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Carnival doesn't just buy fuel at whatever the daily rate is at the local Citgo, they have huge contracts with suppliers. They probably negotiated a fuel contract when prices were at rock bottom. That's where they expect the stock to be priced within a given timeframe, usually a year. The point is not necessarily the actual price they predict - but if that price is higher or lower than it is now, and by how much. That shows whether the analyst expects the company to be better or worse off then.

The take home is if you're the kind of person to ask if Cheers is worth it, odds are you would benefit from Cheers. It's expensive but that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

And some people like to THINK they are better than others, because they chose one way or the other...

Something is weird with my wife's Carnival account - she never gets these emails. And I still have a few more days until I get Platinum anyway.

Yes, and I know a lot of folks don't have facebook or whatsapp etc. But if you have to stay in touch during a cruise then it's not that big of a deal to create a profile just for this purpose. Saves a lot of money versus the alternatives.

I see, so you have WiFi calling turned on through your carrier. In the past WiFi calling wouldn't work for me at sea and was unreliable at home so I disabled it. If you don't have WiFi calling turned on, SMS will rack up high roaming fees from Cellular at Sea (or if you are in airplane mode, it won't work at all).

Samsung's messaging app will use RCS to other Android users, but to iPhone users it will fall back to SMS which will lead to roaming charges from Cellular at Sea correct? I am asking because I have never used it.

SMS is what I think of when I hear "texting" and SMS works over the cellular networks, not WiFi. Even if your carrier offers WiFi calling and texting, these services often will not work over ship WiFi systems so you rely on Cellular at Sea roaming. SMS is very expensive when at sea using Cellular at Sea. It is best to purchase the Social plan and use Facebook messenger etc for "texting" when at sea.

The point is the only way a plat/diamond would know they can go through since COVID is if they read JH's facebook page or if they read this forum. It isn't documented anywhere.

Yeah I agree, the more I think about it I think the "plat and diamond can drop things off" thing may be another one of those things JH says just to placate his audience, because as others have said there is absolutely no signage onboard that says that is true.

The only rooms that are ready are suites until 1:30. plat/diamond not in suites can drop off luggage and leave. If you're not in a suite or not plat/diamond you're not allowed while they're cleaning. Not hard to understand to me.

This page goes into more details as to the types of tests that are acceptable. https://www.carnival.com/legal/covid-19-legal-notices/covid-19-faqs

It's a certainty that will happen but what is also certain is it doesn't matter, we're not going backwards here - the momentum is too great to go back.

It's very common in the travel industry - not just with cruises or Carnival. If you want flexibility to cancel or make changes, you pay more. If you are sure you're going, or are OK with penalties, then you can pay less for your booking.

They don't usually sell the higher capacity cabins to couples until closer to the sail date if they remain unsold. If you booked with three in the cabin and only two ever went, then you've wasted the third persons fare. It's up to you if that's worth it.

https://www.carnival.com/Legal/covid-19-legal-notices/covid-19-guest-protocols?icid=advisory_cruisehealth_040122#vaccines-and-testing

I'd love Wilmington but they'd have to build a terminal. There is nowhere for a ship to dock. But it would be even more convenient for me than Charleston if it were to happen.

Yes that's typical for "early saver" and other similar rates. Other rates are more or less restrictive.

You pay the gratuity when you purchase Cheers, so tips above and beyond that are not expected. It's entirely up to you.

I'm not sure San Juan makes sense for Carnival these days. Blue card cruisers (Carnival's intense focus) want to drive to their cruise and they want to go to places they see on Instagram.

The experience seems to be substantially the same between the two ships so I'm not sure that's in the plans. Never say never of course but I don't see it - at least not any time soon. I expect the Excel ships to stay where they are for the foreseeable future.

My guess is they think everyone is going to walk off cruises with COVID now and need to get a test within days of getting home...

There are only so many places to put dirty clothes as they accumulate in your cabin...anyway who cares.

It makes it easy to figure out which are possible $CCL plants and which own so much $CCL stock they'll never be able to retire now.

Yep, I told the IRS they had glitches when I forgot to pay my taxes last year. Worked out great! lol Frequency of the obligation is irrelevant. We're all adults.