Fatcat604

On 6/27/2022 at 3:32 PM, bcwife76 said:

I'll certainly update here as soon as it arrives. Tomorrow marks 13 weeks for us and I see you mentioned an April 1st submission date so that will be 13 weeks as well soon.....

Did your passport arrive? My sister contact our MP this week, sign a consent form, they said they will take care. 

We applied at service canada near canada way burnaby. Hopefully it will show up in the mail soon. 

On 6/23/2022 at 6:09 PM, bcwife76 said:

You might need to camp out at your local office AND contact your local MP. Submitted my daughter (13) passport in person to Service Canada on March 29th and we are still waiting. I finally got through on the phone a week ago to be told everything had been processed and it was in line to be printed....still waiting though. It's atrocious what is going on with Passport Canada right now. But yes, you must be the squeaky wheel as much as you can. Good luck. 

Are you applying it from Vancouver? My sister submit her son application on april 1 at a service canada location, she tried to contacts passport office multiple times, but never get through their phone line. We are leaving in a few week. Hopefully we can get it soon. 

I bought the share, and I will submit it next week. Can I just screen shot the share document by iPhone and submit it through email? 
the share is under my name, if my husband get another 100 share, we will open an join account by then. Can we submit it for another room? I’m worry about minimum requirement in future to receive benefit. Thank you 

Family Dr wasn’t in control of the vaccine, we can’t get it from our family dr. We need to register in the government website, when it’s our turn they will contact us to make appointment. No jump line even if we want too. There’s testing/vaccine site that we go to get it. Everyone will need to bring ID along with care card. It would be hard to get a 3rd dose with them tracking it. 

2 hours ago, Oletruckdude said:

Thank you all for the replies. I have an elderly mom who only knows how to text and doesn't do social media. It took years just to convince her to let me buy her a smartphone. Texting is as far as we've gotten with it. 

Anyway, I will talk to my local Verizon folks to see what they suggest 

Thanks again!

May be try Facebook messenger app, I find texting took awhile to receive, but messenger app is faster for us

On 4/22/2021 at 4:48 PM, cellfree said:

My PVP is great. Rebooked all cruises without a hitch. Was looking at an October 2022 for us and our daughter and her husband - booked ours - emailed her what cabin we wanted for daughter - told us about a Pilot Program she could use for our daughter, $400 off price if paid gratuities prior to cruising, grabbed it, would never have known about this had I not had a PVP.

Sorry to bother, when did you book? I’m thinking to book for next year august. We can’t go this year, our second shot is in august, I’m usually paid gratuities when booking, I refer not to get bill when I’m back. Thank you

I was on last week, it's in the dispenser, no more boxes. They always anounce no food or drink to be brought ashore. It's up to you whatever you like. But someone tried to bring sandwich, they end up left it in ziplock bag infont of my room. I guess they too imparerous to leave it infront of their room. I'm only brought my water along, which I ordered from carnival fun shop, I did checked with the staff, they said ok. We usually bring along snack for kids during flight, which is ok to bring onboard, and eat during our flight back home. 

We were on the splendor last week, our dinning waitress let us know the buffet night, and show that we should check out. I checked on the Funtime, they don't said midnight  buffet. It's late fiesta snack. On regular night it's only said late night snack. It's huge Mexican buffet, and opposite side was a huge dessert buffet as well. Check the location on Funtime, they only open for us at mid ship, the aft buffet was close. During dinner only aft buffet is open, mid ship was close. My husband did record it, very nice. I couldn't eat that late, but my families did enjoy it.. We loved the tandoori on splendor, it's sad to know splendor is the only ship has it, and it's leaving long beach soon. 

1 hour ago, Abbabug said:

Thank you everyone.  I’ll be on the lookout for flights.  We can’t leave earlier than Dec 27th as “someone” has to work. Sigh.

 

We were also looking at possibly rescheduling the cruise but with the ages of a couple of the seniors, we felt it is best not to delay the trip.  We are looking at YEG to LAX direct for C$1100pp.  Ouch!

 

Thanks for the tip about staying near LAX if we arrive late.  We will keep that in mind.

I'm hoping to help you to find cheaper flight. My flight  is from YVR to Lax , i searched Google flight, flight hub... daily.  I found justfly are cheaper than all of them, and they do charge in CAD so my credit card won't charge me extra. It's for  mid August. flighthub charge $365, but justfly only $313. Also if you can avoid air Canada , westjet, you won't have to pay for luggage fee, I understand it may be hard for you. On our way there , we will flight with air canada, so we do need to pay for check in luggage. But the return flight won't be any Canadian airline. So each of us allow 1 free check in luggage.  If you have any senior, you can ask airline for assistant during transfer, and contact carnival too. 

Our hotel near Lax , so we will use hotel shuttle, in the morning, we will need to shuttle back to airport to meet our supershuttle. They don't pick up at the hotel. I tried, but they won't. One Van, 8 or 7 people will be the same price, including tax about $76US from lax to cruise terminal. We refer to stay near LAX, so my sister can visit her inlaw. If you use app to reserve , 10% discount code is App10 (only work if you going to and from airport) our last 3 trip to LAX we used supershuttle, and found it more  convenience than carnival transfer. With carnival, you do need to wait for the bus to be full. 

Dont flight in the same day, you will be too tire to enjoy your 1st day. I did it in the past, and we won't be doing it again. I found a cheaper flight Saturday morning, we will land in Lax at 9:40am, We can save on both hotel and flight, but my husband refused it. 

Another though if you decide to flight in earlier and go Disneyland, they usually have ticket discount for Canadian starting sometime in sept or October and good until may. I'm not sure if it's good during holiday season. 

For hotel book early, the price increase when they have less room. I book in May, it was $129, but now is $239. Hotel near Lax is cheaper than long beach 

On July 25, 2019 at 10:14 AM, yoolykeme said:

My experience was that from the cruise ship, it costs $5 to get to get to another point of interest, like the cathedral/market area, or the Golden Zone.  They will also try to get you to hire them for an hour or so for $20+, and they will take you to various points of interest.

Hello Yoolykeme, im curious is it $20 per person or for all the seat? I understand taxi would fare would be higher. I forgot which port have the taxi fare by zone. Thank you. 

I'm going in August. I contacted Hyatt Ziva in PV it's about $75 or $79  per person (all inclusive) they don't accept reservation now, so they ask me to call them a few day before, if the hotel is 80% full, they won't accept extra customer. They estimated taxi cost about $25 to get there. No transfer provide from the hotel. 

In cabo, you can check out billygan, located on medena beach. you will need water taxi to get there, $4 per person each way. It's right beside the office, and mango deck. You can find out more info on  trappercabolist. Billygan is white umbrella, the office and mango deck is blue and yellow

also this hacienda Cocina is inside hotel too. Very nice view, they confirmed with me I can call and make reservation for the restaurant. The only problem, I can't estimate what time I will be onshore. (Very nice view) 

https://www.haciendacocina.mx/menu/eat

if you want to enjoy local cuisine, don't forget to check out  trappercabolist, you can see he list all the restaurants on the map, very nice. 

I forgot to mention the crab and the lobster live in the tank, the restaurant charges you by the weight 

On July 3, 2019 at 4:28 PM, sparkly122 said:

I just looked into hotel parking and yes...not cheap. Thanks for raising this. Perhaps I should consider staying in an Airbnb (downtown apartment) that comes with free parking. That may solve the issue I suppose. 

 

On this subject, are there any nice malls (big, offering many brands, etc) in downtown Vancouver or nearby that offer free parking? 

Pacific mall in downtown, paid parking. Metrotown in Burnaby, free underground parking, ground level parking have limit hours, but you can get here by skytrain. 

Kirin in downtown, sun Sui wah on Main Street (need taxi) they will sale you the whole crab, and cook into different course, you will need bigger group to eat it.  ($500+cad) Also Hoyuenkee on Fraser and 47th is really good too (Cantonese cuisine) their specialty is lobster on sticky rice. Between me and my husband, we will order 2.5 - 3lbs lobster with sticky rice, and two side dish, that's a lot of food for us. If you like Dimsum, recommended for lunch try Kirin or sunsuiwah, don't forget to make reservation. 

Thank you for the lovely reviews, sorry to ask you this : how do I let the cruise line know I'm celebrating my anniversary? I log in, but I can't find it anywhere. Thank you very much. 

I live up north, so vanilla bean is very expensive, and not easy to find. Most of the store sale the imitation one. My friends would refer vanilla over keychain, magnets, trinkets... I want to buy some at the mercado in matzalan, or Walmart in PV if they do carry it. (I saw on YouTube, Walmart have the vanilla extract, not sure about the bean. Can I bring vanilla bean back to the ship, and through US custom? What's the good price for vanilla bean? I know I have to bargain, but it will be big help if I can find out the price. Thank you in advance for your help. 

8 hours ago, MooNGaTe27 said:

Hi we are going on the Sunshine in Nov 2019 & there are 54 of us coming on a bus to the port of Charleston. I here there is a new drop off .We have a few people who cant walk that far & I was hoping to be dropped off at terminal where you get on the ship . Can anyone tell me the steps we have to now take to get on the ship .Like do we get dropped off & then have to get on a shuttle or what 

 Thanks 

8 hours ago, gigem_aggies said:

Following this as well.  We sail next month with my 84 year old grandparents who can walk, but not long distances.  Hoping we can arrange to have them dropped at the terminal and the rest of us proceed through the normal check-in booths.

I'm going in aug with my mother, she can only walk a short distance, no stairs. Some experts here help explain what need to be done. You will need to contact special need department, they will help with on and off the ship. Some staff standing outside the terminal will direct you to the line. (I did ask for wheelchair to get my mother on and off) if you link other booking together, they allow you to get on together. I'm not sure about big group with 54 people. I'm not staying in the same room with her, but our booking link. The gentleman I spoke with told me that. 

Thank you Jeff and patti for the awesome review. I noticed in one of your post, you said you contact maitre d for private table. Do you get reply from the splendor maitre d? I can't wait until August, we are counting the day. 

Would you mind letting me know the uber fee from cabo cruise terminal to billygans please. I'm also want to check out tacos Guss. Thank you very much for your review. 

4 minutes ago, Shaded Lady said:

Yes- the checkin time is based on Eastern hours, so you should be able to check in at 9 PM on the 18th.

4 minutes ago, Shaded Lady said:

Yes- the checkin time is based on Eastern hours, so you should be able to check in at 9 PM on the 18th.

Thank you Shaded Lady

My cruise online check in available May 19. Is it mean at midnight I can login and choose my check in time ? I live in west coast , midnight EST should be 9pm may 18? Please let me know, and thank you very much. 

5 minutes ago, Organized Chaos said:

Correction. You don't pick a boarding time, you pick a check-in (or arrival) time. The window when you're allowed to enter the terminal. They'll start boarding when they debark the previous passengers and get cleared by USCG.

 

Since you completed check-in prior to the change, you might want to log in and check to make sure everything was saved correctly. You should be able to log in and go to the "Booking and Order Details" section. There you can edit your guest details, etc. for each passenger. You can also click on "Planner" at the top of the page to see a check list of items you have or haven't completed.

Thank you very much. This is the new one I just booked last night. I will try it again this weekend. 

Last year carnival changed It to 90 days to choose boarding time, I booked before that so I'm already finished my check in and pick my boarding time. But I saw other people post that they are able to enter other information, is it still the same now? I login, but the only thing I saw is our booking with itinerary. Am I missing anything? 

14 hours ago, carakris said:

I have had a difficult time finding a  good PVP, The last one I spoke too sounded like she had just woke up and when I answered her call, she was returning my phone call, instead of introducing herself all she said was you called, OK first who is this that I am speaking too, I thought these were professionals. My last one I had would only send information that I requested to my ex-husband, even after telling them many times to please send it to me.  I give up!!

My first one didn't have that much knowledge, missed leading my booking, I didn't want to give her a hard time, so I didn't ask to talk to her supervisor. Since it's only within 1/2 hrs, they should be able to listen to the phone call, and i won't have to pay extra $300, but I feel sorry for her. I never book with her again. My second one, he will only talk to me if i do the booking, but no reply any other question that I asked. I emailed him at beginning of March to see if he can find me any better room than the one I saw on website, he never reply.

I got a recommendation from someone, for my 3rd one, I called him last night , 7pm my time, but his time is 10pm, he wasn't infront of his computer, but he told me to wait for him 1/2 hrs, he will be there, and helped me with my booking, I emailed him the guest list, everything went smoothly, and I'm very impressed, he told me call him anytime if I need anything. Very professional. He been with carnival 27 years. I can feel I'm in a good hand. 

 (My second one got the names list too, but he manage to enter it wrong)