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18 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Emailed to clients and TA’s

Thanks!

Was this posted on their Facebook page or regular web site?  If Facebook only, that's pretty annoying -- all of us don't live on Facebook.  Just saying...

Petra,

Thanks for taking time during your cruise for the pictures and information.  May give us some ideas as to what cruising will look like when they start up again here in the US.  I have to admit - just a bit jealous that we can't cruise right now. 

One question - if you get a chance, could you talk a little about what they're doing in the casino?

Thanks & enjoy your trip! 

On ‎7‎/‎29‎/‎2020 at 10:16 PM, sanmarcosman said:

To advise you when your PVP separates from the company! I called this afternoon and my PVP's extension was picked up by a rep at the 1-800 center. It seems to me that simple business courtesy requires that the departing PVP's clients be advised of the situation via email blast or other means. I don't expect a phone call but someone at Carnival should have told me via text or email.

 

When I asked to be reassigned to another PVP a supervisor said my current cruise in late October would long be over before a PVP could contact me. 

 

I agree that it would be nice if they notified that.  But, I'd be a little concerned about 2 things:  1 - Why would they tell you that you can't have a new PVP within 2 months?  And 2:  Unless you told them it was about that specific cruise, why wouldn't they assume you're calling to book a new cruise?  Seems like it would be in their interest to hook you up with someone new ASAP.

My 2 cents worth (might be worth 1 cent now) 

6 minutes ago, nini said:

We had our British Isles cruise booked for THIS September.

I booked transfers through Princess from London to Southampton

and they were $69.00 per person. After much research, this was

agreeable for us.

You can fond TONS of info on the British Isles forum- transfers

are the main topic.

When we cruised out of Southampton last year, we opted for a car service from the airport to the port. We spent one night prior to the cruise in Southampton.  As I recall, it wasn't a lot more than buying the transfers and it was great being met at the airport and driven down to Southampton in a very nice Mercedes. Worth the extra $$ to avoid the hassle.  

No for veterans.  Yes for stock.

7 hours ago, Jamiecruises12 said:

 

Thanks Donna!  That info helps.  I'll keep an eye out for a new card in the mail.

I just got a gift card today  (as a partial refund on a March sailing) and even though it was under $100, it was still delivered by FedEx.  The rest of my refund was credited to my CC on my last cycle. Good to see that it was less than 60 days from sailing rather than the 90 originally stated. 

Sounds like what you get on an Elite cruise.  When we got this offer (on an Elite cruise), it included the specialty coffees, sodas & water in addition to the alcoholic drinks - and was good at any of the bars.  I think the 15/day limit on alcohol was in effect, but can't say definitely 'cause I'm not a heavy drinker and never came close to that number.

I'm just annoyed at how Carnival puts out these "announcements ". I don't do FB or instagram. I think they should put something on the web site or some type of mass email to all the cruisers with sailings in the next month or so - even if it's just to tell us their announcement is delayed. If it weren't for reading CC, I would still be looking for the announcement today. 

I'm hoping the letter goes away -- the original requirement (and the reason I had to cancel our cruise - which Carnival later cancelled entirely) was that the fit-to-sail letter was for anyone over 70 stating they did not meet any of the required medical criteria (diabetes, heart, kidney or lung disease).  It wasn't just over 70 with conditions under control.  They also said that anyone with any of those conditions would be denied boarding regardless of age. 

6 hours ago, rukkian said:

This is not really any different then what I need to scuba dive since I have a condition that needs doctor approval.  I just take the form in and have him sign it once a year.

I probably expressed my opinion incorrectly - what I meant to say is that if the "over 70" letter remains a requirement, we have finished cruising.  My DH is over 70 and does have one of the conditions shown.  No way our doctor would lie and say he didn't have any of the stated conditions.  Therefore - no more cruising.

I'm waiting on the email later this week to see what's available. We love our Elite cruises!!

I'm not sure what all they're doing. I canceled when they put out the "over 70" letter requirement. I have yet to really get what they said I would - confirmation plus a link to my FCC. What I got the day of sailing looked to be a canned letter they send out if you just don't show up to sail (shows the penalty amount). Sigh. Time to wade through the long line to speak to someone. 

2 hours ago, WestTexasBySea said:

Got the Call. Prerecorded from Carnival stating my cruise leaving tomorrow was cancelled. Said we would be getting an email. No email yet. I could have sworn it said they were suspending operation till April 9th. 

Strange thing for us - we got the notice on Thursday afternoon and did the online cancellation form. No acknowledgement from Carnival and it's still showing in my online account. Did not get any phone call about my Saturday cruise being cancelled - but I did just get an email reminding me to make sure I printed my boarding pass!!

2 hours ago, Radiioman46 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if this new rule of requiring a Dr's letter for being 70 or older may not go away when the Corona Virus panic goes away. Some things that get implemented in times of crisis just don't get revoked.

I certainly hope that is not the case - if so, I guess my DH & I have been on our last cruise.  I don't think there are many doctors who will risk a possible lawsuit by signing a "fit to sail" letter. 

57 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Has anyone seen the health questionnaire they will ask at embarkation?

 

When we cruised last month, the form asked if you had traveled to certain regions (last 20 days I think), your general health (fever, etc). I'm guessing they've now added information about ongoing health issues such as diabetes, etc.  they may have added age, but that wouldn't make sense as they know how old you are. We got notification yesterday afternoon (for our cruise tomorrow) that anyone over 70 has to have a "fit to sail" letter from doctor to board. No way we could get that in a day, so our only choice was to cancel. This information was for sailings up to 3/16. 

Hope this helps. 

In addition to long hold times, I've found that the website is obviously having problems or overload -- whenever I try to access future sailings it takes me back to a login screen. Sigh. 

Just out of curiosity - when is the drydock scheduled?  We'll be sailing on the Miracle in July.  Thanks!

Here's something I've wondered about - would appreciate if someone hearing from anyone who has had this type of offer & the outcome.  We were sailing a few months ago (on a "free" casino rate) and got the move down offer (fare refunded as OBC, etc.).  We didn't take the offer, but I'm curious what the OBC would have been (what we paid to upgrade to the balcony OR the full cruise fare as shown on our summary which included the amount that the casino picked up).  Anybody experienced this?

14 minutes ago, dltvermont said:

 

Perfect, thank you so much!

 

 

You're most welcome!  Enjoy your cruise!!

It works very well - just select to make payment & when the options come up, you'll see "credit card" and "gift card" choices.  I've done this many times.  Can also use them to prepay gratuities.

When we've done B2B (even when booked as separate cruises), we didn't have to attend the 2nd muster.  We just hung out in our cabin so we wouldn't appear to be skipping the drill.  You should get information at the end of the first week that gives you all the details (muster, meeting up to disembark/reboard, etc.)

I can't recall any happy hour when we were on the Sunshine in February, but I'm not a big drinker. However, I can tell you that the roulette had the extra green wedge (and I think they called it "B" for some reason). I generally got $1 chips. 

Just off the Breeze - the white and raw sugar were both in bulk containers in the buffet. My main complaint with that was that the raw sugar did not really flow well out of the jar.  We had sea day brunch in MDR and as I recall, the sugars were in packets. 

We use ours on the inside of bathroom and store things we'll need there. 

Examples:

hairbrush

comb

deodorant

tylenol

shaving cream & razor

febreeze

bandaids & ointment

sunscreen

Basically, any tolietry items we want easy access to but don't want cluttering up the (minimal) counter space.