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It is not on the Excel class of ships.

Flying in from Kansas City.

So am I!!

Sailing in March. I wish they would have toast on this menu.

My bad. For some reason I read would.

How would it be a revenue producer? It's included dining.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2927801-carnival’s-next-class-of-ship/#comment-65120215 I figured this was going to happen. But it’s even earlier than I thought.

I'm also going to be taking my first non-Carnival cruise in March on the NCL Breakaway. The pricing with free at sea was just too good to pass up.

Looks like I might have been correct. https://www.cruisehive.com/are-huge-new-carnival-owned-cruise-ships-coming/120990

Yea I’ll bet those tix demanded quite a premium price. If you ever get the chance to come down to Lawrence and attend a game at Allen Fieldhouse you will not be disappointed. Enjoying the review. Looking forward to my first NCL experience in March.

Thank you for the information. I hope the ‘research’ wasn’t too taxing lol. A bit off topic but I did enjoy watching my Jayhawks beat the Hoosiers the other day 😜.

I’ll be sailing on the breakaway in March. Random food question. Do they have beans in the chili that they but on the nachos or the coney? thanks

Looking at the specialty dinning pricing for my upcoming sailing on the Horizon Nov. 5th. It appears that the prices have increased again on specialty dinning. JiJi's is now $24 up from $18. Bonsai Teppanyaki dinner $42 up from $38. Glad I had already purchased at the cheaper price.

Yep. My first cruise was when I was 18. Spent a couple nights out on deck sleeping. It was awesome.

I don’t think I completely agree about spending on new builds. The other lines are under similar pressures from debt. (Granted Carnival is a little deeper) and have invested in new builds. I think they could announce a new build for Carnival before the end of 2025. I also think the XL class was definitely a move to offer something closer to the Oasis class. Much larger capacity than any previous Carnival ship, zones (neighborhoods). I also agree they are not trying to directly match but rather have a competitive product to what other lines like Royal are offering.

Do you guys think the Jubilee will be the last XL class ship built for Carnival? I’m thinking that it will be. I think they will try to come up with something that is closer to matching Icon of the Seas. Thoughts?

I agree completely that there are more good videos than bad and that it happens on the other lines. I also agree that they brought it back because of the demand for it. My thought was it’s just also convenient that bringing it back takes cameras out of people’s hands.

Just a thought. Could a part of the reason that Carnival has decided they are bringing back the cabin delivered Fun Times be that they are wanting to cut down on the amount of people carrying their phones with them all the time on the ship? Fewer people with phones(cameras) could mean less people to take videos that go viral and make the cruise line look bad. Just a random thought I had today.

Seems like a pretty lengthy dry dock considering she had 1 not to long ago when she got the new paint and they expanded the casino a little and removed the old future cruise desk and replaced it with a carnival adventures area. I wonder what they are planning on doing? My guess is they are going to add a red frog pub possibly in place of the ivory club bar. Or Put the red frog in the same location it is in on the Valor and move Club O2 to the conference room on deck 4. Then put cabins in where the ivory club bar used to be. I don’t know all of that is possible in less than a month though. Any other ideas?

The port in Belize being built which is called Port Coral as I understand it is not Carnival specific. I believe it will be available for any cruise line to use. https://www.portcoral.com/

Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible to pre-ay your gratuities after you have checked in for your sailing? Thanks

I absolutely love the Marinated chicken tender appetizer in the MDR. I always order at least 3 of them.

Thank you for the replies.

Have sailed solo for the most part but this December the whole family is coming along for their first cruise. They are traveling with 3 kids all under 16. kids under 16 don’t need a photo ID right? Just a birth certificate for boarding. Thanks for the help.