Dr. Ashkir’s LIVE super secret cruise to the Mexican Riveria on the Carnival Panorama April 15-22, 2023

[ashkir]

Some selections from our dinner tonight in the main dining hall. 
 

[mkcurran]

36 minutes ago, ashkir said:

Some selections from our dinner tonight in the main dining hall. 
 

Yum! What are those?

[ashkir]

10 minutes ago, mkcurran said:

Yum! What are those?

The first one is the Indian vegetarian. 
 

the second one is my friends. He ordered the fried tofu 

[rwest898]

Are they doing the brewery tour, and if so when can you sign up?  Thanks!

[ashkir]

Comedy show. Finally made one. The last few we tried were full and they closed the doors. We got here 30mins early and the first floor was packed. So we’re sitting in the second floor. The seats we have aren’t that comfortable to be honest. 
 

The opening act was funny. They started off with a racist joke. But that’s normal with carnival. The actual act was funnier and didn’t depend upon racist jokes 

 

Here’s some photos of our view and of the cruise director, Marty. I don’t really follow cruise directors as I don’t wanna sing sweet Caroline 583748283 times  I pretty much avoid where the cruise director is to enjoy my trip  

[ashkir]

The second comedian is also hilarious. 
 

 

[ashkir]

The Ocean Eye Duo with Sarge and Ashley are pretty good. They’ve been playing in the Ocean Plaza on 5 forward all evening. I’m really enjoying them. Barely anyone is here probably because of the other comedy shows and clubs. 
 

Theyre really good. 
 

[ashkir]

Internet hasn’t worked for most of the day yesterday. Hopefully this message posts. Not sure if cruise critic or carnival. Some websites load some don’t. Cruise critic takes over 30 minutes to open on the premium plan. 

Edited April 20, 2023 by ashkir

[ashkir]

As kind of expected my sister and her fiancé got in a fight and called everything off last minute. I was going to go to my doctorate graduation. But I spent the money to come here instead. Oh well we had a blast 😂. 
 

My nephew is overjoyed because he doesn’t like his dad that much. So good for the kid. As a brother I try to stay out of jt because my sister gravitates back to him no matter what. 

[lazydayz]

49 minutes ago, ashkir said:

As kind of expected my sister and her fiancé got in a fight and called everything off last minute. I was going to go to my doctorate graduation. But I spent the money to come here instead. Oh well we had a blast 😂. 
 

My nephew is overjoyed because he doesn’t like his dad that much. So good for the kid. As a brother I try to stay out of jt because my sister gravitates back to him no matter what. 

 

That's too bad.  Sorry you missed your graduation, but continue having a great cruise! 

[ashkir]

Hello all just a word of advice. Bring your receipts on board. I prepaid my gratituties but carnival tried to charge me for them again. Guest services refused to fix it. So I went back and then they fixed it the second time I asked. 
 

anyways Cabo was gorgeous. Check out these photos. We took a water taxi. carnival wants almost $90 for the same exact route. We walked on the pier and paid a captain $20 and we got to go around then. We tipped him extra too. 

[LincolnLog]

On 4/18/2023 at 3:38 PM, ashkir said:

We’re in Puerto Vallarta. We went to Canopy Jungle. This isn’t a cruise line excursion and is outside carnival. However we were able to do 8 people for $200. We spent all day on ATVs and are currently m hanging in some awesome hammocks witn views to die for. 
 

we’re completely covered with mud from running the atvs through water. But it was an experience well worth it. 
 

they pick you up outside the cruise port. It was a ten minute walk. they drive you about 30 minutes up into the mountain range and you take atvs from there. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can I ask what company you used for this? I tried googling Canopy Jungle but nothing came up. 
 

[ashkir]

On 4/20/2023 at 5:17 PM, LincolnLog said:

Can I ask what company you used for this? I tried googling Canopy Jungle but nothing came up. 
 

Sorry it was Canopy River! I misremembered. 

[ashkir]

Last day on board. I saw a watch I love. They want $747 for it. I found it on the manufactures website for $565! So guess what I’m buying when I get home… lol 

Edited April 22, 2023 by ashkir

[mkcurran]

10 minutes ago, ashkir said:

Last day on board. I saw a watch I love. They want $747 for it. I found it on the manufactures website for $565! So guess what I’m buying when I get home… lol 

Sounds like a good graduation gift, doctor. 

Now get that ship back on time for me.

[LincolnLog]

2 hours ago, ashkir said:

Sorry it was Canopy River! I misremembered. 

Oh okay I found it now! Thank you. 

[ashkir]

Embarkation was rough. But disembarkation was the smoothest I’ve experienced. I had faster to the fun and it made a hit difference.
 

as promised earlier here are some wildflower photos we took on the way home.
 

 

 

we picked our dog up on the way to the flowers. 
 

trip is over now back to my work schedule 🙂 

[ASR1996]

Thanks again for the review and pictures.  It looks and sounds like you had a great week.    

[lazydayz]

Love the photos. Thanks 

[txsmiles]

great review and photos - thanks!

 

Interested in your Cabo water taxi, what was your route & how did you choose the taxi that you used?