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    Willdra's Silent Carnival Sunshine Sept. 17-22 Review

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    Willdra, We got off the ship the day you got on.  I’m so bummed I missed meeting you in person.  I agree with you about TJ. He’s such a cutie and so sweet. We were able to chat with him at the Platinum party, turns out he’s from Texas and went to Baylor where my husband graduated from. [several centuries earlier] He was a cheerleader   😁 I also agree about the shows……I thought I was being punked 

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    Platinum priority embark/disembark ... Is it back?

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    4 hours ago, bguppies said:

    My Wife's last two cruises from here, they carried their own luggage off.

    The first time they got off as soon as they could and were outside for me to pick them up before 7am.
    In March they lollygagged getting off and were still outside by 8 am.

     

    I pick them up in the cab/uber area at the bottom of the ramp from the ship, and we have been back to our house (15 minutes past the airport) in less than 30 minuites each time.

    Unless you would hit traffic at the Boeing plant (at the edge of the airport) at the start of their shift (which I believe is actually 5 or 6 am) You should EASILY be dropped off at the terminal curbside within 30 minutes.

    Do you know if they were able to carry their bags onto the ship at embarkation?  Everything Im reading says you have to drop your luggage off prior to going into the terminal due to the bus situation taking you to the ship.

    Fascination June17-24 in a nutshell

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    Sounds like a great trip. We will be leaving next week.

     

    Are you able to get off the ship the first day? We are planning on dropping off our luggage and going to the Forts.

     

    Also, when was the Fun Aboard/ Fun Ashore shows? With islands everyday just wondered when they fit it in and is there only 1 show?

     

     

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    The Fun aboard/fun ashore talk was day 2 our only sea day.

     

     

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    Fascination June17-24 in a nutshell

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    Great review thanks! I want this to be my next cruise. Have you been on any newer Carnival ships? If so, what were the main noticeable differences (obviously overall size, curious what else)? Also, can you elaborate on the catering to the Puerto Rican passengers as far as entertainment?

     

     

     

    I have been on about 15 cruises, most with Carnival. Lots of Conquest class, Dream class and a few Fantasy class ships. It wasn't the size that bothered me. I'm not sure what made it not my favorite. I didn't dislike it, it just wasn't my favorite. As far as the entertainment, there was mostly Latin music and dancing, including one of the theater shows being Latin music. It was just OK. I did really enjoy the Latin dance lessons in the Atrium from the CD. I would have just preferred a little more variety.

     

     

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    Fascination June17-24 in a nutshell

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    I enjoyed reading your review of the Fascination, as that is what we are planning on doing in March or April next year.

     

     

     

     

     

    So you said there were no refrigerators or hair blowers, correct? If a person wanted a hair blower, could you ask the steward to bring one?

     

     

     

     

     

    I didn't thank about that, until you were talking about St. Kitts. When I was there years ago, there was not much to see, and I understand it is still that way. Your suggestion of having a "native" take you around for a while until the rain storm, sounded like a good suggestion.:)

     

     

     

    It's a great itinerary. You will have a wonderful time.

     

     

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    Fascination June17-24 in a nutshell

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    Sounds like a great trip. We will be leaving next week.

     

    Are you able to get off the ship the first day? We are planning on dropping off our luggage and going to the Forts.

     

    Also, when was the Fun Aboard/ Fun Ashore shows? With islands everyday just wondered when they fit it in and is there only 1 show?

     

     

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    Yes , after you check in you can come and go as you please until around 7:30.

     

     

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    Fascination June17-24 in a nutshell

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    Just back from our 7 day cruise from San Juan to Southern Carribean. This trip was a graduation trip for our 18 year old daughter and we decided to take her future college roommate who we just met which added some interesting moments.

     

    We arrived in San Juan on Friday night and stayed at the Intercontinental Resort in Isla Verde. This place was a fantastic surprise and we loved it. It's beachfront with gorgeous pools and I highly recommend it. I booked it on Hotwire back in March and it was a bargain. We hung out on the beach and at the pool all day Saturday and ended the day with a great Puerto Rican meal down the street from the hotel. One of the best meals we've ever had. There is also a CVS across from the hotels which was very convenient.

     

    Sunday morning we got up and had breakfast at Casa Del Whopper right across the street then packed up and called an Uber to take us to the ship. We got in line at 10:50 and were on board on the Lido at 11:30. It was a very weird embarkation since the ship doesn't leave until 9 pm, lots of people choose to board later. Also, there were about 230 people who were already onboard who embarked from Barbados. There is open seating at both dining rooms on the first night and I think we ate around 6:30. Muster was around 8 and ours was in the theater. It was the longest muster I've ever experienced as its done in English and Spanish.

     

    We chose an ocean view room Riveria deck, 76 and connecting room R80. This ended up being a great location as this is such a port intensive cruise and we were only 1 flight up from the gangway on port days. Our room steward was Wee and he was great. This was a very comfortable cabin and I slept so well. Just know, there are no refrigerators or blow dryers as this is an older ship.

     

    St. Thomas- We took a cab to Coki beach and snorkels and hung out. It was beautiful and great snorkeling from the beach. The cab ride was $7 per person each way. No entrance fee to beach, chairs and umbrellas were $10 each and there was food for sale.

     

    Barbados- we were originally planning to go to the Boatyard but I had attended the "Fun aboard/Fun ashore" get together the day before and won the raffle for a free excursion for the Jolly Roger Pirate snorkeling trip. This was a pretty good excursion. The pirate ship is really cool and the crew were very sweet. Before boarding you have the option to purchase food, there is $5 hamburger or a plate lunch for $15. We went with the burger. There was also an open bar with lots of rum punch. They took us to the shipwreck and turtle area and hen further down the coast to what they called a swimming area. Basically as soon as we showed up, the boat was swarmed with guys on jet skis and boats pulling tubes trying to up sell . All in all it was ok because it was free, but there were lots of people and I didn't care for the hard sale of all the extras.

     

    St. Lucia- oh my goodness what a beautiful place. We booked with Spencer Ambrose for a snorkeling excursion. It was fantastic. We had Spencer and his daughter and they were so kind. This was a great day and the snorkeling was unbelievable. We ended the day at a very beautiful beach (Sugar beach) and we considered never leaving.

     

    St. Kitts- we have been here before and wanted to go back to Cockleshell beach. We found a great taxi driver named Elvis who drove us there while giving us some great history of the island. We were at the beach about 30 minutes when the skies opened with a terrible storm. We ate lunch at Spice Mill and had them call Elvis to come and get us. We visited a couple shops in port then got back on the ship early and enjoyed the rainy day with a nap.

     

    St. Maarten- also a second time for us. We simply got off the ship, took the ferry to the public beach and had a great beach day. Did some shopping and were back on board by 2.

     

    Post cruise we elected to stay right across the street at the Sheraton. Disembarkation was a mess. They no longer deliver luggage tags but have them on deck 7 for people to pick up. Of course because it want monitored, they were all gone as people took more than they needed. The pick up times for the tags was from 6-9 and by 7 when we finished dinner, they were all gone. We were told basically "sorry your only choice now is self assist".

    I was mad at first but it turned out ok for us only because our cabin was so convenient to the gangway. We were off he ship by 8 and walked across the street to the hotel. They stored our crap for us and we began the epic walk around Old San Juan. My daughter told me we walked 9 miles this day!

     

    All in all a fun cruise minus the roommate drama but a few things were off. We had anytime dining which was a first for us. Dinner every night took forever! Never less than 2 hours and although the service was ok, it was not great compared to other cruises. The food was just ok, not great. Even breakfast in the dining room took so long, we ended up at the buffet most days, which we hate but didn't want to spend 2 hours at breakfast. Shows were also just ok. MarQ the CD was pretty good but most if not all enertainment is geared to the Puerto Rican passengers, they mad up about 50%. Announcements were always in Spanish and English. I would definitely do it again because of the itinerary but the Fascination was not my favorite ship.

     

    These were my opinions of course. I hope there is some helpful info in there somewhere.

     

     

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    Brining water on board?

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    To answer your question, they have not "tightened up" on the policy. They have, simply made a new policy, I believe in 2017 to not allow any beverages in bottles. I've not heard or seen anyone able to circumvent this rule since that time. It is so easy and relatively cheap to order and have it delivered to your room.

     

     

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    Biggest Fight You've Personally Seen on a Cruise Ship?

    in Ask a Cruise Question

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    Just Monday waiting to disembark the Valor. We were in the dining room with all other FTTF.we were in the middle of two groups of people who were being verbally aggressive to each other. It started when someone accidentally touched another's luggage. It was on! I went and told the crew member making the announcements that he needed to call security immediately. He did, they showed up and moved family #1 further forward which really made family #2 more angry. For some reason they thought they should be first???? Anyone when we were getting off I saw the girl from family 1 and said that I was glad a fight didn't break out. She then informed me that a man from the other family in fact was getting arrested!

     

     

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    4 adults in a room

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    We do a girls cruise every year of 4 best girl friends. Being together in the room turns out to be the highlight. We cut up and laugh constantly. We were offered to move to 2 rooms for the same price and all agreed to stay in one!

     

     

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    Feedback on Recent Stops in San Juan - Is it Safe

    in San Juan, PR

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    We just came back from our cruise and stayed in Old San Juan for three nights pre cruise. We walked everywhere, day and night and never felt unsafe! The shop and restaurant owners are so grateful for our business after being closed for 2+ months, it was actually heartwarming to be there and helping their economy recover!

     

     

     

    Can I ask where you stayed? Going in June and I have no idea, bit I think I want to be in OSJ

     

     

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