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Will you be sailing on the Celebration? I plan to but haven't booked anything yet. Personally, Miami is an easier port for me to get to than Canaveral so I haven't really cared to cruise on Mardi Gras.

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Cruise with them on Thanksgiving and you'll get that. I think that's the only time they serve all those foods at once. I've never seen it any other time.

Bringing Liquor and Beverages On Board - Embarkation Guests are prohibited from bringing water, sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages that are packaged in glass or plastic bottles. On embarkation day, a small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, energy drinks, juice, and milk), packaged in cans or cartons, may be brought on board and must be in the guest's carry-on luggage. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12-ounces/354-ml each or less, per person. Guests are prohibited from bringing alcoholic beverages on board with the following exception - at the beginning of the cruise during embarkation day only, guests (21 years of age and older) may bring one 750-ml bottle of sealed/unopened wine or champagne, per person, in their carry-on luggage. Outside this exception, all liquor, beer, other forms of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited in both carry-on and checked luggage and such items will be confiscated and discarded and no compensation will be provided. Guests sailing with us on back-to-back cruises are entitled to bring the same quantity as stated in this policy, per cruise. The additional quantities will be stored for safekeeping at the start of the first cruise and will be given to the guest as each following cruise begins.

Did you then tell Carnival you were exposed on their pre-boarding health assessment form?

John Heald reported on Facebook that Chef's Table is back but no word yet on Cucina. It might be a cutback but it's free during lunch and paid during supper. They left the free lunch portion and cut the paid supper portion. So I don't see how it's a cutback since they're giving up revenue. But go off.

One would have to lie to one or the other - either the insurance company to get the test free, or lie to Carnival and say they don't have symptoms on their health assessment form to get on the ship. I'm not really OK with the lie and would prefer the testing just goes away.

On board spend is just as, if not more important I'd say. Their capacity is higher but they apparently now have too much tonnage, and Carnival doesn't have enough.

I think Costa may be one of those low occupancy lines, and look how many ships CCL is taking from them.

Of all the companies I am comfortable lying to, my health insurance ranks pretty low. This testing song and dance needs to end.

You are forgetting about Costa, Cunard, Princess, all the other lines Carnival owns. CCL might be sailing full - but those other lines are not.

We will know when you know. Carnival's COVID policies page is regularly updated with the latest information. https://www.carnival.com/Legal/covid-19-legal-notices/covid-19-guest-protocols?icid=advisory_cruisehealth_040122

There will be a new variant either coming, here, or on it's way out, for the rest of our lives.

I expected testing to be gone by the end of this month. Things are moving a little slower than I thought. I don't think it's going to last much longer in any case.

That is a good point, Carnival's product is horribly diluted right now compared to even just before COVID.

If Lowe's went out of business because Home Depot out pizza'ed the hut so to speak, sure. But I don't see that as what's happening here. I'd see Carnival's failure as a bellwether for the pleasure cruise industry at large.

I would do the Horizon since you've never been to any of those stops at all.

I don't think they're doing the galley tour right now but if I am recalling properly when I did Chef's Table, closed-toe shoes were required in the galley.

I can't fathom how they're still losing to much even while every ship is sailing full. But then I realize there is a lot more to Carnival Corp than just CCL in the US.

If you're in the room watching TV then you're not at a bar drinking, in the casino gambling, etc. So that explains why there ain't much on the TV.

How did they get through COVID so much easier than Carnival? Simply because they had fewer ships and thus lower fixed costs?

If Carnival Corp dies then I don't see how any cruise line survives.

Is CCL (the cruise line) profitable? Or is it still losing money as well? I don't know if they specified in their report.

The Alaska sailings have been very attractively priced this year. Sadly like others, I just couldn't make it work to get to the left coast this year.

Hot tea (I believe the available varieties are Lipton black and green teas), regular and decaf coffee, hot chocolate, iced tea and lemonade are all available for free. On Lido, in the dining room, and via room service. And yes if you bring on your own favorite tea bags you can get hot water from any of those places to brew your own tea.