Pyrate13

21 minutes ago, mz-s said:

 

The way it was paid for is irrelevant. It's still a 7.5oz can of soda being sold at the same price as a 12oz can.

 

You are acting like they just give those small cans away to anyone who asks for them. They're only free if you have a coupon for it.

It wasn't "sold" to the op, they got it for free, therefore the size makes no difference. If they were buying it that would be a different story.

If an item is given to you free how can the size of the item be irrelevant? IT'S FREE! You go to your local pub and the bartender gives you a free beer in a 12 oz glass instead of a pint do you complain that you're being ripped off, I mean come on, really? 

How can anyone be 'had' on something that is free? I don't recall anywhere on my drink coupon that stated the size of the drink.

15 hours ago, Purvis1231 said:

Is buying drinks for people you just met really a thing? 

Yes, it is. I will look for veterans (usually wearing a cap or tee shirt naming their branch) while on my cruise and buy them a drink and thank them for their service.

3 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

Carnival does charge more gratuities for suites, so in a way they do charge based upon service. Even though they don't do anything extra at all for suites anymore.

Yes, but the OP wasn't asking about suite services. Well, at least they never mentioned it. 

On 1/6/2024 at 2:54 AM, rucruisn2 said:

Now that cabins are only made up once a day, do tips reflect this change?  Or they carging for twice a day?  Also, do we get a choice if we want the cabin done in the morning or evening?

I don't think anyone misunderstood anything. You specifically asked about the gratuities. The grats are not charged/based on how many times your cabin gets service, so no, they are not reduced.  

Yes, you can request evening service. Our stewards have asked us which we preferred, morning or evening.

2 hours ago, silvercrikhix said:

Take them out yourself or have your travel companion help you. It’s just not that hard to do. 

Forgot I had a matched set manicure kit in my purse. Last cruise, the lil girly running the scanner insisted on taking the 1/2” long scissors from me.  Just BS. That night they handed me a steak knife at dinner. OMG. Common sense has indeed left the planet!!  #annoyed  

BINGO!!!

He was being a jerk period. They can do the job without being a$$....s. You weren't there so...

You never know what any individual security person will confiscate. I had one take a small mini vise grip that I always carried in case I needed to make simple repairs on my CPAP or luggage. It  was less than 3" total. He said I could disable the ship with it.🤣 I said that if I could disable the ship with that tiny tool then the ship wasn't built very well to start with. He was not amused. Oh well.

I've pulled my own stitches multiple times. It's no big deal to do.

4 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

 

 

Grand Cayman should accommodate scooters no problem though. Not sure about Belize.

As I said, we saw scooters at Belize, but they were not having an easy time of it. Never at Grand Cayman.

As hrhdhd said, you should be fine. Of course, nothing is guaranteed.

Our favorite class of ship by far. Easy to navigate to get to areas we would want to go.

1 hour ago, Buckimion said:

Does anyone know if the Belize or Grand tenders (aka water shuttles) are handicap accessible? Carnival says a definite 'maybe' here, but I also heard the same thing about Half Moon Cay and I was told on boarding that they would not allow my scooter on the tender.

Been to both multiple time and never saw a scooter on the tenders at GC, but I have seen them in Belize.

You will not be able to select 10 AM if it is already booked up. You will get a list of available times and you can book the earliest available. You still will not get on the ship much earlier though.

My pvp once told me that if you do a mock booking the cabin you selected will be blocked in the system, even if you never did the final step. They usually come back online a day or two later unless someone else selects it, and then it's blocked again. Just a possibility.

Darn, my local grocery doesn't give me a heads up when there's a price increase. 😠🤣

10 hours ago, WhiteOptima said:

It would have been courteous though if the port would have contacted the ship so they could have at least given the passengers a heads up.

What difference would it have made except to ruin the remaining days of their cruise. Not much they could do about it while out at sea.

When we used to do the drive from NC several years ago, we did as hrhdhd mentioned and stayed in the Pooler area. Usually at the Microtel but have stayed at almost all and they were fine for one night.

Somebody is smoking something other than tobacco.😄

2 hours ago, aborgman said:

 

Nope. Due to elasticity of demand, competition, and the existence of replacement goods - it absolutely isn't. Hundreds of studies of real world data have repeatedly shown this.

Cite and identify some of these hundreds of studies.

14 hours ago, Rdclfamily said:

We paid nearly $3000 for an interior closet of a room for four people. I feel like the rate was decently high.  

And that rate will be even higher if all grats are added to the base fare, including grats for things you may never use.

I would rather have it like it is than have to pay more for the cruise. I don't use the specialty restaurants, spa, lots of bar drinks, etc. and don't want to be paying more for these and other situations with higher cruise fares. We do the auto tips and extra only for what we use.

As a CPAP user (if that is what you're asking for) for many years and many cruises, I never worry about distilled water on a cruise. The ships water is just fine for that short a period of time. Why pay $5 bucks for a gallon of water when you will toss most of it down the drain at the end of the trip. JMHO

We've been on the MG and Magic. We prefer PC over Miami but prefer the Magic over MG.