Carolina RagDoll

Does anyone have a spa menu with prices that they could post here?

I'm planning a 2022 Australia/New Zealand cruise that have several sea days which means Spa Time for me!

Thanks!

I would be concerned about the safety of the teen attending 21+ events. Alcohol is flowing at the nightclub, people's inhibitions are lowered, and some people's inhibitions aren't all that high to start. I would be concerned that someone might buy the teen drinks, perhaps put something in the drinks and try to take advantage of a teen's naivete. Not everyone on a cruiseship has good intentions, unfortunately.

I understand that the Teen Club hosts some dance parties. That would be a safer venue for a teen to have a night out.

Oh yes. An unnamed airline cancelled our first flight of the day, rebooked us through another airline, which failed to get us to JFK in time to catch our flight to Barcelona. The two airlines pointed accusing fingers at each other and neither seemed to want to help us rebook or provide us with a place to sleep for the night. After a heated discussion we were rebooked by the original airline for the airport nearest the next port of call (Nice, France for Monte Carlo). Getting our checked bags back from the airline to have them retagged to Nice took from 7 am until 5 pm the next day. We board our flight just before the doors close and away we went and after a brief layover at Heathrow we arrive in Nice. A cab ride from Nice to the cruiseship terminal cost 100 EUROs. We showed up at the gangway with our luggage as the cruisers were returning from their shore excursions. Carnival Security did not know what to do with us and a few telephone calls and hushed conversations later, we were greeted with cool drinks and a private checkin.

MORAL of the STORY - If the trip is important enough, go at least one day early. The logistics of trying to catch a cruiseship are tough, expensive and frustrating. I thought my travelling companion was going to crawl across the airline ticket counter and beat some sense into someone who clearly believed "Customer service is not in my job description."

We recovered from the rough start to our vacation and had a great time.

Oh, I hope so! I've already got my costume!

Allowing your traveling companion to join you in line after a line is formed behind you. If you cannot bear to be separated from your traveling companion, please wait until you are all ready to join the line before joining the line.

Line cutting is also jumping in front of other people because you only want one item. Kindly wait your turn along with the rest of us who also may only want only one thing.

The world and cruise ships are so much better when we are polite and considerate of one another.

Yes, I think the lady was cranky. But we don't know the whole story. From much experience of traveling with a handicapped companion, I can tell you that I spent a lot of time researching logistics of the best way to get a wheelchair, electric scooter, and rolling walker onto and off of airplanes, cruise ships and various land resorts. I asked the most detailed questions, where are curb cuts, what is grade on ramps, which of her conveyances were permitted, would there be assistance or would I be on my own to make it work, were there steps, because she could walk a little on the flat but could not make it up or down even a single step. Sometimes I got great, correct answers and other times I got incorrect answers which made our situation that much harder and for her embarrassing. Vacationing with a handicapped person is never purely pleasure because you have to be constantly looking out for potential problems not to mention that you may have to perform other personal assistance in unfamiliar and sometimes very small areas. I hope this does not come a cross as a complaint, because I would not trade one single minute of the travel we have enjoyed even though some of it was difficult at the time. I just wanted to give you an idea of what it is like from a caregivers perspective.

All that being said, I have always had good experiences with crew offering help or if they didn't offer it, providing help after I politely asked for assistance.

None of this gives me or anyone else a license to be abusive to others.

But before we judge this lady too harshly, let's take a moment to reflect on how fortunate that we are not to be in a wheelchair or to be the one pushing the wheelchair. I commend her for going to the extra work to take her loved one on a nice vacation when it would have been so much easier on her to stay at home.

Sorry for climbing up on a soapbox.

You have been through a scary, frightening experience. And now you are going through another one. You have faced the possibility, hopefully very remote possibility, that you might lose your beloved much too soon. Your anger is normal. It is not fair that you should have to be considering these things and facing this kind of heartache at your age.

No serious illness affects only the person who is technically sick. It affects everyone in the family. Please talk to your doctor about how you are feeling. He or she will be a good sounding board and help you determine what will help you to deal with your situation, whether it is medication, someone to talk to, or some of both. There is no shame in being strong enough to say "I need a little help here."

You are probably not hiding these feelings as well as you think you are. Those who love you best are very attuned to your emotions.

I hope that your husband's situation has been completely resolved. Best of luck to you and I hope you will regain the obvious joy you have for life soon.