Day 3: Carnival Venezia 10-night Eastern Caribbean Cruise

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Second Sea day

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Pasta Bella Lunch • La Strada Grill • Chinese Lunch Buffet at Seafood Shack • Comfort Kitchen Lunch Menu • Relaxing on Deck 11 Midship • Punchliner Comedy Club • Main Dining Room Dinner • Teatro Rosso (the Main Theater) • Lido Dinner Buffet • Sweet Spot at Dinner

Click here to see the sea day brunch menu, which we did not do once during this cruise, but we have done before. It’s pretty good and popular.

EXERCISE OUTDOORS

We had breakfast at the breakfast buffet in the Lido Marketplace, which is almost the same everyday. Then we exercised. My husband played pickleball, a sport that is becoming more and more popular, then he played basketball. The weather was finally warming up, so I could wear shorts outside. It was overcast, but it felt nice outside.

My husband playing pickleball on the Carnival Venezia

Then we went back to our room to change for lunch.

Cute towel animal, but what is it? An elephant with eyes at the end of its trunk? A snakephant - part elephant and part snake? We don't know, but I liked it anyway. — Cute towel animal, but what is it? An elephant with eyes at the end of its trunk? A snakephant – part elephant and part snake? We don’t know, but I liked it anyway.

COOL LOOKING LANAI ON DECK FIVE

Before lunch we headed to deck five to check out the part of that deck’s lanai that we could access. Most of the aft outside section of deck five is for Terazza cabin guests until the evening. I’ll talk a little more about that area later with photos. There are some nice looking, shaded, semi-private seating areas on deck five that are open for everyone, but part of it is a smoking section.

Lovely looking, semi-private lounging areas on the Promenade Deck (deck 5) on the Carnival Venezia

Seating area on the Promenade Deck (deck 5) on the Carnival Venezia

PASTA BELLA LUNCH

Then we went to the Marco Polo dining room on deck three forward for the Pasta Bella lunch. I was really looking forward to this lunch. You can see the menu below.

Marco Polo Dining Room on the Carnival Venezia

My husband ordered the roasted tomato soup for his starter and the fettuccine with mushrooms and chicken for his entree, and I ordered the caprese salad for my starter and pappardelle with garlic shrimp, lemon cream sauce and fresh herbs for my entree. We ordered the banana creme pie to share.

The roasted tomato soup was just OK and the caprese salad was good. The entrees were unfortunately a major letdown. Our entrees looked very similar to each other, and they tasted very similar too. They were almost flavorless. I’m not exaggerating. There were even lacking in salt. Even the garlic shrimp had no flavor other than the flavor of shrimp. Somehow the mushrooms had no flavor. There was no lemon flavor at all. Zip, nada. And the sauces on each entree were sort of dry, like they had been sitting out for hours. The food wasn’t even hot. We each took a couple of bites hoping they would somehow have more flavor somewhere in them, but nope, they were still practically flavorless.

Caprese Salad at the Pasta Bella Lunch on the Carnival Venezia in the Marco Polo Dining Room

Roasted Tomato Soup at the Pasta Bella Lunch on the Carnival Venezia in the Marco Polo Dining Room

Fettuccine with Mushrooms and Chicken at the Pasta Bella Lunch on the Carnival Venezia in the Marco Polo Dining Room

Pappardelle with Garlic Shrimp, Lemon Cream Sauce and Fresh Herbs at the Pasta Bella Lunch on the Carnival Venezia in the Marco Polo Dining Room

The banana creme pie was decent. The sauce on the side made it better.

Banana Creme Pie at the Pasta Bella Lunch on the Carnival Venezia in the Marco Polo Dining Room

LA STRADA GRILL

Then we went to La Strada grill, which didn’t disappoint again. You can see the menu above and photos of the food below.

Lunch from La Strada Grill on the Carnival Venezia

CHINESE LUNCH BUFFET AT SEAFOOD SHACK

Then I went to the Chinese buffet at the Seafood Shack. Yummy! I ordered the Chicken Manchow Soup, Vegetable Spring rolls with hot garlic sauce, Vegetable Salt and Pepper and Pork Stir-fry. I liked all of it, but especially the vegetable spring rolls.

Lunch Menu for the Second Sea Day for the included (free) Chinese Food at Seafood Shack on the Carnival Venezia

Chicken Manchow Soup, Vegetable Spring rolls with hot garlic sauce, Vegetable Salt and Pepper and Pork Stir-fry from the included (free) Chinese Food at Seafood Shack on the Carnival Venezia

Then I tried two of the cakes from Sweet Spot. The coffee one (the one on the right in the photo) was pretty good.

Cakes from Sweet Spot at Lunch on the Carnival Venezia

COMFORT KITCHEN LUNCH MENU

Then I checked out what was being offered at Comfort Kitchen. Some of what was offered is shown in the menu below.

Menu showing some of the items being offered for lunch at Comfort Kitchen at the Lido Marketplace Buffet on the Carnival Venezia

Then I exercised some more and watched my husband play basketball.

Basketball Game at the Basketball Court at SportSquare on the Carnival Venezia

When we were done we earned ourselves dessert, so he got frozen yogurt and I got frozen soft serve from Swirls. Then we got a little more of each.

Swirls Soft Serve Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt Stations at the Lido Marketplace on the Carnival Venezia

RELAXING ON DECK 11 MIDSHIP

Then we hung out on deck 11 midship. The magradome was covering decks 10 and 11 and it was a nice place to hang out for a bit.

Comfortable and nice looking seating area on Deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia

View of Lido Deck (deck 10) lounging area in front of the large LED movie screen from deck 11 balcony on the Carnival Venezia with the magradome covering decks 10 and 11

Walkway with tables and chairs on deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia

Tables and chairs on deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia

Overlooking deck 10 from deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia

Overlooking Lido Deck (deck 10) Pool from deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia — Overlooking Lido Deck (deck 10) pool from deck 11 on the Carnival Venezia

Part of the Lido Deck (deck 10) on the Carnival Venezia (On the left is the toppings bar for Tomodoro, which was closed when the photo was taken)

PUNCHLINER COMEDY CLUB

We got changed for the evening and went to Punchliner Comedy Club to watch the comedy show. The comedian was funny. I don’t remember his name.

MAIN DINING ROOM DINNER

Then we went to the main dining room for dinner.

Menu from the app showing the appetizers for dinner in the Main Dining Room on the Carnival Venezia for night 3 of our 10 night cruise

Menu from the app showing the main entrees for dinner in the Main Dining Room on the Carnival Venezia for night 3 of our 10 night cruise

Menu from the app showing the desserts for dinner in the Main Dining Room on the Carnival Venezia for night 3 of our 10 night cruise

For appetizers my husband had Escargots Bourguignonne and Chicken Noodle Soup and I had and Arancini and Affettati Misti Antipasti. He enjoyed his escargot and I enjoyed the arancini.

Escargots Bourguignonne from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

Chicken Noodle Soup from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

Affettati Misti Antipasti from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

Arancini from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

For entrees my husband ordered Fusilli and I ordered the Featured Indian Vegetarian. His Fusilli was alright. The Featured Indian Vegetarian was the best of the non dessert items we ordered.

Fusilli from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

Featured Indian Vegetarian from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

For dessert my husband ordered the Pineapple Sherbet again. It’s so yummy! I ordered Zuppa Inglese; it was alright.

Pineapple Sherbet from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

Zuppa Inglese from the Canal Grande Restaurant (your time dining room) on the Carnival Venezia

TEATRO ROSSO (THE MAIN THEATER)

Then we went to Teatro Rosso (the Main Theater) for the evening show.

If you don’t get there early, it’s very hard, if not impossible, to find seating that doesn’t have columns blocking your view of the stage.

The show started with a man singing so badly that it almost seemed like a joke, but it wasn’t a joke, he just wasn’t singing well. Then a woman started singing. Wow! She was even worse than the man. We couldn’t take it, so we left. Normally their performers sing better than that. They were so off, at least the first two were. We weren’t around to see if it got better.

A column blocking part of our view of the stage at Teatro Rosso (the Main Theater) on the Carnival Venezia

Your view is not obstructed by any columns if you stand up in the walkway at Teatro Rosso (the Main Theater) on the Carnival Venezia, but I would only do that from the back of the theater so as not to block anyone else's view — Your view is not obstructed by any columns if you stand up in the walkway at Teatro Rosso (the Main Theater) on the Carnival Venezia, but I would only do that from the back of the theater so as not to block anyone else’s view

This TV on the Lido Deck on the Carnival Venezia shows where you are in the world

LIDO DINNER BUFFET

Then we went to the buffet and had a second dinner because we didn’t eat much of our first because it wasn’t that great. The buffet food was much better. The Cashew Butter Chicken was really good.