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Regular train service from Dover to London stations - St Pancras, Waterloo east, London Bridge, Victoria. We booked tickets on-line through trainline. You can get off-peak trains for as low as $20 if you buy in advance and download to your phone https://www.thetrainline.com/

Yes, we got the $200 balcony deal for the 12 day Northern Europe out of Dover on the Pride. Same week we saw the Pride 9 day Dover to Rome deal for the same price and booked that too.

The data in verify will be in there no matter which device you have the app on. You put in your booking number and everyone on that booking, including the kids will be on there.

We've done the testing in Florida and had the vaccines and booster in Florida. Just fill in and use your Ont drivers license and put in Ohio, it worked for us. Done that in Walgreen and CVS

Depends on where you are cruising. We have done two trans-Atlantic cruises and two TransPacific from Australia. A few rough days but nothing serious. If you are just cruising the Caribean you aren't going to feel much motion. But if you are concerned, then as other people suggested mid ship low.

If you have the internet then try google Voice, call or text

Yes, but you are not tested after each port of call so it's really not logical to have everyone tested at the beginning and then you may have numerous ports of call . We are doing a B2B in the UK/Europe, we need the test before we got on the ship in Dover and then 9 stops later we get off again and we spend the day back in Dover and then back on the ship with no testing and then another 7 port stops before Rome So how do they prevent the virus from getting on board after each port stop?

But Carnival still requires a covid test for the Pride sailing in Europe, yet none of the European countries require a test to enter. It is a pain in the a** to fly over there and then find and pay for a covid test and then hope that it's negative before you get on the ship. It discourages people from flying into the UK/Europe early, a lot of people are getting their free test at Walgreens etc in the US and then flying to the UK/Europe less than 72 hours before cruise So yes I do hope that Carnival drops the testing requirement, especially for European cruises

I was curious as to the price of the self serve beer stations.

Do you know how much the beer is at the self serve Beer Stations?

There are regular trians from Dover - they stop at Charing Cross, Victoria or St Pancras stations - 2 hours. If you buy your tickets on-ine in advance it's only around $20 Wouldn't it be easier to stay at a hotel in central London instead of going all the way out to LHR and then back into London ? LHR is a long way out.

RCL charged me a corkage fee, it was $10, on a $8 bottle. That was 10 years ago

Clarification - as of May 2nd - "Unvaccinated guests will be tested on board in between voyages. From time to time, vaccinated guests may be tested in between voyages."

We are sailing on the Pride back to back Sep 2nd - an email from Carnival that testing is required for this B2B, required for all Euro/UK sailings

Not on the Pride

That's one of biggest balconies I've seen! You are wearing a mask that covers your whole face?

Yes it's too much and with the Booster too. We are sailing out of Dover UK on the Pride, the requirement is for everyone over 12 to be boosted. There are British passengers that have already booked the cruise with kids, but in Britain kids under 16 have not been approved for the booster.

Checked on their website but I'm not clear about the Express test "click & collect" - do you order it and pick it up and they do the test on-site?

I don't think Carnival thought this through. Doesn't seem right that you were allowed to book, but now they require everyone over 12to be boosted, yet boosters are not available for 12 to 18 in the UK!! Let's hope that Carnival scraps the covid testing and the requirement for 12 to 18 to have a booster.

I also saw this one, may order it and get it sent to our friends in the UK https://www.c19testing.co.uk/rapidtravel/

We are flying in to the UK, the week before. Will get a covid test at Boots, they are everywhere in the UK just like a Walgreens or CVS. https://www.boots.com/covid-19-testing

August 21st and Setember 2nd - Pride out of Dover

We booked the Pride out of Dover and we received an e-mail from Carnival stating that we need the covid test 72 hours before boarding. I don't think it makes any difference where you are coming from you need the neg test to board the ship. In our case we are flying into the UK the week befoe the cruise and we will get a test at a Boots in London, 2 days before the cruise https://www.carnival.com/Legal/covid-19-legal-notices/covid-19-guest-protocols?icid=advisory_cruisehealth_072821.

I was looking at cruises through a well known cruise site, 2 weeks ago - saw Balcony cabin on the Pride $180 out of Dover UK, 9 days Northern Europe, booked it and then saw that the ship does a back to back, Dover to Rome 12 days for the same price $180. Booked that one too.

Carnival does have it's own terminal and expanding - the Helix. Carnival owns 8 lines including Costa and Aida and they have a lot of ships in the Med "Carnival Corporation is expecting to accommodate over one million passenger movements at the port in 2018, with 289 calls by 38 different ships." https://www.barcelonacruiseterminal.com/news/news-detail/2018/05/05/carnival-corporation-opens-helix-cruise-center-at-port-of-barcelona