Ziggy7

Google your ship name and cabin number. Or, try Cruisedeckplans.com.

Either way, once you become an "aft rat" like me, you won't want anything else! :D

There is an old thread started in 2010 but most of the photos are gone and information may be old, so I thought a new thread would be nice!

I will be sailing on the Glory in January in an aft cabin (6485) and have not found many glory aft cabin pictures on the internet. So I'm hoping others will share their aft cabin info and photos to help those new to cruising in and aft cabin!

Thanks in advance to those who share!

Carnival's HUB App ($5 USD per cruise per device)

Which ships offer the Carnival HUB App?

All of our ships are HUB App capable.

Where do the features of the App work?

The features of the App are available while onboard your Carnival ship.

What does the Carnival HUB App do?

The following features are available at the touch of your fingertips, for your entire cruise while on board your Carnival ship.

What's Happening: A day-by-day schedule of hundreds of on-board events, available for the full cruise as soon as you embark! Includes a “favorites” feature that also allows guests to see which events their sailing companions will attend.

Food & Drinks: A comprehensive list of delicious dining options and dining-related events, enticing refreshment venues and beverage-related events. Purchase from the app CHEERS! and Bottomless Bubbles beverage programs once on board.

Deck Plans: Searchable deck plans with key areas highlighted, providing a comprehensive layout of the ship’s various on-board offerings.

Account Balance: Real-time information on guests’ current Sail & Sign shipboard account balance.

Pixels Photos: On the Carnival Horizon and Carnival Vista, you will be able to view your photos on the app and order digital or print copies.

Onboard Chat Access: The opportunity to chat with family & friends on board all cruise long from the comfort of your deck chair (this feature is limited to ages 13 years and older; for safety reasons, parents and guardians must give consent within the app for a guests 12 years and younger to activate onboard chat.)

And more...

What is the App name ? How can I download it?

The name of the App is Carnival HUB app. Look for the app on Google Play and iTunes to download. You can also download the App from Carnival's website by clicking here.

Is the Carnival HUB app free?

The App is free to download and use on board. For a small additional fee ($5 USD for the voyage) the HUB App offers chat.

Do I need internet access to use the App? Do I have to pay roaming?

No internet purchase is required. The App works on Airplane Mode, which means guests do not incur roaming fees.

The App works with the ship’s free Wi-Fi.

How do I login to the Carnival Hub App? Where can I find my folio?

You may log in as soon as you arrive on board your Carnival ship! You’ll need your folio number (found on your sail and sign card) and Date-of-Birth.

Can minors use chat?

Chat Access is limited to ages 13 years and older; for safety reasons, parents and guardians must give consent within the app for a guests 12 years and younger to activate onboard chat.

What devices does the App work on?

• IOS/Apple iPhone versions supported: IOS 9.0 and up - this includes iPods
  
• Android/Google versions supported: 4.4 (aka KitKat) and up
  

Can I use my tablet to run the Carnival Hub App?

Although the App is not optimized for tablets, it will function on both Android and Apple tablets.

Can I make dining reservations using the App? Can I see the dining menus?

Coming soon to all ships!

SocialWi-Fi Plan ($5 USD per day)*

Access the most popular social websites and applications including Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Linkedin, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, SnapChatand the most popular airline sites. Does not include access to most otherwebsites or apps and does not support Skype calling or music/video streaming(such as Spotify, Hulu or Netflix). Cellular-network-dependent Wi-Fi calling,In-app calling, iMessage and Facetime services are also not supported.

Hey Ziggy7...

 

 

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You know?.. When your discouraged ..down and out there is nothing like a vision of a sandy beach with palm trees..blue water and sunshine ..

 

 

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Wow!+Love your songs! Thanks for sharing with us! So glad you are recovered and back to cruising again! Such a testament of God's love and healing!

Awesome thanks for every answer! I've been looking at YouTube videos of the ship and that's been really helpful also. The more I read the more relaxed I feel. Anxiety sucks! :o

Nice!!! :D

Enjoying your review!!! :D

I was tolds, if someone cancels in the last 30 days they do not list it back on the internet, so it's best to go as soon as possible to get one if they have openings :P

Thanks for sharing! :)

Carnival's Shore Excursion Program

Published 08/11/2015 05:19 PM | Updated 07/07/2017 02:03 PM

Visiting our exotic ports of call is half the fun of going on a Fun Ship cruise and we offer optional shore excursions at every port. Participating in a shore excursion is the best way to ensure our guests get the most out of their visit to each port-of-call.

Shore excursions may be booked online prior to sailing up until the Pre-Sail cut-off time, 11:30pm ET the evening prior to the cruise departure. Excursions for 2018 sail dates are available for purchase. For 2019 sail dates, please check back in the Spring of 2018.

Shore excursions can also be purchased onboard. Each Carnival ship has a dedicated Shore Excursion Desk with highly trained and experienced staff members who can recommend particular excursions and answer any questions guests may have.

All of the excursions we offer are backed by our Shore Excursion Best Price Guarantee. The only one of its kind in the cruise industry, the program provides a 110% refund in the form of a shipboard credit should consumers find a better price on a comparable excursion, providing much-needed peace of mind knowing that they’re getting the best price. For details about this, click here.

With Carnival’s onboard lounge tour dispatch system, tour operators come onboard to meet shore excursion participants and tours depart from a shipboard venue versus the previous method of tour operators assembling large groups of guests on the pier, thus providing a more streamlined, organized and expedited departure. Carnival is the only cruise operator in the Caribbean to have local tour operators involved with this enhanced service option.

Shore Excursion Best Price Guarantee

Published 03/11/2015 10:03 PM | Updated 03/21/2016 04:18 PM

Guests sailing on a Carnival cruise who book a shore excursion through us can be completely confident they are getting the best price and best value with the introduction of a new shore excursion best price guarantee. The only guarantee of its kind in the cruise industry, the program is now available fleet wide for all Carnival Cruise Lines shore tours on ships sailing from North America.

Under the best price guarantee, guests who find the same tour offered by another operator at a lower price than their booked excursion either before or during their cruise will be eligible to receive 110% of the difference in the form of a shipboard credit.

How it Works: The guarantee is available for excursions booked prior to or during a cruise. If guests pre-book an excursion, then find a comparable tour advertised online at a lower price, they can complete an online form up to seven days prior to the cruise to invoke the guarantee. Guests can also complete a form during the cruise either before or after their excursion has taken place. Claims are typically processed within 24-48 hours.

Benefits of Booking Through Carnival: Guests who book their excursion through Carnival enjoy the convenience of having shore excursion tickets delivered to their stateroom, 24/7 access to shipboard staff to answer questions and obtain assistance, and an assurance that they will receive a refund or the excursion time will be adjusted as needed based on weather or other issues affecting a ship's scheduled port of call visit. Additionally, ongoing communication between tour operators and shipboard staff ensures that the cruise line is aware and can make necessary changes to a ship's departure time when a tour is running late or unexpected circumstances arise.

The best price guarantee is applicable to shore excursion matches on the same date as the tour purchased from Carnival.

Embarkation - Luggage Information

Published 03/11/2015 10:43 PM | Updated 10/24/2017 10:36 AM

Luggage Information

To help you plan, we suggest you limit your luggage to a maximum of one bag per person, if traveling on cruises of 3-5 days duration, and no more than two bags per person, for cruises of 6 days or longer. In addition, you must personally carry-on any boarding documentation (passports, Visas, I.D), valuables, medications and items which require special handling.

Guests who are scheduled to arrive at the terminal before 1:30 PM, usually check their bags with a porter so they can be free to enjoy lunch on Lido Deck before access to their stateroom is granted.

Checked baggage service is only available until 2 hours before the ship's published departure time. Guests arriving after this time will be responsible for taking their bags on board.

Each checked suit case and carry-on suit case should not weigh more than 50 pounds, and when lying flat, bags must not exceed 16 inches high by 24 inches wide (the length of the bag is not a factor). For security screening purposes, all luggage should be unlocked. Oversized luggage and locked luggage may cause delivery delays.

Personalized luggage tags are included in the guest’s Electronic Documents, through Carnival’s web portal, www.carnival.com/mydocuments. It is not necessary to print the tags in color.

Carnival luggage tags must be affixed to your baggage prior to arriving at the terminal. Additional tags can be obtained at curbside from the porter. Porters will re-tag any luggage tag with a TBA cabin assignment.

Curbside porters are customarily provided a $1 tip per bag. They are not employees of Carnival and should a guest experiences any problems, they must report it to porter management on site.

Since the screening and movement of large coolers through embarkation is an impediment to the boarding and security screening process, large coolers are not permitted as carry-on or checked luggage. Small, personal-sized coolers, no larger than 12 inches x 12 inches x 12 inches, for the purpose of housing small quantities of non-alcoholic beverages and/or medications are permitted as carry-on luggage.

Decorating Your Stateroom Door and Stateroom

Published 11/10/2015 02:19 PM | Updated 08/10/2017 05:27 PM

We recognize some of our guests like to decorate their staterooms and we, too, love seeing your creative decorations. However, for safety reasons, we must ask that you abide by the following guidelines for decorating your stateroom dooras well as the interior of your stateroom.

In the interest of guest and crew safety, the following stateroom decoration policies will be instituted and strictly enforced:

• Decorations may consist only of fire retardant materials. Please note that items sprayed with fire retardant spray are not acceptable
  
• Decorations may only be placed on the stateroom door and not the surrounding frame, walls or railings
  
• You may use magnets or Command Strips but no adhesives such as tape or glue.
  
• Over-the-door hanging organizers must hang inside the stateroom, must also be of fire retardant material and cannot damage the door
  
• No decorations of any kind are allowed on balconies
  
• No decorations or items may be placed over light fittings or fixtures. This may restrict the airflow and cause the item to ignite
  
• No string lights of any kind are allowed
  

For the safety of all guests and crew, any decorations not made of fire retardant material or deemed flammable, will be removed and no compensation will be provided.

Stateroom decorations purchased via our Fun Shops online are made of fire retardant materials. For more information, please visit www.carnival.com/funshops if you are interested in making a purchase.

Where can I find flame retardant decorations?

For your convenience, we offer flame retardant decorations on our website at www.carnival.com/funshops. You can also check at your local party decorations stores or online but it is important to ensure the materials are truly flame retardant and to remember that items sprayed with fire retardant spray are not acceptable.

This policy seems extreme. Carnival is taking away something I/my family really enjoy. Why is this necessary?

These new requirements are being mandated by our operational safety experts. Decorations not made of fire retardant material can pose a fire hazard. We want all of our guests who enjoy decorating their doors and staterooms to be able to continue to do so but it is imperative that guest and crew safety be given top priority. We very much appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

What if a guest is upset because the sku/decorations received are a different design than what they purchased?

We will offer a refund or CruiseCash for the purchase price as needed. Our Retail Assistant Managers will manage the refund process per our normal retail refund procedure.

We just got off the Carnival Breeze that was having a $200,000 Slot Tournament & $100,000 BlackJack tournament going on. This was our first cruise where we played more than just a $100. We both ended up with a combined 2500 points on our cards. Just curious if anyone knows what level of play gets “Casino” Cruise offers?

 

 

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Wow kind of surprised at the debate I sparked! I've gathered that I'll have to speak with the room steward and maybe a supervisor to see what we can do. Maybe if I offer them an extra tip they'll go along? It's only a 5 day cruise, and like a previous person said, I definitely don't change my sheets and towels or clean the bathroom over a 5-day span at home so it just seems super unnecessary while on vacation.

 

I'd be happy to check in with the steward every day if they need to see that we're alive, and it's not like I'll be able to lock the door from the outside so they'd be able to get in if there's an emergency while I'm not there so I'm not really seeing why it'd be a huge deal. Hopefully I'll have a quick conversation with the room guy and we can reach an agreement.

 

Thanks all!

Also keep in mind the towels do not dry in the cabins, so you might at least want to find your steward once a day to swap them out :):D

YaY! We were told (letter from the CEO) they would resume the Eastern Caribbean Itineraries on January 1! So this is even more assurance we will keep our itinerary for our Jan 20th cruise!

That cabin has 2 twin beds and an upper!

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A great big thank you for posting these pics!! Looks like business as usual. Do you happen to have any pics or info on water conditions and beaches?

We just got back on Sunday from a cruise that stopped in Grand Turk last week on Wednesday (Carnival Ecstasy). We were told we were the First ship to stop there since the hurricanes.

 

The beach looked great, pretty much what I remember from before. They have planted tons of new palm trees (like a hundred or more?) as almost all were destroyed during the storm. We took a short walk left down the beach. Jack's Shack is open & Topher is still there digging to China. The people there were soooooo happy to have us back and have the tourism money coming in. I think they are hurting pretty badly. It was interesting talking with them about their stories on riding the storm out.

 

We did not walk right this time over the conch graveyard, but I understand from another passenger it's still there. They said there were some beautiful conches there with the pink in the middle, not just the totally bleached out/petrified conches. Typically we walk right off the dock, around the point, and snorkel off the beach. We were going to, but did not do that this time because we tried something we have never tried before and we were too tired to snorkel afterwards . . .

 

The FLOWRIDER !! It was so much fun !!!!!!! My husband & I are both over 50 years old and I'm not the most athletic person (think Ally McBeal walking into doors or falling when walking on flat surface : ), but I was able to do it. We did the long 1.5 hour session for $40 where you get the whole width of the flowrider and can boogie board plus standup 'surf' (as opposed to 1 hour for $30 where you get one side and only get boogie board, according to the literature). We each tipped them $10 (I don't know if that's a good tip or bad??). There were only 4 that stayed on the whole time (me, hubby, and 2 guys in their 20's) plus 4 others who came & went. With so few people, we had more time than we needed (or wanted! - we were sitting down taking breaks in between, and sometimes none were on it). The guys running it are super helpful making sure you are safe and helping you learn & improve. I started out falling immediately but was able to stay on for a really long time by the end, and was even doing tricks ! You "fall" pretty much every single time, that's the "dismount" procedure ;), but the surface is spongy, it's like falling on your mattress, it doesn't hurt (I don't even have any bruises or anything). For being one of the least expensive excursions you can purchase, it was TOTALLY worth it. I will definitely be doing it again next time we go to Grand Turk. But I think I will snorkel first then Flow Rider so I'm not too tired to snorkel afterwards.

 

Tips: Men wear a good fitting bathing suit not loose, I would recommend 1-piece for ladies. I would wear my least favorite swimsuit and wear a tshirt over it. Rushing water can pull things off. :eek:

 

https://carnival-news.com/2017/11/02/grand-turk-cruise-center-re-opens-with-visit-from-carnival-ecstasy/

 

https://www.facebook.com/carnivalcruiselinemiami/videos/1599587303413711/

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I was told it's a low priority, as they are having to do allot of work on their site and this and other corrections are on hold :(

Ask the ships crew where they go, they will lead you in the right direction :)

Thanks for the review and sharing your photos! <3

Posted today by one of my good cruising friends! Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas - Dog House Pub