binajack

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Fairly uneventful cruise, made both ports, with just some early AM fog and a little drizzle, but yesterday....

 

You will be pleased to know when we hit 30 foot swells yesterday from Hurricane Katia, during the largest one, the glasses all shattered off the casino bar, which drew attraction from the more interesting event of the Idiot Box spitting out quarters all over the place! I didn't know which way to turn from my Hot Hot Penny machine, which was NOT kind to me. And they had to cancel the Thriller class due to the stage being unsafe, AND they cancelled my Galley Tour because stuff had shattered all over the floor....but the Idiot Box WAS conquered!

 

I had bought a "Carnival" insulated mug (tall and red) that got knocked off of the dresser thing probably at the same time all of the glasses broke. I had brought a bowl of fresh fruit back to the cabin to snack on and the fruit bowl slammed into the glass with my tea in it and both went flying into the balcony door :( Here's hoping the super glue can repair the not-so cheap plastic mug can be repaired!

 

It was an awesome storm....we got some great video off of deck 3 (until security kicked us off for safety reasons) of the waves. Once I figure out how to do it, I'll post it. :D

Enjoy your trip, will follow on the 17th. Would you post whether you see an places to check your email in the towns? I really don't want to take the computer. Maybe you know Delta & Shaky, but I'm sure you brought your own.

 

So sorry about Irene causing you so much trouble, it was a mess.

 

My DH and I just got off of the Glory. We found places in both Saint John and Halifax to get free wi-fi HOWEVER we did have to go to several places because although the free internet is available there was A LOT of people either accessing or trying to access it that we had a difficult time connecting. In Saint John we found a coffee shot a few blocks from the ship, off of a side street, called "Java Moose", think it was either on the same street or one behind the Police museum.. They had great internet and yummy coffee too! The traditional places for free internet (library, port terminal, Starbucks) were too crowded and we couldn't get connected. Java Moose was nice and comfortable. Halifax was more of an issue finding the free internet....there were 3 ships in town which, I think, added to the problem of being able to connect. My DH and I have "smart phones" so we were able to send e-mails that we had written earlier to send to family/friends when we were able to find the connection. We did bring a little netbook where we backed our pictures up to each night.

 

We LOVED both of our ports (5 day cruise = 2 ports) and want to go back again....this time either driving there or flying in and renting a car so we can spend more time exploring. Saint John is a fossil hunters paradise!

 

We did nudge the side of Hurricane Katia and had 30-40 foot seas on Friday morning but by the afternoon the seas were beautiful and the moon on Friday night from our balcony (1042) was awesome.

 

Also......if you have a port side room w/a window or balcony, about 6:00 AM ish on Saturday (for us anyway) we went pasted the Statute of Liberty. Her crown and torch were still lit and the sky was still dark as dawn was just breaking. It was an amazing sight. If you can be on deck or at your window or on your balcony to see it you should cause it's a sight not to be missed!

 

Oh and yes....there is a "Delta Hotel" in Saint John :)

[quote name='ShakyBeef']Thank you for your concern. But don't worry, we were among the lucky ones. The wind blew hard and it poured for about 24 hours (about 12 inches of rain, total). But we didn't get hit nearly as bad as what they were calling for. We only lost our power for a couple hours. We lost a few small tree limbs, and the yard is covered in leaves and twigs, but that is about it. As I said, we were lucky. Others got hit so much worse than we did.
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So glad to hear you and yours made it through the storm fairly well. I'm fortunate to live in a part of the country to never be affected by a hurricane, however we do have our share of tornadoes and blizzards. I'd gladly take a blizzard over a hurricane any day, you don't get much flooding with them :)

We will wait patiently for your next installment :D

The e-book version of this comes out when? :p DH and Shaky, you are a great pair (writer and editor)....perhaps a career change? You going to do this again when you take your next cruise.....right?

 

Btw....I told my husband about the Indian food option and he was like "sweet, now I don't even need to look at the menu" although he did ask if it was available for breakfast and lunch too. We don't get much Indian food (good or otherwise) in northern Wisconsin so we take it when we can get it.

 

~Bina~

Poll: Favorite drinks on CCL?

 

Pina Colada is usually on the top of my list. Something that doesn't taste a lot like alcohol. Ultimate Suntan sounds like it will be worth a taste.

 

Do they have like frozen, blended coffees by chance on the Glory? I'm a sucker blended and iced coffee.

 

Bina;)

 

Ultimate Suntan

1oz Bacardi Rum

1/4oz DeKuyper Creme de Banana

1/4oz DeKuyper Blackberry Brandy

1 1/2oz sweet & sour mix

1 1/2oz orange juice

Float Grenadine

Blend all ingredients but grenadine together, pour over ice, and float grenadine on top

 

Definitely a yummy "boat drink".:D It was either on the ship's regular bar menu, or it was a DOD that I just kept going back to. Once again, I can't remember. Hmm... maybe I am a little flaky.:rolleyes:

 

This is now on my bucket list of drinks to try on the ship.....in a few short weeks!! ;)

I am from New Brunswick .....

 

So Nbsjcruiser....if I happen to be coming to your fair city on a large ship the first week in September, what would the typical temperature be? Like sweatshirt and jeans weather or more like shorts and sweatshirt weather?

 

Thanks!

Bina ;)

Thank you, and everyone else here who has been so complimentary of this beast of a "review". I'm sorry y'all - I know I'm being lazy here by not responding to each poster. But we really do want to thank all of you. It's still surprising and flattering how much so many seem to be enjoying this.:o

Delta is typing the next installment at this moment. But I have to warn you: there may not be much produced tonight. His right hand is heavily blistered from burns he got at work today, touching wireless equipment on which eggs could have been cooked (no joke).:(

 

Thank you sooooo much for sharing this with us and inviting us into your little world. Kinda makes me feel like I was "there".....and it's getting me even more excited (wasn't sure that was possible) for our trip (me & my DH) on the Glory in Sept. It will be the DH's first cruise ever and my first on CCL since 1991 (pretty sure I'll remember more of this cruise then that one since that one was over spring break when I was in graduate school and there were several very large bar bills on the "sign and sink" cards in our group :p).

 

Love the wit, observations and sarcasm.

 

Hope your hand feels better and heals well (not just because I want the next post but cause I'm really a nice person...just ask me).

 

Bina!

This is awesome! Thank you!

 

Now if someone would do the same thing for Halifax, I would be all set!

 

Me too! We are going to both St. John and Halifax on Carnival Glory Sept 5-10, 2011.