douglinc@msn.com

Our Feb cruise on the Freedom  was also canceled months ago, so far we have not received our refund or even any thing from Carnival other than remove the points off my Carnival Credit card. My wife is Diamond & I'm Platinum and almost Diamond. This does not  make carnival look good for any future cruises, especially since we have been sailing with them since 1997. Good chance there won't be any more .

Anyone else have better results getting their refund??

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 I found it, it's 2019.

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Anyone know what the current discount code is?

We had the blankets on the Freedom in January.

I had heard there has been delays in Galveston.

If you have rough seas, you could get a lot of banging sounds from the waves hitting the front of the ship, Otherwise I see no advangtage to changing,

You can no longer take soft drinks aboard in your checked luggage, they must be in your carryon, we found this out the hard way, they took them away from us. (something that is perfectly legal to  take on board) I think it's a terrible policy, it's really hard for older people to try to carry all this in their carry on bags.. Carnival is not nearly as customer friendly as they used to be.

Anyone having delays either getting on or off the ship because of shortage of Customs officers?

No.

We have been pretty loyal to Carnival for several years (over 25 cruises) and have noticed a lot of cutbacks and changes that are not very customer friendly and the service is nothing near what it was several years ago. I'm starting to rethink the whole cruising plans and starting to look at more land vacations and all inclusive ones. Seems that customer loyalty doesn't mean much to Carnival anymore.

37 days until we leave on the Freedom out of Galveston for a 14 day cruise to the Panama Canal.

We have been on the Triumph several times and would not hesitate to go on her several more times. We actually got off the ship the morning the passengers go on for the "Fire Cruise" It's a well maintained older ship that has really good food and the crews have always been great. If you look at my signature, you can see that we have been on more than 25 Carnival cruises along with several other cruise lines, so we are fairly experienced at cruising.

Doug

We will be on the Freedom in Jan. for a Panama Canal cruise, would like to know who will be there then...

My wife just got off the Vista this morning, she isn't home yet for full details, but she was not very fond of it, public areas (showroom, lounges, etc.) are much smaller and it was standing room only numerous times. Looks like they made the ship bigger but cut back the public areas to make room for more staterooms. The Punchliner comedy shows are always standing room only & when they cut back on the size of that lounge, they really screwed that up. I'll know more when she gets back home. We are both Platinum and this was her 27th. Carnival cruise so we have been on quite a few different ships.

Doug

Go and enjoy your cruise, I'm sure it will be fine. If you think you may need a wheel chair, let Carnival know & they will take care of it.

My wife is on the Vista now and so far she is not impressed with the ship. Looks like they have made some of the public areas smaller to add more staterooms.. Main showroom much smaller, some of the lounges are smaller, lot of standing room only. Will know more after she gets back.

My wife is on the Vista now.

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What is the name of the parking garage directly across the street from the cruise terminal that has the skywalk over to the terminal?

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Doug

We got off the ship the morning you got on, the fog was a nightmare. We live in North Texas and always drive to Galveston, by the time we got off the ship (around 4pm) is about the time we usually get home... Other than the fog, we had a really nice cruise & enjoyed the ship.

Well, welcome to Texas!!

All mine were paid, my wife has 28 but 2 of those were free.

Yep, but they changed the program after we were told it was for the # of cruises.

How many of us were told (several years ago) that when we got to 25 cruises, we would get a 25% discount, 50 cruises would be a 50% discount and 100 cruises would be a 100% discount (one time only) I thought if you did 100, you should get free cruises for life....I am doing my 25th cruise next January but when my travel agent asked Carnival about it, they told her they had never heard of this before..... Sound familiar with all the other cutbacks?

We liked Mohogamy Bay in Roatan.