Hey everyone!! Sorry about the audio issues we experienced today, it resulted in a much shorter video. I hope it doesn't impact the next video but the problem is resolved for our next cruise! Please Like & Subscribe for continuous cruise content! Stayed tuned for the rest of the Carnival Celebration vlog and our next cruise out to Alaska on Royal Caribbean's Ovation OTS! Thanks for watching and Happy Cruising!! 🍻😎☀
Yeah that was unfortunate but once we discovered what was going on we were able to fix it (sort of) for the next video. We had a lot of fun and because our experience here we booked the Jubilee and Firenze in 2024! Thanks for watching!! ☀️🍻😎
The Deal or No Deal clip shows one of my favorite things about Carnival - when people win, people get HYPE. So glad y'all are enjoying the Celebration!
One of the BEST videos on cruising we've seen and we've been cruising since 2010. Looking forward to more! We are going on a back-to-back on the Celebration this fall and you gave us a lot of information. LOVE CARNIVAL!
Wow thank you so much!! Glad you're enjoying the videos ☀️🍻😎 I'm so jealous, we've always wanted to do a back-to-back and what a great ship to do it on! You're going to have a blast 😊
Thank you so much!! The Celebration is still our favourite ship and we can't wait for the Jubilee. You're going to have an awesome time!! Thanks for watching ☀️😎🍻
Went to St. Maarten 3 years ago and fell in love! On a land vacation during Covid times. The food and the beach were top notch and beautiful. The game show looks really fun on the ship. 🥰🏝️
It's always a great destination! We've been a few times but it has been a while. We really loved the game shows and entertainment on the Celebration, I can't wait to experience it again on the Jubilee. Thanks for watching!! 🍻😎☀️
That was the most epic game show we have ever seen! The audience got behind her in such a big way! We honestly loved everything about this cruise!! Especially the awesome cruise director!! ❤
So happy to see this, I was born and raised in st Maarten and my late father worked at Maho Beach. My family and I was there in August of 2023. I enjoyed your channel! Thank you.
Oh wow what a great idea I would love a Star Wars Museum! I'm not sure Kala would like it though 🤣 ugh sorry to hear that about your trip! We lucked out with the weather every day (except the first day) was beautiful. Thanks for watching!! 😎🍻☀️
We’ll be on Celebration next month 🙌 Have been checking out videos here and there for impressions and such, so thanks for posting & keep up the great work 🍻
That's so exciting!! After looking back on the videos we want to go back so bad lol can't wait for the Jubilee! Have a wonderful vacation, thanks for watching and the continued support! ☀️😎🍻
We went to St. Maarten a few years ago on a cruise out of San Juan. It had one of the best itineraries we’ve ever had. Of course since it was our first time there we went to Maho beach and did a beach break on another beach. Can’t wait to see your Alaskan cruise videos. It’s definitely on our bucket list, but we have never done any other cruise other than tropical locales. Being from Louisiana we are not used to cold weather. However, I’ve only heard good things about the Alaskan cruises. Really enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing.
We loved cruising out of San Juan!! I'm not surprised to hear it was your favourite! We had a lot of fun when we did Maho beach ⛱️ We are definitely looking forward to the Alaska cruise, not only for Alaska but for Vancouver and Seattle as well! All new destinations 😎 We were hesitant at first because we JUST got through our winter ❄️ Thanks for sharing and for all the support we really appreciate it!! ☀️😎🍻
Never been on a carnival cruise...but we are planning on one! Really enjoying your videos! Yall seem like a nice fun couple and down to earth like us!! Keep em comin!
Thank you so much for the kind words and support! We had a blast on Carnival, you're going to have an amazing time when you plan to go. We're back on the new Carnival Jubilee in February, we can't wait! 🍻😎☀
The first half of the B2B is this itinerary, except we are going to St. Thomas instead of St. Maarten. I so need to make it there one of these days. The water is just drop dead gorgeous. How cool Lee commented on your video too! We will have Chris the Flying Scotsman and while I hear he's great, I am really sad we won't catch Lee.
Love st Maarten! My boyfriend and I did the highest zip line Excursion there. it was amazing,I highly recommended it next time you go! Thanks for sharing your vaca I leave for a cruise this Friday!
That's so exciting!! Looking back on the video i wish we did that excursion but that's ok next time!! Our cruise countdown is at 17 days until Alaska and we cant wait. We hope you have a wonderful vacation!!! Thanks for watching and Happy cruising! 😎☀️🍻
We did the atv tour 5 years ago, love St Maarten that we flew to the island and stayed for 5 days. We are heading back on the Celebration in October, no itinerary yet. Great trip videos, got me jonesin for our cruise.
We are going to have to try the ATV tour next time we're there!! Rewatching and creating the videos makes me miss it so much we can't wait to get back! Thanks so much for watching and for the continued support 😎🍻☀️
We’ve done the ATV excursion in St.Maarten last year, it was one of the best things we’ve ever done. We went all around the island, it was pretty much all day.
Ugh! A few people have mentioned this, we will have to do it next time! This is why the cruising community is awesome 😎☀️🍻 sharing and helping each other out
Hey guys!! My family has loved watching your carnival celebration vacation. We are going next year (May '24). We are curious what you do for your jobs when you're home, not traveling. We can't wait to see y'all go to Alaska!!! Thanks for taking us along on your trip!!
Thank you so much!! Glad you're enjoying the videos! I work for the Government and right now Kala works for a Tech company. We are very excited for Alaska and to experience a different type of Cruise. Thanks for watching and for the continued support!! ☀️😎🍻
Hi guys, I think you''ll love Alaska. We went 8 years ago believe it or not had 7 days of sun which allowed us to do outdoors things. Try to do an excursion that takes you close to the glaciers either in kayaks or canoes...but remember to bring warm clothing for that trip as the temperature near the glaciers is 20 degrees cooler than on the ship. Also definitely do a whale watch/eagle watch excursion. We were lucky enough to see well over 100 bald eagles sitting in the trees off a tiny offshore nesting area and on the same excursion saw a mother whale and her two babies calving literally 100 feet from our boat...it was just an unbelievably fun land invigorating day. Try to book those itinerating trips before the cruise as they sell out quickly. By the way, we love your videos. We sailed on the Mardi Gras and loved it and are set to sail on the Celebration in early December...can't wait!@@ryanandkala
Just started following u 2, I have been watching the videos b2b. U 2 are such a fun spirited couple. Was that a royal Caribbean shirt u had on, the nerve and disrespect to carnival 😂. I am going on celebration in February, can't wait its gonna be my 3rd carnival cruise only
Yay!! Welcome to the channel glad you are enjoying the videos. Haha 🤣 that was a Royal shirt, I'll have to get a Carnival one when I'm on the Jubilee to properly represent. You're going to have so much fun in February this cruise was a blast!! ☀️😎🍻
Geeze you have the best videos. You're a good dancer. Is there anything you're not good at? Ryan does a great job, please tell him. You both are do a great job and I subscribed awhile back and now you are over 9000 and growing. You deserve it. I love how you answer everyone. NO ONE does that. If you're ever in New York to cruise from there I would meet you to buy you some drinks. Keep up the great work.
We LOVE hearing from our OG subscribers! You guys hold a special place in our hearts for sure!! Thanks so much for sticking around while we learned how to vlog haha! 🤣 Oh 100% if we are ever back in NYC we will let you know! You could show us the stuff non touristy cool stuff to do haha! I will definitely tell Ryan ♥️ he will appreciate that so much!!! We do try and reply to everyone, especially while the community is still small! We love chatting with you all! 🫶🏼
@@ryanandkala Definitely. there is so much to see if you have a day or so. There's Chelsea, Tribeca, Little Italy, Gramercy park and so many roof top bars with views, greenwich Village and Hudson Yards is great and I could go on and on. I know you are busy with cruises and I'm so jealous. LOL but if you ever come here I can show you some places. Well have fun on your next cruise and I will be waiting for the vlog.
We did an island tour with Trikes of St. Maarten a few years ago that was fantastic. They also do these trike island tours in Cozumel and Aruba, all are fun and fantastic way to tour the island.
My friend and I sailed on the Carnival Panorama last year and she got called for Deal or No Deal. It was her bday and she won one cent lol. It was still a lot of fun and the cruise director, Marty sent chocolate covered strawberries to our room for her bday.
Wow that's amazing!! How lucky to be called on her birthday! Too bad she only got one cent, it would have been nice to get a little something extra as a bday present 🎁 lol glad you had fun! Sounds like you had a great cruise director like us 😎☀️🍻
Yet another Great video!! Your drone footage was awesome!! St. Martin looks like my cup of tea chair, umbrella and a bucket of 🍻 beer!! Definitely appropriate the heads up on walking down farther to get past the crowds. Definitely a job well done. Did you take a footage of the last two sea days ??
Thank you so much!! I was really happy with how the drone footage turned out, just wish I got more! We combined the last 2 sea days into 1 video that im just finishing editing, I think it's around 1 hour long so we got lots of footage lol 😂. After that I'll see if I can put together a ship tour style video. Thanks for watching!! 😎🍻☀️
@@ryanandkala also just a FYI I heard yesterday carnival is changing things up a little bit with Cucina del Capitano restaurant. Your first night you dine there is free then any night after that is 8 dollars a person. Im sure it’s worth it!! They are starting this on the Mardi Gras. I’m sure it’s probably no big deal but I know you two like to dine there. Just just wanted to give a heads up. Have a good one !!! I
@@jwe61busk11 Wow that's really great info! Thanks for sharing that. Im completely okay with that $8 isn't that much especially if the first time is free!
Yes absolutely!! Although we would go to Bar820 as our coffee back-up just because it was closer to our stateroom we heard Havana bar was usually pretty quiet! Great info! Thanks for watching!! 🍻😎😂
@@ryanandkala oh yeah. I do like the Java blue coffee, but I would find those other options when there was a line. I’ll look for bar820 in the future. And yeah Havana bar area is almost empty and quiet in the mornings. Good for reading too, at least in my experience. Great vid!
Hey guys, enjoying your videos. The other half is requesting that Kala shows more of the gluten-free food options and what it all looks/tastes like. I’m sure a lot of gluten free peeps are enjoying seeing your trips. Thanks for the work you put into these videos. It’s nice to enjoy some cruises while we’re chillin’ on the couch! Take care and safe travels.
No problem! Sometimes we worry that we show too much of the celiac info and we want to make sure what we share is valuable to our community. So knowing we have several celiacs is helpful! We will make sure to step up some of the celiac content for you!! Thanks for the feedback and so glad you’re enjoying the content!!! ♥️
The reason for the wait for the Cucina is because on the Celebration and Mardi Gras, thise with your time dining get first pick of times for that restaurant and for the chi bang restaurant too. On other ships the Cucina is a paid restaurant at dinner and free at lunch only.
That makes sense! Great info! What a nice treat to have it as a complimentary restaurant for dinner. Kala really liked the food because they were really accommodating with her allergies! Thanks so much for the info and for watching!! 🍻😎☀️
@@ryanandkala you are very welcome. My suggestion is on your next carnival cruise, go to the Cucina for lunch and have the lasagna. And check out Carnival Cruising Podcastaways my podcast. We would love to have y'all on if you are interested to talk about the differences in carnival and royal.
Wonderful video! I was wondering is it difficult finding gluten free food while sailing? Do you find that gluten free food is not as good as gluten foods? ~ Inge 😺
Kala said sometimes it's hard to find, but it's getting easier. It's definitely not as good, but for the most part it's good enough and you just have to work around it. The Cruise lines are really accommodating when it comes to allergies in our experience. Thanks for watching!! ☀️😎🍻
That’s so exciting! It’s an awesome ship you’re going to have a blast! If you do the Dutchman you’ll have to let us know how it is!! Thanks so much for watching, we’re so glad you’re enjoying the content!! Our Carnival jubilee cruise is coming up in late February we can’t wait to share with you ♥️
We got picked to play Deal/No Deal on our Princess cruise last week and we took home $303. Not bad for $40 for two cards. Would for sure play again. And on another Princess cruise last year we won $375.00 playing Bingo. Again not bad for $40 for 6 games. We're not gamblers at all but so far so good. Never know till you try. We've played twice and both times won some money. Lady luck so far on our side.
Hey guys! Thanks for sharing. My girlfriend and I are sailing out of Miami in August and excited! We have cruised some luxury cruise lines, and they were very accommodating to her dietary restrictions (Gluten). I don’t want her to be underwhelmed by her food options onboard. Would you mind sharing your experience with lunch and dinner options? Maybe offer a recommendation? Thanks again!
Hey Ian! Honestly if she is just GF there’s a ton of options on board! My restrictions are much more difficult because I was vegetarian prior to my celiac diagnosis and didn’t want to give that up (as that was my choice unlike the celiac lol) But the blue iguana has great options for lunch, and the lido marketplace wasn’t bad either! For dinner she will have so many options as most restaurants were able to accommodate gluten allergies super easily! I wouldn’t worry at all! :) Just go early to reservations and let your head waiter in the dining room know asap about her allergy!
My family and I are escaping the Minnesota winters again February 2024 and taking this exact cruise trip. Beach looks like a good way to go. Sadly I’m the only one that wants to do the zip line to get some good footage so I think we will just end up at the beach.
That's so exciting! Getting away in the winter is an absolute must for us. You're going to have an amazing time, too bad about the zip line it looks like a lot of fun. The beach is a good option though☀️🍻😎
@@ryanandkala last year we went around the same time and we got to skip our -30 degree week long cold stretch. This will be our first ship in the excel class. Can’t wait. One of the years we will try royal Caribbean. I have been debating buying a drone. Which one do you have? I have been looking at dji mavic 2.
@@NorthShoreTravelers I remember that week I think we had similar temperature here in Canada. I use a DJI Mini 2, I just put the link in the description. I like it, it's small, easy to use, video is decent and the gps is good.
@@ryanandkala awesome thanks for the info! It’s nice to come across a fellow RU-vidr that loves to cruise and shares the crappy weather we do in the winter lol.
We did the Flying Dutchman last November. It was AMAZING!!! I’m a little afraid of heights but the bar up at the top Mtn was instant liquid courage. Haha Definitely a must do the next time you guys are back in St Maarten. (Also, PS, where are the mirror sunglasses from? I need those! 😂)
We will definitely have to check that out next time we are there!! Sounds so cool! Smart to have a bar too haha The sunglasses are from Aliexpress! I love them!
It's Great Bay Beach, you can take a water taxi right from the cruise port for $7 or the walk is about 15 minutes from what I remember! ☀️😎🍻 Great spot to just hang out for the day, lots of shops and restaurants nearby.
St Marteen is definitely beautiful, but St Thomas is also kinda cool. Ryan and I liked Magen’s Bay Beach a lot. We also went to secret harbour beach resort for a wedding and it was lovely!
Yes exactly! Which is nice because we're diamond status with Royal so we've status matched with Celebrity but just haven't cruised with them yet. I think the whole medallion experience on princess seems awesome too we'd love to try them as well. 🍻😎☀️
