First Day Experience on the NEW CARNIVAL FIRENZE!

We’re aboard the new Carnival Firenze cruise ship out of Long Beach for a 5-night cruise to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico! Will it hit us in the feels for being in Florence, Italy? Come and join us as we experience Carnival’s ‘Fun Italian Style’ ship!

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[Music] Welcome to our family cruise on board the carnival foren as we walk along the gang way we could see the massive size of this ship the colors are beautiful on the ship much different than any other Carnival ship as we walking through you can see how nice the ship looks this is my sister Linda and Lisa’s sister Leslie they’re excited and look at this Atrium it is absolutely stunning what do you think this SHP is overwhelmingly beautiful oh my God I was not expecting this right you know we purposely didn’t watch any videos beforehand we want to get surprised coming in amazing welcome to the funs Italian [Music] sty our Italy trip last year remember when we went Florence this is Theo and of course you know foren means Florence in Italian so H the fen look at this tiny room it reminds me so much of Florence I shouldn’t do all of the comparison but it’s the same colors the beautiful greens the beautiful uh IR like marble right just like all that marble look at how beautiful this dining room is this is one of the dining rooms and look how beautiful this is come on in check out our state room uh we left our mics in our in our carry-on so we don’t have them with us but this is we’re on Deck eight we have a balcony room come on in I just love the colors give him a tour of the bathroom here what no shower curtain yes that’s that’s huge that’s a total upgrade right there it is and then uh the the sink and everything looks the same oh sorry look at this there’s the mirror and look at this marbling yeah we like you so far oh yeah and over here we have some closet space ample room so you could divide it you could put your roller bags here small stuff plenty of hangers and a and a full length mirror and on this side we have extra life jackets and um a safe and some drawers and here we have a nice size fridge and it looks like a fridge not just a cooling center look at that is it cold inside babe it is yeah so it’s a fridge not like a cooling there’s your phone and you know what’s cool is they have some USB A’s that is the international outlet they have regular outlets and another interal another International this was really big when we was looking at what Outlets they had right hair dryer we have our couch table and uh look look at our bed it’s it’s nice pillows they give you what four pillows plus a couple decorative ones we have a picture that’s nice and you know how these they’re usually twin beds that are put together I don’t feel the line in the twin bed he has a USB on his side here or is this my side of the bed this is actually my side of the bed I have a USB which is different we usually don’t have any yeah now on this side no we don’t have a USB but just a lamp only okay yeah wow and looks like the same size so far yeah of course the the TVs here the flat screen like 42 or something look at we do have a connecting room now Leslie is staying next to us so hers is just the complete opposite of ours look at that hi Auntie hello so yep her room completely opposite on this side you has USBS Auntie oh cool yeah that was a little bit different than any of the other ships that we’ve had on high and then of course the powers the power ports again these are very important since I was looking for power ports and uh no one had them yet huh baby no had them now go outside to the balcony and show you something cool so this is her balcony threshold be sure not to smack your toe oh hi hi baby now the the the barrier they kind of took down because we’re we together here so now it makes it like one long balcony that’s pretty cool two seats two seats yeah of course these are standard Carnival issue uh we are on the uh starboard side which is the uh the right side of the ship and there’s the Queen Mary right here if you missed that video we stayed on board the Queen Mary and we had their Sunday brunch right on that right on that chip over there we sure check that one out but yeah um my sister Linda is also here so she’s checking out her room and we’re all going to meet up at the uh guys at the Guys burger and we’re ready for this Italian style Cruise that’s right so far we love it now this is our cabin 8469 so on opposite side of the balconies is an inside State room so in case you’re wondering what an inside State room looks like right there that’s what it looks like no windows but it has that cool uh mirror on the wall and look at this all along there’s like different pictures mhm that you can see right all along the hallway I think that’s pretty cool it is very cool this is the Marketplace Marketplace area which is where the buffet is making a way to gburger look at this this is almost like you’re sitting at our picnic table with picnic umbrellas it’s nice is there’s a tree in here and every post is covered in Vines U fake Vines but they’re covered in Vines let’s go check it out yeah much different than what we’re used to on the other Carnival ships it’s very [Music] [Music] cool before we get too far ahead I want to introduce my sister to the new viewers this is Linda my sister right here and then let me flip it over around and who do we got here this is Leslie of course that’s Lisa’s sister so what did we get for lunch here all righty so I got the M the what was it called the mutz burger the something muts what it is it is a beef patty I thought it was going to be like a grilled cheese sandwich so this is the at tiean flare that Dy Burger has so this burger very thin Burger mozzarella has tomato has marinara little marinara and it has basil in this one got my fries they have chili on this trip and I got of course I’m a pickle lover so I got pickles right on the side let me go ahead and take a bite of [Music] this that’s a pretty good uh Smash Burger right there yeah so I’m going to go I want that taste of that burger so I’m going to take off all this meat so I can eat it with my fries so I can get taste of that cheese that’s a good flavored Burger I’m not usually I don’t usually get Guys burger on the cruise ship so I like the buffet but this is a really good burger meat is lightly seasoned that stretchy cheese is delicious very light tased M let me see you if I can get some of this Bagel basil very light tasting basil the winner here and the stand up is that burger patty this is really good can’t taste the Italian flare on it but it’s really good one of the other m i Burger they have here is the pepperoni pizza burger when I saw pepperoni pizza on a burger here it is got to try it out let me pop open the hood over here there we go looks like we have a cheese Patty lots of pepperoni and some uh pizza sauce so I guess that’s what they call a pepperoni pizza burger so let’s try this out is that pepperoni it’s not spicy it’s really thin and crispy and it has a whole bunch of it so yeah it’s pretty good um I think my favorite soap probably the ringer and the and the and the basic what is that called this is a straight up with the um PL Jane right Plain Jane is good right so I think those are my favorite I like the barbecue ones which is the r that’s what Linda got over here yeah hang along with those too but hey this is fun to try out something new I had to check out the pizza here we go I got the pepperoni and the four cheese it looks just like the regular Carnival type of pizza here we go mhm it’s good the four cheese is my other favorite pizza they have a regular plain cheese or the four cheese yeah here we go yeah this is really good Carnival cheese pizza I forgot what the blend of the four cheeses is but it is tasty very delicious and since I was walking back you saw some fresh fruit at the buffet station got to try it out they had also chicken nuggets chicken nuggets chicken strips right where in the back of the strip where the pizza is at the other end where they usually we remember them having sou they have for lunch menu chicken nuggets so I had had strips chicken strips I said chicken nuggets I did yeah oh well let’s try this out I got the barbecue sauce and they had a ratch so I’m going to go ahead and try this Ranch that’s a good rch dressing but didn’t take taste any of the chicken but that red dressing is fire hold on it is huh that good go ahead and finish it let me go finish what I have in my mouth so I can t the chicken nugget or strip third time yeah Li’s laughing again at you third time I said chicken nugget of chicken strip this the chicken strip is crunchy and seasoned the of course the ranch is delicious let’s go ahead and try this barbecue sauce right here it’s a good barbecue sauce from way the chicken strip face was this is the big smokey smokey chicken barbecue milk very good baby monard cheese mustard cheese that’s one of my favorite CHS and a kid sweet and Smokey mhm barbecue sauce yeah who likes the who likes the moners raise your hand raise your hand put in the comments like Herman Monster right Herman Monster yes baby yeah yes anyway here we go uh yeah there lot of let me straight straighten out this cheese a little bit I it needs more sauce I know what you’re thinking this cannot be good it it looks like a chicken wreck does yeah but let me tell you don’t go by the looks this is delicious that chicken patty perfect amount of crispiness great seasoning I like that monster cheese barbecue sauce nice soft buns yeah this is a good this a good chicken sandwich I’m surprised yeah very good and then these fries are different than guys right these are very thin cut like potato ones they are potato ones baby yeah all five of potato aren’t they yeah they are usually they are sorry these are very thin crispy very good we made it to the dessert section but right next to the dessert second is the salad they have turkey chicken tuna and madella that’s something a little bit different oh yeah they do so here’s our desserts they have the uh the chocolate chip cookies um sugar cookies right and different kind of cakes look at that peanut butter s’mores sorry and some uh German chocolate cake and Jello from the dessert station we got a good variety to try out these little cakes here some Jell-O cookies and some more cake so we’ll try these out let you know if any of them are pretty good now this is unusual for the first time all of the little cakes that I had they’re all very good wow yeah usually there’s half mes you know half ones that are pretty good these are all delicious even my favorite chocolate chip cookie is nice and fresh it’s not stale at all and uh you had a little cake thing here that we tasted that’s very good also yeah it’s a elder flower cake but it tastes like a stick of butter so I’m think I’m going to call it the stick of butter cake and the Jello-O is actually really good yeah and everybody approves she approves they [Applause] [Music] approve we’re at the Java blue this strip we did not get the drink package because we don’t think it’s going to really work for us on this trip but we got a large mochaccino and then they have an a chocolate intense cookie are upcharge yeah these both of these are upcharge um what’s really cool is they have the same dessert so the strawberry p and your your uh chocolate cake the one that were used to getting on Carnival and all of those delectable Donuts they are here at Java Bo plus they have gelato here which is just amazing again all up Char charge meaning they’re going to charge you for them but it’s something different that you can get here on the ship now we’re going to try this little [Music] now well just as delicious as what we get at Java blue [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] stay the way [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] party sailway is still going on we just passed the break one water and we’re out of here we’re out of here open Waters oh yeah look at that Sunset we just got seated here at the Michelangelo they have two levels we’re at the lower one which is deck three right M yeah so now we’re just waiting to get our service and look at we just got a Sunset and a nice window yeah beautiful view woohoo and look it now it’s only one type of bread usually when they bring out the Bread Basket there were a few different types now it’s only one type looks like a really good sour dough right baby or French bread it’s like a French roll it’s really good very good uh we had she gave you one but if you want another one you can definitely ask we placed our order now we just got to go ahead and wait for our food it is busy so try to come off times for dinner maybe anytime before maybe 6 6:30 or late because during dinner time which right now it is around 7 it is busy yeah and you do have a little bit of that golden light right now and the sun’s going down now all right now we’re just waiting for our food have to stretch on that one of course when we’re on a Italian ship we had to get some Peroni one of my favorite Italian beers right here it’s going to match our dinner perfectly and they gave me a chilled glass cuz I’m keeping things classy tonight otherwise I’d drink out of the can look at that our appetizers came out we got the three specialty dishes we got two right now this is their Caesar salad it looks like a regular Caesar salad but this is the one that’s from Italy so we’ll see how that one goes and then this one here is a papa El Pomodoro so it is a tomato soup with tusin bread let’s go ahead and try this one now wait we got one more oh and one more which one is this one this is a wild rice guer and Country chicken soup so it looks like a little thick maybe creamier soup but it was really interesting that they have if you look on this menu they have little Flags to the Italian fair food so we have we got those three and then we got also some Entre and so we’ll go ahead and point them out to see and then they have this was not Italian this was just an added bonus it’s all and this food that you’re here and the all the food that we ordered are included with the cruise we didn’t pay anything extra for it so we’re really looking forward to it here is the papadas which is the flat noodle here this is the the appetizer size they do have this also as an Entre what this is it is a brazed lamb tomato cream sauce garlic and parsley look at this piece of lamb good size piece of lamb with this pasta right here thinly look at how thin this pasta is and it’s long and noodly let’s go ahead and try this out this is a perfect size cuz we didn’t want the Entre size cuz we have some other Entre coming so let’s go ahead and get this ready for you here we go good chunks of brazed lambed in here the noodle is perfect to me lamb is a bit gy so you have that little bit of a gy taste I know you like this baby you’re going to I’ll give it a try but I really like the noodle I like the thinness of the noodle and I like the fat how this noodle is really fat as well this is very good this is something a little bit different we have the cob salad and we got it without the blue cheese and we were able to select our own dressing this is an entree that you can get so we got two Entre we got the cop salad that we’re sharing and then I have another one coming up let me go ahead this cobs out looks delicious you see the egg you see the bacon you see the avocado little Tomatoes let’s go ahead and give this a [Music] go HP salad very fresh really just a really good salad nothing really spectacular but just a really really good salad very hearty I love the fresh avocado that makes it right up there only meat in here is the bacon it’s good I’m glad we’re sharing this one I got the 12-hour brazed short rib here Italian style I’m not sure what makes Italian but maybe the sauce I’m not really sure looks delicious let’s cut into this oh look at that look how tender this is no knife needed wow it just easily just pulls pulls away and I don’t know what kind of reduction this is but this come with some mashed potatoes let’s try it out this is off the chain delicious wow I’ve had a you know a lot of short R for and they’re always tender and they’re always okay but this is a flavor bomb it is delicious that reduction sauce isn’t too strong it just matches it perfect mashed potatoes nice and creamy of course you got the nice little green beans and little bit of uh onions here but really the the star is that 12-hour bra short R excellent it’s one of the best ones I’ve had what yeah on a on a cruise ship yeah this is in the main dining room no extra charge for this yeah this is great highly recommend this one this is something a little bit different I got the Cornish game hen see this reduction sauce right here let’s try this out oh flavorful that little bit Tang in it I see my root vegetables here I’m going to go ahead and cut into this cornish hen look at that piece right there just all meat right here let’s try this one out that hen is tender Flav flavorful seasoned very well and the sauce is really good and this portion size is perfect cuz we had a little bit of an appetizer this portion size is a perfect portion size and if you’re hungry you can get one more and this will definitely leave me room for some dessert though for dessert my favorite part we got the Italian no added sugar orange cake that looks really good look at those layers here 1 2 3 4 five layer cake and of course I got a strawberry cheese cake here looks pretty sad yeah you know well you know look and why did I get too well that’s in case the uh that cake is a bomb I know this one’s going to be good but let’s uh let’s give it a try they got some what are these little um looks like cream whipped cream and some other kind of uh icing on it but let’s try it [Music] out it’s not sweet it is naturally sweet great orange flavor love that orange cream very moist cake we’re talking Duncan hin kind of moisture cake wow yeah that’s what it says in the box right yeah it does yeah it’s delicious wow that’s is very good but I got my cheese cake has a good backup over here let’s try this one out nice cheesecake nice and creamy it’s got the uh the Graham crust on the bottom and the little strawberry compost kind of uh syrup on top matches perfectly both of these desserts are winners love them everyone knows molten lava cake ice cream when they hit it right in the cable a specialty over here it is yeah get that ice cream in there digg in right in the middle let’s see this lava oh oh you can smell that chocolate I can’t see the lava looks like it’s kind of cooked through on mine first time you know it’s going to be just even though it’s cooked through a delicious chocolate cake no thank you it is soft the softest inside wow yeah Carnival favorite everybody loves it even though it looks like it’s cooked all the way through when you bite into it you can tell it’s very soft inside it’s delicious interesting on this ship there’s two different cinos there is a regular Casino it’s a bigger casino this one has all of your table games and and your uh and your SL machines and then there’s another one which is a nonsmoking casino right and and the other one yeah the other one is smoking if you could if you could tolerate it then keep over there yeah but this one is a smaller casino but it also has your table games on your slot machine yeah it’s pretty cool just set a machine the the minimum on this machine is 50 Cents I’m going to go ahead and play the 180 all right there we go let’s try this out hopefully we have winners [Music] not yet not yet got something 30 30 cents even that guy’s laughing way back there for you babe all right guys1 60 that’s a lot better yeah something you got something [Music] look that’s got to be good right yeah I think something I got that and it’s a rein feature oh yeah [Music] y I was I was starting to worry cuz you only had like less than $10 left in that I got n bucks okay yeah there we go that was a fun night we’re going to close it off for tonight with some soft serve yep I he has the ketchup I already had one so I’ve already had two that’s his second one it’s good to cap off the night oh yeah yep and we’ll see you guys in the morning yes what you get hey babe I think I’m doing pretty good I kind of popped them they look like that now they’re all fizzed out not bad almost 150 bucks almost B yeah you you made your money back good job thank you B good morning everybody we’re going to start today off with the ceday brench yes now we I’m looking over the menu doesn’t seem like anything is very Italian they kept it pretty basic as a regular Carnival C Day Branch but it’s delicious so it’s a great way to experience a great brunch out in the open Seas yes and this this dining room is gorgeous so we have to take in as much as we can right and it’s called the uh the Michelangelo it’s where we had dinner last night yep so now we’re just waiting for RNA to be called I got the steak and eggs look how cute this little steak is where’s it Mama yeah exactly and so I have my eggs over easy it comes with fries but I was in the mood for hash browns I love these hash browns try them these are McDonald’s hash browns with a little bit of onion these are delicious let me go ahead and try this steak and egg I got my steak medium it’s a little bit on the wells side and they give you some kind of a some sauce on the side steak sauce but what I like is the the size of it cuz I mean again you can order as many as you want but I like the size of it because it gives me room to try something else I’m going to go try it without the sauce it has some sort of sauce already on it let’s try this out it’s just a really good steak nothing to write home about but it’s a good morning steak as maybe you would get like a $6.99 deal like in Vegas or something good steak perfect size for the morning because I think we’re going to get one more thing the hash browns are good and of course the eggs are cooked perfectly over easy get that piece of steak I know for those viewers don’t like runny yolks I love runny yolk now there are a lot of things on the menu uh I almost got that was it the 12-hour French toast or something our meals are so small we may get that this year yeah I almost got the French toast but I got the ham and cheese omelette and the uh hash browns on the side let’s check this out o looks kind of cheesy look at that let’s give it a try you know me and omelets with the uh build your own omelette stations at the buffet you can’t go wrong oh look at that little stretchy cheese going on go this omelet is delicious you cannot go wrong they put a lot of cheese in here and diced ham it is kind of a small omelette but it’s perfect like I said it’ll give us chance to try something else or maybe check out the buffet upstairs and see what kind of options they have but that this is the perfect breakfast here at the branch love it and it’s included with your cruise yes it is it’s not an extra charge it is but it’s only available on C days yeah I be all right [Music] a little recap of the breakfast uh Seaside brunch it was delicious that’s it baby it is Cay brunch oh SE day it is I was agreeing with him that was seide we enjoyed it it was very good we did we did and we love the portion size cuz then it gives us a chance to try something else if you only want to sit down for one meal again you can order as many Entre oh no two Entre I believe as you want uh we were thinking of getting those um what is that 18-hour because those are delicious but I’m glad we kept it small so we can try something else right and and we had a a a breakfast mate with us this morning Angie thank you so much for all of your stories we we she was sitting right next to us we’re talking story and look at I almost forgot it but she reminded me she gave me a little ducky look how cute o it is look at that Y and and I left it on the table and she reminded me to get it cuz I almost forgot it but yeah cuz it’s so small oh my gosh I would have like died if I forgot it so thank you so much for reminding me yeah yeah very nice meeting you and great to talk story for breakfast it was it was a lot of it it was a lot of fun I love all your stories oh yeah for sure and now we moved up to deck 10 right behind us is the breakfast Shack they have biscuits and gravy they do they do so on this video I think this may be the last spot right baby yeah I think so yeah so it’s funny cuz this is the same place that had the Chicken Shack and then at night I think it changes to the Seafood Shack it does so there’s a bunch of shacks going on it is in this one area yeah so now we’re going to hit the breakfast Shack yes let’s go try let’s go check it out yes from The Breakfast Shack we they have biscuits up here so we got the plain biscuits and gravy which is right here this looks really good she was put putting tons of gravy on it this biscuit oh it’s hard so we’ll see oh that looks dry as heck huh baby oh wow that’s almost like the Sahara yeah so let’s go ahead and try this out and get that gravy in here let’s go ahead and try this out even though it looks really really dry this biscuit is delicious it’s a little bit on the sweet side this gravy nice really soft a g gravy I haven’t tried the biscuit by itself the biscuit is dry but when you mix it with this gravy put all that sauce on there this is nice so it just need a little a little hydration mhm this is really good I’m going to try this out now in addition to the biscuit and gravy we saw they have a hot honey chicken biscuit sandwich look at that that we were going to just get a chicken strip and just kind of throw it in with a biscuit and gravy or when we saw this on the menu we go hey let’s try it out let’s let’s pop open in the hood look at that look at that little pool little pool has a little spread on the bread Yes actually maybe butter but I don’t know what that is look at that a little pool of goodness wow let’s give this a try oh I see the drips M look at that the biscuit is a little dry but the chicken patty is delicious and that little pool is maple syrup ah yeah maple syrup and butter that’s why you see it’s kind of like like a maple sipper and butter right there dripping and I’m not getting a lot of heat at all from the CH from the chicken even though it says a chili so it’s really to me it’s almost like a little fried chicken patty with um maple syrup and butter you got try this biscus and gravy baby now you know I’m I’m a little sad because if this biscuit was a lot more fresh and soft it would be the perfect sandwich perfect but the biscuit is is bringing it down but it’s overall it’s it’s not bad pretty good taste it let me try this out here oh yeah it is kind of kind of crumbly huh I know you coing it up a little bit we’re always a big fan of biscuit and gravy all the way from uh from the from the south restaurants to crack and Barrel we always order it here we go the gravy is delicious and that’s exactly what this dry biscuit needed and it has a little um like very buttery buttery flavor to this gravy and that sweetness I think the maybe a little bit of honey glaze on top of the biscuit so it all comes together and like the sandwich it’s a shame that the biscuits aren’t more fresher cuz you know me it’s almost like having sandwich or Burgers the bun the bread makes the world of difference but this is good I like it maybe we have to come right when it opens maybe and uh maybe the biscuits will be a little bit more fresh and then you had a tip and you try it out baby yeah you know I was thinking how would this chicken be with this gravy yes let me get a little piece maybe this could be a pro tip we’ll see what happens it could be here we go right there look at that it looks kind of good it could go one of two ways right here we go you know how like when you when you’re driving and you turn down the wrong street it’s it’s too late yeah it is not a pro tip they’re not mix the two they they kind of stand well on their own but U yeah I’m glad I tried it for you guys don’t mix it they have a few pools here on this ship what’s interesting is they’re not really big these this ship has a lot a lot of rooms which we’ve noticed but the pools they’re they’re a little bit on the small side from what we’ve no but they’re I think they’re like at three maybe three or four a lot of Spas maybe about four or five Spas I’ve counted four in fact there’s two right here and there’s two in the in the middle in the inside I know in the serenity area they would have these have some as well right but it’s a beautiful ship it it really reminds me a lot of a normal Carnival just the colors are different the insides are different yeah it’s it’s a really nice ship and it’s always nice to be on vacation look at that beautiful wake look at that I know it’s so beautiful yeah we’re at the back of the ship overcast day right now uh sun has been popping in and out huh baby yeah a little bit but uh shorts sleeve shorts weather is very comfortable it is MHM yeah so that’s going to wrap it up from our uh I guess almost day and a half almost yeah it’s it’s so much on this ship yes it is a carnival cruise and I know a lot of people are familiar with Carnival Cruise but this ship is absolutely gorgeous we could not not cover the whole ship in one day definitely not no no in fact we’re going to do a little bit more exploring right after this so uh yeah stay tuned for that second video so we’ll have more exciting and and gripping Cruise video coming you know you know you want to miss it it’s going to be a lot of fun shout out bab uh Happy Birthday Cameron happy birthday Gloria Gavin happy birthday Christina we saw you at the carnival terminal thank you so much for watching she actually uh does this she kind of lives on cruise ships yeah that she does yeah so if you see her and and you meet her nicest lady for always she’s always on cruise ships usually the Western cruise ships um Alicia thank you so much for saying hi we saw you here on the cruise ship and Angie that’s the one who I got my little Ducky from yes we had breakfast and we had breakfast right next to you thank you so much for watching our videos and saying hi to us yes and it was a great breakfast it was we had a great time yeah so that’s going to do it from from the uh Carnival Fen Fen Fen yeah and sorry about the wind it’s a little bit windy out here it’s okay what kind of mik up yeah we are but we don’t have our wind socks on but we don’t I have socks on though oh it’s good thing uhhuh okay so we’ll catch you on the next video guys