We woke on Day 3 to find that the ship was in motion but was still in the Mississippi Delta, not yet to the Gulf of Mexico. We learned that it had left port shortly after midnight. Apparently it takes over 5 hours to traverse the Mississippi from New Orleans. We also learned, by being unable to log into the Carnival Hub app, that the computer problems had not yet been fixed.
The computer problems persisted until dinnertime, which meant that the ship went an entire day without people being able to lose money in the casino. That must have cost them a pretty penny. And I was glad that I was not the poor slob who got stuck entering all of those paper bills into the computer.
We wandered the ship a bit. It seemed familiar, which is not a surprise. It is in the same class as the Carnival Conquest, on which we had cruised in 2024. But the decor was different. Not as nice as the Venezia but nice.
We had breakfast in the buffet, did some window shopping and played cards. I won handily and Marlene walked away.
We had a lovely dinner in the dining room with Sherman, Rose and Sherman’s two daughters who were also on the ship, along with Sherman’s ex-wife. I guess they get along.
The casino opened while we were at dinner, so we charged down there as soon as we were finished. We both did well – Marlene won over $300 and I won $25.
We attended the late show which was a nice song-and-dance. We have seen a variation of this show before, but of course this was a new cast on a new ship. Very nice.
Marlene went back to the casino. I went to bed. She got in around 3am, having lost all of the $300 that she had won earlier.
We got up so late on Day 4 that we didn’t get breakfast. But we did get coffee and we got a special lunch made for all the Diamond passengers. I attended at Marlene’s Plus-1. Very good – we both had short ribs and shrimp. Marlene got the shrimp; I got the short ribs. And a complimentary drink. Again, rank does have its privilege.
We chatted with Cary and Gary, a couple from Chicago.
We both visited the casino after lunch. It was unkind to me and I think it treated Marlene harshly too. She stayed; I left. I did a lot of reading. Book report soon.
I had dinner alone in the buffet. I joined Marlene there just as it was closing at 9pm.
We were both tired. Bed early.