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We have used the park and cruise pkg at Hampton Cocoa Beach 3 times and will be staying there again in June. There is a path to the beach but we have not been down it yet. Our view has always been of the pool with a very limited view of the ocean. Perfectly good place for a few days pre cruise.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

We've booked Hampton Inn for our upcoming trip, it looks good on Tripadvisor! This will be our first time staying there.

We have a dedicated vacation savings account with automatic transfers from our checking account.

I'm trying to figure out the same thing. We booked our April trip in Feb. We are taking another cruise this year in July and I want to get the best deal so I'm trying to determine if booking on board is worth the OBC or if I'd be better off waiting until about a month before the cruise to book it for more savings.....thoughts:confused:

We are cruising on Carnival Sunshine in a month and also planning a July cruise on Carnival. For July we are really looking to get the best deal, we can book onboard the Sunshine in April and get $100 OBC/stateroom. But if we wait until right before the July cruise, maybe a month-two weeks before and miss out on the OBC I'm thinking we will get a much better deal. What are your thoughts? We already picked the cruise and 2 of us will be in FL at that time for an event and the rest of the family have flights booked just for this cruise! What strategies have you used to get the lowest price on a cruise? HELP!

I'm following along, excitedly anticipating Embarking on the Sunshine in a month! Great review so far!!!

Where is the other thread? I can't find it.

I got an email offer to upgrade from OV to balcony. I took it and I'm keeping it a surprise for DH and DD! Shhhhhhh!:D

I love how you summed things up at the end of your review!!!

I'm loving your review! Thanks for taking the time to post! I can't wait to hear about auto train I have always been intrigued!

Thanks for the great review Dee!

Thanks for the great resource! I saved it for future reference!

Great thread!

Blue Kay looks perfect for us when we do the same itinerary in April! I just found their website and it says it's $30/pp for a day pass... This wasn't the case for you though huh? since the time in this port is short I was loving the fact that you buy food and drinks and you don't have to pay a fee to use the resort! Can you confirm that this was free when you visited?

I see that the price is $5 for kids a Ji Ji, dose that limit kids to a kids menu? How about for the Steak House, is there kid pricing? If so does that limit kids to a kids menu in the Steak House?

~Thanks!

What an amazing review! We are very excited about sailing the same cruise in April!