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    Carnival Splendor 12/29/18

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    On 3/28/2019 at 5:25 AM, crochetcruise said:

     

    I'm booked for a 4-night cruise-Sydney-Moreton Island-Sydney on the carnival Splendour in a Spa Oceanview. Looking forward to enjoying the Thalossotherapy pool, the only pool I have seen on a cruise ship with a decent handrail and steps going down into the pool. Handy when you're handicapped and stairs are a challenge. I know to buy myself a rash vest for sun protection, it's on my cruise shopping list. Eagerly counting down the days! LOL!

     

    Enjoy my favorite ship! I’m excited to see what changes she’ll have when she moves to Australia. The spa is BEAUTIFUL!

    Transportation from MSY (New Orleans) airport to hotel pre-cruise

    in Gulf Coast Departures

    Posted

    On 3/29/2019 at 10:20 AM, dctravel said:

    DJW, 

     

    You don't specify how many people you will have, but I generally find that taxi or Uber/Lyft is easiest, unless you have a big group. Taxi's are $36 for one or two people or $15pp for 3 or more. The taxi line is well organized and the attendant will put you in a minivan if that is what fits your group.

     

    Alternatively, there are shuttle companies that load up shared vans to deliver passengers to hotels in the French Quarter, Central Business district and Warehouse District. A list of approved companies is on the MSY website: http://www.flymsy.com/groundtransportation.

     

    I hope this helps!

     

    dctravel

     

    Thank you both for replying back. My family of six are traveling with me. I’ll definitely check our Uber/Lyft and the airport approved shuttles. Thank you again for your feedback

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    Carnival Splendor 12/29/18

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    7 hours ago, GradUT said:

    Thanks for review as there really are few reviews of this ship.  We are cruising in late September, so we may be on one of the last cruises before it heads to Australia.  (Maybe we’ll try to stowaway to Australia!) 

     

    What did you do in each of the ports?  Any excursions that you’d recommend?

     

    Lol! Let's see, Cabo is a tender port. Once you get off the tender, there are restaurants and souvenir shops right on the pier (Cabo reminded me of Cozumel). Just be aware that some of the locals will ask if you need a taxi to go somewhere. My family and I stayed on the pier. We went to senor frogs and fat tuesday's. In Mazatlan, we didn't do much since it was an industrial port. Puerto Vallarta, we got off the ship and walked around the area. We did go to the mall that's directly across from the port and Walmart is next to the mall. The mall seem like I was at home, so it didn't feel different. We were the last ship to sail out of Puerto Vallarta. We didn't set sail until abt 7pm (IIRC). Since it was our last port to visit, we had two sea days heading back to Long Beach. The sea coming back was a little choppy, but I wasn't bothered at all. The sea breezes from my balcony is what I missed the most. When we arrived back to Long Beach, I was sad disembarking the Splendor. 

     

    I hope you have a wonderful time on her and definitely book soon. 

    Carnival Splendor 12/29/18

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    On 1/4/2019 at 1:11 PM, ciship said:

    Please let us know how everything went on your cruise.  We rarely get to see a Splendor review!

     

    The cruise was excellent and the Carnival Splendor is a beautiful ship. Since it was a NYE cruise, upon boarding, they had the balloons set up from the balloon drop at midnight. The food and entertainment were great. The stops Cabos and Puerto Vallarta are nice stops. Mazatlan is an industrial port with other container and passenger ships there. Just keep in mind when exploring Mazatlan, all stores and food places in the port take only cash. I didn't know this. My brother and I stopped at this taco place and another cruiser (from royal carribean) ended up paying for our food. It was a nice jester and we appreciated that. He said the same thing happened to him and he was paying his good deed forward.

     

    It was fairly warm in all three ports of call. The staff and our room service attendants were great as well. Since it was our first time cruising during the water, it took awhile for our rooms to warm up. We called guest services and they sent us someone to look at our ac/heat unit. After a few adjustments, we didn't have any other issues with our room staying warm. We had reservations at the steakhouse and of course, it was delicious!. On NYE, we were on the lido deck by 11:30 pm and our CD Lee, kept the music playing and informing us of how many minutes we had left until NY's. The moment came when we had ten seconds and we started the count down. When we hit zero seconds, the ships horn started blasting and confetti and other party decorations were raining down on us (I did post a video on John Healds facebook page of the countdown and I'm also apart of the carnival friendly cruisers facebook that I posted too as well). It was a remarkable moment. 

     

    We had so much fun on this cruise that we booked another NYE cruise aboard the brand new Carnival Panorama (we're getting some love out here in the West Coast). All in all, you will not be disappointed by the Carnival Splendor. It's a unique ship and the interior is PINK, but you'll get over it by the second day. If I were you, I'd cruise on it because its moving to Austraila in October 2019. I've sailed the Carnival Splendor once before (when she was homeported in Miami in 2016 after Carnival moved the Breeze to Texas). I hope this answered your concerns and I apologize for replying back so late.

    Take Care

     

    Carnival Splendor 12/29/18

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    The cruise was excellent and the Carnival Splendor is a beautiful ship. Since it was a NYE cruise, upon boarding, they had the balloons set up from the balloon drop at midnight. The food and entertainment were great. The stops Cabos and Puerto Vallarta are nice stops. Mazatlan is an industrial port with other container and passenger ships there. Just keep in mind when exploring Mazatlan, all stores and food places in the port take only cash. I didn't know this. My brother and I stopped at this taco place and another cruiser (from royal carribean) ended up paying for our food. It was a nice jester and we appreciated that. He said the same thing happened to him and he was paying his good deed forward.

     

    It was fairly warm in all three ports of call. The staff and our room service attendants were great as well. Since it was our first time cruising during the water, it took awhile for our rooms to warm up. We called guest services and they sent us someone to look at our ac/heat unit. After a few adjustments, we didn't have any other issues with our room staying warm. We had reservations at the steakhouse and of course, it was delicious!. On NYE, we were on the lido deck by 11:30 pm and our CD Lee, kept the music playing and informing us of how many minutes we had left until NY's. The moment came when we had ten seconds and we started the count down. When we hit zero seconds, the ships horn started blasting and confetti and other party decorations were raining down on us (I did post a video on John Healds facebook page of the countdown and I'm also apart of the carnival friendly cruisers facebook that I posted too as well). It was a remarkable moment. 

     

    We had so much fun on this cruise that we booked another NYE cruise aboard the brand new Carnival Panorama (we're getting some love out here in the West Coast). All in all, you will not be disappointed by the Carnival Splendor. It's a unique ship and the interior is PINK, but you'll get over it by the second day. If I were you, I'd cruise on it because its moving to Austraila in October 2019. I've sailed the Carnival Splendor once before (when she was homeported in Miami in 2016 after Carnival moved the Breeze to Texas). I hope this answered your concerns and I apologize for replying back so late.

    Take Care

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    Parking at Long Beach

    in West Coast Departures

    Posted

    Hello, we’re cruising on the Carnival Splendor in three months and I wanted to know how parking at the port of Long Beach is. If you could share your experiences with parking at this port, I’d greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks

     

     

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    Needing some advice

    in Florida Departures

    Posted

    Thank you all for your suggestions. We're a small group of four, no kids. It's my mom, brother, his girlfriend and myself on this cruise. I'll most likely drop them off with our luggage at the cruise terminal and then drive back to rental car place and take a cab back if the lines for the shuttles are too long.

     

     

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    Needing some advice

    in Florida Departures

    Posted

    Hello Cruisers,

    My family and I are sailing on the Carnival Magic next month (8/5/17-8/13/17) and we're flying out to Orlando two days prior our cruise. We decided to rent a car from Thrifty rental car (MCO) and we're dropping off the car the morning of our cruise at the drop off location (6599 N. Atlantic). I've searched for reviews about this process and only read two reviews that were negative (yelp). This is where the advice from my fellow cruisers come in handy [emoji3]. Can anyone tell me their experiences with renting a car from MCO and dropping it off at the rental car location on N. Atlantic Ave??

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    P.S. I'm going to post this in the FL departure page on CC also

     

     

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    Carnival Splendor vs Dream/Vista

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    The Carnival Splendor is a great ship! We sailed on her last summer (August 13-21, 2016) and we had a great time! The food options were good even though no guys burgers or BI. The interior of the ship is pink, but you'll get use to it after the first day. Feel free to read my review of the Carnival Splendor "Carnival Splendor 8/13/16 - 8/21/16"

     

     

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    Splendor is an excellent ship.

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    I love the Splendor and it's the only ship in its class which makes it unique. We sailed on her 8/13/16-8/21/16 for an exotic southern Caribbean cruise and we had a blast! I'm glad she's headed back to us on the west coast but I'm sad to see that she's leaving us late in 2019. I hope we get a Dream class or Vista class ship out here after the Splendor leaves us.

     

     

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    Recommendations

    in Florida Departures

    Posted · Edited by DJW8385

    Hello,

    My family and I will be staying in Port Canaveral for two days prior our cruise in August. What are some recommendations on hotels (budget/value priced) in Orlando and PC? Also, will it be a great idea to stay in Orlando and take a shuttle to Port Canaveral?

     

    Lastly, do most hotels in PC/Orlando offer shuttle service to the cruise port?

     

    Thanks in advance!

     

     

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