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Vista 2 weeks ago was Aquaman  and Spider Verse 

Shorts are fine in MDR  ,  no one will say anything and you will see others in them 

Just off the Vista last week , We had channel 34  , Ocean Trek ,was a good channel , Travel to different port's ports   world wide   ,showing excursions ect  Never saw the same one twice 

Last week on The Vista  we got the blankets

Think it will be shown Monday night on the big screen ?  I board the Vista next Sunday 

you will see a few ,,more shorts and t-shirts though on Carnival 

Now called  elegant night    1 I believe 

The list was out last week on John Hearld's FB page   ,He's Carnival's Head CD  

I always  ask for my cold soup in a glass , instead of the bowl , always get it  ,just ask for it in a glass take with you to the steakhouse

The Breeze is the best of Carnival , been on 13 ships ,Breeze is the best

The newer ships ,Dream ,Magic ,Breeze ,Vista ,Horizon , has  deck 5  extended 20-25 ft out from the side of the ship ,So if you are on deck 6 or higher ,, you will meet deck 5 on your way down ,,,  Fall from deck 4 or lower , hitting the water will not kill you ,,, 

Just checked for you  ,The roll call for your cruise on FB  has 136 members

While watching the outside movies at night  we get Hot Chcolate and put vanilla ice cream in it ,Really good

7 minutes ago, CruiseMomTX said:

We are looking to sail the Vista for the first time in Jan and the cabins we are looking at are:

Cloud 9 Spa Suite- deck 11- most expensive and probably wont splurge on that.

Cloud 9 Spa Balcony-deck 11 or deck 14 - most likely what we will book since it's not much more than a reg or cove balcony and includes the spa pass

Balcony on deck 6

Cove balcony on deck 2 - we do like the cove balconies

 

It will be our first time on the Visa and will also be a Premier Casino cruise for us so we will spend a considerable amount of time in the casino for drawings and of course gambling.  

We plan to buy a spa pass anyway and I don't remember the cost but I think it would be more expensive to do a cove or reg balcony and add it than to just do a spa balcony.

I think the highest deck we have stayed on any ship is 9 so wondering about that and I love the motion of the ship while I sleep so thats not a problem.

Thanks for any input!

We do spa cabins on The Breeze , but not the vista , spa is not as nice as the Breeze' ,, so we won't pay the extra cost 

36 minutes ago, Purvis1231 said:

 The game may not be shown on the cabin TVs but I would be really surprised if they did not play it in the bars. If they do not play- bring a FM radio as a back-up. 

 

 

You cannot get FM  land based radio in The Caribbean  only a few miles offshore , You can pick up XM/Sirius radio in most of the Caribbean  ,

Lipstick on a Pig ,,Carnival will fool new cruisers into thinking it is a new ship ,, Refurbished tub ,, We'll stick with the Breeze , Vista and Horizon  

27 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

The T pool is one where you can swim against waves. I dont think this ship has spa cabins like the Dream class and doesnt have this? but thats what it is.

 

As far as your child getting lost so you dont check him into the childrens clubs, I had that problem with my sister. She cant figure out odd/even numbers or descending, so I often left her in the buffet and she always found people to talk to. But I did almost lose her a couple of times. The last time after the theater got out the elevators opened up going the opposite direction we were going .... I just looked up in time to catch the back of her shirt and pull her off before off she went on the elevator. She just walked onto the elevator with the crowd. 

 

you might want to try and impress upon him to go to guest services if you ever get separated, but idk with someone autistic. good luck.

 

good info about the salad bar in serenity area

 The  T -pools  have no waves to swim against  ,, The are like enlarged hot tubs with minerals in it ,,No swimming involved  

2 hours ago, IPlayWithString said:

How old is your son, though?  Mine's a teenager (almost 15) and I think at that point they pretty much leave them to their own devices except for a few parties, etc in the evenings. So, because of how Carnival is so loosey-goosey with the kids (allowing them to check out of Camp Carival, etc at the age of 9), he's never been to the clubs because if he decided to check himself out, he'd wander around and get lost looking for us. 😕 If we signed a thing (when he was younger anyway) saying he couldn't leave Camp without one of us, he'd be stuck there playing video games all day which isn't what we want for him either. So as much as we wanted him (initially anyway) to go to Camp Carnival, it's never been really much of an option for us. I'm glad your child went and had a good time though. 🙂

 

>JiJi's is the Mongolian Wok for lunch

 

See that was the part I couldn't figure out and I'm glad that's what it is, because I've tried Mongolian Wok before and loved it.

 

>Cucina del Capitano is also free at lunch (pasta bar)

 

DH will be glad to hear they have a Cucina Del Capitano...he loves their pasta bar for lunch.

😄

 

>not all the elevators stop on the all the floors

I'm a little confused. I know on the ship we were on most recently--the Freedom (and on most of the other ships we've been on as well) that most of the elevators went at least to deck 10 or 11 and  only a couple of the aft ones went higher than that. Is that not the case on the Vista?

 

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lounges for production shows and comedy shows are way too small

- no thalassotherapy pool

 

No matter what ship I've been on, I've always felt the comedy lounges were way, way too small. And I hate (though I understand WHY they do it even if I disagree with it) how now, after the show is over, they kick you out. It seems to me that when we first started cruising a few years ago, this wasn't the case. And it wasn't until I think last year on the Breeze that I ever encountered having to leave the lounge immediately after the show and then get in a half an hour long line just to get back in. And a lot of the shows ended up being standing room only and they had to turn people away so the servers would have room to move about during one show.

 

I don't know what a thalassotherapy pool is, but I'm sure it's a bummer to not have it if you want to use it.

 

The T-Pool is on Dream Class  ships in the Spa , You either use it free when you book a spa cabin ,or buy a spa day pass  

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

 

Fantasy class ships are the oldest around. The last two times I have sailed on Paradise we stayed inside the front theater for the entire safety briefing.  Prior to that, we had been on Paradise where we started the safety briefing in the theater and then had to walk outside to where the lifeboats where located. 

 

Conquest class ships are larger and newer than Fantasy class ships. However, every cruise I have done on a Conquest class ship included standing outside for the safety briefing. 

The ships I listed above are  Dream Class and Vista Class  , Both class's  are larger than The Conquest class 

Cruise on The Dream ,Magic, Breeze , Vista ,Horizon   , the muster  is done inside  while seated on all of these ships .Only the older ,smaller Carnival ships still do them outside  

am I here

1 nearest to the atrium

Normally Galveston boarding starts around 11 am ,

The only thing we've ever gotten is the Sheridan because we can't get it here at home.

Same here we get the Sheridan's to

I wish they would add the tip to the cruise fare......done!

Pre pay with your fare ,and it is done