cruiselover**

I am an AARP member and I didn't know I could buy discounted Carnival gift cards. I looked online at the AARP website but couldn't find anything about them. Can someone please let me know how I can get the gift cards? I would love to save some money! Thanks in advance for any information you can give me.

Thank you so much, Jamman54! I was kind of hoping you might chime in on this topic. I know you are a very experienced Carnival cruiser! My husband and I have 25 cruises with Carnival, but this is our 1st B2B. We are excited to use our Milestone benefit of the 25% in onboard credit. Both of us gamble so some of the credit will be used on slot machines. Anyway, I digress here. Thank you for your response to my question!

My husband and I are going on the Carnival Magic in October out of Norfolk, VA. The first week is Eastern Caribbean, so we don't need to take a Covid test under the new protocol (we are both vaxxed and boosted). Our second week is to Bermuda, which requires a Covid test for passengers. Does Carnival provide the test between cruises or do we need to do them on our own? I also didn't know if there is a charge for that service from the cruise-line. I didn't know if we should plan on taking the Covid test ourselves when the ship docks on turnover day. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much for any information!

I was on this same cruise on April 30th. I traveled with my husband, sister-in-law and her husband. The four of us had a wonderful time and did not experience any of the problems you had. I am so sorry that things were not up to par for you! I will admit we didn't go to all of the food venues that you did, but the ones we did go too were enjoyable. I consider myself kind of an experienced Carnival cruiser - I have been on 25 cruises, all with Carnival. I do hope that Carnival will make some improvements in their on-board shops soon. I still remember the days when they had a large inventory of souvenir t-shirts and logo items that were ship specific. On the Horizon they had half the store as Victoria's Secret merchandise. I don't go on a cruise to buy items I can get at my local shopping center!