Cruise
Carnival Venezia wrapup
We have been back a few days now, so it is a good time to summarize the cruise. Highlights: Lowlights: The highlights greatly outweighed the lowlights. It was a very good cruise.
Carnival Venezia Day 8 – Disembarkation
We set the alarm for 7am, got up, got packed and went to breakfast. Everything was going fine… until we realized that Marlene had left the bottom portion of her dentures on the table, wrapped in a napkin, at the late night buffet. I went to the buffet and spoke to the manager. No dentures, … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 7 – At sea
A final day at sea. We had breakfast in the buffet and lunch at La Strada Grill – a small BBQ place outside on Deck 5. Pretty good jerk chicken and pulled pork. We happened across the “World Works Here” show in the theater. This was basically a celebration of the diversity of the crew … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 6 – Cozumel, Mexico
I rose early and went up to Deck 10 to do some blogging. I left text messages for Marlene telling her where I was and what I was doing. But she didn’t get them and was pretty miffed that I would walk off without communicating. A minor tempest that soon blew over. We had breakfast … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 5 – Belize
Belize is a great place for snorkeling, scuba diving and jungle excursions. But the city is a third-world mess and all of those activities involve expensive excursions and a 30-minute ferry shuttle ride to shore. We were not interested in doing any of those things so we stayed on the ship. We had some minimal … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 4 – Roatan Honduras
I like Roatan. It is a pretty, laid-back island with some nice beaches. But we had no interest in an excursion of any kind, so we, after the usual breakfast, got off the ship and wandered about the cruise port area a bit. We shopped but bought nothing. We reboarded in time for lunch then … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 3 – At sea
I mentioned that Marlene was up all night, playing slots. I should also mention that while I was in the casino I consumed 2 Funship Specials and 2 Long Island Ice Teas – all VERY strong. I didn’t feel all that tipsy when I went to bed at 3am but I was pretty hung over … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 2 – At sea
The day started, as it usually does, with breakfast. Then some trivia where I teamed up with 4 other passengers for General Knowledge, then Big Bang Theory. We did well – 17 and 14 correct, out of 20 – but did not win. Marlene went to Guest Services at the start of the trivia to … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 1 – Embarkation
We started the auto trek to Port Canaveral just a few minutes later than planned – about 8:45am – and arrived at the parking lot exactly on time at noon. We packed well except that we once again forgot the sign that we use to mark our cabin. It was in the bag with the … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia cruise – preview
Marlene and I have 4 cruises booked for 2025. Tomorrow we embark on the first and shortest of the four – a mere 7 days. It is on the Carnival Venezia, a new ship for both of us. This is a sister ship of the Carnival Luminosa which we took across the Pacific Ocean a … Continue reading