galelynn

We have a later flight 6:12 PM from IAH, after we disembark from our cruise.  We don't want to sit in the airport for hours. Anyone have any suggestions for tours, transportion or places to see to kill some time before having to be at the airport?  This will be at the end of October 2024, and not sure what the weather is like there? 

We never did receive a conformation email from Value trips for our upcoming stay, so called the Hyatt Place and talked to reservations and they said they did have our upcoming reservation.  

We have used Value trips for almost all of our stays in Ft. Lauderdale.

Thank you for asking this question, I would also like to know the answer.

Never got any email from Value trips for our March 2024 booking, but called Hyatt Place and they have our reservation and a reservation # for our date from Value trips.

6 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

On our recent submission, we requested OBC for upcoming 3 cruises in 2024; April, October, and December.  They only processed the April cruise due to Princess currently accepting request through July. 

 

We have to resubmit our requests for the other 2 cruises as we get closer to sailing.

thank you we will wait to submit our request.

If using hello@stockperks.com do you have to wait till it is 6 months before your cruise or can it be submitted before that?

19 hours ago, Trish Traveler said:

2024 rates and booking requests are available now with Valuetrips for Hyatt Place Ft. Lauderdale!!  Just sent in a request for February. 🤞

Thanks for the heads up.  We always try and use Hyatt Place through valuetrips.  We have a reservation at Sonasta in Plantation but would have to rent a car, and Hyatt Place is just a taxi ride.  We are coming in on a Friday night in first week of March didn't see any blackout dates, for that so fingers crossed.

23 hours ago, galelynn said:

Same with us.  sent it in Saturday and just got that response, nothing else.  this is for Oct. 2025 cruise.

Wrong date it is Oct 2024 cruise, still nothing but a email from that other company .

1 hour ago, buckeye7 said:

Weird because I just sent mine through email the old way and got this automated response, with no mention or link to a new system.

"Thank you for submitting your request for Carnival Corporation Shareholder Benefits.  Due to current high volumes, please allow up to 21 days for processing.  You will receive a confirmation once the benefit has been applied to your booking."  

Same with us.  sent it in Saturday and just got that response, nothing else.  this is for Oct. 2025 cruise.

No library on the Enchanted

50 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Captain Tim Stringer just came on the speaker and talked for a solid 10 minutes about saillaway haha

Honestly never heard a captain say so much..then again, never sailed with a captain who was English-first-language.

Captain Timmy is our favorite, he is great!

So when do you'll thing Princess will reinstate the dividends payments on stock ownership? Loved it when it went to $0.50 per share/ per quarter. That's $2 per share, per year. I own 3,100 shares, can't wait.

9 hours ago, Mary loves to travel said:

I’m on Regal now & the captain is Tim Stringer.   He’s excellent.    Great job steering the ship 😊 but also very friendly and informative.   He does a daily spot on the Wake Show telling us what’s coming up.   Very informative and he clearly enjoys sharing this info.  
 

(sorry but I don’t think I’m up to editing the chart on my iPhone).  
 

Mary

Our favorite captain!

Was one of my favorite go to dessert, not so any more!!

On 1/29/2023 at 8:55 AM, Jadn13 said:

Just a friendly Reminder-

Keep track of your bookings, I went to prepay for gratuities for a longer sailing and realized it was missing from personalizer. Upon further investigation I noticed my assigned cabin was available.

I called Princess and found out it was cancelled, not the cruise just my reservation. 
No email, phone call or even a refund of funds. The sailing isn’t until 2024 so it wasn’t due to lack of payment.

Keep track of your bookings, excursions, payments and everything else.

 

*Still waiting on a resolution on hold with guest services 

I was wondering what happened to you on the roll call, so glad you got things squared away.  Can't believe that Princess canceled your booking.  Hope to see you back on the roll call soon.

Finally got our confirmation for March 8-9 2023 today, I had sent the a email, saying I hadn't hear from them and they replied that they sent it out on 12/31/22, but we never received it.  Now we are all set, at for our dates at a valuetrips rate of  $!89,00 plus tax.  Woo Hoo!! saved about $121 from our booking with Hyatt Place directly.  😁

31 minutes ago, sunlover5 said:

Do they notify you one way or the other?  I used them this past December and heard back right away,  put in a request for February 7 days ago.  Didn't hear anything so I emailed them like they said to do.  I was just curious if you don't hear anything you know you didn't receive the offer.  I do have a back up reservation.  Thank you..

We also sent our request for March 7 days ago, we have not heard anything either.  Please let us know if you get a reply.  I'm thinking with the Christmas holiday it might take a little longer.  Hope we hear soon.

20 hours ago, rjack22 said:

Just got my Hyatt Place confirmation from Valuetrips.com for Feb 24!    Took about a week to receive the confirmation.   I'm all set now.

Waiting for our, booked last week for March 8th.

We have stayed in both 301 and 302, it is a great location, and never had any trouble with noise, from the elevators or lido deck.  The angle balcony is large, it is covered so not much sun, but great on a hot day.  Like that you can see the captain and crew sailing the ship, if you are lucky they will probably give you and wave or two.

Just wondering if anyone has flown Iberia air and what your thoughts are.  We are on it booked under American Airlines but operated by Iberia, from BCN to Lax.  Any reviews would be helpful.  thank you

12 hours ago, b&wcruiser said:

Does anyone know where you can get a covid test in Civitaveccia? (adres?)

thanks

We are wondering this also.

Does anyone know when  Value trips open up bookings for 2023?  We haven't used them in awhile and just wondering  when this might happen.

Thanks

1 hour ago, Perky1 said:

I am assuming the one on 10th St, by the Harbor Shops…that is the only one on Value Trips

Yes the one on 10th St

We had 2 booking for March 2023  thru booking.com for FLL, one at the 4points Sheraton, and the other at Embassy Suites.  After reading comments on CC decided to cancel both and go with the one we know about and have stayed a number of times, which is Hyatt Place.  At the moment the price is quite steep but hoping when the news prices come out for next year on Value Trips that we can get a better price, but for now at least we are booked.  Thanks to everyone, for your opinions. 

Four Point by Sheraton, Ft. Lauderdale,  Airport/Cruise Port

Wondering if anyone has stayed here lately?  We have a booking for March of 2023 and like to know what you think about it.  We usually stay at Hyatt Place, but the price is out of sight, will try Valuetrips as soon as it opens up for next year.  Also booked the Embassy Suite, but after reading the reviews, I don't think it is worth the price which is over $300/per night.  

Wondering about how close the Fort Point hotel is to restaurants and Publix's, Total Wines etc?