Carnival Liberty- April 2017- Post Six

Saturday, April 22, Day at Sea:
[Archived from April 2017]

We were up by 8am and headed to the Blue Iguana Cantina for breakfast burritos. They were really good and I’d definitely recommend them. On my Vista trip this fall, we’re looking forward to more Cantina meals, including arepas and huevos rancheros. Can’t wait! After breakfast, we grabbed a drink and headed up to the Serenity for a while to enjoy the weather and ocean. I also noticed that the internet worked really well early in the morning, but as the day progressed it became harder to use (presumably because more people were using it as they woke up). We purchased the $5 Social Package for the day to make sure we were checked in for our flights, check in with our families, etc.
 
On our way to breakfast, I saw these friends hanging out by the pool!



We made a stop in the Lobby Bar for a drink and perused the Pixels gallery, which still prints out all of the photos they take, which is truly a waste of money and paper and ink. I’m very much looking forward to the Vista Pixels where we can see our photos on a screen before printing them. Yay for saving the Earth!

We headed down to the Venetian Palace to watch the Love & Marriage Show at 11:15am. Yep, you read that right. 11:15 am. Seemed like a VERY odd time to have this event. All of the other Love & Marriage shows I’ve seen on cruises have been at night, so seeing it in the middle of the day was peculiar. Also, there was a newlywed couple (3 days and counting) who didn’t get picked to be the newlywed couple, and instead it was a slightly older couple that had been married for months. If the whole point is to find the newest married couple, they missed the mark by choosing the couple they did. We always enjoy this game show though and still had a great time! The answers are always hilarious and we look forward to the show on every cruise. We also talked about possibly trying to get selected on our honeymoon cruise in 5 months, so we’ll see how that works out!

I think we grabbed BBQ for lunch and enjoyed it just as much as we did on Thursday. We stopped by the Chocolate Extravaganza for some dessert and didn’t find it as enticing as I was hoping. We grabbed a few things to try and headed to find seats on the lido deck to look at the water. Not all of our picks were delicious, but at least we know what this chocolate buffet is all about and can opt for ice cream next time. 
[Side Note: At some point on this cruise we had Guy’s Burgers and although I can’t remember which day, I know we really liked them! Looking forward to another tasty burger when we’re on the Vista in 5 months!]

After eating something, we headed back to the Serenity and sat near the bar on some really comfy chairs for a while where we read, people-watched, and bird-watched. There was a small bird hopping around on the deck looking for food, and we of course became concerned for its safety. We told a bartender and he said that he knew about it. I’m not sure what happened to this bird but we were hoping it debarked in Florida and made a new life for himself.  *Don’t ruin the dream for us!!!* 

We decided to find some deck chairs to lay down, so we moved to another part of the Serenity and continued enjoying the sun- it was toasty! My fiancé checked out the hot tub on the second level of the Serenity, and said it was very warm in the hot tub, nothing like the ones on the main deck with access for children. In sum, we stayed in the Serenity for at least 3 hours and had a great afternoon! Already daydreaming of our honeymoon cruise (can you tell?) and relaxing in the Serenity, as well as the Spa since we bought the 8-day pass.

We headed to the Skybox Sports Bar for Sports Trivia again and it was definitely more packed than the night before. The announcer reading the questions said they were random questions but for some reason, about half of the questions were in the lineup from the night before, so that was a little annoying. We had a great time interacting with all of the other passengers in the sports bar and had some good laughs. Unfortunately our last attempt to earn a ship on a stick was futile, but maybe next cruise! 

After trivia, we decided to skip out on the MDR for tonight. We felt bad not saying by to our tablemates, and in retrospect, we probably should’ve popped in just to say goodbye, but we weren’t very hungry and wanted to hang out and people watch. We went to the casino bar and watched live music for at least 45 minutes. We very much enjoyed a duo named Tom and Pete and I learned that my fiancé really enjoys live music even if it doesn’t come in the form of a large concert venue. So happy to realize this after 4+ years! I foresee much more live music in our life.

Here are Tom and Pete doing their thing in the casino area:


We grabbed some dinner in the lido, which wasn’t that fantastic either, but we didn’t starve and all was well. We grabbed a drink and headed up to an aft deck to watch the sunset and enjoy more quality time together. We found a passenger deck that was pretty empty and spent some time walking up and down, watching the water and enjoying the weather.

Sunset:




After making our way back inside, we walked around and caught a little bit of the “Best of Decades with the Best Sellers” in the casino bar area, who were a cover band of famous rock/pop songs, and they were really pretty good! We also did some people watching. My fiance kept commenting on how annoying all of the photographers set up with their backdrops were while walking on the promenade. They took up half of the walkway with their photography stuff, and then stood in the middle of the walkable space trying to get people to take formal photos. I agree, it was a little annoying, but maybe I’m just used to it since I’ve cruised Carnival before and he hasn’t?

We made our way to the show Flick at 8pm, and it left us with very mixed reviews….
I LOVE theatre, live music, shows, entertainment- all of that good stuff. So does my fiance. But we both were left pretty unimpressed with the show as a whole. The main female singer was phenomenal. The costumes were great. The lighting effects and other technical pieces were awesome!! But the plot was confusing. Or terrible. Or both. It didn’t make sense and wasn’t very fun to watch. We tried focus more on the actual talent of the singers and dancers, and on the technical lighting and other effects, so that made it worth watching, but I did not enjoy this story.

Hopefully not breaking any copyright- the show hadn’t started yet!


We went back to the room to pack to go home (very much sad face) and change before heading up to the nightclub to check it out. We had wanted to get there another night, but a three day cruise goes very fast, apparently! The last time I took a 3 day cruise was back in 2007, my first adventure in cruising with my parents. I’m sure it was fast then, but wow it went much too fast this time! We got to the nightclub as it was just starting to get semi-filled up, but the music was a little before our time and not our thing, so we sat, people watched, and talked about how much we enjoyed the cruise. Believe it or not, for as much as I expressed annoyance or dissatisfaction about things, I still had an amazing cruise! We love drinks, music, sun, relaxation, and most importantly, time away from the real world for ourselves and time to reconnect. 

Hot & Cool Nightclub




We didn’t stay long at the nightclub, unfortunately, but I made my fiancé promise we would actually dance in a nightclub or to a live band on the Vista, so it was a good compromise. We had a long day and were unfortunately wanting to be rested for our trip home the next day, so we made our way back to the room. We had a fantastic trip because the voyage is what you make of it, and we made it relaxing and fun.

Thanks for joining me on the lovely voyage!