Carnival Firenze Pt.1 - Inaugural Cruise Embarkation Day, Cabin Tour, Two Sea Days, Color My World

Welcome to the inaugural sailing of Carnival Firenze! Join us for embarkation day in Long Beach, California as well as the first TWO sea days, all rolled up into one convenient vlog. We've got embarkation, an interior cabin tour, lunch at La Strada, the sailaway deck party, adult "turtle" racing, a Motown party in the Piazza Del Duomo atrium, the "Color My World" show from Playlist Productions, breakfast at the Chicken Shack, an Asian lunch buffet in the MDR, the Festa Italiana street party on the lido deck, and much more mayhem!! :D
Find our Carnival Firenze sneak peek vlog here:
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00:00 BOOM!
00:04 Welcome To The Vlog
00:33 Embarkation & Interior Cabin Tour
04:09 La Strada Lunch & Sailaway Party
06:29 Safety Drill & Dinner Time
08:02 The Evening Ends
10:42 Day Two Begins
12:16 Baby Turtle Racing
13:46 Outdoor Wandering
16:19 Loyalty Luncheon
17:10 Fresh & Clean Chat
17:41 Live Tunes & Dinner Time
20:16 Motown & Colors
22:26 Another Evening Ends
28:19 Day Three Begins
31:15 Exercise & Coffee
32:42 Asian Buffet & Wanders
34:23 Fresh & Clean Again
36:11 Live Tunes & Dinner Again
38:10 Festa Italiana Party
40:50 The End Of An Evening
-Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Line
-Ship Name: Carnival Firenze (formerly Costa Firenze)
-Cruise Dates: April 25, 2024 - May 7, 2024 (Back-To-Back)
-Embarkation: Long Beach, California
-Itinerary: Long Beach, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas (7 nights)... plus Long Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Ensenada (5 nights)
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[@KCBAIRS]

Jay and "Sweet Caroline" are like Luke and Darth Vadar...you cannot escape your destiny!

[@parodeejay]

As long as Neil Diamond isn't my father!! :O ~Jay

[@cherylstaley1233]

Love Dee’s green shirt and Jays green plaid Thank you for video

[@richardthomas5312]

You are my favorite for cruise vlogs--THANK YOU

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much! Glad to have you along for our craziness!! :D

[@bgood424]

Honestly I’m really surprised you haven’t heard “Sweat Caroline” more than 17 as much as you cruise.

[@parodeejay]

True! We went in the piano bar a couple of nights on Firenze, which is just asking for trouble, ha ha... the counter might have gone up a few notches!! :P

[@kfoster7733]

Would love port guides for Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo. You all are the best!

[@parodeejay]

True! A few more visits, and we might feel qualified to pop some out, ha ha!! :P

[@mitch2608]

We’re cruising on Firenze June 4th and have been watching your videos religiously! Love your work!

[@Tom-rd9qp]

Your Carnival Firenze Pt. 1 was perfect. I was on the inaugural with you and today is first day back at work. It was a nice way to ease back to work and watch. I met you first at Tomodora on Sea Day 1 and you both were so kind for a picture in Marketplace last Wednesday! Thanks for sharing.

[@parodeejay]

Ah, transitioning back into the work life! Glad to have you cruising all over again digitally, hah... and great to meet ya. Hope you had as much fun as we did!! :D

[@FastEDismo]

Crayfish streudle BAM

[@parodeejay]

Kick it up a notch!! :P

[@live2skide1]

Wow, great couple of days, and the one thing I find concerning is the NOT HOT food. Room temp food is a health hazard and I think the waiters need to be told. I like those breakfast options but they need coffee service.

[@CherylRayment-ec3ke]

I would end up rolling off the ship looking at the food

[@parodeejay]

Yeeeeeah, there's a LOT of good stuff on there, ha ha... :P

[@pileofstuff]

I believe that power plug near the phone is the Aussie power solution.

[@parodeejay]

Makes sense! Good to see a few different outlet shapes for folks who might need them. We’ve got a converter we could use for those outlets, but we usually don’t remember to bring it on US-based trips, ha ha…

[@goingtoseetheworld]

There’s a bunch of kale in the salmon salad lol it’s baby kale

[@parodeejay]

It's so baby that we didn't even notice it, haaah... :P

[@Jess-to2jh]

@@parodeejay you guys must not be familiar with what it looks like 😛

[@annettegrimes2931]

Hi!! I think the showers were left for everyone who is using a sun chair too cool off. I understand the pools are very smal and limited so sunning yourself on a deck with no pool the shower would be great for me!

[@parodeejay]

Ah, that could be! Never thought about sunning in a swimsuit and then possibly popping into the shower!!

[@melissaallen5862]

Your outfit on the sea day is too cute love the green color and it looks so comfy. Looks like soft linen.

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much!! :D

[@Pantherjonvideos]

WOOT! Ship looks spectacular! We will be sailing on her sister the Venezia in April! Enjoying all the shenanigans!

[@parodeejay]

Nice! Hope you have loads of fun, "Italian style"!! :D

[@clemsonsixer]

That "moo" was perfect 😂

[@AuthorSShaw]

Yaaayyy, working from home and I get watch the fun! 💃🏾👏🏾💯

[@aonetruthr]

Hi folks! I haven’t run into you. Maybe sometime in the next day or two

[@billcook4768]

Love your attitude when things didn’t go 100% smooth. And I love this concept of an Italian theme. I hope they continue and even expand upon it. But my guess is it will slowly become just another Carnival ship.

[@parodeejay]

For these two ships, Firenze and Venezia, they're planning to keep the theming, as far as I know. Luminosa got the full Carnival-ization, which was a bit of a shame!!

[@DJ-Jtech]

Several of us had said that last cruise about the key lime pie, tasted like a cheesecake with zest of lime sprinkled on top! It was great meeting both of you at the Diamond and Platinum party on the OG inaugural cruise.

[@parodeejay]

That little pie was sad, ha ha... I think they actually forgot to add an ingredient or something... so strange! Great to meet ya as well!! :D

[@cindyt987]

Grazie Dee & Jay! Love how quickly you are getting these videos out. We appreciate you sharing. Firenze in October already selecting my meals. Too early? 😂❤🎉

[@parodeejay]

It's never too early to plot out some great food, ha ha!! :P

[@lerouxly67]

Nice sink!! Thank you for all the work you do. It's so much fun to travel by KZbin with ParoDeeJay. It is a tough decision between a wake view and David. Moo.

[@parodeejay]

Glad to have you along for our craziness, ha ha! I think we decided that the David view was better since you can only find him on this one ship now, ha ha... :P

[@grannyoffive1313]

Thank you so much… I definitely enjoyed the food review the best… I do hope they work on the temperature of the food… To me that is very disappointing if it comes out just above room temperature 😞 thanks for all you do

[@parodeejay]

It was tough finding pleasing temperatures on food for both of our first sailings... nothing was cold in particular, but nothing was pleasantly warm!!

[@mariahall3148]

Joey is my favorite CD & this is making me want to hop on a plane & go! I live in Florida so it’s a bit of a trip! The ship looks heavenly!!!

[@-Trinite-]

My favorite ecrivisse en croquette, aka Crawfish in phyllo dough, YUM. It's so hard to find! I am so glad you got to try it!.

[@parodeejay]

That's always a tasty one... we love the unique menu options!! :D

[@jessicamunoz6907]

Excited for this series! Boarding the Firenze on the 21st!

[@parodeejay]

Hope you have a great cruise!! :D

[@heideleskun1163]

Wonder if you can get a broken fried egg, with cheese then a biscuit then gravy on the side? Make your own biscuit sandwich? THAT would be awesome. As long as the gravy was good, that's the main thing. If not, then if you can get a single biscuit, the broken egg and cheese and make it your own I'd eat it.

[@parodeejay]

Possibly so! The omelet stations can usually do eggs to order, unless they've stopped that in order to speed up service... the same reason that they've scaled the omelet menu down... hmm.

[@jeffreysadventuresyoutube]

Great first episode guys!! We love the new beach towels!

[@parodeejay]

We really liked the colors on those new towels... wonder if they'll hit other ships in the fleet, or if they're something special. Great to cruise with you guys again!! :D

[@Moagie]

It looks to be a fun and beautiful ship! It makes me have impulsive booking fingers! 😂

[@parodeejay]

We love the Italian theming that they kept as a tribute to Costa... so different from other ships in the fleet!! :D

[@NauticalNurseNancy]

It's so nice you were able to get on this sailing! I didn't realize how similar these ships are to the Vista & Horizon (We sure did miss sailing with you on the Vista). How great to catch one of your vlogs again - hugs from us to you both!

[@johnnguyen2782]

Thx

[@Catmom58]

Hi folks. I am watching you'll on the Carnival Firenze. Jay I'm right with you with "Sweet Caroline" I have a love/ hate relationship with that song. Dee where did you get that awesome green leaf style pants you were wearing. I love it!. Looking forward to your response.

[@Dee-of-ParoDeeJay]

The pants are from Old Navy they are a style called Playa. They have lots of colors and a few patterns.

[@cbldude18]

So glad I had the honor of meeting y’all on the inaugural sailing! It was definitely one of my favorite cruises I’ve been on! The ship was beautiful! Loving this new fun Italian style concept! Hope you guys had fun on the 5 day sailing! Wish I could’ve stayed for that! Can’t wait to see the videos! Ciao for now! -Chris

[@parodeejay]

Great to meet ya, and glad to hear you had a good cruise. We enjoyed the ship and the decor overall, and we love getting to these West Coast ports that we never really see!! :D

[@yarnmoods]

I get so excited when you cruise from Long Beach since it’s my home port ☺️

[@parodeejay]

We love getting a peek at the West Coast ports that we hardly ever get to see... woohoo!! :D

[@TravelWithTheFunShips]

great first video, was on Deck 10 for sailaway

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee! That sailaway party got really crowed really quickly!! :D

[@deborahbolton3417]

Really loved your video thank you

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee!! :D

[@DenaInWyo]

I kinda feel like that baked chicken was just Marry Me chicken that's been so popular. Not that it isn't yummy!

[@fedex1339]

Thank you, Thank you! Been waiting for this video.

[@CherylRayment-ec3ke]

Great video as always

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee!! :D

[@blessednettie69]

Nice Video!

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee!! :D

[@justgeephillyburbs]

I really enjoy your content. I hate flying to a port . I may have to get on a plane to get on this ship. Reminds me of Venezia. I am going back on 9/14/24

[@parodeejay]

Woohoo! Yes, this ship is basically a copy of Venezia, other than a few small touches like the meatball place, the upcharge empanadas, upcharge wings, etc.

[@AmethystHazeAdventures]

so awesome so see your prespective on the ship...i also had the chicken pasta at dinner for an app and the chicken was overcooked as well(and so was teh chicken with someone else at my table)

[@parodeejay]

Some of the chicken dishes were really struggling it seems... we had some hits and some misses for sure!!

[@tatianalimo]

Love watching you guys! Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@drunkmike6364]

220, 221 whatever it takes. thats actually a chinese outlet - a holdover to when this ship was destined for the chinese market.

[@wandabates6805]

The ship is beautiful!

[@parodeejay]

We love how they leaned into the Italian theming with these two particular ships!! :D

[@kimbowers4559]

We just got off the Venezia and this is taking me right back there. Everything looks the same. Love that avocado basil cucumber soup. Agree with your food critiques, though. So excited to see more.

[@TropicLuv]

I am really liking the interior of this ship! It seems so wide open and bright, so much light! And of course how can you go wrong with anything Italian??!!?!! ❤❤

[@parodeejay]

We love how they really leaned into the Italian theming with Firenze and Venezia... so different than the rest of the fleet!! :D

[@jeanwilkins8308]

Hi, great video, I was on the ignaural sailing. It was nice to meet you, our cabins were close mine was 1345

[@kellyault6468]

Dee love your pants in the peek-a-boo part! I love here do you find them?

[@parodeejay]

Not sure what the peek-a-boo part is, but the answer is more than likely "Old Navy"!! :P

[@kellyault6468]

It was when you were by the steakhouse, outside, and there were like holes with grass that you could look through. Love the video!

[@deba175]

You guys seem like such nice fun couple hope to meet you some day? I am going on eurodam May 18 to Alaska maybe you can go

[@parodeejay]

Thankee! We’ll be floating through the Panama Canal right around then. Hope you have a great time on your cruise!! :D

[@kathleenschoen5180]

Bon Voyage ! Dee, love your travel pants! Where can I find them? Looking forward to this voyage series. Thanks

[@parodeejay]

Old Navy!! :D

[@missshellz9009]

I am leaving for this ship in 3 days so I hope you post part 2 soon 🙏

[@bubbascruise]

as someone that just got off the CCL Glory I might have killed someone for all those outlets. You had zero USB's and one total normal plug in for the whole room and it wasn't in the bathroom. I assumed this was fixed at the dry dock.

[@christineguise689]

Hi Dee and jay I will be going on carnival legend in august I will be on deck 1 inside too going around the British isles 😻

[@parodeejay]

That's awesome! Hope you have an amazing cruise!! :D

[@philomenadunn1081]

How was your cabin? It looks very tight to me esp the space to walk between the bed and the wall. Have you thought about rating the cabin like you do for the shower?

[@parodeejay]

The cabin storage was lacking, but the layout and size were about what we're used to on an interior cabin. We didn't have any issues with the space beside the bed.

[@debholt709]

Gotta know, Dee. Where did you get that green shirt and design pants? I love them!!

[@parodeejay]

Old Navy!! :P

[@BoatBreakersNJ]

You skipped the filet and short rib combo at dinner?!? I was like when are they going to show it.

[@richardthomas7355]

Dee and Jay do you ever do group cruises??

[@parodeejay]

We don’t! But we crash other folks’ group cruises from time to time!! :P

[@500Bailey]

Can you drop your luggage off at your room once you board the ship if your platinum or Diamond?

[@parodeejay]

Typically, yes!! :D

[@Milo-Kitti]

Jay, u folks were staying in a interior room on the lower Decks? Like below the Water line of the ship? How was that? I kinda would be afraid of those below the waterline decks. Lol

[@goingtoseetheworld]

Why afraid 😂

[@parodeejay]

Deck 1 is still above the water line, but we love being down in the “basement”, ha ha!! :P

[@Milo-Kitti]

Datz KOOL

[@yailindiaz5525]

Love ❤️. One question, can everyone access the Moda Terraza or is it only for those who have rooms with a balcony or terrace?

[@parodeejay]

It’s Terraza cabins access only until 7pm, then open to all after that!! :D

[@deartori]

Don’t love the Italian theme, seems gaudy. Waiting for a nice new ship to show up in Long Beach.

[@melgomez5341]

Does everybody get a gift!?

[@parodeejay]

Everyone on the inaugural sailing got the sunglasses and water bag, and some people on the second sailing did, but not all. I presume that means they've run out now!!

[@cdarrigo]

I'm sorry, but that' day 1 cheese plate was an embarrassment. 5 pieces of cheese and a piece of toast is just sad and really reflects poorly on the cruise line.

[@raygallo626]

It was nice seeing you guys on Firenze, also thanks for taking a pic with me in Teatro Rossi platinum and diamond party, keep up the great work and also Jeffrey, from Big Ray with the beard😎🛳✌

[@parodeejay]

Heeeeey, good to see ya and we hope you had a great cruise!! :D