Carnival Venezia 29 Sep-14 Oct 2023

[JOHN 57]

wish I had one.

[JOHN 57]

update

1.meet and greet, 30 September, 1100 at Heroes bar

2.Have only 1 comedian 9-14October, Alex Elkin,does anyone know of any others.

Not anything else to add for now, just that we are getting closer and closer, 5 days to go

[JOHN 57]

update those going

1.John57 John, Myriam, Robert, and Johnny Huntsville, Tx

2.Raymic Raymond, Vickey, Phoenix, Az

3.Bigmac66 Charles and Jennifer AL

4.Zeploc Cheryl and Ashlee Il

5.Hal Jo 1945 Lynne and Elizabeth Arlington, Tx

6.Cowichan Vancouver, Canada

7.Whiting Margie and Chri Whiting, NJ

8,Tinko Valerie and Gary Tonopah, Az

9.Switasugar Easton, Pa

10.Jamman 54 Jeff and Patt NJ

11.CDNcruiser Ottawa, Canada

12.Marianneyaya Dave and MarianneSunny Stfford, Ct

13.Retrcrr Mexico City, Mexico

14.Happycruiser George Bronk, NY

15.K andJ NJ

16.Destiny0315 Rob Ma

17.d-lite-n-cruisin Daniel and Amanda Boyd, Tx

18foundmyGyver Scott and Thomasina Keene,NH

19.andymaher@yahoo.com Andy Suzy Westchester, NY

20.Eudomlic

21.snorkellinGal Vancuver, Canda

total 21

[JOHN 57]

states

2 NY

3 Tx

2 Az

1 Al

1 IL

1 Pa

3 NJ

1 Ma

1 NH

1 Ct

total 10 states

[JOHN 57]

Canada

2 Vancouver

1 Ottawa

Mexico

1 Mexico City

[JOHN 57]

we are flying into Newark on 28 September, arriving 1024 on United airlines

we board 29 September 1230-1Pm

we are on deck 10

Might be neighbors

that is all, except for thedaily update, of where our ship is.

[JOHN 57]

some of the food from main dining room. True, I am on a restricted diet, but someof this can be worked out with kitchen staff.  Left toright frog legs proveneal, sword fishfillet, and roasted duckrolls

[SnorkellinGal]

10 hours ago, JOHN 57 said:

we are flying into Newark on 28 September, arriving 1024 on United airlines

we board 29 September 1230-1Pm

we are on deck 10

Might be neighbors

that is all, except for thedaily update, of where our ship is.

We’re on deck 9, so keep it down up there!! 😋

Edited September 23, 2023 by SnorkellinGal
Typo correction

[SnorkellinGal]

Is anyone in our group decorating their doors? This was meant to be my 8th anniversary cruise with my late spouse, so I had ordered some decorations for our door because we had decided to join in the fun this cruise. Not sure how my first-time cruising Sister will think of my antics but hopefully she won’t be too embarrassed by them! lol.

 

 No worries group - there won’t be any upside down pineapples making an appearance on our door!! 

[Destiny0315]

7 hours ago, SnorkellinGal said:

We’re on deck 9, so keep it down up there!! 😋

I'm on deck 10 too! I'll have to coordinate with John on us stomping around up there at all hours. I'm solo but joining up with his group of four we could start a band or basketball team to keep you up!😜

Edited September 23, 2023 by Destiny0315

[foundmyMcGyver]

On 9/21/2023 at 10:53 PM, SnorkellinGal said:

I turn platinum on this cruise (currently 5 days shy) but was told when I booked that I’d receive my platinum cruise card, pin and perks on this sailing. I finished my check in today and printed my documents and lo and behold it shows me as platinum. Yahoo, I finally can go in the short check in line!!

Hello SnorkelGal, sadly there is no priority lines for this cruise 😢 a lot of Diamond and Platinum perks are not due to the high volume of those tiers on this trip. It is happening a lot on cruises over 10 days. Hopefully you get to see and experience some perks for your 1st Platinum sailing but definitely won't be like a true experience. I am 1 cruise away from Diamond but my husband already is. Besides the priority boarding one of our perks we really appreciate is the unlimited same day laundry. After receiving our email for limited benefits this cruise, I popped a few more things in my luggage 🤪

[JOHN 57]

good morning everyone, our ship is in New York,doing the final load and boarding at last, then our turn 29 september,  

so, we have to go, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, we are flying in on the 28th of September, so not counting that day.  Today is here, so not counting that day.  Means 4 days to go, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  That is total 96 hours to go.

weather for our trip to New York

28 Sep 69/56 Partly sunny 9% rain

29 sep 71/56  Partly sunny 24 % rain

Looked at our scheduled cruises,the only change was in Grand Turk 1100-1830, it was 1800

weather for islands

2 Oct Grand Turk 86/81 partly sunny 24% rain

4Oct Aruba 92/83 partly sunny 12%rain

5 Oct curacao 91/92 partly sunny 21% rain

7 Oct Barbados 88/81 60% rain

[JOHN 57]

updates

Meet and Greet still 30 Sep Saturday, Heroes Bar 1100

still only 1 comedian 9-14 October, Alex Elkin, does anyoneknow of anyone else

[JOHN 57]

our ship in New York  Ony 4 more days

[Jamman54]

The Venezia looks beautiful in person. See everyone on Friday! 😎

[JOHN 57]

looking forward to it

[JOHN 57]

It is now 1500 (3PM) our ship is loaded and loading closed.  So, she should be ready to sail at 1600 (4M) we will see, if she sails on time.

[Destiny0315]

20 minutes ago, JOHN 57 said:

It is now 1500 (3PM) our ship is loaded and loading closed.  So, she should be ready to sail at 1600 (4M) we will see, if she sails on time.

She is still docked as of 5:15 edt in Manhattan as can be scene on this very wet screenshot from the Port NY webcam on PZTV.

Edited September 23, 2023 by Destiny0315

[Destiny0315]

Here are the links for anyone who wants to watch today's Venezia sail-away. The first cam will show the ship leaving the dock and sailing South, while the NY Harbor webcam will pick it up and follow it as it goes under the Verranzo-Narrows Bridge:

https://www.portnywebcam.com/

https://www.nyharborwebcam.com/

[Destiny0315]

Here is an article from today discussing about how Carnival's Platinum and Diamond guests for our sailing next week will not be getting all their benefits...

https://www.cruisehive.com/another-carnival-cruise-without-loyalty-benefits/111383 

[JOHN 57]

our ship is underway at 9 knots for now

[Jamman54]

We sailed at 6. New York sailaways are awesome,  even with the rain! 😎

[JOHN 57]

our luggage has been packed and we are ready to go.

[happycruiser220]

4 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

We sailed at 6. New York sailaways are awesome,  even with the rain! 😎

Weather related delay?

[happycruiser220]

23 hours ago, SnorkellinGal said:

Is anyone in our group decorating their doors? This was meant to be my 8th anniversary cruise with my late spouse, so I had ordered some decorations for our door because we had decided to join in the fun this cruise. Not sure how my first-time cruising Sister will think of my antics but hopefully she won’t be too embarrassed by them! lol.

 

 No worries group - there won’t be any upside down pineapples making an appearance on our door!! 

I have magnets hoping it works on the door. If not I'll figure something out. 😃