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I am a Carnival cruiser, but I have to say that the worst cruise, people-wise, that I ever went on was a Carnival Caribbean cruise out of New York. We called it the "rainbow coalition of trash" cruise. Name any age group, race, class, ethnicity, profession, religion, etc., they each sent their most loathsome members and loaded them on that boat (kind of a reverse Noah's ark!). From moment one, there was a large family pitching a fit in the lido swearing that their bag had been stolen, the one with EVERY MEMBER'S wallet and passport in it, and what was Carnival going to do about it (I'm assuming they were scamming to get a free cruise). People were rude, cut lines, loud, had no social graces, no decorum, there were a lot of almost-fights breaking out. It was vile. I'm a New Yorker, and I hate to say bad things about my town - I'm just hoping they were all out-of-towners! Meanwhile, I've been on 2 New York to Canada Carnival cruises, and the clientele was LOVELY.

Your birth certificate MUST have a RAISED SEAL. Please be sure it does. Anything else isn't considered official.

I had the same experience with my November Carnival sailing. I think they're having some serious website problems and fixing the customer service forms is probably secondary to fixing the bookings parts of their websites.

Thanks! Phew, I was going to wait until I boarded, since the price I saw didn't proclaim itself to be a discount. Much appreciated, ProgRockCruiser.

Ah, thanks. I'll book now then - the price is high enough, don't want to pay more on the ship!

Hi, I'm booked on the Magic's 8/4 Bermuda cruise. I'm seeing some discounts for spa treatments and excursions, but nothing for internet. Do they ever offer internet discounts pre-cruise or should I just book my internet now?

My partner and I used eMed for our November and May cruises, and for two flights to Europe and back. All of them seemed fine. All supplies there and results seemed correct. The one test I took that came up as positive was double-checked by the cruise line's antigen test and then their PCR. So, yeah, I trust eMed.

Last week I could have done a 7 day trip to Alaska for $38. I never use the casino. The price was available for 3 days (along with some other amazingly cheap cruises under $100) but then disappeared. Keep checking your emails!

Yeah, the website is REALLY janky. I booked a cruise through a travel agent and had to really work overtime to pull up the same cruise on the Princess website. If I hadn't known for a fact that the cruise existed, I would have given up. Princess needs a lot of IT help.

Could you please explain what the lane colors mean? I'm about to go on my second Princess cruise,but my first was in 2010, so I don't remember. Thanks.