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I don't see my ship listed amongst the canceled yet. I paid for mine before all this went down, so I'm just not booking anything excursion wise and waiting to see if the Conquest gets added to the canceled list. 

If it does get canceled, I'll be fine. It won't hurt as much as my trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy that I was supposed to take last week!

I will only go on a cruise when I can afford a balcony because I don't like huge crowds. I can see adapting to a new way of doing things on a cruise. I have no problem wearing a mask, I will wash my hands a million times a day. 

We have a cruise scheduled for the 1st week of December, we're not worrying about it at this point. We'll see what happens over the next few months.

On 3/21/2020 at 10:16 AM, bahacca said:

This is why I'm biding my time deciding if I want fcc or money back. I have until Dec. to decide, and, depending how things go, we may sail again or we may need that money back for living expenses.

Similar here - our cruise is booked for Nov 30-Dec 4, I'm just holding on for now. 

312 days!

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It was almost a year ago I purchased our November 30, 2020 cruise, so we are down to 369 days now. 

Thanks - I sent a text to my husband and he said the same thing, so I did!

Update: it's $24 total, not per day,. 

I got an offer to upgrade. We are currently on the 6th deck, balcony, and the offer is for a balcony on either the 8th deck, the Lido or the Panorama. On either the Lido or Panorama, the room we were offered is right across from the elevator. We haven't done pre-paid gratuities and we've already paid. The upgrade charge is $24 (a day? I'm not clear on that). 

I ask you, the Carnival experts...what would you do? 

I booked last year on Black Friday with a $50 deposit, and like others have stated, it reduces the upfront cost, not the total cost (although they were running specials on the total cost, too). 

I am now down to 508 days!

My hubs and I are shipping out in 508 short days (we're old, time passes quickly) from Miami on the Conquest, and I am having trouble deciding on a shore excursion for Cozumel. I would love to hear your opinions, I've been reading the reviews on the Carnival website but I'm having trouble finding a stand-out, must do excursion. I would love to hear from YOU about your Cozumel Carnival excursion experience, as well as alternative excursions you may have done.

Thanks!

I have no real memory of the boarding experience, so I assume it went smoothly, in both NYC and Port Canaveral.

23 hours ago, crooooze said:

NYC - It sucks to drive to and parking is ridiculous expensive.

 

But, I'll never get tired of that Manhattan skyline view from the Lido, passing by Lady Liberty, then beneath the Verrazzano bridge.

 

Wish Carnival would sail from NY year round...

I have only gone out of Port Canaveral & NYC, and they were both awesome. In NYC we hit the Intrepid before boarding, so that was cool, and of course the skyline and the Statue of Liberty are just heartstopping.

When we went out of Port Canaveral, there was a launch, so that was also a pretty cool departure!

Down to 560 days today.

I'd be buying the food and other necessities for the cruise. Probably a land-based job, to be honest.

Alternatively, I could be performing as a singer!

We were on the Splendor with our kids and we played an epic game of of Monopoly. 

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Thanks!

I've read a lot of posts where folks mention particular classes of ship - where can I find out which class a ship belongs to, and what that means?

I love the idea of being free to drink as much as I want, but the reality is, my primary beverage is water, and I've never actually been drunk, so I don't think I could drink enough. If we could share it between my husband and I, it would be worthwhile, but not as it is currently structured. Between the 2 of us we could do 5 cocktails a day, but it isn't worth it for each of us on our own.

I'm fine with Carnival, even though my first cruise was on Disney, which was definitely a wee bit fancier than Carnival. I can afford a balcony on Carnival, which I can't do on any other cruise line (as of yet). I wouldn't mind trying another line, but the nature of capitalism is that services get cut so shareholders get paid.

I have to admit I was skeptical about the very concept of cruising before I went on my first cruise. I though it was bougeois and uncool.

Then I went on a cruise, and found out how unbelievably relaxing it can be! I am used to taking vacations where we're always DOING SO MUCH STUFF - the cruise gives you time and space to actually sit down and spend time with the people you love while visiting beautiful places.

I'll try again, perhaps the 3rd time will be the charm!

Our then 19 year old son shared a cabin with our then 16 year old son a few years ago - they were right across the hall from us.