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The Captain Issued a MayDay before hitting the bridge

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Here's the Facebook link to the Group too.  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1336555587156124

20 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

We had that same smoke a few weeks ago in Colorado. It didn't get nearly the coverage of this though. You could literally smell the smoke.

It's really hazy here in far Western Maryland .... and every once in a while, I'll catch a whiff, but thankfully, it's not as bad as Baltimore, or New York, or other places in the I-95 corridor.

That haze is from the fires burning in Quebec...... you should see the port of New York.

Beautiful shot of the Key Bridge

Greetings everyone .... Less than a year to go

Here's the Link to the Facebook Group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3125335097719356

Just out of curiosity, did anyone else get an email today with a survey regarding the MDR menu?  What did you think?

1 hour ago, Bill Johnson said:

Excited!!! One less thing to worry about for my cruise in 27 days!

What ship are you on?  We're on Oasis in 27 days.

Since Carnival announced on Friday that the Pre-Test for fully vaccinated folks on sailings under 16 days takes affect on 9/6 --- My guess, for the fun of the post is, they'll make the announcement today or tomorrow, taking affect on Thursday, 9/8.  Pure speculation, but since Carnival's announcement, I agree with you that, like Thanos said, it's inevitable.  In fact, to my knowledge, RC is one of the last ones to drop it.

Anybody else notice this?

36 minutes ago, djandyb said:

Stupid - makes no real logical sense.

Guess assumption is that they try this and see what happens then move it to 7 day etc... Hoping this is the case by September as this is causing a major headache for testing having to fly to New York from the UK.  Need to sort out testing when we are there to potentially risk not being able to go on the cruise. 

I totally agree, we're on Oasis on 9/18...... the stress release that would occur would be tremendous if we didn't have to do the pre-test.

14 minutes ago, SPS said:

90% sure a Vision Class ship can fit?  OR  Only 90% of the ship will fit in the port like an old Cadillac too long to close the garage door? 

Like Parallel Parking in Lower Manhattan ... it'll fit. 

On 5/17/2022 at 7:05 AM, SPS said:

I'd love to visit there, but, does RC have a ship that can even dock there now?

Empress and Majesty are no longer in the fleet and, to my knowledge, they were the only ships able to port there before travel restrictions to Cuba were reinstated.

I'm 90% sure Vision Class ships can fit .... 

On 4/23/2022 at 5:54 PM, Oliver said:

Actually, neither the Majesty or the Empress were Vision class ships. They were smaller. 

Exactly my point ... I know that ..... It seems that since those two were the ones going, it was natural to assume that Vision Class ships were too big.  Now we know better.

9 minutes ago, Colombia20102018 said:

there is no tender in Grand Cayman

Yes there is.  Here's a photo of Brilliance as we were being tendered in back in 2019.

13 hours ago, Matt said:

Grand Cayman is known for three things:

Seven Mile Beach

stingray city

A tourist trap called “hell” so you can say you went there. 

Yep --- and we hit all three when we went there in 2019..... Oh, and the rum place (I completely forgot the name)

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, .....

I'm taking a bow with such accolades.  There's no doubt, I love Lady G.

You don't realize how many windows there are with views out into the ocean until you go on the larger ships.  For example, the Schooner Bar.  It's all windows on the one side.  When you look up through the Centrum .... it's a giant skylight at the top.  Unlike the larger ships that are very horizontal in the venues ... smaller ships with the Centrum are designed to think vertically ... many items surrounding a central core as opposed to a promenade.

As for questions, ask away @Revo1776 , I'll do my best to help.

Mark

On 4/16/2022 at 11:58 AM, Toby said:

I am curious as well if the OP is a one and done.

Looks like it .... I'm noticing a lot of those these days

20 minutes ago, twangster said:

Anything with a heating element is prohibited.

Cafe Promenade is open late.  

So is Park Cafe on the smaller ships.

Back in 2017, we were on Grandeur (Vision Class) ..... Baltimore to Bermuda ..... The only issue was that Hurricane Jose was in the way.  So, we went over Jose on the way out, then under Jose on the way back.  Was the ship rocking?  Yes.  But it wasn't side to side, it was up and down, front to back as we were going through the waves.  The barf bags were out, but in all honesty, we were fine.  I think the real key here is, BE PREPARED - Watch the Weather Channel and if it looks like the weather may be an issue, get the meds that you MAY need.  My wife would wear one of those patches that go behind her ear, and, she was a rockstar.  Would we go through it all over again?  You betcha.

There is a "work around" that does bring up Enchantment Sailings .... click on "Roll Calls" --- you'll see the list that you did a screen shot of..... then go up into the search bar and type in Enchantment..... that'll pull them up.