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Oh Canada!! Our Carnival Sunshine NE/Canada review (with pics) 9/3/16
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<blockquote data-quote="Jamman" data-source="post: 1694077" data-attributes="member: 201"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Now we are heading over to Pier 90 to park, passing right in front of the Carnival Sunshine…..</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS0017.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00181.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00191.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Turning onto Pier 90, you can see the luggage drop off area. Once you drop off your luggage you are free to park in any available space. Oh oh, I see passengers from the last cruise pulling their luggage to their cars……</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00201.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">However, before you can drop off your luggage, you have to let Officer Dan and his friendly bomb sniffing dog Cujo, have a look in your trunk or luggage compartment…..</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS0021.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Our luggage sniffed, and then dropped off, we head to park. Here’s a view looking up at the Carnival Sunshine’s bridge…..</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00231.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Once parked, we make the short walk to the escalator, and down into the terminal. Before we can go to the VIP line, we have to fill out a Canadian Customs Declaration form. Easy enough, but don’t slip up when entering the date. For some reason those crazy Canadians have to have the date listed first, then the month and year. Lol. Mess up and you’ll have to do it again!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Going through the scanners was no problem at all. They didn’t even bother checking the two bottles of wine we brought with us. We entered the VIP lounge, signed in, then sat down to wait to be called to check in. There were a lot of people already in there, and there weren’t many seats left to be had. I noticed that a line was quickly growing waiting to get in. It was apparent that the staff doing the check-ins couldn’t keep up with the influx of VIP’s. Also, for those that were wondering, at this point the ship was going to sail the original planned itinerary.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">After about 15 minutes or so we were called to check in. That went very quickly until the part where they give you your Sail & Sign cards. They couldn’t find ours! After about 10 minutes they asked us to sit down and they would bring them to us. I was beginning to worry that boarding would begin, and we would still be sitting there waiting for our cards.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">Meanwhile, staff began taking groups of VIP’s over to the regular check in lines to try and catch up. It was now approaching noontime, and normally boarding would have begun already, but like I mentioned earlier, they were running late. Finally they found our Sail & Sign cards, and it seemed like only a few minutes later they began boarding VIP’s. There was no distinction between Diamond, Platinum, or suites. Everyone got up together and got in line, which went directly outside to the gangways and bypassed the embarkation pictures. The gangway to Lobby Deck 3 backed up right away, so we were directed to the gangway that entered on Deck 2 mid ship. Not the spectacular entrance that you get when you enter into the atrium, but we didn’t care. It was 12:15pm, and we were on board the Carnival Sunshine!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #660000">To be continued.....</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamman, post: 1694077, member: 201"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#660000]Now we are heading over to Pier 90 to park, passing right in front of the Carnival Sunshine….. [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS0017.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00181.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00191.JPG[/IMG] Turning onto Pier 90, you can see the luggage drop off area. Once you drop off your luggage you are free to park in any available space. Oh oh, I see passengers from the last cruise pulling their luggage to their cars…… [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00201.JPG[/IMG] However, before you can drop off your luggage, you have to let Officer Dan and his friendly bomb sniffing dog Cujo, have a look in your trunk or luggage compartment….. [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS0021.JPG[/IMG] Our luggage sniffed, and then dropped off, we head to park. Here’s a view looking up at the Carnival Sunshine’s bridge….. [IMG]http://photos.cruisecritic.com/data/510/CS00231.JPG[/IMG] Once parked, we make the short walk to the escalator, and down into the terminal. Before we can go to the VIP line, we have to fill out a Canadian Customs Declaration form. Easy enough, but don’t slip up when entering the date. For some reason those crazy Canadians have to have the date listed first, then the month and year. Lol. Mess up and you’ll have to do it again! Going through the scanners was no problem at all. They didn’t even bother checking the two bottles of wine we brought with us. We entered the VIP lounge, signed in, then sat down to wait to be called to check in. There were a lot of people already in there, and there weren’t many seats left to be had. I noticed that a line was quickly growing waiting to get in. It was apparent that the staff doing the check-ins couldn’t keep up with the influx of VIP’s. Also, for those that were wondering, at this point the ship was going to sail the original planned itinerary. After about 15 minutes or so we were called to check in. That went very quickly until the part where they give you your Sail & Sign cards. They couldn’t find ours! After about 10 minutes they asked us to sit down and they would bring them to us. I was beginning to worry that boarding would begin, and we would still be sitting there waiting for our cards. Meanwhile, staff began taking groups of VIP’s over to the regular check in lines to try and catch up. It was now approaching noontime, and normally boarding would have begun already, but like I mentioned earlier, they were running late. Finally they found our Sail & Sign cards, and it seemed like only a few minutes later they began boarding VIP’s. There was no distinction between Diamond, Platinum, or suites. Everyone got up together and got in line, which went directly outside to the gangways and bypassed the embarkation pictures. The gangway to Lobby Deck 3 backed up right away, so we were directed to the gangway that entered on Deck 2 mid ship. Not the spectacular entrance that you get when you enter into the atrium, but we didn’t care. It was 12:15pm, and we were on board the Carnival Sunshine!! To be continued.....[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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