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[TxTeach79]

Ivan was out of zero. Woodford and diet it is. 
 

[TxTeach79]

Tiny Dancer is a TOUGH choice. Elton is a top three for me, so much respect to this guy. 
 

[TxTeach79]

Enjoyed some karaoke. Now I’m Sipping my drink here. 
 

[TxTeach79]

555 bar is empty 

 

[TxTeach79]

Let’s go eat on the Lido 

 

[BarbieGee]

2 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

Let’s go eat on the Lido 

 

I thought it closed at 9pm? Or is that the buffet only?

 

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by BarbieGee

[TxTeach79]

Pumpkin lentil and chorizo soup, Parmesan crusted chicken, and butter chicken. Oh and baked ziti 

 

[WhaleTailFlCruiser]

1 hour ago, TxTeach79 said:

One thing I love about this ship - indirect ambient lighting everywhere. It’s so cool and modern and clean  

 

 

They put those in after a few cruises, People were tripping left right and center over those steps. The ones in the Comedy clubs are worse. 

[TxTeach79]

Okay the people at the next table are all talking about the Little People Big World guy who’s on the ship

[BarbieGee]

2 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

Okay the people at the next table are all talking about the Little People Big World guy who’s on the ship

Is that a tv show?

[TxTeach79]

26 minutes ago, BarbieGee said:

I thought it closed at 9pm? Or is that the buffet only?

 

 

Buffet closes at 9:30. Just got in 

[TxTeach79]

Not gonna lie. Went back for more butter chicken. When you’re 13 in, you make these choices. 
 

 

also, I’ll stand by it….. my ultimate cruise advice is that if you’re sailing with Carnival, the Indian food is gonna be incredible. Every time. 

[TxTeach79]

My God, it’s one thing to leave your food in the hallway, but a barely eaten bowl of fruit? SHAME. 

 

[TxTeach79]

Okay. We get into San Juan early tomorrow. I don’t know my plans. This is not my big port tour, that’s the NYE cruise. I have nothing booked. I’ve been to SJU many times. The 7-4 port time is awkward. I’ll see what happens, but I won’t lie, I wouldn’t hate having pool time sans the crowds onboard. We shall see. 

[TxTeach79]

Night night everybody 

 

[TxTeach79]

Hold up. Just noticed the lido marketplace plates had the red and blue Carnival color stripes around the circumference. That’s new! I dig it!

[BarbieGee]

41 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

My God, it’s one thing to leave your food in the hallway, but a barely eaten bowl of fruit? SHAME. 

 

This picture goes to...... The issue of WASTE...

[luvcruzing]

54 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

My God, it’s one thing to leave your food in the hallway, but a barely eaten bowl of fruit? SHAME. 

Looks like a complimentary fruit bowl.

[IntrepidFromDC]

2 hours ago, TxTeach79 said:

Night night everybody 

 

If I didn't know better... at first glance the hat on bottom right looked like a Redskin's helmet.  🤠

[LouChamp]

Aloha. Love your reports. Thank you and smooth sailing!

[TxTeach79]

Looks like we made it! 
 

 

[Knights on the Beach]

On 11/19/2022 at 10:13 AM, TxTeach79 said:

a smoky but friendly Uber later, I made it! 
 

 

the turn lane into the terminal 3 garage was insane…. Good thing is my Uber driver knew that both of the two left lanes were turn lanes, so we just rolled past it and turned right in. 
 

 

 

headed right on up! Odd setup here, the Porters are across the street inside the garage, so either I got let out at the wrong spot or it’s just a very odd arrangement. No biggie, I’ll just drop my bag off in the room first thing!

 

The local Uber/Lyft drivers and taxi drivers know not to get in that long line of cars. If they go past the garage, they can drop you off faster and get the heck out of there to go pick up their next riders. Not sure if they're really supposed to do that though, but our last driver did. lol

 

 

On 11/19/2022 at 10:51 AM, TxTeach79 said:

I’m super excited about the Brass Magnolia! (Almost abbreviated that BM, caught myself!) I had the good fortune of having Jennifer on the Dream back in the day when she was an Alchemy apprentice and trying to earn the white coat! She’s the best! I figured she’d be over on Celebration by now, but I can hope!

 

Have you seen Jennifer yet? She was at Alchemy in March and Fortune Teller in May. I'm sad to say I haven't seen any of my favorite bartenders in your pictures yet. I know some of them have left for Celebration but I was hoping a few were still on Mardi.

 

I'm finally caught up and loving your review!

Edited November 22, 2022 by Knights on the Beach

[TxTeach79]

5 minutes ago, Knights on the Beach said:

 

The local Uber/Lyft drivers and taxi drivers know not to get in that long line of cars. If they go past the garage, they can drop you off faster and get the heck out of there to go pick up their next riders. Not sure if they're really supposed to do that though, but our last driver did. lol

 

 

 

Have you seen Jennifer yet? She was at Alchemy in March and Fortune Teller in May. I'm sad to say I haven't seen any of my favorite bartenders in your pictures yet. I know some of them have left for Celebration but I was hoping a few were still on Mardi.

 

I'm finally caught up and loving your review!

it definitely seems like Jennifer has moved on, likely either on vacation or to Celebration. But there is no shortage of excellent bar staff here, fear not! Melissa at BM and Jakub/Zoltan at Alchemy have been fantastic. I’ve only had a couple at FT but they were great too, and honestly Jocelyn and the rest of the staff at the casino bar have been right up there with the best of ‘em. 

[TxTeach79]

a little light clothes hanger clacking last night was almost the first indication I’m on a moving ship. It’s been that smooth.  

[TxTeach79]

15 hours ago, ObstructedView2 said:

 

Have you taken the lid off of the ottoman yet? Flip it over, turns into a little table. 

 

 

✌

voila!!