EllieinNJ

Same comedians on again tonight plus Burn the Floor and something in Syd's (no,t Rumors). Tomorrow BTF again and a Motown group. No Broadway Unplugged this cruise. Disappointed.

So the only entertainment at night has been the same two comedians (they were not funny) twice in the theatre and once in headliners. Thank God for Million Dollar Quartet that only played one night, two shows at 7 or 9 45pm. Burn the floor is the last two nights, one night at 7 and one night at 7 and 9 30pm. Syd's had something last night at 8pm but we were still at dinner. The food at Cagney's was great except the lobster bisque was cold and watery. Last night's dinner in the MDR was awful. Tonight is La Cucina. To use up some OBC we ordered lobster rolls in the American Diner. Just terrible. It was baby shrimp salad and one piece of lobster. The sea has been very calm. We were able to sit outside yesterday afternoon without a jacket. Many were in the pool and hot tubs. This is a very young crowd. Seems median ages 40 and under. No one seems upset we are missing Bermuda. Today is very warm and people like that better. They are letting us off the ship from 9 30 pm to 2 45am. We will just get off for about an hour.

I am on the Getaway now. There are 4570 people on board. A real zoo. The lines are impossible long for anything. During the M&G the officers are waiting to see if Nassau will let us disembark for a few hours and if the shops will stay open. We indeed are leaving at 3 45 am. We are having a tough time using up all the OBC since there are no excursions. We ordered the regular internet, had extra lobster in Cagney's, had some capacinos in Starbucks and still have plenty left. Will go to the shops later in the cruise.

I hope they made a mistake and it was 3 45pm otherwise we have a CTN.

So now we are hearing mixed reports about our cruise tomorrow. Someone on our roll call said her taxi tour in Bermuda is cancelled because the ship is not docking there due to bad weather. Someone from your cruise said the same as he heard it from a worker. Several of us called NCL and they assured us we are going to Bermuda. Can you check with someone with more knowledge and let me know what they say? Thanks Ellie.

We are also on a b2b in May/June 2023. Last September we started looking and comparing prices with flytofun and the airlines direct. It did give us prices for the entire three weeks. By the time we decided to book our United nonstop from Newark to Barcelona no longer appeared on ftf. We panicked and booked privately using more miles than I would have liked. Then last month United changed planes to a larger one but it was too late for us to change.

Henry. Thanks so much for the time and effort you have put into your daily updates. They have been so helpful to plan our Getaway cruise starting tomorrow. Our next cruise after that will be on a Carnival ship in May for a 21 day b2b in Europe. The only planning is being done by the fb group. It sure isn't as comprehensive as it is here in cruise critic.

I'm going on the NCL Getaway in two days. Our cruise critic roll call was almost non existent. But there was a large one on fb. They have arranged the meet and greet slot pull and bar crawl. We'll see how it goes.

Last year Carnival had it's 50th anniversary with a 50% off sale so I wound up booking five cruises (yeah, I know) one which I took in April and was pleasantly surprises how nice it was, two which are back to back in Europe this year and two which are side to side in California for 2024. Now when I was looking to extend my time in California by adding on a RT Hawaii cruise, Carnival was more money than Princess and Celebrity. Last year I got a balcony on Royal Caribbean and this year it's double the price for the same ship, date and itinerary. I couldn't find anything reasonable on NCL so in order to use up my two cruise next certificates I booked a short Bermuda trip. But I didn't realize I was four days short of the 6 months so could only use one. I might have to forfeit it if NCL's prices remain so high. I'm now going to try MSC. If I like it I might start using them more often because their prices are very reasonable compared to all of the mass market cruise lines.

I would like to use OBC to pay for internet. Does the price increase once you are on the ship?

You should always do a mock booking with the cruise line and that price should match what your TA charges your credit card. Unfortunately maybe the price increased by the time your TA sent them your payment.

Yep. Found it.

Henry, was there an upcharge for the beef tenderloin in La Cucina if you use either the platinum or FAS coupons? Someone said there was an upcharge for the filet mignons at Cagney's and/or Le Bistro.

Back to the cruise. How's the weather? How's the food? How's the entertainment? How's the ports?

Henry, are you picking up all these cheap tours at the port or did you book in advance?

I love all this art talk but my wish for the Pride is that the May 28. 2023 sailing would be listed in the port schedules at each port. It is the first sailing after dry dock and although Carnival and John Heald assures us it is still going we would feel better and book more excursions if the ports listed it.

Hope we can make Bermuda next week on the Getaway as it is our only stop.

Hope they don't start charging for breakfast with the price of eggs and bacon these days.😅

OMG!!! We are on the next GA sailing. Who goes to Bermuda in February? I guess us LOL. I thought it would be less crowded because our roll call here on cc is practically non existant but there is an active one on that other social media site. There are three bachelor parties and at least one bachelorette party. Maybe because it is only 5 days. Just hoping for no snow on embarkation and debarkation.

I've only done one Carnival cruise but have five more booked. The only email I get is to put some more money down on those future cruises, even the ones into 2024.

We were recently on the Enchanted Princess and they had the same problem, maybe worse. There is very little seating close to the atrium and you cannot see or hear anything with the seating near the walls. All the spiral staircases and the three story banisters are lined with people trying to see some special events taking place. But they do have other venues for game shows. Trivia and bingo but they too fill up fast so have to get there just when the previous event ends in order to get a seat.

Are all the shows at 7 30 nightly? Any at 9 30? Now I have to rebook all my dinner reservations which I made for 7 30.

We dined there in the Joy in September. My DH ordered the ribs. There were only 3 of them and they were undercooked. I ordered the skewered shrimp and it was delicious. One and done.

While you were in Bermuda were you able to walk around with just a shirt or did you need a jacket/sweater?

I never met Jaja but I remember her posts, mainly because I think she only sailed out of NY. RIP👼