Palmetto Pilot

14 days until the Breeze!

Royal is my favorite by far but Carnival provides us the best value as of late. Looking forward to trying HAL in the future. 

10 days straight at sea would be heaven for me.

Not a fan of the change. 

thank you all for the responses! 

We're looking at a late flight or spending and extra night in Miami or Fort Lauderdale post cruise. I'm kind of clueless on what activities we can keep a 4 year old busy with. Any advice is appreciated. 

Fantasy was my first Carnival Cruise 6 years ago out of Charleston. It was a fine ship and a good cruise. I like a little more bells and whistles, but I love that ship size. 

15 hours ago, Domino D said:

No, we don't have any good RCI experiences either, when it comes to this.  When our son was 18 we took a cruise and had the exact experience as you are discussing.  We would see other young adults (that I think were college age) with their parents.  We did let him go on excursions by himself, so he could do something more adventurous.  But on ship he was with us.  As someone else mentioned he and I would go to the casino.  

 

I know this not the place to say this.  When he was 19, we took him on NCL.  They let us sign a consent form to let him have beer and wine.  This let him go into the nightclubs, bar parties, and hang out at the deck parties.  He never got drunk enough that we became aware, and he did meet some others his age that he could hang out with. 

 

I love RCI, and they are our cruise line of choice,  but at that time we benefited from NCL's policy. 

Royal used to have a similar beer and wine policy. 18-20 on Royal was no different for me than 21+ it was awesome. 

we booked our first premium vista balcony on the Breeze this month. It will be our first aft cabin ever. 

11 hours ago, PhoenixCruiser said:

How did they get into the safe?

When we have had safe issues one of us had to be in the cabin/room.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
 

Those safes are notoriously easy to open. Read the full thread it explains everything. 

1 hour ago, coops said:

We just did this same cruise last month and found it to be similar to the 7 night . No crazy party cruise. It was great time we had.

25 minutes ago, twangster said:

The weekend 3 night cruises will see a younger more late night party crowd but still tame compared to some other cruise lines known to be party ships.  

 

A weekday 4 night will not be the same as the 3 night, more like a 7 day experience but shorter.    Family friendly.

That's good to know. We're taking our 4 year old on the Navigator 4 night in February for a family vacation.  

54 minutes ago, stellarose said:

here is my question . we are using go port (staying the night before ). go port picks us up and takes us to Port Canaveral. are you saying if they get us to the port at 11:30 and we are 12:30 board, we are going to be turned away? a. we won't have a car (its at the hotel) and b. where would we go?

 

help

You're going to wait in the Early/Late arrivals line until it's your turn. 

Dream class on Carnival and the Freedom Class on Royal are my idea size. 

I love the Charleston pics! I'm a Charleston native born and raised. I miss home all the time. Glad you enjoyed it. The best part about TBONZ on the market is the dessert place called Kaminsky's right next to it!

On 10/10/2019 at 11:02 PM, BNBR said:

I would have taken the 12 in a heartbeat.  It's easy to make that.  Or whichever was cheaper and direct. 

Well 

On 10/10/2019 at 8:19 PM, Lee Cruiser said:

Our last two cruises out of Port Canaveral my wife and I have been able to take an 8:00 shuttle to the airport.  This was with priority debarkation and checking our luggage.  On our last cruise on the Breeze back in April we were through security and sitting at our Southwest gate at 9:35 a.m.  Our flight was 12:30, which was the earliest one for us at the time.  I probably wouldn't hesitate to do an 11:00 am flight, especially if I could do self assist.

On 10/10/2019 at 11:02 PM, BNBR said:

I would have taken the 12 in a heartbeat.  It's easy to make that.  Or whichever was cheaper and direct. 

Well now I wish I had one with the earlier and cheaper Delta flight. Oh well.

is SAS child friendly? Do would we need to bring a car seat?

99.9% chance she was an Instagram "model" or "influencer"

Is the Magic still having air conditioning problems? Sewer smell on deck 7?

12 minutes ago, johnjen said:

Do you think if, these cabins don't sell, there's a slight chance of a price drop in the JS suite category? Asking for ME!

They have 8 months to fill them, I wouldn't count on it. 

As long as you don’t get the souvenir glass it’s included. 

20 and 17?! they still wont let you? I remember as a kid still cruising with my folks (around 2004) I was 18 and my brother was 13, we had our own room on the opposite side of the ship as my folks but same deck. 

My 3 year old son wanted to carry his own card like everyone one else, so we went to guest services and had it deactivated. We let him carry it around everywhere (and used it in the card holder slot for the lights) and he felt like like biggest boy ever. It was kinda sweet. 

25 minutes ago, jbethel11 said:

I would choose the Himalayan Pink Salt. Good for your health!

I've heard it's the best salt but it's very expensive. 

1 hour ago, dancingfish said:

I am a little over 30 days out and I booked a guarentee balcony because I honestly didn't know what was a good choice!  I called today mainly because I am curious haha.. I was told they had not sold many balconies that was why I had not been assigned yet. And I would know 3 days prior to sailing or whenever they had sold most of the balconies. I don't know if they were just blowing smoke at me or if that is the policy?

 

Again I don't plan on spending much time in that room so it doesn't matter much to me but I was curious.

I love the guarantee room usually it's a really good deal and you know what you're at least getting for it. 

We have a 4 year old turning 5, are there any cabanas not at the thrill water park? We'd love to get one but hes to little for thrill.