BarbieGee

How does a "pitcher" of anything fit in the the drinks package? As one drink?

Win early in your cruise, loose last day? 😉

"the sausage''? LOL!

I love how you're traveling everywhere on board. The MG is a large ship and you are giving us a grand tour, Thanks!

as you predicted! Packed in Heroes!

No ice bergs in sight? 😉

As it should be - ah Serenity!

🙄 rollin my eyes....

I've always enjoyed the ship's decor on any of the ships I've sailed. Your pictures are very welcome! Love the drink pix too. Name them all please? 🍹

So, how DO you get drinks without your S&S card? (never sailed on CCL. First sailing 2/06/2023)

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/18/global-cruise-operator-reintroduces-covid-mandates-on-australian-ships-after-surge-in-cases?ICID=ref_fark

Rumor has it that the Australian Carnival ships are re instituting COVID protocols.

2 or 3 of those and you will sleep well tonight. Don't over sleep!!! 😁

😯😡

My family and I will be on Paradise in February as well. Excited! My first Carnival cruise!

Having visually experienced the 'food abuse' of excessive amounts of bacon and of other foods, I am inclined to agree with Carnival's move to take control. If you wish to place blame on someone, that should be laid upon those that feel entitled to take more then needed, thus creating this economizing measure. I've walked past diners in the buffet area with plates of food laid out like their own personal buffet then get up and walk away without finishing what they've taken. Such waste! I look upon that as a disrespectful attitude. The idea of these ship buffets is that you CAN return to reload your plate anew if you wish to have more. 'Take all you WISH but eat all you TAKE". Look for more food economizing if food abuse cruisers cannot control themselves, IMO.

I usually think in terms of which side will have a sunrise view and which side will have a sunset view. Which side do I want going towards our destination - I like a sunset view; and which side will have a sunrise view when returning home. 🌅

As I read all these many comments and discussions I think back to other cruises I've been on, starting with RCCL in 2003. Cruising seem to consist of 3 parts. 1) Fun. shows, pools, hot tubs, excursions. 2) Atmosphere. Sea, sun, sand (maybe), attentive service, relaxation. 3) Food. All-you-care-to-eat, fine dining, culinary adventure. These are still available on all the cruise lines but some cruise lines try to emphasize some aspects more then others. That is fine and as it should be but all cannot be maintained without proper management. In 2003 my first experience with cruising highlighted the excesses the staff was willing to go to to please the population. Due to a weather issue which delayed our embarkation and departure, one of the drink lounges offered too all, FREE DRINKS. I was offered by the bartender a setup of every drink he knew how to make. There those glasses sat before, a lineup I could not possibly drink (and did NOT) This lounge was filled with people and I am certain many drank way way too much. And I am sure the waste was tremendous. Over the next days, in the buffet area, I witnessed people sitting at tables with many many dishes filled with food, then watching as the got up and left more then half of what they'd taken from the buffet. In the MDR, our server was super accommodating, encouraging us to order anything and everything on the menu. Was there, then, waste there too? NCL and the buffet was similar, always seeing mountains of food on plates that were not eaten. Kids not supervised having fun with the ice cream station with many accidents. The MDR at NCL was better at controlling food waste but then the portions were larger and more satisfying, both appetizers, entree's, and deserts. Is there one particular group to shoulder the blame for the excessive waste? Cruise lines? Passengers? Perhaps both? How to remedy this? Better portions in the MDR? (enough food to leave the table satisfied) Food control at the buffet? (staff serving passenger - one can always return to the buffet if one is still hungry) These are my thoughts. NCL Sky 2016 --- 1- pork hock with lentils. 2-pasta carbonara with clams. 3-sirloin steak. 4-Pearl 2016 - large lobster tails!

V5 and V7 Others here have said the Veranda deck balcony partitions do not open. 😒

"Revenue enhancement"! 😆

We have 2 JS cabins booked on the Paradise and they are next to each other. Can the balcony partition be opened by the steward?

Are there any seafood offerings on the MD menu? Salmon perhaps? I've see that on some sample menus but now I am not sure even that would be offered on Paradise. I could order shrimp cocktails, salmon and then pasta carbonara and make my own culinary dish! 😁🐟

Is 'unbelievably good food" a rarity? I would hope it is a regular occurrence on most Carnival ships but this comment causes me to worry. My first time on any Carnival ship will be the Paradise in February.

The letter we all received said "In the main dining room, we will continue to offer lobster on itineraries of six days or more" Does this mean no lobster offered on 5 day cruises? In the past, those I've asked have said this WAS offered on 5 day cruises. And the Paradise has no specialty restaurants which is the ship I'll be sailing on. I prefer seafood to red meat. I understand economy and dislike to see waste but as many have mentioned, the dining experience is a large part of the cruise experience.

I've learned to document these types of issues. If you make calls to try to correct something that is in your favor or not in your favor, document all efforts just in case you are called upon to become responsible for any penalties or if, in this case, the excursions are canceled due to supposedly non payment. I had an issue with booking my CCL trip through AARP/Expedia. I began by keeping a record of all conversations with Expedia (of which their were many. Names of each person I spoke with each time including dates and times of the day) then called AARP with all my information. Got the problem solved with an apology from Expedia. Notes I make during each conversation were so valuable, jogging my memory... made for a positive outcome.