Our Carnival Venezia B2B - 21 days of "Fun Italian Style" (with pics) - 9/23/23

[carol louise]

On 11/17/2023 at 3:07 PM, Jamman54 said:

 

 

 

 

Looking at the ship map channel to see where we are, and where we’ve been. Unfortunately, we know where we’re going next…..

Looks like a snail.

[Destiny0315]

1 hour ago, carol louise said:

Looks like a snail.

This would be a snail. I think Edy was going for a fat sheep with one short ear on that one.

[Elaine5715]

9 minutes ago, Destiny0315 said:

This would be a snail. I think Edy was going for a fat sheep with one short ear on that one.

A snail is not what comes to my mind  

[carol louise]

1 hour ago, Destiny0315 said:

This would be a snail. I think Edy was going for a fat sheep with one short ear on that one.

🤣 Could be. Sort of like analyzing Rorschach tests!

[grima625]

  I finally got caught up on another great review.

[callsworth]

jeff & patty; my wife (Janice) and I had a delightful experience on these cruises. (B2B to Canada and then southern Carribean) with the wonderful Jeff and Patty. loved all the pictures that Patty took, not to be out done by the Review ! !  enjoyed the Venizia so much we went back 12 days later back to the Carribean for another 12 day cruise....

[dbrucern]

Thank You so very much for the great review, we will now be on her Jan 2025 for a two week out of Port Canaveral.  

[Jamman54]

11 hours ago, callsworth said:

jeff & patty; my wife (Janice) and I had a delightful experience on these cruises. (B2B to Canada and then southern Carribean) with the wonderful Jeff and Patty. loved all the pictures that Patty took, not to be out done by the Review ! !  enjoyed the Venizia so much we went back 12 days later back to the Carribean for another 12 day cruise....

Hey Charlie! Thanks so much for posting and sharing some of your Patti pictures earlier. It was a pleasure to meet and hang out with you, Janice, Rich, and Kathy. It's funny but when I post the last segment later this evening, I included a picture of you and Janice taken the last day. We're looking forward to sailing with you guys again on the Spirit to Hawaii! 😃

[Jamman54]

Day # 21  -  10/13/23  -  Farewell Fun Day at Sea  # 9.

 

We were up a little before 7am for our final day aboard the Carnival Venezia. It is a partly cloudy, 72 degree day, and it’s a bit breezy. The seas are fairly calm…..

 

 

Last night it was a different story. It rained all night, and it was very windy. That made for a pretty bumpy ride. Fortunately, we sailed out of it before dawn. Here are the current views from our balcony…..

 

 

 

 

Here are the final Fun Times of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

The Map Channel is showing us where we’ve been, and where we are heading to tomorrow…..

 

 

 

I went up to Java Blue Café for my morning coffee. Today it is free since I’ve filled up my punch coffee card. I spent some time talking to Rich, Kathy, and Gail. I made my way back to the cabin to work on some pictures. Patti was packing up some more of her things.

 

Patti and I made our way to the Teatro Rosso for “The Wave” Morning Show. We ran into our friends Charlie and Janice there…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Today’s show is being hosted by Cruise Director Joey, and Fun Squad members Sarah (in the middle), and Dara. Today is Sarah’s last day of her contract and she’ll be heading home tomorrow.…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are joined on stage by Maverick, who is the Effy Ambassador on board…..

 

 

 

That’s a wrap folks!

 

 

Afterwards, I went to the Lobby Bar for a couple of Bloody Marys with Valentina. I then went to the non-smoking Casino Annex to play blackjack for the last time this cruise. The next item on the agenda for Patti is the $5,000 Jackpot Bingo, but she has some time to kill. Patti walks by the Gondola Lounge where she sees Tom & Jo, the dance instructors, teaching the Rumchata…..

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Patti heads up to the Lido where she bumps into the K-9 Team…..

 

 

DJ Six is spinning the tunes at the mid ship pool…..

 

 

It's time for the Ice Carving Demonstration. DJ Six interviews today’s Ice Carver…..

 

 

He gets to work…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the finished product. Impressive!

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Patti made her way back to the Teatro Rosso in time to catch the Q&A Session with Cruise Director Joey, and Entertainment Director Gordon……

 

 

 

 

 

Then it was time for the $5,000 Jackpot Bingo session, hosted by Al…..

 

 

 

In the meantime, I finished playing blackjack for the cruise up a few hundred dollars. I cashed out, and then went to La Strada for some lunch. I carried my plate over to the Frizzante Bar where Andrea was bartending, and had a couple of Aperol Spritzes with my lunch. Afterwards, I made my way back to the cabin.

 

Patti did not have any luck at bingo, so she headed to the Casino Annex to play some video poker. She wasn’t there long. As soon as she was up $50, she cashed out and headed back to the cabin. Here is Edy’s final towel creation. Even the standard last day heart was sloppy…..

 

 

We took turns finishing our packing, and hanging out on our balcony on a beautiful afternoon…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Later, we watched the final sunset of our cruise…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

We decided that our final meal of this cruise was going to be at Bonsai Sushi. We ate there a total of five times during our twenty-one days on the Venezia. Once again we had a great meal there. I’m not going to post any pictures this time, as you have seen them four times already! Lol.

 

After dinner we went across the way to have drinks with Zora one more time at the Amari Bar. I don’t remember posting the drink menu before, so here it is…….

 

 

 

 

 

Zora makes us our last drinks of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

 

We say our goodbyes, and make our way back to the cabin for the final time, and to put out our luggage……

 

 

 

That is usually a sad sight, but after twenty-one days we are ready to go home and see Ryan and the cats!

 

To be continued…..

[MeganGC1983]

Fantastic review remembering a wonderful sailing. Thanks so much to you and Patti for doing this. Bravo!! 

[Jamman54]

Day # 22  -  10/14/23  -  Debarkation Day and Back Home!

 I woke up at 4am. Though it was pitch black in the room, I peeked behind the drapes and saw that we had already sailed under the Verrazano Bridge and were approaching the Statue of Liberty. I grabbed the camera and took a few shots as we sailed by……

 

 

 

 

 

I crawled back into bed and slept until the alarm went off at 6am. I went up to the Java Blue Café, but the line was so long that I just went to the coffee machine over by Tomodoro instead. I went back to the cabin where we packed up our bags that we would be carrying off the ship. Here are the general debarkation instructions we received yesterday…..

 

 

 

Here is the letter we received telling us that there was no priority debarkation, other than the fact that we got the lowest number tags for the checked luggage…….

 

 

Since there aren’t any designated areas for us to wait in, we’ll wait in our cabin for the # 1 tag numbers to be called. Our son Ryan called us and said he was on his way into the city, and that he would park nearby and wait for us to call before proceeding to the terminal.

 

 

At 7am Cruise Director Joey began calling muster stations for self-assist debarking. It wasn’t until 8:15am that he began to call tag numbers, starting with #’s 1 to 3. We left the cabin, not even looking for, or saying goodbye to Edy. We can’t even remember ever doing that before. We took the stairs down to Deck 3, avoiding the idiots who were sitting on the stairs blocking the way. When Joey saw us coming down, he led a group of us down to Deck 2 to another gangway. Thanks Joey!

 

Once off the ship, it took about ten minutes in a line to reach the baggage claim area. We found our luggage rather easily, but getting a porter took a little doing. Once we got one, he loaded us up, and we followed him to the facial recognition line where we breezed through.

 

At this point, I called Ryan and told him to come pick us up. The porter led us to a huge elevator that would take us up one floor to the pick-up area. The porter waited with us for five minutes until Ryan pulled up with the car and then even loaded the bags into the car for us. What a great guy, and you can bet we tipped him well!

 

Five minutes later we were heading into the Lincoln tunnel……

 

 

Once out of the tunnel we got our last view of the Carnival Venezia……for now!

 

 

Forty-five minutes later, we were pulling into our driveway, another two great cruises completed!   THE END!

[Jamman54]

4 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Fantastic review remembering a wonderful sailing. Thanks so much to you and Patti for doing this. Bravo!! 

Thanks Megan! Next up is the Tribe Cruise. Can't wait!!! 

[MeganGC1983]

Poor Edy! 😆 setting the low bar for every Stewart from now on. 

[MeganGC1983]

2 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Thanks Megan! Next up is the Tribe Cruise. Can't wait!!! 

🎉🎊🎉

[Jamman54]

12 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Poor Edy! 😆 setting the low bar for every Stewart from now on. 

It's funny, we had one of the very best in Blessing for the first leg, and one of the worst in Edy the second leg. Wish we had Blessing the whole time! 

[luvcruzing]

31 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

I peeked behind the drapes and saw that we had already sailed under the Verrazano Bridge and were approaching the Statue of Liberty. I grabbed the camera and took a few shots as we sailed by……

I never get tired of seeing her.

[Jamman54]

6 minutes ago, luvcruzing said:

I never get tired of seeing her.

Us as well!! 

[luvcruzing]

Thanks, Jeff, and your hard-working wife, Patti.  Always fun to read your cruise reviews.  

[rwest898]

It was so nice meeting you and Patti, hopefully we will sail again together in the future!

[princess76021]

Thanks for taking me along!  You guys are awesome for sharing!!

Hugs from Texas

[Jamman54]

26 minutes ago, rwest898 said:

It was so nice meeting you and Patti, hopefully we will sail again together in the future!

Thanks Rhonda! It was a pleasure meeting you and Keith as well!