LouisianaCruiser4200

If your cruise is 4 days out and your flight is 3 days out, why would you be so adamant about Carnival canceling now? Not being a smart a—, just wondering what it matters

How long do they usually wait to make a decision? Anyone know?

I’d say give them until tomorrow late or possibly Thursday morning. Because really right now, the track is not fine tuned. Although it does appear South Florida will get hammered no matter what

Ok guys I'm here briefly. We're in Roatan. Weather is beautiful but we're too worried to enjoy it.

 

We've got ourselves at home mostly taken care of once we get there. We're supposed to port on Saturday morning. If that happens we should still

Make it ahead of the storm safely with the car that's in Miami.

 

If that doesn't happen... I'm guessing we'll

Head to New Orleans?

 

 

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Try to enjoy your cruise! You’re on Glory, correct? If Irma hits Miami directly and Carnival needs to divert you, they could send you to Nola but also Mobile (which is less likely). Either way, you wouldn’t immediately be diverted. Maybe after a few days at sea

Me too. I don't think it's a good idea to be encouraging people to come to an area that's going to be hit by a major hurricane.

 

 

 

 

There's nowhere for them to go and potentially nowhere for them to return to. I'm on Victory out of Miami to Nassau and would be happy with a CTN if it weren't for the worry about the return.

That's what I'm thinking. To me, it sounds like Royal is getting themselves into position to move empty ships out of the way of Irma.

It really comes down to distance. Can a ship go from the gulf ports to the eastern Caribbean and be back in 7 days? I believe the answer is no, hence why they don't.

Yes, most definitely distance is a concern. However, my point being is they could go to Half Moon Cay and get back in time. This is really the only port they could get to in 7 days but don't. I feel like it may have to do with that port being used so frequently by cruises departing Florida.

Stop it

 

 

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Exactly. No way in hell you can predict with such accuracy this far out

Who else would like to see more diversity in offerings, port combos from the Gulf Coast?For example, a 7 day eastern Carribean could replace Freeport for Half Moon Cay. Or a Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel 7 day. Thoughts?

We are scheduled to sail on the Freedom on October 14th. We are supposed to go to Freeport and Nassau Bahamas, and Key West. Obviously Irma will be long gone by then, but my question is, as of right now it looks highly likely she could go right over the Bahamas and FL. If those places have a lot of damage would they change our itinerary or would we still go to the same ports, damage or not as long as they deemed them safe to dock at? I don't really care where we go, just curious as to what Carnival would do in a case like that?

 

 

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If the islands are wrecked, you’d be diverted. Carnival wouldn’t still call on Nassau and Freeport if they’re badly damaged.

i am booked on the Liberty, leaving Port Canaveral on the 10th and going to the Bahamas (where Irma is possibly headed late this week). I haven't sailed out of Port Canaveral much; does anybody know if there is an alternate itinerary from PC instead of the Bahamas on a 4-night cruise?

They could do a cruise to Key West

I will be on this exact same cruise with you. If anything, they might change our Eastern Intinerary to a Western.. due to Irma..

That’s a possibility

Nonchalantly announced at the end of the muster drill on the Carnival Pride: itinerary change to Charleston SC, Freeport, and, "weather permitting," Nassau (i.e. probably not happening). Oh well. Weather happens and we'll have a good time regardless :). If anyone is wondering, no word on any kind of credit or future discount, but I'll update my post of that changes.

Porting in Charleston? Ick

Just kind of curious, I'm going on a 9+ days cruise on the Carnival Freedom late next year and I'm considering getting the middle tier Value plan so I can just occasionally post on Facebook and though my games are offline and don't require Internet, they do stop working after a few days until I connect my device to the internet for a license check and then they'll work for a bit longer. So will the value Internet plan work for that? What is your experience with that?

 

Yes I know, I'll be very busy having fun and there's lots to do on the ship and really won't have much time in the afternoons and evenings on sea days and no time on port/excursion days to play video games. So it's probably not an issue. But I'm just curious.

Yes it will work for that. Slows to crawl during peak times however

Glad all is safe during the challenging times for those with cruises canceled and those with extended days on a ship. Just curious on how gratuities were handled for those extra days. Were they placed on your sign and sail card or not charged? Many cruisers are on a strict budget (we are not thankfully) and I would feel bad that the crew would not be compensated.

 

 

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Carnival covered the extra grats for those who stayed on

@Kathyds: In our circumstance, my wife doesn't drink so buying the Cheers for 2 @ $100 a day wasn't a deal. At most, i had 9-10 beers maybe 2 days at the beginning of the cruise. Port days probably 3-4. For some it works, for us it didn't. Wasn't a problem.

 

Let me wrap up my review with a few quick hits:

 

CD: Matt I think was his name. Very energetic. Did a greatjob I thought. Kept the fun rolling.

 

Getting around the ship: The stairs are your friend. Don’teven look in the direction of the elevators. If going to one end of the shipfrom your cabin, walk as far as you can in your hall and then go up\down.

 

Tendering at Grand Cayman: Tender boats come out like antsonce the ship is cleared for tendering. Big boats, hold lots of people. Doesn’ttake long at all to get from ship to dock. Sign and Sail cards are a must. Never was asked for apassport or ID. And you can bring a conch shell back on board the ship. Don’task me how I know.

 

 

HUB\Chat: Wait until about a week before your cruise todownload the app. Or at least update it before you get on board. Useful app.Easy to keep tabs on your expenses. Daily Fun Times plus you can scroll toupcoming days to see what’s happening. Someone said the app and the paper funtimes are not always in sync. I didn’t notice. Order the internet plan via theHUB app. We used the social plan and it worked fine. The chat feature workedgood although I had an older version that didn’t have some of the search featuresthe newer version has. Heads up on the Chat: We bought the chat plan for mydaughter, she’s 11. By default – and I guess it’s a good thing – for a minor,the chat feature is limited to the guests assigned to your cabin. For us, thatwas a bummer since she wanted to chat with friends in other cabins. After 3trips to guest services and 3 totally different answers, they were able tochange daughter’s age to 23 which allowed her full access to the chat feature. Herfriends did the same. So there is a work around. Looks like Carnival could allowlinking of cabins that contain minor friends for the chat app if both parentsagree to it.

 

Debarkation: Mostly easy. If you can manage your own bags,you have the option of getting off early in the process. Same for Diamond\Platinumguests. Those with early flights too. We checked 2 big suitcases (again,overpacked) in the hall the night before we reached NOLA. They give you a newset of luggage tags that have a number for order of leaving. Ours was 7. Theykept changing the estimated times for debarkation, later every time. Lots ofannouncements to keep the guests informed of the progress being made. Judgingby the time it was taking initially, we went to the Scarlett (I think) to eatbreakfast. About half way through breakfast, I got a text from someone in ourgroup saying they were off the ship. WTH? I didn’t hear any announcement forour number!!! Then I realized that once we stepped into the restaurant, I hadn’theard ANY announcement. Apparently the speakers in the Scarlett were turned offor the announcements weren’t being broadcast in the room. We finished breakfastto find out they had called numbers 1-15 for debarkation. So we made our way tothe lobby. That by itself was a journey since the main stairs in the lobby weblocked off and we had to find a different way down. Carnival could do a muchbetter job with little signs that point the way off the ship. Oh well. Off theship. Lines again. But, they scanned our sign and sail card, took our custom’sdeclaration, we found our luggage and stepped out the door. Shuttle bus rightthere back to the garage.

 

The River: A very enjoyable part of the trip was the journeyfrom NOLA down the Mississippi River to the Gulf. Stay on deck and watch the sceneryand sites. Lots of ships to see. Late Sunday night we passed the Triumph as itsailed up river towards NOLA. Seems like you could throw a baseball between the2 ships they were that close. On our return trip upriver, we again passed theTriumph as it sailed downriver for another cruise. Kinda neat.

 

Walmart of the Seas: There was a thread somewhere discussingsome guests that choose Carnival and how they might be compared to the Walmartpeople. Ok, I get it. Carnival is apparently a good value that allows peoplefrom different economic situations to enjoy the world of cruising. Having thatin mind, I noticed folks as they walked around and did their thing. Yes, therewere people there who I imagine frequent Walmart quite often. There were peoplewho didn’t dress as nice as some, didn’t follow the bathing suit cover-up suggestionin certain areas, did or didn’t do things that might cause some to wonder abouttheir own choice of cruise lines.

 

 

But you know what? What I did see just about all the timewere people having a good time and not worrying about how they were dressed ornot dressed. Kids were running around laughing and yes, doing cannon balls inthe pools!! I saw smiles from kids with ice cream cones. I heard the laughs. Isaw families sitting at tables playing board games, cards and enjoying timewith each other. I saw more than one grandmother dancing with the waiters inthe dining room. My wife told me that our son said, unprompted, he’s glad tohave parents like us who take them on trips like this. He’s 9. Is Carnival theWalmart of the Seas? Don’t know, don’t care. Our family had fun. So did manyother families. And when they swipe your sign and sail card that last time,having had fun is all that really matters.

Since they changed your daughter's age to 23 in their system, I wonder if the computer would have to let her buy an alcoholic beverage lol

I wasn't on the ship but every thing I read was positive. Seems like everyone was in good spirits and happy with how Carnival handled everything. Aside from a few grumbles that cheers cut off, everything was good.

It ended up not doing that and has been doing circles in the gulf ever since.

 

 

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plans change quickly. I'm curious as to what they had planned originally though

I agree. We go on the splendor on 9/18

By the 23rd, Irma and her friend will have hit and we will be tracking new storms possibly

Announcing now

 

Western - grand Cayman, Mohagony Bay, Belize , Cozumel

 

 

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Probably not what you were hoping for but that's not a bad itinerary. 2 of those ports are great (GC, MB), one is pretty good (Cozumel), and one is so so (Belize).

Didn't ask any questions, just booked the deal!!! Plus, you can't tax free.

How? I called and they didn't know what I was talking about :(

This week's sailings on freedom and breeze have been canceled. Port will remain closed throughout the week.

"The Port of Galveston has announced it will be closed until later this week. Therefore, we are forced to cancel your cruise. A full refund will be automatically processed. An email with more information will follow. Please visit http://www.carnival.com for more details."

No SHIP!

 

 

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I see what you did there lol. I was trying to lighten the mood of this forum since you seem hostile

I have to say that the meteorologists deserve props for their coverage of this storm. Since leaving the Yucatan, it has done EVERYTHING that they predicted it would. I know they get ridiculed a lot for being wrong sometimes and some pretty spectacular misses from time to time, but they NAILED this one.

Not exactly. While I'll give them credit for correctly predicting what the storm would do once it made landfall, just 2 days before landfall, they had this thing coming ashore as a strong tropical storm and not a monster cat 4

This is worse than Katrina and it's impacting 10 times as many people.

And it's going to get worse before it gets better

Triumph and Conquest have already done Mobile, so those classes work. Breeze could probably do it too, if there was ever a reason for it. The turning basin is 1500' wide.

Conquest class needs assistance turning in the basin. Don't quote me on this but I've read anything larger than that is very difficult (not impossible but VERY difficult) so if New Orleans is open, Breeze would most certainly go there over Mobile

I don't think you understand what I'm saying. There's family A that traveled to Galveston ahead of their cruise and Family B that is in the cabin they were supposed to be in. When it was looking like ships might duck in ahead of the weather and stay docked there overnight, I was saying that family B should get the hotel and family A should get the cabin. Either way, somebody was going to be on the island and somebody else on the ship. What is so foolish about thinking the family that paid to be on the boat should be on the boat?

 

 

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It's a ship, bro