Wrigley80's Carnival Vista Inaugural Cruise 5/1/16 photo review

[pghsteelerfan]

Thank you Holly. It was definitely the most beautiful sunsets that I had ever seen. I will have to check out that thread....thanks for the heads up

 

One of the most beautiful I've seen a picture of here on CC. :) I know you're busy so I just went and found that thread if you think you might be interested. This one has been up for several years now, 38 pages long. Some beautiful sunsets (and sunrises), but nothing like yours. Oh, on page 37, someone posted a "triple picture" where they actually caught the green flash in the pictures. Here's the link: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1636142

 

Looking forward to the rest. :)

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One of the most beautiful I've seen a picture of here on CC. :) I know you're busy so I just went and found that thread if you think you might be interested. This one has been up for several years now, 38 pages long. Some beautiful sunsets (and sunrises), but nothing like yours. Oh, on page 37, someone posted a "triple picture" where they actually caught the green flash in the pictures. Here's the link: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1636142

 

Looking forward to the rest. :)

 

 

Thanks I'll check it out

[Nyghtdreamers]

This little Guy was waiting for us when we got back to the cabin. Any ideas what this one is

 

 

It looks like a bird of some sort, a duck maybe?

 

 

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[Club Disney Chandler]

I think this is a snail, were they serving escargot in the dining room that night?

 

 

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[wrigley80]

It looks like a bird of some sort, a duck maybe?

 

 

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I was thinking that it was a duck too

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I think this is a snail, were they serving escargot in the dining room that night?

 

 

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A snail is a good guess. We honestly never went to the dining room for dinner

[SROYCE]

Maybe a turkey?

[ch27088]

Hey Wrigley, glad I found your review. I'm sure your dad would have loved the Vista...just keep cruising, he would want you to continue doing what you both love to do! Thanks for doing the review, can't wait to get started!

[useyourwords]

I'm loving your review! I'll be cruising the Vista mid-September so your review is increasing my excitement...which is pretty hard to do as I'm super stoked already. LOL! Thanks for taking the time to write this review and I can't wait to read more. :)

[littysmom]

Thanks for your review. I really enjoy your sence of humor. You're a hoot!!

[stevefrisco]

Great review so far! I think you were genius to stay on the ship and enjoy the solitude! I'm curious did you get cheers? Sorry if I missed it.

 

Also, I agree the pools need to be more accessible but I think they should figure out a way to have sloped entries as opposed to stairs because that would help people in wheelchairs. I know the water park in my hometown has 5 of the 7 pools with that feature which really seems to attract lots of handicap-able people and their families :D. The only reason I could think that this wouldn't work would be spatial considerations. Obviously the pool would have to be larger and/or made more shallow to work like this so it may not be feasible. I'm sure a lot smarter people than me have analyzed the problem.

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[wrigley80]

Hello Again....Sorry it has been a while since I posted. I went back to Illinois last weekend to celebrate 4th of July with my Mom. But I am back in steamy Orlando now

Ok so I left off as the Carnival Vista was heading to Livorno, Italy. Livorno was by far our favorite port of call. When we started researching excursions for the cruise Laura and I knew that we wanted to do a wine tour in Italy. Livorno seemed like the perfect port for this.

Laura found the perfect excursion where we could customize what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go. We knew we wanted to go to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a Stop in San Gimignano, Italy, and a Wine Tasting at Tenuta Torciano winery. It was an amazing day from start to finish

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All the shuttle buses lined up ready for Carnival Vista passengers and their excursions

 

Love the looks of the sky in this picture

 

 

 

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa....and they are sure right. It really is leaning....lol

 

 

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It all depended on the angle of how you looked at the Tower...from this angle it doesn't look like it is leaning

 

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The Italian Military were guarding the Leaning Tower of Pisa....I'm pretty sure that it wasn't going anywhere

 

 

 

 

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Seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa was surreal. You read about it in History and Geography classes but here it is right in front of you. After our stop here we were on to San Gimignano, Italy. San Gimignano is a quaint, little town in the hills of Tuscany. It was a breathtaking drive to get there.

Before driving through the hills of Tuscany...we stopped at a little Italian Cafe

 

 

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It was absolutely beautiful

 

 

 

 

I had never a countryside as beautiful as this. Who would want a winery in their backyard??

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The view as we were approaching the town of San Gimignano, Italy

 

 

 

 

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I love this picture of me and my best friend

 

 

Of course I would find a sculpture of a chicken....hahaha

 

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I made my way into the Italian Bakery....OMG I had gone to Heaven

 

It all looked sooooo good

 

But this was what I came to Italy for.....a CANNOLI

 

Is anybody drooling on their screen yet???

 

Croissant anyone???