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Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 08:28 pm | 26th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: I will add details later. The review includes Pirates, Dolphins, Bears in drag, Kareoke, Hurricanes, , Dunns River Falls, Near disaster on a Catamaran, Darkside Host at the meet and greet, Hell, Swimsuit eating fish, the best Margaritas in the world, Ships on Sticks, Motown Magic, Magic, food, fun and frolic, the crazy lady, and the best debark ever!
The next installment will feature the freaking crazy lady! 
Why do they let the mentally ill cruise?
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Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 08:30 pm | 27th Post |
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truecruiser54 wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: Day 1- Half Moon Cay
http://www.carnival.com/cms/Static_Templates/halfMoonCay/html/index.aspx
As it turned out this was the only scheduled stop that we got. The private Island itself was awesome. If CTT ever gets it shit together enough to do a member group cruise and HMC is a stop there is a group private hangout that would be a must. It features and open bar for the day. Its location is just above the mask and snorkle icon on the linked map.
HMC was a great beach day. There was plenty to do or not do if you so decided. We got some chairs on the beach near some darkside friends and played all day. The tender was the only negative the entire day. The kids loved it as both ran around the Island with other kids they had met in the kids club on board. The grill format was similar to other PIs we have been on but none compared to the beach and facilities at HMC.
TW walked up the beach, hung out in hammocks and at the main beach bar as well as our beach chairs. The beach never seemed crowded. 
(This is the first cruise we have done that did not feature a "fun day at sea" on the first full day)
hmc is gorgeous.
yes, bama, our group cruise in 2 weeks is going there. this will be my 3rd time here, and i love it. the oasis were already taken by a wedding group, but the sinnas managed to snag most, if not all, of the cabanas.
ETA: why was the remainder of the itinerary switched?
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Do you know how many people are allowed in the oasis per day?
The assholes that had it on our day would not let the kids use the water slide even though they were not using it..............................pricks!
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Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 08:37 pm | 29th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: ... We actually went to the featured shows last week for the first time in many cruises. They were not as good as NCLs overall but I was stoned and did not really care...
(good review, bam, bam. keep it comin')
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BAMA X 2 wrote: Do you know how many people are allowed in the oasis per day?
The assholes that had it on our day would not let the kids use the water slide even though they were not using it..............................pricks!
i did know...when we were looking to get them a LONG time ago (many months ago), but i am not sure i remember correctly. i want to say 20 with a per head charge after that for a few more.
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Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 08:40 pm | 31st Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: truecruiser54 wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: Day 1- Half Moon Cay
http://www.carnival.com/cms/Static_Templates/halfMoonCay/html/index.aspx
As it turned out this was the only scheduled stop that we got. The private Island itself was awesome. If CTT ever gets it shit together enough to do a member group cruise and HMC is a stop there is a group private hangout that would be a must. It features and open bar for the day. Its location is just above the mask and snorkle icon on the linked map.
HMC was a great beach day. There was plenty to do or not do if you so decided. We got some chairs on the beach near some darkside friends and played all day. The tender was the only negative the entire day. The kids loved it as both ran around the Island with other kids they had met in the kids club on board. The grill format was similar to other PIs we have been on but none compared to the beach and facilities at HMC.
TW walked up the beach, hung out in hammocks and at the main beach bar as well as our beach chairs. The beach never seemed crowded.
(This is the first cruise we have done that did not feature a "fun day at sea" on the first full day)
hmc is gorgeous.
yes, bama, our group cruise in 2 weeks is going there. this will be my 3rd time here, and i love it. the oasis were already taken by a wedding group, but the sinnas managed to snag most, if not all, of the cabanas.
ETA: why was the remainder of the itinerary switched?
i must have had my head buried in the sand last week?
i don't remember any hurricane! (but, this is NOT surprising given the week i had, lol)
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Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 11:21 pm | 32nd Post |
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I forgot to mention that I met Host Graham from the darkside at the sail away! Only a handful of members showed up but a really good group of people. We ended up hanging with most of them at one time or another on the ship or during an excursion.
Host Graham would best be described as CC's quiet Moderator at least as far as his post count goes. He posts very little but has been there forever. We talked a little darkside behind the scenes. I even asked about some of your favorites. Graham seemed to be a very nice guy and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow moderators. For my money he seems to be the smartest of all the Mods over there because he does much more reading than posting.
He was there hosting a Childrens Hospital Charity Cruise so as much as yall bitch about the hosts over on the BOS thread, let it be known that there is at least one good one over there!
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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:36 am | 33rd Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: I forgot to mention that I met Host Graham from the darkside at the sail away! Only a handful of members showed up but a really good group of people. We ended up hanging with most of them at one time or another on the ship or during an excursion.
Host Graham would best be described as CC's quiet Moderator at least as far as his post count goes. He posts very little but has been there forever. We talked a little darkside behind the scenes. I even asked about some of your favorites. Graham seemed to be a very nice guy and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow moderators. For my money he seems to be the smartest of all the Mods over there because he does much more reading than posting.
He was there hosting a Childrens Hospital Charity Cruise so as much as yall bitch about the hosts over on the BOS thread, let it be known that there is at least one good one over there!
ftr, bama, i don't think any of "us" beyotch about the Carnival mods, those are the only ones i know, at least, and they all seem to be good. i have seen some others note problems with some mods in OTHER forums, but the ccl forum is really pretty good as far as mods go.
now, some of the members in that forum?...well, that's a whole 'nother story, lol.
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truecruiser54 wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: I forgot to mention that I met Host Graham from the darkside at the sail away! Only a handful of members showed up but a really good group of people. We ended up hanging with most of them at one time or another on the ship or during an excursion.
Host Graham would best be described as CC's quiet Moderator at least as far as his post count goes. He posts very little but has been there forever. We talked a little darkside behind the scenes. I even asked about some of your favorites. Graham seemed to be a very nice guy and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow moderators. For my money he seems to be the smartest of all the Mods over there because he does much more reading than posting.
He was there hosting a Childrens Hospital Charity Cruise so as much as yall bitch about the hosts over on the BOS thread, let it be known that there is at least one good one over there!
ftr, bama, i don't think anyone beyotches about the ccl mods, those are the only ones i know, at least, and they all seem to be good.
now, some of the members...that's a whole 'nother story, lol.
I don't get to the BOS thread much but the few time I have some of the MODs were takin a beatin!
FTR the only one I have ever met face to face was a great guy!
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BAMA X 2 wrote: truecruiser54 wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: I forgot to mention that I met Host Graham from the darkside at the sail away! Only a handful of members showed up but a really good group of people. We ended up hanging with most of them at one time or another on the ship or during an excursion.
Host Graham would best be described as CC's quiet Moderator at least as far as his post count goes. He posts very little but has been there forever. We talked a little darkside behind the scenes. I even asked about some of your favorites. Graham seemed to be a very nice guy and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow moderators. For my money he seems to be the smartest of all the Mods over there because he does much more reading than posting.
He was there hosting a Childrens Hospital Charity Cruise so as much as yall bitch about the hosts over on the BOS thread, let it be known that there is at least one good one over there!
ftr, bama, i don't think anyone beyotches about the ccl mods, those are the only ones i know, at least, and they all seem to be good.
now, some of the members...that's a whole 'nother story, lol.
I don't get to the BOS thread much but the few time I have some of the MODs were takin a beatin!
yes. i edited my post above to make it clearer. i have seen what you are referring to.
graham is in the ccl forum and he is really quiet.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:23 am | 36th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: truecruiser54 wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: I forgot to mention that I met Host Graham from the darkside at the sail away! Only a handful of members showed up but a really good group of people. We ended up hanging with most of them at one time or another on the ship or during an excursion.
Host Graham would best be described as CC's quiet Moderator at least as far as his post count goes. He posts very little but has been there forever. We talked a little darkside behind the scenes. I even asked about some of your favorites. Graham seemed to be a very nice guy and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow moderators. For my money he seems to be the smartest of all the Mods over there because he does much more reading than posting.
He was there hosting a Childrens Hospital Charity Cruise so as much as yall bitch about the hosts over on the BOS thread, let it be known that there is at least one good one over there!
ftr, bama, i don't think anyone beyotches about the ccl mods, those are the only ones i know, at least, and they all seem to be good.
now, some of the members...that's a whole 'nother story, lol.
I don't get to the BOS thread much but the few time I have some of the MODs were takin a beatin!
FTR the only one I have ever met face to face was a great guy!
Well, you never saw us beating up on Host Mir when she was there. Of course, now she's moved on to better things. She's the first mod from CC I ever met face to face and we've been friends ever since. The other was Host Randy from the Carnival board. I've met him about three times or is it four?
Now, you have me hooked on the review. Let's hear more about your eastern itinerary that got changed to a western thanks to that little hurricane named Omar that blew over St. Thomas.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:42 am | 37th Post |
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Here you go, Buf
The Crazy Lady
The morning after our fantastic beach day at Half Moon Cay the announcement came! Ladies and Gentleman good morning from the Bridge, This is your Captain speaking. Because Hurricane Omar has decided to meet us tomorrow in San Juan we have decided to change to the following ports of call; Ocho Rios, Jamaica-Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. I heard a cheer go up for Coz just across the hallway from us and I myself thought even though we had done these ports many times before it beats the hell out of cruising into a Hurricane.
But there were some that did not agree. Many cruisers chose their cruises because of the ports that they want to visit and I understand that. I guess I don't understand why people don't get that Carnival Cruise Lines cannot control the weather. Their obligation in the situation that we were in was one of three options that I saw. They could have turned the ship and headed back to Miami or decide to have 6 sea days in a row or find new ports for us to enjoy and make the best of an unfortunate situation.
The new port options was way better than heading strait into a Hurricane, call me crazy. We left our room just after the news after a brief huddle to regroup and decide on new shore excursions. We walked down to the excursion desk almost to be run over by this crazy bitch in her night gown wrapped in her Carnival robe wearing a full face of face cream. As we approached the desk this lady was screaming at the top of her lungs about what a crappy line Carnival was and her list of demands including a full refund because they could not get her to the ports she was promised! WTF? The staff handled it as well as could be expected but I wanted to tie a rope around her ankles and drag her behind the ship until all the face cream was washed off.
We as Americans have a crappy reputation as travelers around the World because of assholes like this one. We have enough trouble because of alcohol consumption sometimes but this was 9am! I think from now on because of my love for the Canadians I will have a Canadian flag t-shirt on hand to put on if I ever run into a freaking American nut case like this again in my travels!
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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:59 am | 38th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: I will add details later. The review includes Pirates, Dolphins, Bears in drag, Kareoke, Hurricanes, Red Sox baseball on the pool deck jumbo screen, Dunns River Falls, Near disaster on a Catamaran, Darkside Host at the meet and greet, Hell, Swimsuit eating fish, the best Margaritas in the world, Ships on Sticks, Motown Magic, Magic, food, fun and frolic, the crazy lady, and the best debark ever!
After a great "Fun Day at Sea" up next as my beloved Jamaica comes into view and I felt the need to take TW back to the cabin for an "adult nap" because I was so excited! !
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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 02:34 am | 39th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: Here you go, Buf
The Crazy Lady
The morning after our fantastic beach day at Half Moon Cay the announcement came! Ladies and Gentleman good morning from the Bridge, This is your Captain speaking. Because Hurricane Omar has decided to meet us tomorrow in San Juan we have decided to change to the following ports of call; Ocho Rios, Jamaica-Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. I heard a cheer go up for Coz just across the hallway from us and I myself thought even though we had done these ports many times before it beats the hell out of cruising into a Hurricane.
But there were some that did not agree. Many cruisers chose their cruises because of the ports that they want to visit and I understand that. I guess I don't understand why people don't get that Carnival Cruise Lines cannot control the weather. Their obligation in the situation that we were in was one of three options that I saw. They could have turned the ship and headed back to Miami or decide to have 6 sea days in a row or find new ports for us to enjoy and make the best of an unfortunate situation.
The new port options was way better than heading strait into a Hurricane, call me crazy. We left our room just after the news after a brief huddle to regroup and decide on new shore excursions. We walked down to the excursion desk almost to be run over by this crazy bitch in her night gown wrapped in her Carnival robe wearing a full face of face cream. As we approached the desk this lady was screaming at the top of her lungs about what a crappy line Carnival was and her list of demands including a full refund because they could not get her to the ports she was promised! WTF? The staff handled it as well as could be expected but I wanted to tie a rope around her ankles and drag her behind the ship until all the face cream was washed off.
We as Americans have a crappy reputation as travelers around the World because of assholes like this one. We have enough trouble because of alcohol consumption sometimes but this was 9am! I think from now on because of my love for the Canadians I will have a Canadian flag t-shirt on hand to put on if I ever run into a freaking American nut case like this again in my travels!
Ohhhh, that poor woman! Not! More like her poor husband. What a piece of work. Hey lady! Read the contract you signed. You wanna go cruising in a hurricane? Take a lifeboat! Dumbass.
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Hey Bama....look buddy....you gotta stop sending me the pics of you in the speedo. I know you want my Dh to see them but trust me....he's not that into you. You have to move one.
BTW- I changed our cruise plans so quit trying to book the balcony next to ours.
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JenDalessan wrote: Hey Bama....look buddy....you gotta stop sending me the pics of you in the speedo. I know you want my Dh to see them but trust me....he's not that into you. You have to move one.
BTW- I changed our cruise plans so quit trying to book the balcony next to ours.
When you say move one, do you mean testicle?
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This is an actual PM Bama just sent me:
Good call! I could never really love you because of my gayness!
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JenDalessan wrote: This is an actual PM Bama just sent me:
Good call! I could never really love you because of my gayness!
Ya'll should have read the PM from her that brought on this retort. I am to much a Gentleman to post Jens PMs for all to see!
(I can see all the ADMs rushing to view it now)
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BAMA X 2 wrote: JenDalessan wrote: This is an actual PM Bama just sent me:
Good call! I could never really love you because of my gayness!
Ya'll should have read the PM from her that brought on this retort. I am to much a Gentleman to post Jens PMs for all to see!
(I can see all the ADMs rushing to view it now)
OK, you two lovers keep your spats private please!!!!
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BigDfromTN wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: JenDalessan wrote: This is an actual PM Bama just sent me:
Good call! I could never really love you because of my gayness!
Ya'll should have read the PM from her that brought on this retort. I am to much a Gentleman to post Jens PMs for all to see!
(I can see all the ADMs rushing to view it now)
OK, you two lovers keep your spats private please!!!!
BAMA---------------------------->only has eyes for TW!
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tsk, tsk...pms are supposed to be "pms."
sorry that woman caused a chit storm, bama. there is always at least one token psycho everywhere you go. i'm glad no one else hopped on her bandwagon causing a repeat of what happened on miracle last month.
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BAMA X 2 wrote: Miracle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nliN2sup72E
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| WOW! What happened? I haven't seen anything like that since TWs Family Reunion!
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BAMA X 2 wrote: WOW! What happened? I haven't seen anything like that since TWs Family Reunion!
They changed ports because of a storm  I guess NYers planning on islands and ending up in RI can not take a joke.
Think the Captain is showing up for this A-hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZGdNxHDxKo&NR=1
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