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Can we use our orginal vaccine cards, or do we have to have something downloaded?

Hoping for some sort of trophy or certificate commemorating the event. And a bottle of champagne per cabin.

On 2/25/2020 at 11:25 AM, kdr69 said:

Just booked our Sailabration Cruise on the Panorama sailing Mar 5, 2022,  Only Balcony cabins I could get were on deck 2 so am assuming its a Cove. 

It is, unless it's an aft Family Harbour cabin. 

I also booked a cove balcony on Panorama for this special trip. But there were other balconies available when I booked.

Thanks everyone! You have been a great help. I will go in and see about getting a VISA in USD. Also going to try and get my reservation switched to CDN$$, if they can.

20 minutes ago, lasekeye said:

I have used my CIBC pre-paid USD VISA to pay for excursions and pre/post cruise transportation with no problems....done on-line.

Our actual cruise has been put on our CDN VISA, and had the Carnival agent convert the amount to CDN funds, to save that way....next time I will try to pay for the whole cruise on our pre-paid USD VISA.

Did u try to pay on your Carnival account on-line or by phone?

if it was by phone, did u mention it was a pre-paid VISA?  If that was the case, call back and don’t say anything about pre-paid....just say my VISA.

I’ve worked in banking for many years and found many vendors don’t think they can process these pre-paid VISA cards from Canada....it’s usually a matter of “don’t tell the vendor and everything works as it should”.

I did not tell them it was a prepaid. It was done on line but they wanted an address and I am guessing the canadian address messed it up, but not sure. Thanks for the help!

1 hour ago, rodndonna said:

We have a US dollar VISA credit card through TD that we use for all of our US dollar based purchases like this.

So its an actual visa not a pre paid one? Do you have problems with having a Canadoan address attached to it?

I have a cruise booked and tried to pay the gratuities with a pre paid USD Visa. Unfortunately Carnival will not accept it. I do not want to pay the 2.5% fee my CDN Visa charges for foreign transactions. Neither Carnival, nor my TA (based in the US) seem to be able to help. 

What do you use to pay your Carnival cruises with?

John Heald just referenced this thread and said to please make it clear that this is completely untrue.

I guess he is getting a lot of inquiries about it.

On the flip side, my friend had her phone on ship time and missed her tour because the time she was given for it was local time.

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I've posted these before, but always enjoy looking at the older pictures from the Mardi Gras. These are from our cruise on her in 1984.

 

Skeet Shooting off the stern...

 

My wife's nightgown (the stewards used to lay out my wife's nightgown for her...along with a rose). Some of them would go so far as to shape the nightgown into a flower (this was prior to the towel animals). I'm sure most women would highly object to this practice today.

 

The pool area...

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Me too.

 

One time we were playing that game and I happened to be the team captain for the women. The question put to me was "Name the movie that has this for a tagline: 'There can be only one.' ". I guess the host didn't expect me to know it but I didn't even have to poll the women. I've seen that movie 84,000 times as it's one of my favorites. :D

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I was going to suggest google.

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I have already booked a cruise for Feb 2020 so I could be assured of the cabin I wanted. Its never too early.

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My boyfriend and I sailed the Crown on New Year's and his favorite martini was "From Russia With Love". We cannot remember what the ingredients in it were. Anybody know? Anybody cruising soon and can find out and let us know? We'd love to recreate one here at home! Thanks all!

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really had me laughing out loud. I play craps and usually have a lot of downs and some ups. I have broken even and actually came out ahead once. All in Vegas. I know my limits though and love that there are so many other things to do on the cruise. But have to gamble some or it isn't a vacation for me.

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My favourite was the Bugsy martini in the Adagio bar.

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We recently found one of the old style horizontal layout/format Princess “Cafe Selects” coffees cards from a voyage many years ago with several punches remaining. I’m not referring to the ones that were just replaced by the latest ones which have an expiration date.

 

Anyone know if the baristas on Princess ships will recognize them and still accept them for specialty coffee? I realize they should based on the old Princess promise but was hoping someone recently used one and could confirm it was not an issue.

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We have done a b2b before and was looking to do it again in 2020 on the Magic but nothing available after the first leg going out on our return day. For some reason the Magic doesn't go out again until the 15th and we get back the 9th. There is a cruise out of Miami on the Conquest which we really like which would be the first part of two weeks. Was wondering how difficult it s to get from port of Miami to port of Ft Lauderdale. I'm sure it's done all the time but curious of the time it takes for the most part and easiest transportation. Thanks in advance for any info.

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It seems most that linger until the end have their own vehicles in port. How long do the shuttles hang around? I always book a later flight and have no reason to hurry off (but always have previously) but worry about missing the last shuttle to the airport.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.news4jax.com/news/local/jacksonville/woman-dead-after-falling-from-carnival-elation-balcony

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The news report I just read said that she landed on the deck, a couple of floors down. So very sad.

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I take comfortable walking shoes. Dressy sandals or pumps for formal nights and comfortable sandals (2 pairs) for hanging around. That is it.

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My must haves include poopourri for the bathroom (really works well). A small motion detector light also for the bathroom (brighter than a tea light and turns on automatically when needed). I take a battery operated, small fan for beside my bed and magnetc clips for hanging things up. The clips work for papers as well as clothing.

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Personally I would not want to overnight in port. I dont do excursions and the casino is closed while in port. JMHO

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I love the thought of a MOTION Detector in the bathroom ... :D

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