Day 6 - Fun Day At Sea and Carnival Kitchen

We discover the Lanai and have dinner at Carnival Kitchen.

This Fun Day at Sea begins with a morning visit to the Liquid Lounge (Deck 4 & 5 Forward) for another round of trivia followed by the Morning Show with Cruise Director, Emma Nixon, and her sidekick, Nadia.

Another morning round of trivia was held in Ocean Plaza (Deck 5 Midship/below left) and we are all in hot pursuit of the elusive, and highly valuable, 24-carat gold plastic Ship-On-A-Stick (below right), awarded to the winning trivia player.

For lunch today, it was back to Guy’s Burger Joint for my last cheeseburger of the cruise (this makes my third). They are just too good to pass up.

After lunch, Rickee and I give the gelato a try, and it was very good. There are two new flavors each day and today’s flavors were Coffee and Mango. There is also a toppings bar where you can load your cup of gelato with additional sweets.

We spent most of the afternoon lounging in the sun (me in the shade) at the Lanai on Deck 5. This out-of-the-way spot has the only padded loungers we have found on Panorama and is rarely crowded. It is much quieter than the Beach Pool or Tides Pool.

For dinner this evening, we have reservations at Carnival Kitchen, Carnival’s new cooking class venue. The theme of our class/meal was The Orient Unknown. The Carnival Kitchen is located on Deck 4 Midship and the space has a long dining table at the front of the room and several individual cooking stations at the rear.

Carnival Kitchen offers guests the opportunity to learn cooking techniques from their team of chefs. As you can see below, our cooking station has all of the ingredients already portioned in small bowls and there are two induction burners for cooking.

We learned how to prepare minced Chicken Satay, a soup dish and Udang Bakar, a Balinese spiced grilled shrimp. Below, you can see I am cooking the shrimp, and on the right, the finished product. After we prepared our dishes, we get to sample the results.

After learning how to prepare three different dishes (different classes have different numbers of dishes to prepare), we get to sit down at the dining table and be served the same dishes, this time prepared by the master chefs. Massive bowls of various oriental dishes served family-style begin to fill the table. It was much more food than our group could eat.

This particular class cost $59 per person and Carnival has a variety of classes with varying topics and culinary styles of cooking. One couple in our class had already participated in two other Carnival Kitchen classes this cruise!

After Carnival Kitchen, we had just enough time to get to the Punchliner Comedy Club to catch Julie Scoggins’ show. She was hilarious! All of the comedians have been excellent on this cruise.

Tomorrow is our last Fun Day at Sea, and our final day aboard Carnival Panorama. Soon, we will be posting a full review of this new ship, crew and itinerary. We will also be posting several reviews of the various dining experiences on board. Watch our website and YouTube channel for more about our Carnival Panorama cruise.