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When I booked my cruise, I paid in full including pre-paid gratuities.  However, we do have quite a bit  of on board credit that we no longer think we may use so want to use it to cover the pre-paid gratuities at the end of the cruise.  So I went into my booking and cancelled the pre-paid gratuities.  But now my statement shows a total (which is now less because of the pre-paid gratuities removed), and a Payment Received which is still the original payment with the gratuities.  Does anyone know if  Carnival will be refunding that to me difference to me at some point before the cruise?

First time cruising on Princess and using Medallion Class app.  Part of the Travel Checklist is choosing "Arrival & Departure Groups", but when I try, it says "There are no Arrival Groups currently available".  Are these only available a certain time out from the cruise?  If so, when?

We are looking into flights out of LAX for our upcoming Hawaii cruise.  It says the ship gets to port at 6:15am.  We prefer doing self disembarkation anyways, so will try and get off as soon as we can.  I see Princess recommends no flights earlier that 6.5 hours, which would be 12:45pm, but we are looking at one at 11:30am.  Do you think we would be ok making that?  We were also considering doing the transfer available through the ship.  Does anyone have any recommendation on that?  Is it easier or quicker (if we are in a rush) to just bank on doing Uber or a taxi?  Thank you in advance for your help.

Is there still no thermal suites on the Grand Princess?  We are booked for a cruise for our honeymoon later this year, and noticed some of the celebration packages include "Couples day pass to the thermal suites."  What, if anything, would that include then?

For reference, the excursion numbers are JHM-190 and JHM-180 respectively

Has anyone done this excursion?  Does it visit the volcano? 

We are looking into which of these two to take.  Has anyone done either?  We are particularly interested in seeing the black sand beach at Wai'anapanapa State Park.  Do these offer time to walk along the beach or do you just look at them from afar?

We are looking into the 8 person van one as well and are particularly interested in the black sand beach at Wai'anapanapa State Park.  Did you get to actually walk around on the beach?  Or just look at it from afar?

Hello all!

We are debating a western Caribbean cruise out of Galveston and have narrowed down to two 7 day options. They both have Cozumel, which we've visited before. But one has Belize and Mahogany Bay, while the other has Grand Cayman and Montego Bay. I was curious for those who have been to one or both, if they had a preference or any insight that could help us decide? Thank you very much in advance for your help!

I don't know what your price range is, but we wanted some nice binoculars but were not going to pay over $100 for them. We did research and ended up choosing these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AKGX3/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They worked great for us. Wide angle and easy to use. Only downfall is that the lens covers are not connected with a string or anything. I thought about retrofitting them myself, but didn't have time.

We just got back on the 7 day Alaskan cruise on the Wonder from Vancouver and back. There is no pirate themed night. It has been replaced with Frozen themed.

Since the Yukon tour crosses the border, I assume you need a passport. Is a passport card acceptable for this (as well as for exiting/entering the ship)? Or do you need a passport book? (I'm from the US)

Oh wow, I didn't know the bus portion was 4 hours... We do not have kids, so not worried about that, but are there restroom stops?. We are deciding between this and another excursion that goes to the Klondike Gold Fields and then takes a 3.5 hour train 'round trip to the border'. Have any of you been to that and are able to compare to this tour with the Caribou Crossing Trading Post/Yukon Wildlife Museum/Mushers Camp?

Has anyone gone on this tour and have any recommendations on it? I can't find it on trip advisor or anywhere else...

https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/port-adventures/skagway-alaska-yukon-expedition/

Has anyone gone on this tour and have any recommendations on it? I can't find it on trip advisor or anywhere else...

https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/port-adventures/skagway-alaska-yukon-expedition/

We went on our first Disney cruise on the Dream in the summer of 2015 and are going on our second this summer on the Wonder (2017). I was curious if the Golden Mickeys show changes from year to year or from ship to ship? Or will it pretty much be the exact same show?

Has anyone done this excursion in Skagway? It is quite expensive but seems like a good mix of bucket list items to do in Alaska. If anyone has done this and has comments on it, it would be very much appreciated!

Completely missed that section, ha. Thanks!

Has anyone gone on this excursion? It says it is 7 hours long, but they don't say they provide any food other than 'snacks' at the summit after the train ride. Does anyone know if and where there is the opportunity to buy other food on this excursion?

Hello! We are going on the 7 night Alaskan cruise next year out of Vancouver. Though we haven't gotten to the point where we can book excursions, we are super excited and have been looking into them. This is our third cruise, but first non-Caribbean one. I noticed some of the all aboard times are later than the two cruises we were previously on. In particular, Skagway and Ketchikan both have all aboard times of 7:45pm. We are currently scheduled for early dinner that starts at 5:45pm. I was curious how people made that work? Like I said, we haven't signed up for any excursions yet, but definitely will want to. Do all the excursions pretty much end before 5:45 or do we need to be weary of that when signing up? I guess the only other option is to switch to late lunch, but then would we miss the early shows? Any comments or descriptions from people who have gone on this cruise before would be very helpful! Thank you!

Hello! We are going on a 7 night Alaskan cruise next year out of Vancouver (via Disney). Though we haven't gotten to the point where we can book excursions, we are super excited and have been looking into them. This is our third cruise, but first non-Caribbean one. I noticed some of the all aboard times are later than the two cruises we were previously on. In particular, Skagway and Ketchikan both have all aboard times of 7:45pm. We are currently scheduled for early dinner that starts at 5:45pm. I was curious how people made that work? Like I said, we haven't signed up for any excursions yet, but definitely will want to. Do all the excursions pretty much end before 5:45 or do we need to be weary of that when signing up? I guess the only other option is to switch to late lunch, but then would we miss the early shows? Any comments or descriptions from people who have gone on this cruise before would be very helpful! Thank you!