decks 3-4 at night to just look at the stars and enjoy the darkness! I love looking out at the stars reflecting off the ocean! 

As the title states, where can I get this hole punched so I can put the card on a lanyard or do I need to bring a hole punch? 

2 minutes ago, TEXSUN46 said:

I am the opposite, I am extremely early riser. I often go wandering around about 5am and the Casino slots are open and that is when I usually play so I assume they are open all night. I also walk the track early mornings, around the ship I mostly just see crew cleaning at that time. 

I'm sure I will be like you the first day, I am a super early riser as I work from 630-330 but also plan on staying up late to enjoy the stars! 

13 hours ago, coevan said:

 

 

No excursions the next morning? from 2 am to about breakfast opening the ship is pretty much closed down. As some have said pizza and one bar

Nothing planned except renting a golf cart at Turks and Caicos! 

So a few of us on this upcoming trip (Sunrise 11/2-11/7) are night owls and regularly stay up hanging out till the early morning hours. From what I remember about Carnival from the past was there is no official shut down for the boat but a lot of places like the buffet or restaurants close at set times. What things are there still to do between midnight and 5am? Do all the bars shut down at a set time or do they run 24/7? Are the casino and pools still open that late? 

So from what I read the beers are pretty good then! Pretty happy about that and looking forward to trying all the Red Frog ones! 

Leaving on the Sunrise in 3 weeks and am an avid beer drinker! The lady and I are getting the drink package but what beers are the best for the amount you get per day? We're on a 5 day with 10 of our friends and don't want to get blasted every day but still want to have fun. We like everything basically but stouts so please don't hate

13 hours ago, FLCruise7 said:

Just off the Breeze and had 2 things "surprise" me.  First was up in the smoking area on Lido.  Young guy stops and asks if he can have a hit off my cig (say what??).  I was almost finished and told him he could have the rest of it.  He took it & threw it over the side.  I can't repeat the things I yelled at him.  What a jerk!  Lesson learned - never give anyone a cigarette.

 

The other was one night leaving the casino.  There was this fairly young kid (13?  15?) sitting by the atrium rail.  He said hello and then asked if he could give me some money to gamble (I win and get to keep winnings) - and if I could get him a beer!  I wanted to ask him if his parents knew where he was at 2:30 am.  I just told him I was going to bed & walked off.  Not sure if he got any takers or not.

 

Both of these were firsts for me after many cruises.

This was me back in 2004! I was 16 on my first cruise on the Inspiration and went with my family and grand parents. Made a few friends but they all had a curfew of midnight and I would be still bored and wide awake so I would go try and gamble or get free beer or cigs off people leaving the bar for the night! 

So I haven't sailed in 15 years but going on the Sunrise in a few weeks! There are 12 of us going, scattered all over the boat and knowing this group probably won't remember where every room is. To solve this issue I was thinking of getting something to put on the outside of each of our doors to make it a little easier to find out friends.

Are you allowed to tape or hang stuff from the outside of your door? It wouldn't be anything more than a card or something

I will be on the Sunrise from 11/2-11/7 with 11 others. We all plan on paying for the Carnival messenger app for the duration of the trip. With this in mind what do we have to do with out phones? We all have an iPhone so is it as simple as disabling the cellular data and leaving wifi on or do we need to put into Airplane mode and then turn wifi on when we wanna use it or can we leave wifi on the whole time onboard?

This was on the Inspiration back in 2004 when I was 16. It was the final game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals and it was Tampa vs Calgary, we had just sailed out of Tampa the day before and it was a very close series. The night we left was 6/6/04 and I remember a bunch of Canadian people walking around in Flames jerseys talking about how they were gonna take the cup and win it big. Well this pissed off some people from Florida and a small fight broke out at first on the promenade deck...then it grew larger and larger as drunk people were coming in from everywhere until security had to break it up and arrest a few people!

That or when we were docked at either Cozumel or Grand Cayman a bunch of college age chicks flashed the next boat and my friends and I happened to be right next to them enjoying the view!

38 days on the Sunrise!

Thanks for the review! We sail with 10 others out of Fort Lauderdale on 11/2 and we are all very excited! What were the best areas outside the room to just relax and read that were relatively quiet?

I will be on this in November! How crowded did the main areas of the ship get during the nights? Mainly the Atrium and bars? We're you always able to get a seat at a bar if you wanted to just go get a drink and sit?

This would be something I would love if they did! 

I'm fine with crowds. go to Disney almost every summer so I cannot imagine anything being worse than that! 

8 minutes ago, dmdiver said:

I would not recommend it - one spill on the floor and you're stuck with a wet, sticky sock.

Yeah this is my biggest worry...I have a few pairs with good grip soles on them but don't want to ruin them by accidently stepping in someones spilled drink...might just get a good pair of slippers! 

I plan on bringing flip flops but on some nights or early mornings would love to wear a pair of nice warm fleece slipper socks walking around. Is this allowed or do they frown upon not having shoes on? 

Cannot wait for this to be done and see the videos online of what it will look like finished! Sailing on her in early November and just want to leave already! 

I was just talking with my group that is going on Sunrise in November and a few of us smoke. Now I know enough about what areas smoking is allowed, casino, some decks away from the pool and restaurants but what about vaping? I have a friend going with who is a bit of a bro and will just vape where ever he likes and even tho it's annoying and we tell him not to he still does. Now I don't want to get him kicked off if he does that so what are the vaping policies on the boat? 

21 hours ago, jayscore said:

Trap shooting from the aft deck was fun. "Dressing" for dinner in the MDR. Better live entertainment. More employee to passenger ratio, (Waiters and servers).

And the list goes on...........

I would have loved shooting off the deck. My grandparents used to tell me about how they hit golf balls off into the ocean once! 

Will be taking a 5 day cruise Nov 2-7 on Sunrise with 15 others and already cannot stop doing as much research as I can!