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Does anyone know how late the serenity area pool and hot tub are open till on the Sunshine. 

I did not use it on the ship earlier this year. But when we were in Nassau I did FaceTime and it worked fine. My provider charges $10.00 a day for the Bahamas unlimited usage and $5.00 a day in Mexico. 

Sid. We should be thanking you for taking the time to give us such a informative review of the ship and ports that you visit. I will speak for everyone and say that it makes us feel like we are right there with you enjoying this trip. 

Happy Birthday Sid. Really enjoying the review. 

13 minutes ago, pcrum said:

Wow, the Chef's Table has changed since we did it.  Do you still get the complimentary photo of your table and the chef?  They also used to include a Carnival cookbook as a gift.  We used to enjoy the old menu.  The menu you had...not so much.  We are "foodies" but don't like foo foo food that sometimes looks better than it tastes.  Give me a good steakhouse aka Fleming's, a good salad, creamed spinach, and a chocolate melting cake for desert and I'm good!  

 

Hope this port stop is better than the last one!  

 

Happy birthday.  Enjoy being 50!  The next "big" birthday for DH and I is 60...hard to believe it's just 4 years away!  😞

Hopefully you can find some good food p0rn In Curaçao. 

Sid. I have been a lurker on your past reviews. Just spent 3 days reading all 131 pages of Your ATL thread.  Looking forward to following your Horizon Cruise. 

• Because there is no other vacation that is more relaxing and enjoyable to me than going on a cruise. 

Is anyone else having issues with Carnivals website today. Cannot access it at all on my phone and very slow on computer. 

You can see fish in the beach area usually schools of fish. But if you swim over to the rocks where the private hut is. You will see all sorts of coral and colorful fish. 

I was on the Elation in January in a ocean view on deck 4 and we had a refrigerator. 

What was the Serenity Area like. How many hot tubs?  Did it have a pool?

Thanks. 

Yes they have afternoon tea on sea days. 

They do do have a movie channel in your cabin tv that plays different moves throughout the day. 

I was on the Elation in January and ask for Makers Mark but was told they did not offer that. They did however have Woodford Reserve  

Looking for anyone that has stayed on the Carnival Sunshine Cabins 3131 or 3112 or that general area.  Looking at booking one of these rooms, but notice that the Liquid Lounge is above it.  I was wondering how much noise you hear from the Liquid Lounge above it?  I would guess after 11:00 PM, it would be empty anyway.   Thanks in advance.

No those all have piers that you dock at. 

Just came off a 5 day. I had 8 burgers. Those things are great. 

I just got off of Elation on Thursday. We had a great time. Service was great throughout the ship. Room attendant, waiters in the dining room, and the bar staff all did a wonderful job. Ship was clean. Food was great. Good shows.  Serenity area on Fantasy class ships is great being at the back of the ship with two hot tubs. Yes it is a much smaller ship than the Allure but a lot less people also.  I would go on this ship again in a heartbeat. 

Also, Elegant night was the second night if that matters to you.

I agree, Jax port is probably the easiest port we have cruised from.  Hope you have a great cruise.  

They may have had those items.  I know I saw people eating some hot dogs  few nights as well as a few other items, but it was all on just one side of the main buffet as you enter the lido.  Just did not pay much attention since we just headed straight to the pizza place.

Yes you could still get the Caesar salad at the Pizza Place as well as like 5 types of pizza.  Pizza is open 24 hours a day.  The deli closes at 11:00 PM.  The buffet usually had hot dogs, fries, a few other items , and some cookies and brownies each night.  But I think they served that between 11:00 PM-12:30 AM.  Soft serve ice cream is available 24 hours as well.  

I don't remember their name, but they played good music.  They had 2 singers , a man and a woman.  The guy had red hair.  That's all i remember about them.

I do not have the fun times.

I did not do the Chef's Table.

I thought the food in the dining room was very good.  The braised beef brisket was excellent as well as the beef tenderloin.  We did not eat dinner in the buffet, did all 5 nights in the dining room.  For lunch we mostly ate Guy's Burgers and items from the Blue Iguana.  I did grab a few things from the buffet at different times such as some cheese and bread.  I do not remember if they had a meat carving for lunch.  I know they did on some nights for dinner.  Also had some sandwiches from the Deli which were good.  Did Pizza from the Pizza Pirate every night around midnight.

Just got back from a 5 night cruise on the Elation out of Jacksonville, FL yesterday.  Will be glad to answer any questions you might have. 

Embarkation was a piece of cake.  Our boarding time was 11:30 to 12:00.  We pulled into the port at 11:35, dropped our bags off with porters, went and parked the car, walked over to the terminal, went straight in, waited in line less than 5 minutes and were on the ship by 12:00.  Could not have been any easier.

We went straight up to the lido deck and ate at Guy's burgers and the Blue Iguana for lunch.  Food was great from both and visited both of these everyday.  The burgers speak for themselves, you cannot eat just one.  The shrimp from Blue Iguana is great and highly recommend their breakfast burritos. We went to our room at 1:30, it was a ocean view on deck 4.  While there we met our room steward Nengah, he ask if we wanted once or twice a day service.  We ask for twice.  He did an excellent job.  The room was great a location mid ship, plenty of room and storage.  It even had a small refrigerator.  Only thing was a night time during the middle of the night it seemed that it would warm up some in there even with the air turned as low as it would go.  It was fine at all times during the day, just seemed like some nights we would wake up hot.  We never complained about it so it was not that big of a deal.

We did late dining and our wait staff was really good.  I only felt like one night that things were on the slow side.  Our staff was very attentive.  The food was very good.  It came out prepared like we ask and at the right temperatures.  It was the American Table menu.

The entertainment was very good, I highly recommend the Rock of Ages show.  Also the two comedians on the ship were really good as well.  One was Jim Brick and the other was Tom Simmons.  Both were good, but Jim Brick was really good.  

Really like the location of the Serenity area on the Fantasy Class ships.  We spent a lot of time there.  

We visited Nassau and Half Moon Cay.  Being that we have been to Nassau a lot over the years, we did not rush to get off the ship.  We got off at about 1:00 and were back on the ship by 3:15.  Just hit a few shops that we wanted to visit and then went down to Junkanoo Beach for about an hour.  The next day we went to Half Moon Cay which to us is a great port.  This was our second time there and one of the main reasons for booking this cruise.  Tendering did not start until about 9:00 due to high winds.  They called our number about 9:10 and we were on the island by 9:45.  Spent the morning snorkeling and rode wave runners that afternoon, then hit the beach one more time before taking the last tender back to the boat at 3:15.  Water was a little cool when you first got in, but fine after you adjusted to it.  I highly recommend this port if you like a relaxing beach day.

Debarkation was a breeze as well.  We opted to take our own luggage off the ship.  We were suppose to be out of by room by 8:30.  We woke up at 7:30, got ourselves ready and packed our bags.  They called our floor at 8:10 for passengers taking their own luggage off the ship.  Left our room at 8:15 and headed down to deck 3.  Made it off the ship, through customs, and were in our car by 8:40.  Port of Jacksonville is very easy for both embarkation and debarkation.

Overall, we had a very cruise.  Let me know if you have any questions that I might can answer for you about the ship.

Just thought I would let people know that it took 21 days exactly for me to get my passport renewed with just regular processing time. No need to pay for expedited right now.