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Make sure after you select the date, you tap on Confirm to save it and to go back to the form. Some phones are set to display a larger font and the Confirm button may not be visible unless you scroll down.

What happens when you tap the date field? No drop-down calendar pops up? Perhaps uninstall and reinstall the app. Under the Profile menu, there's a Contact Us form. You can try reaching out to them from there

There is a time restriction - no closer than 2 weeks prior to sailing and no later than Dec 31, 2024. Full payment is not required. But having said that, the form should let you enter any date. What happens when you tap on the Cruise Date field?

Actually, it will show up online... Under Booking & Order Details, go to View Invoice Details, scroll down to the On-Board Credits section, then click on the little down arrow.

It's a 2 step process... After stock ownership is validated, you have to redeem the perk to get OBC. Go back to the app, tap on the "eligible" tab, select the cruiseline, then tap on Redeem Perk. That is where you have to provide booking number, etc.

I have Fidelity also. I bought the 100 shares on a Tues. The next day, I simply screen printed my holdings from the Fidelity portal and uploaded to Stockperks (the transaction hadn't even settled). Fri I received notice that ownership was validated and I immediately submitted 2 separate booking numbers for OBC. Tues afternoon, OBC was added to both bookings and I immediately sold the stock. Super easy and quick and I even made about $75 on the stock sale.

I just don't understand why Carnival's Customer Service can't appropriately address all customer issues, rather than allowing them to escalate to a "single person" in a public forum.

Except - OBC received from a TA for the booking is usually provided as Cruise Cash and not available until you get on the ship. No idea if that applies to OP or not...

You can request a refund of the prepaid gratuities. It will be credited to original form of payment. It can't be done online - need to call Carnival or your TA

Finally! A thread where nobody suggested posting on John Heald's facebook page. 😂 Good luck. Hope your issue gets resolved.

For us, the best itinerary can be anything other than Nassau, Freeport, Princess Cays.

Been on the Venezia 3 times since Jan. They are not giving cash. You have to gamble it - but all winnings can be cashed out.

The Cowboy steak is my favorite.... with the stuffed mushroom appetizer 🤤

yes. works the same way

We did the Pasta making class on Mardi Gras. Made fettuccini and a pancetta tomato sauce from scratch. It was a lot of fun and would recommend it. The class was about an hour. There were about 10 cooking stations in the room with 2 people per station. They have all the ingredients pre-measured in little dishes and walk you through the entire process. At the end of the class, you get to sit and enjoy what you prepared. They gave everyone a "Carnival Kitchen" rubber spatula as a parting gift. I've attached the handout they gave us with the recipes. Pasta Master Class.pdf

This problem was fixed by Carnival on Thursday. I had the same problem earlier in the week. Then the system was down most of the day Thursday. You couldn’t even make payments by calling in. Around 4:30, it was back up and the partial payment was working.

You can just send in the purchase confirmation doc, if you have not yet gotten the account statement.

One-way cruises that disembark in another country require a passport - even though you have a B2B to return.

It’s absolutely nuts. why on earth would one application be fulfilled in a few weeks and another takes months? Here’s some other things that may or may have been a factor in getting my renewal so fast. - The existing passport still have over a year left on it, but we did it now because of timings of the other trips. - I filled out the DS-82 renewal application online and printed/mailed the completed form with the bar code. - I indicated travel plans on the application with a date months before my actual travel - The photo was taken with an iphone, uploaded to the Dept of State website to crop, then printed from Walmart.com, with photo compliance checking. - It was mailed via USPS Priority Mail flat rate envelope - Even though I expected this to take 10-13 weeks, I checked the status online twice a day everyday. (Yeah, I know… overkill) But I wonder if that bumps the priority behind the scenes…??

Just renewed a passport book in about 3 weeks. No expedited or rushed shipping services - just the standard $130 renewal June 5 - Mailed application via USPS Priority Mail June 7 - Application received at Dept. of State - Philadelphia June 8 - Online status shows "In process" June 23 - Online status shows "Approved" June 24 - Online status shows "Shipped" June 27 (today) - USPS tracking and Informed Delivery shows expected delivery June 28 (tomorrow). So, barring it getting lost in the mail today, 23 days total from mailing application to receiving booklet. Very pleasantly surprised.

Last week $3,54, includes 18% gratuity. Appears to be increasing frequently.

Agreed. For this reason, I wear a cheap Casio watch on cruises, which is simpler to set back and forth and reliably stays on ship time. Smart phone and watch issues aside, I find it a bit frustrating when we are instructed to change the times on our clocks, but the ship does not adjust the time that is displayed on the cabin phones. Recently on the Spirit, the clocks on the cabin phones were wrong for a full day. Forget about confirming ship time on the Hub app, because it was not working and showed ship time as midnight. Luckily, old reliable Casio ensured I did not miss my free mimosa at the 9:30 AM “Diamonds for breakfast” event at Effys. LOL

With Venezia moving to Pt Canaveral at the end of 2024, has anyone heard what Carnival is thinking for NY sailings? I really hope they continue year-round sailings and don’t revert back to a June-Sept season.

It doesn’t as long as you know. But the check you get at the end of the meal does not say gratuities are included, nor does it remind you that you paid them when you booked. No problem with tipping more - but I would like to know that I’m tipping wayyyyyyy more. anyways, apparently this isn’t an issue for anyone else. So let’s move on.