MKDGDC

I have to chime in on the renting from the car rental company. We usually rent from Silvercar (only rent Audi A4 and Q5). They do not charge extra for a car seat.

If someone asks about her mother, just say "I'm her mother, and I have the stretch marks to prove it.".

Ha! Will do.

I used to assume that everyone knew we were a couple. We have been on several cruises in our 17 years as a couple. We do my time dining so we don't have to deal with rude people. My spouse is alot more outgoing so we are usually talking with people seated near us anyway. We have met a lot of people, gay and straight (they can't help it... they were born that way) on cruises. I have no desire to take a chance and sit with people we don't like (or don't like us) every night for dinner. We are actually flying into Miami to see some friends we met on a cruise a few years ago.

It has been a few years since our last cruise. We are now dads, and will be bringing our 2.5 year old daughter. I am not looking forward to all the comments that I know are coming. If you think being asked being gay is annoying, Try dealing with everyone basically asking where is her mother... it is so nice that you are giving her mother a break... She's out with the boys.... etc.

We tried to buy a signed Sandy Koufax photo for $2500.00. Told us we would have it in 8 weeks. It never arrived. We ended up going on another cruise and got the contact info for Park West. They told us it was damaged and they could not replace it. I figured they found someone who ended up paying more.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So my husband and I just got back from our fourth Carnival cruise, and there is one thing that keeps bothering me. We have requested a king bed 4 times and for the forth time the request was ignored. When my carnival vacation planner found out, she was pissed and told me to email John Heald, talk to the cruise director etc... John was the CD on one of our cruise, and we already emailed him about it when it happened. For that cruise I even called Carnival to make sure they knew we wanted a king bed because it would always change back to twin beds on the website)

The stewards are always accommodating and it is always fixed the first day.

I spoke to the CD for this cruise, and he was nice but a bit dismissive and pretty much implied they are worried about offending straight people by having the beds pushed together (implying they are gay).

I am curious. Does this happen to anyone else when they cruise on Carnival? I have talked to other LGBT Carnival customers and it has happened to them as well. Once or twice I would call an oversight, more than that I would say that at least there needs to be some corporate cultural sensitivity training (or it is just outright homophobic corporate policy)

My point is if you are going to ignore a bed request based on the fact that the people sharing the bed are of the same gender, why even ask in the first place? :confused::confused:

I have to say the Chef's table was one of the best experiences I have had on a cruise (not including excursions). The steakhouse was very good. I think for a family, the steakhouse is a good choice.