cruisingguy007

You'll be fine. I'm a pillow snob too and have about 10 different options at home and the pillows on Carnival are perfectly fine. They are the heavier quality versions that cost like $20 from the store, not the flat $5 ones. Plus they give you two so you can set it up how you like with a lift if you want. Mattresses are great too. I actually enjoy their beds/pillows better than many hotels I've stayed at. I wouldn't worry about it or lug one from home (except for the car ride to port maybe).

Risk analysis is hard for some people, emotion and feelings get in the way of accurate risk assessment. If they told us about every single car accident across the nation (from fender benders to great bodily injury and death) everyday on the news, people would be afraid to drive. A lot of us have lost friends/family to vehicle accidents and don't think twice about jumping behind the wheel. Those that understand odds can look at the risk with a mathematical assessment based perspective, others just focus on the bad cases, worst case scenarios and only see doom/gloom and have a fear based assessment perspective. I actually think some may have covid PTSD of some kind, due to the constant assault of fear being pumped by media/news for ratings. Some may never come around, even though they may have a couple percent or less chance of dying or getting really sick. Ironically, many take much greater chances on many other risks and just the regular stuff that is made up of simply living but don't think twice about it because it's not in their face constantly.

Jumbo shrimp is a oxymoron.

OP asked specifically about Asian and Europeans, white & Black Americans are a given, simple. Makes sense to me.

Maybe they drive far and have to account for potential traffic. I know I do, so if I luck out and hit very little, I'm there early. If I crap out and hit traffic, I have extra time. Hard to judge traffic when you drive in from longer distances and don't have reliable time-frames like those closer or staying near ports.

Actually found a menu, it's just called grilled jumbo shrimp, marinara sauce and mustard potatoes. I don't remember tasting marinara but do remember the yummy potatoes. That menu still shows flat iron available so it's probably old but I'm pretty sure the dish is still called grilled jumbo shrimp.

I don't recall but it was served on the second elegant night on Panorama 7 day.

I got second serving too, had one less shrimp on it for some reason but was just as good. That is a great dish, hope it's around next time I'm back on, so good.

Celebrities and Princesses always want special treatment. 😁

Sucks, hope you feel better soon and can get back after it ASAP. Maybe try some Imodium and antiemetic meds. Medical will probably have some ondansetron on hand, could help you bounce back.

Sure sounds that way. I'm not even sure he realizes what he's saying but that's pretty much what he implied lol. No one else is to be believed since it's hearsay, but his opinion is verified by him and is valid and not hearsay. Essentially, we all only believe ourselves and disregard everyone else. Kind of defeats the purpose of a discussion/banter/review forum since literally all of CC is hearsay unless you only participate to read your own posts. 😕

Yes, plenty of black Americans as well. I just assumed that was a given, didn't mean to leave anyone out. Cali is "worldly" and "cosmopolitan" 😁.

Nearly all Americans, mostly from CA, NV, AZ, NM and other surrounding states in the area. Lot's of folks from the SF bay area and LA area as well. Young, old, kids, singles, couples, it's a nice mix of people from all over. There are a lot of Americans of Asian dissent in both the SF bay area and LA area, Americans of European dissent also and Americans of Latin dissent also. It's a mix of everyone.

Fair point, I'm usually too busy minding my own business, conversing with others or having a good time to let these little slights bother me but I get that some people sit around looking for every uncouth act/action. Seems like a waste of time and energy since you can only control you and can't change others but I digress. If my kids/family called, I'd answer even if I was standing before the Pope, sorry bro, It's my kids, hang on a second...lol.

The lady on the phone looks like she is in distress and/or has gotten some bad news. All the non-verbal signs are there (crossed arms, hand over heart, face, eye brows). When you work in loud environments, you learn to read faces. The guy may have had an important business call or some other drama going on. You really can't judge based on simple observations unless you know the facts behind the scenes. I'd make a phone call under numerous emergency/critical circumstances, yes, even while at dinner.

Cantankerous, curmudgeonly and uppity folk who think their mass market line is a luxury line and who don't want to mingle with the unwashed masses. They imagine themselves as aristocrats & sophisticrats and claim Carnival is beneath them. We Carnival cruisers are all simply too uncouth to be around and grace their upper echelon circles. Oh, and we aren't "worldly" or "cosmopolitan" enough I guess also. The Tarjay crowd doesn't want to mingle with the Walmart crowd because they fancy lol.

Probably a good thing, imagine getting all dressed up to act so tacky? Always dress for the occasion, probably should of rocked a wife beater, sagged the shorts and made sure the underwear were clearly visible for everyone; would have been a nice touch to add to the ambiance and special occasion of carnal violence. Dress to impress! 😁

That makes no sense, that means that your experience is hearsay also by default. 🤔 If people are posting their first hand experiences, and you are relegating them to hearsay automatically, shouldn't the same apply to you as well? Strange position to have.

Was it the grilled shrimp dish in a circle with the brown sauce underneath? If so, we had that on the second elegant night and it was fantastic. The extra effort to grill the shrimp really brought out a unique flavor and it really worked well with the rest of the dish. I'm a bit of a seafood freak and eat tons of shrimp in several varieties from gulf, Argentina and Mexico (Mexican blue is my favorite) and these looked just like regular old standard large/jumbo tail on shrimp you could buy at any supermarket but they tasted soooo good. That was my third favorite dish, behind the lobster and perfectly cooked prime rib on recent cruise. This actually reminds me that next cruise, I'll be taking photos of all the food, every dish. I didn't get many food photos this last time and I should have.

Great news! Happy to be cruising mostly normally again.

This cracked me up! 🤣

There is no one to blame, covid is going to covid, folks need to quit looking for a scapegoat and quit thinking that they can control the uncontrollable. The only way to do that is to stay off cruise ships and away from crowds, period. Mask theater won't protect you, the sooner more realize this and accept reality, the quicker normal cruising returns and we can move on from the covid panic, covid counts and covid hysteria. Look at all the posts of simple stuffy noses and minor symptoms being the worst of it. There will always be a few chiming in with doom/gloom and worse case scenario but the overwhelming majority are asymptomatic or minor symptoms. It's 2022, not early 2020, time to move on to pragmatism and let the fear mongering go.

Wow, never going on Valor lol. Sheesh. Wife showed me a bookface video of a fight on Panorama in the MDR too. What the heck is going on with people? Some folks just can't behave. Embarrassing for Carnival. Hope they start banning folks who are more trouble than they are worth, particularly the fighting chaos causing people. Pulling the race card isn't an excuse either. Just gives more fuel for the "ghetto cruise line" claims that are falsely made about Carnival by some. Nuts.

I had no problem with anytime dining (and never have). Worked perfectly recently as well, with short wait times. It's my favorite and I'll never do set time as long as it's available. Punching a clock on vacation isn't my style. They may need to change the dining rooms and have set-time in the smaller dining rooms, anytime in the larger dining rooms, as anytime becomes more popular.

Awesome! Choice is a good thing. Exercising our personal choices is the way to go, everyone should decide for themselves. Ain't freedom grand!