MauiWowie57

Yikes! We're on a Viking in mid April; we're staying pre cruise at a hotel near city center in Venice; picked it was it's near the "original" cruise terminal, and I'm already completely baffled about how to get to Chiogga. Thanks!

Not sure either. On Elation they converted that aft lounge into more staterooms...sad, but.. $$$.

Possibly! That's where Diamond came from...! When the Vista was launched years ago, they invited all the Plats with a special rate for the TransAtlantic repos. I went. Mistake. When "everyone's Platinum," ....NO ONE is Platinum. Now I stick to the older ships, where, like Tigger, I'm the only one!

That would be nice of them.

It's a pretty big lounge. They'd been using it for COVID screening/isolation/further questioning, etc. Like the penalty box in hockey. Thinking that's all over; there should be plenty of room (unless all Dia/Plat/Suites pick the same arrival time; which of course is possible) for all three groups.

True. I did the first Atlantic crossing of the Vista some years ago; CCL had sent letters to all the Platinums....so we wound up on a ship with something like 65% Diamond/Platinum. Yes, John Heald (who was onboard as well) told me that. *Note to self, don't do that again...*

I think they meant to 'imply' the lounges for Plat/Dia would be available again. On my last cruise last month, I'd asked the nice folks running check in; who pointed out the obvious, that the lounges were being used for COVID screening. Now that they aren't doing that anymore...the lounges should be ready to return to their original purpose.

Answer hasn't changed...Carnival Cheers doesn't work on HFC, sadly. I'm intrigued to see what Princess's package does work on Princess Cays? I'd never been to P.C. prior to my Elation cruise out of Jacksonville a few months ago, it's about as close to being a clone of HMC as you can get, without the Capt Morgan pirate ship bar.

"Technically" it's in the North Atlantic. But who the heck would want a cruise to the "North Atlantic," - Caribbean sounds so much more tropical. 🙂 Anyway. Point was "we all wanted to go to Puerto Rico." I'm with Soremekun, I love San Juan. Sad.

I'd definitely prefer a sea day to Nassau. It's the only port that has a Beach Boys song (Sloop John B which they covered) that, yes, aptly describes it.

They did; they got through COVID despite the CDC's efforts, only to get hit with inflation/recession/invasion. I don't know how bad a recession would actually be for them - having lived through a few, the pain isn't felt equally throughout the economy. Regarding their financials - well ... darn, I'm still a stockholder, but I expect there's a 50% chance (based on professional financial analysts) 'something' will happen. Most likely scenario is what the airlines have repeatedly done - go into some chapter, discharge obligations, draft up a 'recovery' plan and move forwards. Unless they scuttle all the ships, there's still a viable going concern there, but as we all know, can't just bleed cash for two years of no sailings and not have long term issues.

I've got a friend that goes by the bank and gets as many $2.00 bills as they'll give him. He uses those for cash tips on cruises because, well, they're a bit unusual. They definitely remember him.