Carnival Triumph 2013 4-Day Cruise Review
Day 4        June  30, 2013           A Day At Sea                                            
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Daily Overview:  Today was the last full day of the cruise and the second sea day.  The weather was nice in the morning, but in the early part of the afternoon the skies became cloudy and the seas became a little rough.  Some of the front outside decks got closed in the afternoon and they never reopened during the cruise.  My morning started out by walking around and looking at the empty pool area and outside decks.  Many people were still sleeping after a long day in Cozumel or staying up late for the deck party that occurred the night before.   Typically, the deck chairs would be getting claimed as early as 8am.  However, that was not the case today.  Here are some pictures I took while walking around:

View of Sunrise From Balcony

Lido Deck Looking Towards AFT

Newly Installed Hottub on Lido

Red Frog Rum Bar

Blue Iguana Tequila Bar

A Pool & The Waterslide

Rows of Deck Chairs & Waterslide Behind

Big Screen & Ship's Funnel Behind

Waterslide

Side View of Pool & Waterslide

Hottub

Ship's Pool Area

Big Chess Board

Waterslide Goes Over Atrium Skylight

Mini Golf Course

Looking Down at Lido Pool Area

Basketball Court

Waterslide Entrance

Entrance to Mid Ship Elevators

AFT Pool

AFT Pool Hottubs

Entrance to AFT Pool Hottubs is Closed

Guy's Burger Joint Custom Seating Area

Just Stepped Out From Atrium View

In South Beach Club

Omelet Station in Chopsticks

Boxed Cereals

Breakfast in South Beach Club:   Today's breakfast was very good.  My omelet was very good and was so filled with food that it broke when the chef was placing it onto my plate.  I used the omelet station by the aft pool.  Today the omelet station gave me my omelet on a separate plate, so I had more room to get some of the breakfast sides.  Here are some breakfast pictures:

Omelet

Plate of Potato, Bacon, & Sausage

Zoomed in on Bacon

After breakfast I walked around the World's Way Promenade to the front atrium and then I went to various places around the ship after that.  Here are some pictures that I took while walking around:

Side of Alchemy Bar looking toward Big Easy

Alchemy Bar

Alchemy Bar

Promenade Stage

Looking Down In Atrium

View of Waterslide Through Atrium Skylight

Atrium

Some Pastries With Cream Cheese

Club 02 (15-17 Yr. Old) Lounge

Entrances to Club 02 & Circle C

Looking Down at Lido Deck

View of Waterslide

Mini-Golf Course:   I did play a few rounds of mini golf in the morning.  It was windy, but not enough to ruin the game.  In order to play mini golf a person would have to go to the towel station with their Sail & Sign card to check out clubs & balls.  The materials had to be returned by a certain time in order not to be charged.  When we were finished we returned the clubs & balls to the towel station and the man crossed us off the list.

Looking Down

Blue Water of the Gulf of Mexico

Stairs up to Waterslide

Lunch in the Main Dining Room:   For the first time this cruise I had lunch in the main dining room.  The Paris Dining Room (aft dining room) was open for lunch.  The desk attendant did not give us a choice of sitting alone or with other people.  I was able to use my free drink coupon that I got for being a gold level VIFP member.  I got a Strawberry Smoothie which was very good!  The food in the main dining room was not that great.  I took one bite of my appetizer, which was antipasto, and had to sip water to try to avoid throwing up.  My main course was much better, but it was not my personal favorite.  I skipped dessert and went to the Lido for the Chocolate Extravaganza. 

Chocolate Extravaganza on Lido Deck:   The Chocolate Extravaganza was held in the South Beach Club during lunch.  There was not a very big chocolate selection. I enjoyed having an ice-cream swan and some other chocolate food items. 

Antipasto (Worst thing I have ever had)

Chinese Pepper Steak

Strawberry Smoothie

Chocolate Extravaganza on the Lido

My Plate

Balcony

After lunch the weather started changing and got very windy.  I walked around on the open outside decks. The waterslide was also closed during the afternoon because of the threat of bad weather.   Here are some pictures:

Waterslide & Ship's Tail

Different Angle of Last Picture

Jogging Track

South Beach Club Skylight & Jogging Track

Jogging Track - Looking Towards Front

Shower Near the Funnel

Vienna Cafe:   Vienna Cafe is located in the World's Way Promenade about mid-ship.  The Vienna Cafe is a pay-extra for beverage & sweets shop.  There were a variety of sweets that people could choose from and there was also ice cream for people to buy.  I did not buy anything here so I cannot review any of these items.  I took some pictures of the sweets for sale, but I did not post names because I do not know the ship's name for the food items.  Here are the pictures:

Cafe Vienna

Ice Cream Area on Cafe Vienna

Through the Glass Is Club Rio

South Beach Club

South Beach Club is Empty

Big Painting and Stairs to Upper Floor

Looking Down at Buffet

Upper Floor of South Beach Club Door to Outside Decks

Stairwell/Elevator Area

Atrium

Shore Excursions Desk is Closed

Cloudy Skies

Under the Lifeboats

Other Ship in Gulf of Mexico

Looking Towards Back of Ship From Balcony

Last Night's Dinner:   The service was once again great and the food was very good!  I enjoyed having Crab Cake, a Caesar Salad, Grilled Flat Iron Steak, and Baked Alaska.  I took some food pictures during dinner, but I did not post names because I do not know all of the names of the food items.  Here the pictures from tonight's dinner:

Stateroom:   The stateroom was turned down tonight and had another new towel animal.  We did not get a new newsletter because we would be disembarking the ship the next day.  We did get our chocolate mints and they were good.

Chair & Table With Bar Menu on It

Towel Animal

Sunset

Wonderful World Production Show:    Tonight's production was called Wonderful World.  There were two showings of this show and people were told to come according to their dinner time.  This show was very good and had lots of costume changes.  The show was very different from what I remembered it to be in 2010.  After the show I did some more walking around the ship. 

Self-Service Laundry Area

Guy's Burger Joint

South Beach Club At Night & Empty

South Beach Club

Lots of Tables to Choose From

AFT Pool ARea

The first picture of the next row is of a stairwell.  This stairwell was open until the last night of this day of the cruise.  During the first part of the cruise the other side's stairwell was closed and getting worked on.  I was surprised to see stairwell work happening this quick after drydock. 

Closed Stairwell on Starboard Side

South Beach Club

Crowded Lido At Night

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