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Free Cheers when the first ship sails from the US in the spring of 2022

We were going to cruise last year but covid put the breaks on that.  We would really love to cruise this coming July 4th week as all 3 kids will be home from college. 

Do you think there is any chance they will be cruising by then?

Any if so, we can assume masks and safe distancing will still be in place?

Thanks for any input.

We were going to cruise last year but covid put the breaks on that.  We would really love to cruise this coming July 4th week as all 3 kids will be home from college. 

Do you think there is any chance they will be cruising by then?

Any if so, we can assume masks and safe distancing will still be in place?

Thanks for any input.

Overall, do you feel cruises prices have gone down due to covid?

Are they offering more perks?

We were looking at maybe this coming spring but to play it safe, we have decided the week of July 4th would be best for us.

Is it worth the risk to try and book this now?

We were looking at cruises weeks ago and were looking for the 2nd week of July.  Our agent told us today she would not book anything out of the US until August at the earliest.  Now we are not sure what to do because the kids start school in Sept and we can't keep pushing it back.

Is anyone booking before August??

We almost booked one the 2nd week of July a few weeks back but now with this we are holding off.

Just wondering if Carnival is giving full refunds or credits with some OBC for future cruises?

Can that be true.  We were in the process of booking for the 1st or 2nd week in July and she advised us to book in August as she doesn't see any cruises out of the US till August at the earliest.  

How can that be?

On 3/3/2020 at 2:46 PM, caszos said:

We just booked a trip the week of fourth of july!  It was just under $2k for 5 in an interior room for a five night cruise. ($80pp/pd including taxes/fees). 

WOW, that's a steal.  Out of what port?

I was tempted to book a few months back but held off as we are trying to giving my daughter, and our family, a nice graduation gift.  We are looking at islands as well, but my daughter really loved the cruise we went on last year.

But with everyone panicking about what is going Any idea if the prices will drop?  Will people cancel and open up rooms that will be cheaper?  

Thoughts?

Family of 4.  Come cruise time you will have:

Mom

Dad

18 year old

15 year old

* They are saying 3rd and 4th guest are free, or kids free.

* Free open bar for all guest- Only 2 can drink, wife does not even drink a lot.

* Free specialty dinning- WHAT IS THIS?

*Free Wifi- all 4 of us can use this for sure.

* Free shore excursions- Is this per person or per room?  Up to how much? per stop?  And what excursions, the ones no one wants??

Just looking for some feedback because as of now, for this family with a balcony out of NY to Orlando and Bahamas they are saying $5,800.00.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for any input...…...

I did it and shared it with about 16 other people.  It's small but good to get out of the son, good place to keep drinks cold and so on

We are researching ships out of NJ/NY and Baltimore for a June trip and the Sunrise tends to be the least expensive out of all the lines and ships we have been looking at and I am curious as to why?

Has anyone been on the Sunrise recently?  Pros?  Cons?

We are looking at various ships cruising out of the NY/NJ and Baltimore areas and were wondering about Celebrity's Summit.

Any feedback, pros and cons?

Thanks

My wife may have a drink near the pool and maybe a glass of wine at dinner and that’s it.

Although I am no longer carrying kegs on shoulders and drinking from the nozzle, I think I will do over 10 drinks or more throughout the day.

So what do you all suggest we do?

Has anyone seen some good Black Friday deals from Norwegian or other cruise lines?

If so, what were the deals and savings?

Has anyone ever saved a ton on a Black Friday deal for Royal or any ship?

Never cruised on Royal as we are looking at a few of their ships for next Spring.

Do they have drink packages?    What are they or can you share a link to explore them further?

If two people in a room are over 21, do they have to both get the drink package if one decides to?

How strict is Royal on sharing your drinks?

Just trying to figure all this out before making our final plans.

Thanks in advance...…….

My wife and I are looking to take my two teenage kids on a cruise as this will be their 3rd time however, my brother would like to join us.  He is single with no children.  

Do you feel it would be cheaper per person to try and rent a suite for the 5 of us or go with two rooms with 2 and 3 in each?

And if we go with two rooms, would it be cheaper for him if one of my kids, 17 and 14, room with him on paper, saving him money?   Is that how that works?

Thanks in advance.

3 hours ago, KmomChicago said:

In a two week dry dock they updates are not likely to be extensive enough to fix whatever the complainers did not like.  Particularly the dated décor in the public areas of Carnival ships tends to stay more or less the same.  The rust may be taken care of but they are not going to fully renovate everything.  None of that would bother me, but probably would not consider taking the same group on the same ship if it was not a good fit for everyone last time.

 

When are you going?  Sunrise will be completely redone this summer and sailing out of NY, if you prefer to stick with Carnival.  Or you might consider Anthem of the Seas - I like Carnival a lot but have to admit Royal Caribbean seems to keep the ships more updated.  If you need to stick with Baltimore for your departure port, then it's maybe an easy choice - this is the ship that sails from Baltimore, it's been cleaned up a little but still basically the same ship as last time.

July 4th week and we can go out of NY, Jersey or Maryland.......

40 + of us are trying to book a cruise again with Carnival but some complained the Pride looked tired, old and rusty when we were on it last year.

I know it heads into dry dock for some touch ups soon.

Does anyone know what they plan to do to the Pride, what changes or improvement while dry docked?

Thanks

Bermuda....

Carnival Pride will be docking in Bermuda for 3 days next July and I had a few questions.

Do we have our own beach?

Chairs/huts?

Does the CHEERS program work anywhere there once off the ship?

Things to do while in this port?

Does anyone know what is being done to the Pride?

How much money is being put in for upgrades?

When is it going in?

I ask because 30 of us cruised the Pride this past April and 25 or so would do it again, a few were up in the air saying the ship was run down, food so-so and so on. I am hoping the upgrades will be enough to sway the rest to give it one more shot.

Any info?

Thanks