Hi CKINLA. I was on the Star too in Hawaii and I have noticed the Carnival look to the ship that makes it look cheap. But I guess to new cruisers it looks beautiful.
I am laughing because I remember that "Store" where if you went to a certain corner you could feel the ship really rocking and rolling. I wasn't able to concentrate on looking at things because I would start to get dizzy.
I may go back to that corner just for the JOY RIDE on Feb. 25th.
The only reason I am going back on the STAR is because it has the indoor warm pool and hot jacuzzi in the Spa area which is totally empty most of the time and my roomie and I will have fun relaxing in the Spa. I truly enjoy using the Spa area of ships.
As far as the food is concerned...... I plan to graze my way through the eateries each day. I am a snacker and love to snack. The ice cream bar is hidden wayyyy..... on a top deck wayyyy... in the back. I also had fun going to the Blue Lagoon for junk food that is very tasty. It is also fun opening the frigerator to get a container of juice or milk. Gee..... it is starting to feel like I am going on a Carnival ship. It doesn't take much to please me. It sounds like the ship has gone downhill since Hawaii. But the ship is located in my city and I don't have to fly to get to it. I also want to attend the Chocolate buffet again and eat the chocolate covered bananas.
I also plan to attend as many activities as possible.
My friend and I are spanish speaking so we are going to have fun exploring the beach cities on our own. We will charm the taxi drivers to take us everywhere and pay them well for their time.
The secret to paying less for taxis' is to walk away from the ship and pass up all the taxis' linned up near the ship. Go a few blocks and stop any taxi and they will be a lot cheaper. They also have to drop you off a block away from the ship so they don't have to pay the police some of their hard earned taxi money. The Mexican police wear white shirts and brown pants or dark pants. You will notice them stopping the taxis' and asking them for money especially in Matzatclan. They do that after the taxi has dropped you off.
OOPPPSSS!!! I changed the subject.
