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Thanks for reporting back, I had thought about doing the taxi to the beach thing, but was worn out from our previous day so just did a quick stroll around the port shops. 

31 minutes ago, day-day said:

The cargo hold of the aircraft is pressurized like the main cabin.  Canned drinks will not explode.  I always pack within clothes to protect them and also pack them inside a sealed plastic bag.  I have not packed twelve cans in my luggage though.  For a cruise, I would look into buying a twelve pack after my flight arrival.

The cargo hold isn't temperature controlled, not sure if it gets below freezing, but that could cause cans to explode. Though agree they should just pick up their soda after arriving at their embarkation location. 

They were loading a ton of kaiser rolls last minute when Legend was departing last Sunday.

I got a brioche bun when getting a burger on embarkation day, got one a few days later and it was a regular bun. Not really sure where the kaiser rolls went, maybe the deli. 

1 hour ago, KmomChicago said:

So today he told us during the Life Onboard Q and A how he was on RCI before Carnival. He sort of bridges a gap between what we’ve seen of CD’s on both lines. Explains the lack of silly gimmicks in his persona, though he is very personable and a good host. He did say several Carnival CD’s retired to other careers during the pause and that Mike Pack is finished now. 
 

It sounds like a difficult existence over time. I asked him his happiest memory of his cruise career and he gave two, both of which involved dogs because he hasn’t been able to have a dog during his 17 year career. 😢😢😭😭😭😭🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐾🦴🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

I think it’s a good first career for young people maybe.

Good question! I was interested to hear more about the service dogs onboard, but I didn't want to bother the owners too much. I might have been low key stalking the doggies the entire trip, lol.

10 hours ago, KmomChicago said:

We debated that if we ever return. Obviously more cost effective and still provides shade. A possible downside of the cabana is you do feel like you need to stay until the bitter end when shelling out this kind of $$.

We stayed until almost the end with just our clamshell rental, lol. Did they pick you up from the cabana on departure? I took a walk down that way, quite a hike though there is path/paved road just a little ways up from the beach.

1 hour ago, tracy b said:

Are the hot tubs hot? On the Pride we were told they were whirlpools and no longer heated..

Yes, just came from the whirlpool in the gym area. The serenity one and the one under the lido roof are heated too. The one not under lido roof is barely heated, feels like bathwater.

2 hours ago, sparks1093 said:

Have they by chance fixed the hot tubs? When we were onboard they were hot but had little to no bubbles. We were told that a common part was broken and they were waiting for it.

Walked by lido and they don't seem to be bubbly. 

I would say almost essential if you plan on dining at all in MDR, need it to check in for table and viewing menu. Technically you can scan the QR code that takes you to an address that downloads a PDF.

You can mark off activities you want to do and the app will pop up reminders.

You also get to see the entire sailing of events rather than just the next day like with the old paper Funtimes.

I'm onboard as well, they gave some interesting passenger statistics:

557 kids aboard

Country breakdowns, I missed a few though

4 Australia

1 Bahamas

3 Belarus

3 Brazil

25 Canada

6 china

2 Cuba

6 Dominican Republic

1 Ghana

3 German

4 Hati

1 Iceland

15 India

3 Iran

1 Iraq

1 Italy (just the captain? Lol)

4 Mexico

10 Nepal

2 Pakistan

2 Philippines

1 Russia

1 St Kitts

1 Thailand

2 Turkey

1 UK

2 Ukraine

1 Uzbekistan

1930 United States

I've used these to return from overseas, they got the job done though things could of gone more smoothly. Recommend watching one of the youtube demonstration videos before hand so you know what to expect. I had to turn lights on, angle the phone to get things readable for them (not to mention it switching between back and front camera for some reason...)

I saw in one of the FB groups that it was a false alarm.

1 hour ago, Tiger0613 said:

I've spent $3,941.19 at Carnival(fares, internet, and excursions) with my Marriott Bonvoy Bold card since I was approved 5/31/21.  I have never received any Carnival offers.

 

Most of the offers I do get are junk.  The only half decent ones I have right now are for ShopDisney and Love's Travel Stop.  I have no need for Disney merchandise at the moment.  Also, there are no Love's locations that I will be near anytime soon.  I got offers for McDonald's and Starbucks no more than a month after being approved.  I had never spent any money with this card at those merchants.

If you already spend there then it is like likely it to be offered since they already know you spend there.  Not always the case, but many times....

Yes, those are a touch annoying. Thought it was just me as I have two cruises booked and my cruise partners are new/don't have their VIFP setup to their own email. 

Hope you had a safe trip home, thanks for letting us follow along.

6 hours ago, brilliantseas said:

First test of the "Premium WiFi" package onboard Carnival Legend shows encouraging speeds. 30 Mbps download at 4:00 PM on embarkation day, which appears to be enough to stream the Bengals game on YouTube TV without buffering. 

 

Nice, curious to see how the speeds fare further away from shore. 

Love all the details you're giving us!

It maybe helpful to know which island (s) you will be on.

36 minutes ago, Domergirl said:

I have a cruise booked for 12/26 on the Pride, and they let me put 4 in one room.  It's a balcony room, one of very few on the ship with capacity of 4.  (I've got a 2 person room right next door as well).   Maybe it is ship by ship?  That's crazy that 5 of you had to get 3 rooms!!!!

They later replied it was cheaper that way due to promo only applying to first two pax in cabin. They could of booked more in the room, just costlier.

Thank you for sharing, will be boarding her in about two weeks.

13 hours ago, cocomango said:

Thanks for the Lucaya beach pics. 

We've been to Freeport a few times and just have not had any luck with liking the place-  worst excursions ever.  We planned to stay on the ship on this cruise but you've got me thinking Lucaya might not be too bad. 

Myself exactly, was planning on just staying on the ship because it's such a short stop too, but OP has peaked my interest in at least venturing outside the port area.

Will you be parking your Tesla at the port? I'm going back and forth on it, since I have a ICE option with my travel partner. 

Can't wait to hear more!

47 minutes ago, PSU2LSU said:

For our upcoming Xmas cruise we were not allowed to put more then 2 people in one room.  Had to get 3 rooms for a family of 5. 

It probably depends if the room has those beds in the wall/ceiling. Not every single room has those.

3 hours ago, sparks1093 said:

We didn't have one in our cabin on our recently completed Legend cruise and we didn't ask for one.

Thanks, I'll be on Legend so I guess I'll add another item to the packing list. I suppose it maybe nice for me to keep items cold if going to a beach as well.

Thanks for the other responses as well, can't figure out multi-quotes for some reason...

I see lots of people mention bringing coolers, are there not ice buckets in the room?

Just to update, I was able to use the offer again (though technically I think it's a new offer because of new expiration) with Citi. I had the new offer on both my Citi cards, so I did use it on the other Citi card this time.

After one week, it showed as redeemed on the offers page (the amount saved/earned updated with the $250, didn't see it as redeemed unless you clicked on the redeemed page). It took 2 days after that for the credit to appear on my statement, so it was about 9 days to know the offer worked. I started getting nervous about it because I decided to throw the PVP a bone and booked the cruise over the phone. The charged showed as being over the phone, but the offer does explicitly say it's for online. (Though Amex offer is online or over phone)

You can buy it when onboard, it cost a little more than pre cruise but good way to use the obc it you don't have other purchases.