Cammyho

Yep it was supposed to be St. John's (Antigua) not the island. I also meant to say that I was leaning towards option 2 not option 1.

For the Antigua port the ship is there until 10PM which is pretty cool. But for the Aruba port on the other itinerary it's there until midnight!

Hey everyone, I've never done southern Caribbean before so I'm very unfamiliar with these ports. I'm trying to decide between these two Virgin Voyages sailings. I'm leaning more towards option 1 because the stops sound more unique.

Would love any and all advice you could give about which ports are amazing or not so great 🙂

Option 1: Southeastern Caribbean Isles

San Juan -> Aruba -> Curacao -> Martinique -> St. Kitts

Option 2: Sunsets in the Lesser Antilles

San Juan -> Tortola -> Guadeloupe -> Barbados -> St. Lucia -> St John's

This is pretty lame. Obviously it's not a huge deal but it's a small negative change. All these small changes Carnival has been making to save a few bucks is definitely adding up!

Just stay on the line, ignore the message. You'll get through eventually.

9 hours ago, amcankid said:

Say Hi to James and another guy who’s name starts with Teo.( I forgot the last couple

of letters to his name)) They work in Cucina del Capitano. My daughter and her boyfriend got to know them back in August and my wife and myself will see them when you get back. (The October 16 cruise). Have fun

We had James at Cucina and requested him every time after that! Definitely one of the best servers I've ever had, really nice guy.

I'm pretty sure I read a post by John and saw in a vlog that masks are not required in the thalassotherapy area

Was anyone able to just print out their test results and show that? I noticed that ones I've gotten before don't have QR/Barcodes for them to scan or anything. Just want to make sure that's ok. Not really sure how they verify it's authentic.

Does anyone know what the table mins are? Curious about craps specifically

I get that the cruise lines are just trying to be safe, but I wish that more people had the attitude of vaccine = no masking anymore. On a cruise where pretty much everyone is vaccinated... who cares about a mask?

The Mardi Gras seems like a huge step up from other Carnival ships. I think the updated interior/promenade areas are going to be amazing. It looks like there's a lot to do on the ship.

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone has some experience with this.

I have a cruise booked on the Mardi Gras in September with three people, two fully vaccinated adults and one child under 12 who is unable to get the vaccine. Although the rules for September haven't been announced yet, assuming they're the same as July and August, I'm thinking about just not bringing the child so we don't have to go through all the extra hoops and have to worry about them cruising unvaccinated and with no camp ocean.

Has anyone been able to get a refund for just one person in the cabin? Assuming I don't want to cancel the cruise just want to cancel one person given the health protocols. I know normally this wouldn't be possible but thinking it might be different with covid.

Thanks.

It's pretty stupid that he can be vaccinated and have a negative test but still be denied. What a sham

5 hours ago, Sam Ting said:

That’s completely different. Their employees are not out to sea, where there are limited medical facilities  

I feel like with all the protocols and testing cruise employees have to go through now, they're probably in a much better position and 'safer' than most people on land working around kids.

4 hours ago, Sam Ting said:

Not surprising they closed it. Why would they put their employees in harms way, directing someone to babysit a bunch of unvaccinated kids running around for hours and hours?  

The same reason why schools, daycares, restaurants, stores, malls, movie theaters, etc are all open to kids and 'putting their employees in harms way'. With the vaccine any risk is pretty much completely mitigated.

4 hours ago, kevin_p said:

This is what we received last Friday notifying us an exemption wouldn’t be available for our 10 year old. 

I'm booked in September on the Mardi Gras with a 2 year old and this is the only thing I'm worried about. What was the offer they sent you if you don't mind me asking?