Blondie511

We are in your EXACT same situation. Hubby and I booked one interior room. Next door is our teen son and his friend, not sure which friend this far in advance. The reservation for room #2 says my son’s name and TBA. Hope that helps! This way there is no need to swap keys or anything!

I am a Carnival cruise newbie, so I would love some advice please! Just booked the Carnival Magic for this summer. I booked two rooms - one has me and hubby, and next door in a separate room is my 19 year old son and his 19 year old friend. After telling his friends about our upcoming cruise, my son wants to invite two more 19 year olds to cruise too, in a separate room. These kids would go without their parents. Can I vouch for them? How does this work?

I am on a Facebook group for this cruise. (We made the cut and sailed in the July 9 cruise.). Someone polled the people that got cancelled. By FAR, the majority of cancellations are people that booked airfare through NCL. I was a first time cruiser in an inside room by the way and I booked flights on my own. People that booked the most expensive rooms on the ship were even cancelled! It has nothing to do with type of room in my opinion.

Hey amazing group! Looking to book a cruise for next summer. My son will be heading off to college and we will let him bring a fourth guest to share our room. He has no idea who he wants to take until a few months into the school year. Do we just randomly put a name down and change it a few months later when he knows who he wants? Do I pay a fee to change a name? Is it easy to do? (Last year we sailed Royal Caribbean and we changed the fourth person FOUR TIMES and paid nothing extra to do it! Royal made it super easy to change too!)

Just got off the Pride on Saturday as a party of three adults. We started in an inside room, and day #2 we were moved to a balcony room. So last week I had three people and tried out two stateroom categories! Both rooms have the exact same square footage, except the balcony adds extra space outside I guess. Storage space is the exact same. Your cost will be $1,000 extra to get the balcony, so only you know your budget for the trip. Excursions in Hawaii are EXPENSIVE! I would put the money towards that instead. When you come home, which makes me more excited….the once in a lifetime excursion….or the balcony room? The ports in Hawaii are not pretty, they are industrial, so think of trucks and storage containers. You will be spending all day in ports, not hanging out in your room. There are NO a sea days! Even with a balcony, we viewed the Nepali coast from the outside deck, not our own balcony. Hope I helped. If you need more advice, PM me.