I woke up this morning abruptly, sitting bolt upright in bed. I looked at the bedside clock and it shone 5:05am.
Cold sweat was running down the back of my neck and my hands were trembling. Fragments of my dream that weirdly seemed to be about George Hamilton walking down the beach with Judge Judy started to come back to me. Both were naked and one of them had recently had a Brazilian.
Was that causing my panic……………or had I forgotten to log off of www.latvianwomeninsuspenders.com?
Then I realized it was neither of those…………….it was because I had forgotten to post the latest piano bar schedule……………….so here it is.
| SP | Peter Brenner | 07/13/10 |
| CQ | Mikael Smith | 07/18/10 |
| SL | Patrick Leng | 07/18/10 |
| IS | Linda Wiggins | 07/22/10 |
| PR | Paul Difazio | 08/01/10 |
| SE | Barry Miller | 08/01/10 |
| VI | Angela Johnson | 08/15/10 |
| FS | Dana Barnes | 08/26/10 |
| IM | Tom Grable | 09/03/10 |
| FD | Robert Crucilla | 09/19/10 |
| GL | Bruce Mcghie | 10/09/10 |
| EC | Dana Honey | 10/11/10 |
| LI | Walter Boik | 10/16/10 |
| MI | Rich Canter | 10/16/10 |
| VA | Randy Heidema | 10/24/10 |
| DR | Jason Davis | 10/30/10 |
| TI | Agustin Villarin | 11/27/10 |
| FA | Rick Atha | 11/27/10 |
| PA | Kyle Bronsdon | 12/03/10 |
| LE | Zachary Harris | 12/05/10 |
| DE | Larry Maconaghy | TBA |
| EL | Lizl Strauss | TBA |
Back to dreaming of George and Judy.
Goodnight
Your vacationing friend
John
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Great news!
Already posted on Cruise Critic!
Ciao!!!
Happy vacation… that you don’t seem to be taking.
Host Mach
John, you just had to come in and say hi. I hope you are enjoying your vacation. I am such a bad girl, I have not posted as much as I should. I have been so busy with grandchildren this summer. In fact we are off to see two more on Friday, and bringing them back with us. Next month should finally be a lot less busy. I am anxiously waiting for news of the Magic. I believe you said you would start posting about that in September, on year from our cruise. I think I should clue Mike in on our cruise by then, oh my this is not going to go well
Keep smiling John; you truly are one of the good guys.
My best to Heidi and Kye.
Thanks John! I’m sorry that my nagging seems to have invaded your dreams now!
Couple of updates to this list: August “Russell” Villarin has transferred to the Splendor and the Triumph is now being manned by a Dave. And Milburn Dumas has taken over on the Conquest.
I do appreciate you remembering!
Regards,
Laura
Thanks Laura for the update….
now I just have to figure out WHO “DAVE” is and will he still be on the Triumph in October?
I will miss not sailing with Russell again (one of my favorites, second only to my first love Michael Ray Smith)…
but at least I get to experience someone new.
Lizl on the Elation next month will be a new as well.
Perhaps by the end of the year, I will have checked off several of the newbies that Carnival has added.
Linda (Mom of DJ)
Please Reply
Dear John:
It has been a while since I have written you, however, I reads your blog every day. Me and the little lady, Patty Pat (I calls her PP for short) just got back from our 14th cruise. We left the 6 little Bedwetters back home in Perry County Kentucky. Their Aunt Betsy Louise stay with them in our double wide while me and PP had some us time on the Carnival Miracle. As always, we had us a fantastic time. Sailing out of New York was exciting. We gots to sail past the Stature of Liberty and seen some really big buildings. Heck, the biggest building we got in Perry County is the 2 story bank building. My cousin Harry Bedwetter rents him an office on the second floor where he manages his “distribution” business. They even got this room that, if you push a button, takes you from the first to second floor.
Anyways, me knows that Carnival being the best cruise line is always interested in improving. Heck, that is how they got to be the best. Anyways, even though me and PP had a great time and really enjoyed the cruise, we noticed a couple of things that could be improved. I nevers want to be excused of only noting the negative, thus, I wants to says that everything else was perfect.
First, I was wondering why Carnival has never addressed the problem created by the material that the pool deck is made of on the Spirit Class Ships. When that stuff gets wet it is slicker than a greased opossum belly. While on the Legend a few years ago, I seen a guy fall, hit his head and had to get the doc to come and take care of him. While on the Magic, I seen several people slide or fall. Even PP fall once. One minute she was walkin’ beside me, the next she was sittin’ on her hind side. That surface should have been addressed a long time ago.
Third, chair saving at the pool and main show lounge was a big problem. There were chairs saved at the pool from 8:00 in the morning, when me and PP arrived, until past noon before anyone showed up. No effort was made to control the chair hogs. Me understands that it is difficult for Carnival to control the situation without adding lots of chair police to the staff, however, Carnival needs to either enforce the rule or drop the rule makin’ first come first served the practice. The peoples who obey the rule gets screwed by not getting’ a chair by the pool.
Second, me and PP wanted to take advantage of the Platinum early tender benefit at Half Moon Cay. We wents to the Guest Services desk with our request like you told us to do in the past. Being nice people, we kindly asked the guest service person about using this here perk. While the person at the desk did escort us to the debarkation point, she acted like it was a bother to do so. We has experienced the same response on other ships. The process needs fixin’.
Lastly, the power strip issue. Power needs of us guests have gone up over the years. Shucks, on my first cruise I don’t remember having any need to plug anything in. Now, with my IPOD, Cell phone, laptop, electric razor, blackberry and camera, I needs to be able to charge lots of batteries. PP has to bring her hair dryer (sometimes the ones in the cabins will not blow a feather off the dresser), hair straighter, hair curlers, laptop, cell phone and PPD (personal pleasure device). On the last sea day, I needs to charge my IPOD while PP need to charge her PPD. With only one plug in the cabin, it was a big problem. PP won. Anyways, Carnival does not wants us to bring our own power strips. That restriction leaves the guest with no option. The solution is simple, starting with all new builds, add more than one freakin’ outlet in the cabin. On existing ships, Carnival should provide power strips that meet their safety requirements. They can even attach them to the dresser so they don’t leave the ship with a sticky fingered guest. For Carnival to continue to ignore the problem is like me ignoring that mole that is growing on my hinny. The one with the hairs sticking out. It just keeps gettin’ bigger and hairier.
This here message is long enough so me is goin’ to finish by thanking you for giving a place for us guest to share our experiences and suggestions.
Your friend,
Leroy P. Bedwetter
Host Mach, Thanks for posting fact so that CC people get it right. The cool aid is good. Take Care, Josea
Thanks, Josea… I try my best to post facts and quash rumors where I can.
John, Please Help!
Hi John,
I’ve been a long time follower of your blog and really like it. I am also a huge Fun Ship Fanatic. I’m taking some family and friends on a cruise later this year and was wondering if you could help me a little.
I’ve got a group of 11 on Glory on August 19th and would really like a table by the window for us. We got one by luck several years back on Destiny and thought it was the most amazing dining experience ever.
Thanks for your help & keep up the great work!
When/or IF is Ron Pass going to be coming back? He is the best!!!!
No kidding! I love Ron!
Well, John has promised to get Ron Pass on the Blogger’s Cruise in February…
I’ll be there for my first cruise and I have always loved Piano Bars
so I understand your devotion. I have read many of your posts and admire your dedication and appreciate your informed views. Look forward to meeting you in the Piano Bar on BC4.
UPDATE: I just pulled this from Ron’s website (www.ronpass.com)…
JULY 8 – AUGUST 28, 2010
The Clark House – Hayden Lake, Idaho
This summer I head to scenic northern Idaho, where I’ll be the resident entertainer at the historic and majestic Clark House. Overlooking the shores of Hayden Lake, the F. Lewis Clark Mansion rests on a beautiful wooded 12-acre estate, offering luxury accommodations and dining reflective of the elegance and charm of yesteryear.
He’s also straying for a couple of cruises on other lines in the fall. I don’t see Carnival on his schedule but it only goes through December right now. And, he’ll be in Mexico for a while as well.
It’s good to be Ron, huh?
John; It’s been awhile, Splendor’s first cruise in the Baltic to be precise, since we last made acquaintance. I’ve promised our Meet & Greet thread I’d ask about requesting some arrangement ( a location, a proxy for the Captain, a plate of saltines?) for our 7/24 Dream voyage and I find you are on holiday. I hope you and yours have a fine and well deserved vacation and if by chance you pass anything along to the staff on Dream so much the better. Regards, Dave Maugle
John (Please reply)
I hope you are enjoying your vacation and I realize that it may be 2 or 3 weeks until I see a reply. I have been reading and watching your replies on your bloggy thingy and I haven’t seen the formal nights for my Carnival Miricle. I definately want to take advantage of the steak house, but don’t want to do it on the formal nights or the night that lobster is offered in the dining room . How picky is that? We don’t sail until Feb 23, so there is really no hurry, except it makes me feel closer to the time that my Carnival Miricle will be sailing away from the port in Fort Lauderdale.
It will be a special cruise for me as I will be celebrating my 50th birthday, Any excuse for a cruise and a celebration. Would love to know who the cruise director will be. I have cruised twice with you as the director. Hope you enjoy your days off with your family. Even the arguing!!
I heard you are eliminating the cigar bar on the Freedom. This is bad news as I enjoyed the bar on the Destiny.Will you do something else to accommodate cigar smokers and will cigars still be available for sale on the ship?
John,
Just catching up on your blog after our vacation aboard the Carnival Dream (review will follow soon). I was reading about your requests for comments on the bar services offered aboard the ships. The timing could not have been better. I am not a wine drinker, never have been, never will be. At times I feel discriminated against because of this. I feel like a second class citizen because I choose to drink beer instead of going through the “show” of selecting a wine to have with dinner. While dining in the Chef’s Art steakhouse my wife and I were discussing why there are no beer parings for the different entree’s. I think that would be wonderful! I love to try different beers and would like to opinion of someone that is experienced to make recommendations. Even if the recommendations are written in the menu it would be nice to the many beer drinkers like me.
John! Could you please check that link? I could not get http://www.latvianwomeninsuspenders.com to work.
Dave,
That site has been overloaded ever since John posted it.
BIG Ed
John,
My family and I are cruising on the Dream, sailing 7 day E.Caribbean on August 28. Just wondering if you know whether the Quest game is played on board. We’ve played it before and had a blast but heard it wasn’t always played on every ship.
Regards,
Haidee
Hi John (no need to reply);
Just catching up, as we have recently just got back from the 5-day July 10th sailing of the Carnival Ecstasy. More on this later, but I was very impressed with the condition of the ship, the maintenance and the customer service (ship is well-deserving of that crystal eagle prominantly displayed in the Grand Atrium).
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for posting my post (Dept of Redunancy Dept; apologize & sorry…) regarding the cigar issue. And, one of the first things I did when I boarded Carnival Ecstasy was head straight to the Society Bar, where I was assured that cigar smoking was allowed.
But, as you have recently found out by the Barney invasion of your TV, kids take priority and I was with my boys, so I failed to take advantage of a quality cigar in the Society Bar (or on my balcony). Oh well, next adult cruise
Anyway, I’m in the process of catching up with your blog from last week. As I undrstand it, you’re on vacation with your family, so enjoy a well-deserved “holiday”.
Next week, for Jeanne, myself & my boys, it’s Part 2 of “Across Both Borders Tour 2010″. We did the southern border to Progreso & Cozumel, Mexico on the Carnival Ecstasy, now we head to Niagara Falls, Canada for our wedding! Thank you for the advice on where to propose to Jeanne in Venice when we were on the Oct 15, 2009 sailing of the brand-spanking new Carnival Dream (Bridge of Sighs). Needless to say, your advice paid off
Also, with Carnival’sannouncement of the Carnival Magic coming to Galveston, I’m thinking and talking to Jeanne that we need to fly to Barcelona and bring her across the pond and home to Texas! We missed Barcelona anyway on our Dream sailing due to 70 mph winds & 40 ft seas
(Capt Carlo can attest!)
Take care John & all the best to you & your family!
Marty & Jeanne (soon to be) Paul
JOHN PLEASE REPLY
We are thinking of planning an Alaska cruise for next summer. I have my eye on the Carnival Spirit. We have a budget to work on though, and we don’t think we can afford a balcony cabin, even though we would really want to have one to see the sights through. If we end up with just an inside cabin, can we still see the sights up on deck? Or is it always crowded?
Also, any tips for cold-weather cruising? I’ve never cruised anywhere that wasn’t at least 80° before. Have you ever CD’ed on an Alaska cruise?
Have a great week off!
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
Hi John,
Happened to see a thread on Cruise Line Fans with a link to Cunard menus from 1900! Some of it looks a little disgusting to me, but much looks pretty good.
Maybe Cunard could resurrect some of the menus for a special sailing?
http://www.cruiselinefans.com/cunard-cruise-line/48910-100-year-old-menus-cunard.html
bill
Hi John,
Will you please just forget about the blog this week and enjoy some quality time with Heidi and Kye. I can say for myself and I think others will agree, that, it is more important that you enjoy your time with your family, then it is to worry about this blog. All of us will be fine, but will be anxiously waiting for your return to tell us how your week went.
Please give my love to Heidi and Kye
From your #1 Bloggy Thinggy fan
Kathy M..
Hi John, Please reply
I hope that you are having a wonderful vacation so far.
My family and I will be on the Carnival Freedom very soon and are very excited about participating in the Behind the Fun tour. However, I am a little worried that everyone in my family will not be able to get a chance to go on this tour since 7 or 8 of us want to do it. Is there a possibility of even having more than two tours for each sailing if the first two become full?
Thanks,
Jennifer
Thanks for the update John. I am very sad that Russel will not be on our upcoming cruise. Hoping Dave is just as fabulous.
My husband and I are taking our 2nd cruise on the Triumph on November 4th for our 10th anniversary. We have never had more than a day or 2 without the kids and have certainly never vacationed without them which in turn has made us romantically challenged. He is wheelchair bound so horseback riding on the beach or a private snorkel/reef tour is out of the question. We are not wine or champagne drinkers. What do you recommend for a couple of wanna be hopeless romantics like us? P.S. – We’re newbies. A little romance goes a long way…. Thanks for all the advice you give here on your blog thingy
John,
Please keep us updated on the smoking policy on the Carnival Freedom. My wife and I are planning another B2B and planned on sailing on the Carnival Freedom. One of the best parts of the ship was the comfortable cigar bar for an after dinner drink,cigar,and music. we spent many a night in there during the 2 med cruises we took. If because I smoke Carnival is going to treat me as an unwelcomed guest than I will oblige the company by not booking any further cruises with them. Please respond if you would like
John,
Hope you can help with a special cruise that my family is taking in October. The remaining brothers and sisters in my husbands family are all getting together for a cruise…probably the only one that they will all be able to take or afford. Is there any way or suggestion you can make to help us get a round table for 8 for dining on the Carnival Triumph for Oct 23. I want to make sure that everyone can hear and talk to each other.
Thanks for any thing or suggestion you have.
Cindy
John, Thanks so much for pre-arranging our seating on our recent cruise. You have no idea how much you helped. The Alaska cruise was as awesome as everyone had told us it would be and I highly recommend it. My wife and I finally made it to Milestone status; of course not all went smoothly. As we checked in at the pier we were so anxious to see out new cards and were disappointed to see it was still “only” platinum. Of course on the ship this was promptly fixed. The champagne you had sent to the room was an unnecessary but wonderful touch; we had Mimosa’s for breakfast so we all enjoyed it.
Of course we had to sign up for another cruise (isn’t that the law), so on top of our European back- to-back on the Magic next year we also booked for the 15 day to Hawaii on the Spirit in 2012.
Thanks again
Hi John, (Reply if you like)
The following is the summary of my first Carnival Cruise…
I’m not going to write a huge write up on this cruise as I feel that I would be beating a dead horse on some issues. This is my 5th cruise, with my 4 previous being NCL Dawn, RCCL Voyager of the Seas, Celebrity Constellation (twice).
Overall, I’d lay it out like this… and I’ll elaborate as I continue.
Embarkment and Disembarkment… perfect… no issues.
Food and Dining Room service: A-
Cabin & Cabin service: A+
Entertainment and Entertainment Staff: C-
General Staff (Gathering, pool, etc): D
Ship: D-
Ports: A (Enough said)
Food and Dining Room Service: We were in the Scarlet Dining room on the 2nd level all the way in the back near the windows. We had a party of 21… which was tough to accommodate … and my TA screwing up our reservation by not linking our group properly. They eventually straightened everything out to our satisfaction (they had put some of our group in Crimson… but after speaking with the maitre d’ we had it straightened out by the 2nd evening). The food was generally good. Everything was cooked to order, and very promptly served. I especially liked the Filet Mignon. Our wait team was Spectacular. They were on top of everything, even assisting with our other table when their service was lacking. I only gave it an A- minus because of an incident with a Bar waitress that left us all with a bad impression. She was trying to straighten out a bill with soda’s, and she was downright rude with us. I’d say Carnival beat out the Dining rooms of all our previous cruises… only edging out Celebrity by a little bit. Carnival beats out NCL and RCCL hands down. We did dine in the Chefs Art steak house one evening, and I would say it was on par with RCCL and Celebrity as far as the food… Celebrity’s specialty wins out based on service. BTW… I had a KILLER Ruben sandwich from the deli… (just thought I’d mention that)
Cabin and Cabin Service: We stayed in cabin 7259 which was an OS category. The room was well appointed. I especially liked the bed. Our cabin stewardess… Sparky from Croatia was the best I have ever experienced. She was great. We shared a balcony with our friends next door. Sparky was able to have the partition between them physically removed… so no banging in the night. LOVED her. Carnival wins here.
Entertainment and Entertainment staff: Let me say this first. I don’t expect anyone to entertain me when I get on board… we had a large group of friends and we made our own fun. BUT… the events that we did attend, I found to be a bit “cheap” and unorganized. Our first taste of the entertainment on board started off with the “Fabulous Welcome Aboard Laser Show”… which the system locked up and the couldn’t get the “Fabulous” lasers to work. They eventually got it started… and I have to say… Lame. The staff tried their hardest to keep everyone entertained… kudos there. We left half way through. A few of our group stayed … only to have the entire mixing board in the pool short out… Major buzz kill. “Fabulous Welcome Aboard Laser Show” Bust. (I would not be attending the “Fabulous Laser Show” any more).
The Dancing in the Street show was very good.
The “Fabulous Marty Gras Gala” was downright dumb. I took it like this… 3 or 4 entertainment staff standing at the pool, chucking beads at us while playing music. Now, ok… I understand the theme involves beads… but 1/2 hour of watching teenagers diving for beads while running over my friends 8 and 11 year old children isn’t my idea of “Fabulous”. A simple announcement from the people running the show to allow others to get the beads after you get one or two might have been prudent. It was cheap and frustrating.
The comedians were good. We really enjoyed them.
The CD Todd was non-existent. I think this was his last, or second to last cruise before vacation for him… so… I understand his absence.
General Ship Staff: Rude and not helpful. In one case my wife went to get a cheese burger, only to be told “No more, I’m closed”.. and walked away. Now… ok, I can accept that. You’re out… not a problem. Only when my wife saw others walking around with plates with … you guess it… Cheeseburgers… did she realize that the station on the other side of the ship was still open. What would it take for that person to say “I’m sorry, I’m closing, but if you go over to the other side I believe they are still serving hamburgers”.
In one case, chairs were taken from the Circle C room … and my daughters group was told that “if you don’t find out what happened to those chairs, someone in here will be charged”. Rude… Unnecessary. I found that in general, no one was really interested in taking that extra step to make things “better”.
Ship: I was expecting more. As the “latest and greatest” I would expect Carnival to have put more thought into the design of this ship. The Gathering is too small for the number of passengers. Photographer’s are stationed in silly places that caused choke points on the “Dream street” (I spend half my life in traffic… do I need it on a ship?). The pools are WAY too small. The slides… I can’t comment on, because the lines were too long to actually use them. My overall impression is that for the size of the ship, and number of passengers (we sailed at capacity) the ship was poorly designed to handle that many passengers.
Summary: My overall impression of this Carnival was neutral. I found that a lot of “little things” were missed. Attention to detail… Just a little bit of effort from the crew would have made a huge difference. In comparing this cruise to my previous experiences… sure, I might have saved a couple hundred dollars, but… I would have rather had the “extras”. I found the majority staff to be apathetic and un-attentive with notable exceptions. Just stepping in to help … maybe organize a line… offer to bring a plate of food, that maybe was missing from the buffet line to a passenger rather than that passenger sitting and waiting. Previous reports of smells… I didn’t smell anything bad.
I would never sail on Carnival Dream again.
Would I sail Carnival again? Maybe… I just feel that I’d rather pay a little extra and not feel like something was missing…
Did we have fun… Absolutely. I didn’t expect “perfect” or “relaxing” … simply because of the time of year we sailed. But, I did expect more.
Dear John,
I first would like to say I LOVE READING YOUR BLOG! You make me laugh a lot. We will be going on the Elation August 23-28. I will be celebrating my 39th birthday. I know they have cakes for purchase. Do they have anything that does not cost money? My family is going through a difficult time right now and financially being stretched. I am so glad that I purchased our cruise before this and even paid for our excursions. One excursion XCARET said we need to buy lunch. Do you know how much it could be? Thanks for all you do. You are the best!
Hey John, (no need to reply)
I really enjoy the blog, and am asking for a little favor after all of these years of reading.
You see, my family and I are former loyal royals and Disney-cruise types that found our way onto the Carnival Glory last year on a lark, and we are stuck on Carnival for good. We have raved about it so much that we have coerced my wife’s friend (who will be celebrating her fiftieth birthday with her first ever cruise) and her family to join us and my mom and her friends on the Dream sailing on September 4.
The problem that I have is this: we want to make sure that we are all, ten of us, at the same table for dining. We are all confirmed for early dining. I ask you this because we had an issue with not being seated together on the last cruise, despite linking our reservations. This was corrected by the second night on the Glory, but I am concerned that with ten people in the party, there may not be options available to correct any problems that might exist.
If you can offer a double check to ensure that we will be seated together, I will be forever in your debt. If you can offer some sort of embarrassing decoration for Margo, our 50th birthday celebration victim, it would really start the cruise off right!
Thanks for all of your help!
John (please reply) My family and I just got off the Carnival Conquest and everyone had the best time. But first and foremost THANK YOU so much for the gift. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Next of importance we have to tell you that this was the first time we did the “any time dining” and enjoyed the experience. Please somehow let all 4 ladies at he podium know how much we appreciated their service. Always smiling,friendly and getting our table for 6 ready as soon as they saw us. Our server De was also the best. Our 2 teenage boys just loved her. After a couple days they would say “we don’t need a menu, we will get what ever De recommends because she gives us the best food” We felt like we were leaving our best friends on the last night. So many hugs and tears and thank you for everything. Won’t take up any more of your time, but please let these special ladies know we will never forget our time with them. And thanks again to you. My very best to you and your family…A&W
Greatly appreciate the list, but my ignorance is showing – I only know what ships a couple of those codes stand for!! Which one is the Carnival Splendor? There’s SL, SE, and SP, it could be any of those! (But I’m guessing SE is Carnival Sensation? And is SP Carnival Spirit? Making SL Carnival Splendor? AAAAHHHHH!!!)
Entire ship names spelt out just for you, John!
SP – Spirit
CQ – Conquest
SL – Splendor
IS – Inspiration
PR – Pride
SE – Sensation
VI – Victory
FS – Fascination
IM – Imagination
FD – Freedom
GL – Glory
EC – Ecstasy
LI – Libery
MI – Miracle
VA – Valor
DR – Dream
TI – Triumph
FA – Fantasy
PA – Paradise
LE – Legend
DE – Destiny
EL – Elation
And the dates on the list are the current end dates of the entertainer’s contract.
Happy Cruising,
Laura
Hi John ! (Please Reply)
Is it likely or even possible that you will be the CD on Carnival Magic’s October 2011 transatlantic crossing? If your answer is in the affirmative, I’ll book it!
Thanks,
Dave
DEAR JOHN,
I HAVE NOT WRITTEN TO YOU BEFORE BUT I REALLY ENJOY YOUR BLOG. YOU ARE A VERY ENTERTAINING MAN, I LOVE YOUR SENCE OF HUMOR.
I AM WRITING TO ASK A FAVOR. WE ARE SAILING ON THE CONQUEST, ON NOV 7TH AND WE ARE SEATED FOR THE EARLY DINING. THIS WILL BE MY FRIENDS FIRST CRUISE AND MY FOURTH. WOULD IT BE POSSIBE TO BE SEATED ALONG THE UPPER RAIL AT A FOUR TOP OR A TWO TOP TABLE IF POSSIBLE. WE ENJOY MEETING NEW PEOPLE BUT SOME TOGETHER TIME WOULD BE NICE ALSO.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND TROUBLE, AND PLEASE ALWAYS KEEP YOUR “OFF THE WALL” SENCE OF HUMOR.
BETTY WILLIAMS
Hi John, (PLEASE REPLY),
I’ve noticed a lot of older, historical Carnival Cruise line items on sale on ebay. It got me wondering. Does Carnival have any type of “Carnival museum” in the Corporate building in Miami and if so, can the general public come and visit it???
Eric
Hi John, I just had to let you know how excited I am to being going on the Dream. My Carnival agent told me you were still on this ship and I can only hope he is correct. Please tell me he is…Sept. 11th, Virgin Islands.
Anyway, this is my yearly “girls only” vacation and I have a very special friend coming this time. She is a wonderful person who deserves to be pampered for the week. She would do anything for anyone anytime, serving in Iraq is a perfect example. She is now fighting the battle of her life with an opponent who fights dirty and many have fallen to…ovarian cancer. Sometimes things don’t seem fair. Okay, I don’t want to get all sappy…it is all about having a great time.
Going on a cruise is on Cherri’s bucket list so we decided to take her on the “FUN SHIP” to celebrate life. There are only the three of us going and I want her to get the full experience. How can I make sure that we get seated at one of the round tabels in the center of the dining room? We have early dining and I realize how silly this request must sound but it truly makes dinner a totally different experience. Not sure if you need our booking number or if the name would work.
I can hardly wait…taking a 1st time cruiser, going on Carnivals Dream, and having you as the cruise director, simply perfect. Memories, that is what it is all about when all is said and done. We look forward to seeing you and laughing until our faces hurt.
Thanks,
Lori Javadipour