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There's a boardwalk with WiFi and shopping and food and a water fountain show all right by the ship - also a huge Mexican flag

I never had a problem

What?! That's insane. Never had such an experience at a Hilton

You're not likely to get both shuttles, I just stay near the airport - this was a good option with an airport shuttle

The train is lovely. Great views, relaxing, and upgrading to Business Class is dirt cheap

A full zip fleece is a must

90 days prior to expiry is what I saw on the website

Dine with strangers

Yup

What a great cruise. Now all I can do is re-live it via videos...

This was a reasonably priced option I stayed at in London before my cruise, it's on a major tube line so getting around was pretty easy - Hampton Park Royal

You're right those mingling events organized by the cruise line are almost always a bust but those organized online by cruisers themselves are often better attended.

Other than that I found dining with strangers helped a lot

My friend tried everything and nothing worked until he found this, fixed him up in under 2 minutes without medication

On 5/22/2023 at 1:49 PM, scottca075 said:

 

Hotel Maya is great for the Long Beach cruise port, less so for Los Angeles.

Carnival uses the terms interchangeably, I may have picked up their bad habit

Hotel Maya is awesome if you can get it at a good price

I've had them leave it at Guest Services rather than my room for no reason and leave it as a mystery for me to solve...

This is the outlet splitter I use, lightweight and small I pack it inside one of my formal night dress shoes 😉

It's coming so soon I have so much to do! 😬

This is so much better than it used to be

We show you almost every single thing in the cabin...

Unlike older ships the S&S card on the Carnival Celebration is a proximity card rather than something you have to insert, here it is in action