LIVE 12/21/19 ITCHINTOCRUISE presents Parrotheads on the Panorama

[crucero]

I read that the internet was not good. How are you finding it? I haven’t been on Horizon nor Vista but I’ve read they were good. 
 

Currently riding to Long Beach from LAX for my turn! 😃

[Saint Greg]

2 hours ago, ykennedy35 said:

What Channels are available in the TVs in the stateroom.  Hubby is concerned he will miss football.

But to answer your question about the channels...this is what they had on Glory and they seemed to be the same on magic. I think this is standard now.

Edited December 28, 2019 by Saint Greg

[Joe817]

Those were the exact same channels we had on the Dream last July. Sorry Charlie, no football on stateroom channels.

[colohenry]

On 12/21/2019 at 9:47 PM, itchintocruise said:

I will try and remember.

You can find crew director schedule for all ships on JOHN HEALD BLOGG.

Scan down to bottom right of blogg and there is the schedule.

 

It shows she is on Panorama till 4/28/2020

[itchintocruise]

8 hours ago, colohenry said:

We are going on the Panorama Feb 1, 2020 and would like to hear from you about arrival time on your return.

We heard different arrival times etc. I know it is scheduled to arrival at 9AM, but others say it arrives much earlier.

Have fun on your cruise.

 

 

 

I’m posting the disembarkation info for both non -priority and priority that we received for our sailing. Have a great cruise.

 

 

 

 

[itchintocruise]

2 hours ago, crucero said:

I read that the internet was not good. How are you finding it? I haven’t been on Horizon nor Vista but I’ve read they were good. 
 

Currently riding to Long Beach from LAX for my turn! 😃

We bought the mid tier plan and found it to be adequate for our needs.

 

[crucero]

9 minutes ago, itchintocruise said:

We bought the mid tier plan and found it to be adequate for our needs.

 

Awesome! Thank you! We got the middle one as well. 

[psone]

I bought the fastest tier and set sail in 7 days. Will be curious to see if it exceeds the 13mbps you posted. Because that is plenty fast for me. 

[colohenry]

12 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

I’m posting the disembarkation info for both non -priority and priority that we received for our sailing. Have a great cruise.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the time sending this information.This will help to advise our shuttle when to pick us up going Lax airport.

 

WE are Diamond . We have sailed on all Carnival ships since 1997. This will be number 45 for us....

[olderfle]

Enjoyed and appreciated all the great information! Thank you.

[Linda the Book Lover]

17 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

We bought the mid tier plan and found it to be adequate for our needs.

 

Thanks this was really helpful and made my decision so easy. 

[habsfan4ever]

And then it ended.... Thank you so much for all the invaluable information, We are Newbie Carnival cruisers, and the postings will help us enjoy our February trip. Thanks again, Happy New year to you and yours.

[MEUB1112]

Thanks again, great review, we board in a week and have enjoyed cruising with you. Have a great New Year.

[itchintocruise]

We decided to let Carnival take our luggage off the ship except one bag, so we waited in the Platinum area until they released us around 8:40ish. It was around 9:15 by the time we left the port area and on our way to LAX. Our flight was scheduled for 12:10, so we had plenty of time and no traffic issues. I will try to do a post trip wrap up tomorrow and answer any questions. Thanks for following along. Good night.

[PekingeseLady]

THank you, your review was fantastic!!!  On the movies you get in your room, so they run on a loop or can u pause them and start them when you want?

I hope you had a great time.  I board on the 4th, just around the corner now.

[minniegidget]

On 12/27/2019 at 8:26 PM, colohenry said:

You can find crew director schedule for all ships on JOHN HEALD BLOGG.

Scan down to bottom right of blogg and there is the schedule.

 

It shows she is on Panorama till 4/28/2020

I can’t find the list that’s show she is there till 4/28. The only list I can find says she is off 4/18. It would be great if she is there till the 28th at least she will be there for a few days on my cruise.

[Saint Greg]

On 12/25/2019 at 1:30 AM, PekingeseLady said:

You might try emailing them.  I couldn't reserve a night for a cruise I have next Dec. They answered right back.  I copied the email here.

PANORAMA BONSAI	Dec 17, 2019, 2:54 PM (7 days ago)
to PANORAMA, me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Deborah,

Your reservation request for 3 Guests at 5:30pm on December 10th, 2020 has been confirmed.

 

Do you have any other teppanyaki reservation with us? Please advise.



We look forward to serving you!

P.S. Please note that in order to accommodate all of our guests, we can only hold your seat for 10 minutes!

 

There will be $25 fee for cancellations made within 24 hours of your scheduled reservation.

Bonsai Teppanyaki Manager,
Sujittra Pluemjit
Carnival Panorama

 

  

Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:27 PM
To: PANORAMA BONSAI
Subject: Re: 12/5/2020 Teppanyaki

 

Yes thank you. I would like 12/10/2020 for 5:30. 3 people my 12 year old Grandson will be cruising with us.  

 

Sincerely, 

 

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 1:38 PM PANORAMA BONSAI <POBONSAI@carnival.com> wrote:

Good Day

 

The dates that you would like to make reservation are different cruise. We have both dates available, please advise.

 

 

Best regards,

SUJITTRA PLUEMJIT

Bonsai | Carnival Panorama

Carnival Cruise Line

 

I got my Teppanyaki confirmation email!

[PekingeseLady]

6 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I got my Teppanyaki confirmation email!

YIPPEE!!!  I'm so happy for you.  So far the Panorama has been very good at answering emails. Teppanyaki, Steakhouse, and Maitre D MDR all responded to my emails.   Thank you Carnival!  

 

I board her on the 4th. Getting very excited.  This is my 26th cruise but I'm so excited about a new ship it feels like my first,  lol🤪😍👍🥳

[colohenry]

18 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

We decided to let Carnival take our luggage off the ship except one bag, so we waited in the Platinum area until they released us around 8:40ish. It was around 9:15 by the time we left the port area and on our way to LAX. Our flight was scheduled for 12:10, so we had plenty of time and no traffic issues. I will try to do a post trip wrap up tomorrow and answer any questions. Thanks for following along. Good night.

WAs your flight number 231 to DFW?? That is ours to DFW then a flight to Tulsa. 

Did u take a shuttle to LAX?? If so which one?? How long did it take traveling to LAX??

I am taking Shutle6LAX, it was the most the most reasonable one price wise. I was shocked at the prices to go from Pier

to Lax airport. I don't think I will be cruising the west coast in the future.

[itchintocruise]

19 hours ago, PekingeseLady said:

THank you, your review was fantastic!!!  On the movies you get in your room, so they run on a loop or can u pause them and start them when you want?

I hope you had a great time.  I board on the 4th, just around the corner now.

Not sure on that and thanks for following along.

[itchintocruise]

1 hour ago, colohenry said:

WAs your flight number 231 to DFW?? That is ours to DFW then a flight to Tulsa. 

Did u take a shuttle to LAX?? If so which one?? How long did it take traveling to LAX??

I am taking Shutle6LAX, it was the most the most reasonable one price wise. I was shocked at the prices to go from Pier

to Lax airport. I don't think I will be cruising the west coast in the future.

Flight # was 258 leaving at 12:10pm.

 

We pre-booked with Prime Time Shuttle for roughly 85.- each way for 4 adults and 5 pieces of luggage plus tip. About 200.- total.

 

Travel time was about 30 minutes each way.

[Saint Greg]

19 hours ago, PekingeseLady said:

THank you, your review was fantastic!!!  On the movies you get in your room, so they run on a loop or can u pause them and start them when you want?

I hope you had a great time.  I board on the 4th, just around the corner now.

 

If you're talking about the two free movie channels they run on a schedule. That schedule will be on the movie channels when no movie is on. 

[Saint Greg]

13 minutes ago, itchintocruise said:

Flight # was 258 leaving at 12:10pm.

 

We pre-booked with Prime Time Shuttle for roughly 85.- each way for 4 adults and 5 pieces of luggage plus tip. About 200.- total.

 

Travel time was about 30 minutes each way.

 

Thanks. I'm looking for a super shuttle replacement. Prime time has some good looking prices.

[colohenry]

19 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

We decided to let Carnival take our luggage off the ship except one bag, so we waited in the Platinum area until they released us around 8:40ish. It was around 9:15 by the time we left the port area and on our way to LAX. Our flight was scheduled for 12:10, so we had plenty of time and no traffic issues. I will try to do a post trip wrap up tomorrow and answer any questions. Thanks for following along. Good night.

 

9 minutes ago, itchintocruise said:

Flight # was 258 leaving at 12:10pm.

 

We pre-booked with Prime Time Shuttle for roughly 85.- each way for 4 adults and 5 pieces of luggage plus tip. About 200.- total.

 

Travel time was about 30 minutes each way.

Thank you so much for all info you gave me...

Bless you!!

So looking forward to this cruise on another new ship.....

 

Have a Happy New Year..

 

[itchintocruise]

Okay it's time for a quick wrap up of our trip. Overall we had a great time and enjoyed the week off and spending it with our family. We probably won't do this itinerary again as we felt the weather was too cold for the outbound and inbound sea days. Plus 3 sea days is one too many. We felt like we couldn't take advantage of the outdoor ship activities as we have in the past on a Caribbean cruise. We kinda expected that while choosing this cruise, but we thought we might give it a chance. We certainly enjoyed Cabo and PV, but not a big fan of Mazatlan. The overall food selection was decent, but we have noticed a gradual decline in the selection of choices and quality in the included dining areas. As with all cruise lines, there is a push to encourage people to eat at the the pay per venues. The staff was great. Very friendly and accommodating, especially the dinning and kitchen staff who went out of their way for our food allergies. Kudos to Carnival. Obviously the ship is new and shiny and so we had no complaints. We had previously sailed on the Vista and Horizon so we knew what to expect. Up next we may gave the Mardi Gras a try. We are looking at either Christmas or New Years week next year.

 

Thanks for following along this week and I hope that we were able to answer some questions and build up the cruise fever for others.

 

Oh and one more thing, I want to give a shout out to American Airlines for buying us a new piece of luggage.