Thank you Cindy and Paul. Your vlog just got Laverne and I even more excited about being on the Luminosa. We had been hearing some negative comments about this ship, but your positivity is refreshing and calmed our worries. Once again, THANK YOU! Stay well my friends. “See you on the High Seas”.
Hello, we took the Luminosa May 11 it was our first cruise and my sister and husband forth cruise. They said it was the worst one they been on. The food could have been better.
We haven’t done our Alaskan cruise yet, doing it in Sept, so looking forward to it. This video just made me excited to be on her again for 37 days, 30 days repositioning back to Australia, plus a 7 day Alaskan prior to which goes to different ports of call we don’t get to on the long cruise. That is how much we liked her. 👍👍👍 The lighting is one of its main features, remember to view how they use it which gives the ship its name Luminosa. All I can say about the negative comments, they must have been hard to please, or they picked the wrong ship. It is not a floating resort city. It is more a ship of a bygone era, which we like. I hope you enjoy your time on her.
@@blacksorrento4719 Thank You so much . We are sitting in Seattle and excited about tomorrow morning and boarding the Luminosa. Take care and hope to meet you on the high seas.
Only found on Carnival Luminosa and serving as the centerpiece of the 10-deck-high atrium is a particularly monumental bronze sculpture titled ‘Reclining Woman 2004’ that was specially commissioned for this ship from world-renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero. The multi-million-dollar sculpture, more than 11 feet in length and weighing nearly one ton, depicts a female figure, daydreaming in a reclining position with a subtle and ironic facial expression. She serves as a good luck charm to the ship, her crew and guests. She is nicknamed “Donna” Sailed on her in March and sailing again in September, doing a repositioning back to Australia via Alaska and Japan. Thank you for an excellent overview on this lovely ship. Yes she’s an older one, doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the usual Carnival Fun ship, but we like her that way. FYI your comment on the smoking bar not being open, it is probably an O H & S ( occupational health and safety) Australian mandate for her other home port in our summer, just a thought. Keep up the good work enjoying your vids on your Alaska cruise. Thankyou 👍
My family and I sailed in mid-May and there were pros and cons about the ship. The ice machines being broken were an annoyance. The wait times for the Lido deck "buffets" were long but not terrible. Our dining staff and state room staff were amazing though!
This is absolutely the best cruise boat tour I've ever seen. We board her August 10th, 2023 and THANK YOU for doing this video. I hope you have more videos - I'm going to go look right now. Bobbie - from Texas
Hello, really check out the Luminosa. My wife and sister and her husband and took cruise May 11, it was my wife's and I first cruise. It could have been better, food could have tasted better.
@@scottcarpenter2317 thank you for the info, you were on the cruise with some of my family. They said, the same thing you said. I can't wait. Thank you for the info.
Great job on the video, but it's really the worst ship they have. I'm so happy you posted this video because we were getting ready to book it. Can't believe there's no burgers, tacos, or Chinese food by the pool. Wow, what a huge flaw.
We always find places on the ship for taste foods since we are long time Carnival cruisers! Please keep a positive attitude and your cruise will be successful!
Gorgeous ship! I love the legend. This is an amazing upgrade!!! Does it have a glass staircase over the lobby to the Steak House like the Legend, Pride and other Spirit Class ships?
Unfortunately, the steakhouse is above the Lido deck Buffet area, so it’s not as nice as the pride and legend. Thank you for watching it. Happy cruising!
It is a Costa ship that has been rebranded to the Carnival line, late last year. So it won’t be like the Spirit class ships. It is more of a Vista class ship, very similar in layout to the HAL Westerdam.
I just got home a few days ago from this Cruise 🚢 was absolutely beautiful. It was my first cruise sadly we encountered some problems mainly the staff. Worker at the bar knew we where new I was trying to buy drinks for my wife with my money so she could just have fun without using her money asked him how do I pay or switch the card so she don’t have to keep using her keycard and getting charged he says you can pay me cash so I go get cash out the machine come back a different guy waits on us I pull out the cash he says no I can’t accept that so I looked back at the other guy who told me that asked him why he told me to get cash out if you don’t accept it according to what this guy is telling me he denied ever saying that causing a odd situation where his boss had to calm the situation down because I wasn’t backing down I don’t tolerate lying and making me look like a fool in front of everyone just so he could lie and save his job.We soon realized he was trying to pocket the money for himself which I personally honestly didn’t care if he did that put a little money in his pockets they work hard on those ships but the fact he made me look like I was lying so that was the problem I had with the situation and 3 different people heard him tell us to get cash out.Then on my wife’s b day we come back to are room around 9:45pm and it’s flooded asked them 6 times what happened nobody would tell me until I got really mad finally guy says a pipe burst from the plumbing. Then they move us to an extremely loud floor 8 which is right under the breakfest lunch eating area they give us new key cards to are rooms we get up there with clothes and got are hands full carrying crap from are flooded room and the damn key cards didn’t work. So my wife had to go back downstairs and get them to activate them then we get inside are new room and the entire USB light station doesn’t work so we couldn’t charge are phones they had to come back and replace that. Then I got kicked out the gym while I had already been working out for 30 minutes guy claimed I had the wrong style shoes on. I had all I could take with some of there staff I was so pissed so finally I tell them my mom works for carnival and royal carribean which she does she’s a piano bar player and how Im surprised on how I’m not having a good experience with some of the staff here been a rocky start then ohhhh everyone’s tuned changed quick the guy in the gym starts telling me where I can find and get the right shoes and then I can come back and train then they start making phone calls to my room from guest services managers where gonna provide you a free meal anything you want and drinks which they did but man that was really disappointing with some of the staff that it had to get to that point I had just got out the hospital not to long ago from surgery I just wanted a stress free experience on the boat but that didn’t happen .The trip itself the scenery the places we went was absolutely amazing beautiful so I just took in all the positive out of it and enjoyed it but I still highly recommend others to go on this trip guess we where just unfortunate to run across a few bad apples of the staff members but the rest of the staff on the ship where great hard workers nice doing everything they could to help out and provide good services. The places we saw the towns the people where nice at the towns we visited the food gets 5 stars the ship experience give it 3 stars would have gave it 5 stars but encountered to many problems.
We were on the ship in March out of Brisbane Australia. So the crew had been on there since November. With the repositioning to Seattle they told us a new crew would be joining for that leg, because we said we would see them in September, they said no….they would be on a different ship, things get changed around, being the first cruise out of Seattle they were probably still working things out. Such are the joys of ship life….. Sorry you had such a bad time of it. For what it’s worth, I don’t handle lying or injustice very well either. FYI you could have taken his name and reported him either to guest services, or in your feedback survey they ask you to fill in on the Carnival hub.
During port time, nobody ever use the pools and they were opened. I guess everybody was enjoying excursions off the ship, and it was funny this ship never seemed crowded and always a place to sit and enjoy the high seas. Thank you for watching.
Wonderful and informative video. Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you Cindy and Paul. Your vlog just got Laverne and I even more excited about being on the Luminosa. We had been hearing some negative comments about this ship, but your positivity is refreshing and calmed our worries. Once again, THANK YOU! Stay well my friends. “See you on the High Seas”.
Hello, we took the Luminosa May 11 it was our first cruise and my sister and husband forth cruise. They said it was the worst one they been on. The food could have been better.
We haven’t done our Alaskan cruise yet, doing it in Sept, so looking forward to it.
This video just made me excited to be on her again for 37 days, 30 days repositioning back to Australia, plus a 7 day Alaskan prior to which goes to different ports of call we don’t get to on the long cruise.
That is how much we liked her. 👍👍👍
The lighting is one of its main features, remember to view how they use it which gives the ship its name Luminosa. All I can say about the negative comments, they must have been hard to please, or they picked the wrong ship. It is not a floating resort city. It is more a ship of a bygone era, which we like. I hope you enjoy your time on her.
@@blacksorrento4719 Thank You so much . We are sitting in Seattle and excited about tomorrow morning and boarding the Luminosa. Take care and hope to meet you on the high seas.
Thanks great video.the wife and I will be sailing in June on the ship looks great 👍
Thank you for watching and have a great time on the cruise!
Great video. I so wanted to see the spa
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the tour, I am going next month.
Thank you for watching and enjoy your cruise!
Only found on Carnival Luminosa and serving as the centerpiece of the 10-deck-high atrium is a particularly monumental bronze sculpture titled ‘Reclining Woman 2004’ that was specially commissioned for this ship from world-renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero. The multi-million-dollar sculpture, more than 11 feet in length and weighing nearly one ton, depicts a female figure, daydreaming in a reclining position with a subtle and ironic facial expression. She serves as a good luck charm to the ship, her crew and guests.
She is nicknamed “Donna”
Sailed on her in March and sailing again in September, doing a repositioning back to Australia via Alaska and Japan. Thank you for an excellent overview on this lovely ship. Yes she’s an older one, doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the usual Carnival Fun ship, but we like her that way.
FYI your comment on the smoking bar not being open, it is probably an O H & S ( occupational health and safety) Australian mandate for her other home port in our summer, just a thought.
Keep up the good work enjoying your vids on your Alaska cruise. Thankyou 👍
Thank you for sharing this information. Very informative and thank you for watching our video 🤗
My family and I sailed in mid-May and there were pros and cons about the ship. The ice machines being broken were an annoyance. The wait times for the Lido deck "buffets" were long but not terrible. Our dining staff and state room staff were amazing though!
Thank you for sharing your experience and watching our video 🤗
This is absolutely the best cruise boat tour I've ever seen. We board her August 10th, 2023 and THANK YOU for doing this video. I hope you have more videos - I'm going to go look right now. Bobbie - from Texas
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching our videos and supporting our channel. Happy Cruising and I hope to see you on the HighSeas one day!
Hi! I hope your trip was great! What was the weather and entertainment like? We are booked for Jul 2024
She's beautiful. I'll be sailing on Luminosa this summer with my family
Thank you for watching and happy cruising!
Just booked foe next year! Now i cant wait. Thanks foe the tour
Thank you for watching and happy cruising!
Great video! Very informative. We’re almost there! 😊
Thank you for watching 🤗
Sailing in July, I've heard negative things as well, thank you for the video! One thing I've noticed is this ship is never crowded which is good.
Thank you for watching 🤗
Hello, really check out the Luminosa. My wife and sister and her husband and took cruise May 11, it was my wife's and I first cruise. It could have been better, food could have tasted better.
@@scottcarpenter2317 don’t judge one Carnival cruise. Every ship is different so please take another Carnival cruise other than the Luminous.
@@HighSeasFriendsTravel We won't it might be a while before we go again
@@scottcarpenter2317 thank you for the info, you were on the cruise with some of my family. They said, the same thing you said. I can't wait. Thank you for the info.
Great job on the video, but it's really the worst ship they have. I'm so happy you posted this video because we were getting ready to book it. Can't believe there's no burgers, tacos, or Chinese food by the pool. Wow, what a huge flaw.
Great video. I have been seeing mixed reviews, so am nervous about booking. How was the food?
We always find places on the ship for taste foods since we are long time Carnival cruisers! Please keep a positive attitude and your cruise will be successful!
Gorgeous ship! I love the legend. This is an amazing upgrade!!!
Does it have a glass staircase over the lobby to the Steak House like the Legend, Pride and other Spirit Class ships?
Unfortunately, the steakhouse is above the Lido deck Buffet area, so it’s not as nice as the pride and legend. Thank you for watching it. Happy cruising!
It is a Costa ship that has been rebranded to the Carnival line, late last year. So it won’t be like the Spirit class ships.
It is more of a Vista class ship, very similar in layout to the HAL Westerdam.
I just got home a few days ago from this Cruise 🚢 was absolutely beautiful. It was my first cruise sadly we encountered some problems mainly the staff. Worker at the bar knew we where new I was trying to buy drinks for my wife with my money so she could just have fun without using her money asked him how do I pay or switch the card so she don’t have to keep using her keycard and getting charged he says you can pay me cash so I go get cash out the machine come back a different guy waits on us I pull out the cash he says no I can’t accept that so I looked back at the other guy who told me that asked him why he told me to get cash out if you don’t accept it according to what this guy is telling me he denied ever saying that causing a odd situation where his boss had to calm the situation down because I wasn’t backing down I don’t tolerate lying and making me look like a fool in front of everyone just so he could lie and save his job.We soon realized he was trying to pocket the money for himself which I personally honestly didn’t care if he did that put a little money in his pockets they work hard on those ships but the fact he made me look like I was lying so that was the problem I had with the situation and 3 different people heard him tell us to get cash out.Then on my wife’s b day we come back to are room around 9:45pm and it’s flooded asked them 6 times what happened nobody would tell me until I got really mad finally guy says a pipe burst from the plumbing. Then they move us to an extremely loud floor 8 which is right under the breakfest lunch eating area they give us new key cards to are rooms we get up there with clothes and got are hands full carrying crap from are flooded room and the damn key cards didn’t work. So my wife had to go back downstairs and get them to activate them then we get inside are new room and the entire USB light station doesn’t work so we couldn’t charge are phones they had to come back and replace that. Then I got kicked out the gym while I had already been working out for 30 minutes guy claimed I had the wrong style shoes on. I had all I could take with some of there staff I was so pissed so finally I tell them my mom works for carnival and royal carribean which she does she’s a piano bar player and how Im surprised on how I’m not having a good experience with some of the staff here been a rocky start then ohhhh everyone’s tuned changed quick the guy in the gym starts telling me where I can find and get the right shoes and then I can come back and train then they start making phone calls to my room from guest services managers where gonna provide you a free meal anything you want and drinks which they did but man that was really disappointing with some of the staff that it had to get to that point I had just got out the hospital not to long ago from surgery I just wanted a stress free experience on the boat but that didn’t happen .The trip itself the scenery the places we went was absolutely amazing beautiful so I just took in all the positive out of it and enjoyed it but I still highly recommend others to go on this trip guess we where just unfortunate to run across a few bad apples of the staff members but the rest of the staff on the ship where great hard workers nice doing everything they could to help out and provide good services. The places we saw the towns the people where nice at the towns we visited the food gets 5 stars the ship experience give it 3 stars would have gave it 5 stars but encountered to many problems.
We were on the ship in March out of Brisbane Australia.
So the crew had been on there since November. With the repositioning to Seattle they told us a new crew would be joining for that leg, because we said we would see them in September, they said no….they would be on a different ship, things get changed around, being the first cruise out of Seattle they were probably still working things out. Such are the joys of ship life…..
Sorry you had such a bad time of it. For what it’s worth, I don’t handle lying or injustice very well either.
FYI you could have taken his name and reported him either to guest services, or in your feedback survey they ask you to fill in on the Carnival hub.
Thank you for your review and thank you for your support watching our video. Happy cruising.
What are your dates for vinezia in september
Thank you for watching! We will be on the Carnival Venezia on September 8, 2023!
why was the pool area closed on the day you were at port?
During port time, nobody ever use the pools and they were opened. I guess everybody was enjoying excursions off the ship, and it was funny this ship never seemed crowded and always a place to sit and enjoy the high seas. Thank you for watching.
Any Hendricks Gin?
I’m sorry we’re not gin drinker so I can’t answer this question but if you do go on the carnival luminosa, happy cruising!
In the Alchemy Bar. Deck 3 Starboard Aft