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A cooking method using a warm/hot water 'bath' so to slowly cook food in a plastic bag. A fancy way of saying 'boil-in-bag' cooking.

This stupid administration fee is what made us abandon NCL's casino at Sea. When people say Carnival Players Club isn't transparent it's referring to the lack of how a casino player ranks and what benefits comes with established tiers. As a gambler you know full well EVERY GAMBLING PROGRAM, whether land based or cruiseline, has player tiers which ranks you within the casino player program and tells you the benefits that you are due from those tiers. A regular gambler also knows those player club tiers aren't an indicator of the types of complementaries you'll receive. That's based on your ADT of your most recent visits.

Your math is off. According to my husband, in Feb. on a 7 day Celebration cruise he spent about $6K and he earned 4,371 points. He wasn't particularly lucky on that cruise. Normally he wins multiple jackpots garnering multiple W2-Gs but on that cruise he only had one jackpot.

Yes most definitely if that's your whole cruise gambling budget. You'll get subsequent offers for totally comped cruises. You'll also qualify for at least a free specialty dinner for two with a bottle wine on your first cruise. As with other cruiselines, don't be bashful about speaking to the casino host during the cruise and asking about what comps your entitled to based on your current play. The hosts are all very nice and they will say , no you you need to play a little more, or say,yes I can give you a dinner for two with wine,where would you like to go? Just to be clear, just with other cruiselines the slot machines will track your accumulated points and in fact the info is on the phone app. The only thing that is clear is if your comped cruise offer doesn't specify free drinks in the casino or everywhere on the ship,you'll need to earn 1,500 points to get free drinks while playing in the casino. All other complementaries aren't spelled out.

It will probably be a few months but they notify you via emails, postcards,and as I said on their regular website under your profile and offers section. Here's a photo of two postcards we received.

Here's a link for more info on Carnival's Casino program. https://www.carnival.com/casino/carnival-players-club

Carnival's casino program isn't transparent but once you're part of it benefits are actually very good. Whatsmore the casinos are fun, always with the newest slots. One major drawback and a potential deal breaker is the amount of smoke that goes on at the casinos on all Carnival ships, even their newest ones. It honestly is the worst of all the mainstream cruiselines. Celebrity is the best with this since there's no smoking in their casinos, but their casinos aren't half as fun as any on Carnival. What other questions do you have? I'm on a Carnival ship right now, the Panorama, on a casino comp in a balcony. My husband, who's the gambler in the family, got $1,000 Freeplay, and both of us have free drinks EVERYWHERE on the ship. Unlike Royal, Celebrity, NCL, and the new Virgin program that just rolled out, Carnival's casino program doesn't have visible tiers for passengers to play to. Obviously you're ranked internally but you have no idea what that is and no one can tell you what you're ranking is. You can check your casino offers right on Carnival's website under your loyalty program profile. I can answer any questions you have regarding casino comped cruises,and comparisons between the mainstream cruiselines you mentioned.

We have a high powered exhaust fan and still have had the smoke alarm setoff and the security company called. Now I make sure our kitchen back door is open,lol. Not a fan of self outdoor barbequing.

Any cruise with multiple seadays are really meant just to chill and relax. If you can't do that I would advise not doing any cruise itinerary with many seadays. Last year we did a 30 day repositioning cruise on Carnival from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. The original itinerary was 9 ports of call out of 30 days. Due to weather and other issues we had multiple port cancellations and alterations. Our first port of call after debarking from Seattle was in Japan 12 days later! People were going stir crazy. On our last port of call in Japan, Okinawa,there were multiple guests doing unplanned debarkations even though there were still about 10 more days until Brisbane, Australia. People couldn't handle that many seadays. That cruise was offered free to lots of Carnival casino players. I'm sure the thought of getting a $5,000 cruise for free and seeing Japan and Australia were very enticing to many inexperienced cruisers. So the point of this post is if you're easily bored don't do long cruise with many seadays.

I'm currently on the Carnival Panorama from Long Beach doing the Mexican Riviera. Had a wonderful day yesterday in Puerto Vallarta and we're docked in Mazatlan right now.

Thank you for your post. We'll be on the return TA on SL in November. Has there been any mention of any specific updates/renovations for SL or is it just the required 5 year maintenance drydock?

I usually take mine out of the refrigerator an hour before cooking. As others have said at least they realized the experience wasn't what was advertised.

I'll tell you here for free. 1) Buy a nice ribeye steak 2) have on hand a cast iron skillet or grill pan 3) preheat pan at high heat 4) season steak with sea salt, fresh coarse black pepper, garlic powder 5) grill 4 minutes on each side 6)remove from pan, let rest 5 minutes 7) eat your perfect steak

Since Fairlife is in plastic bottles you won't be able to bring it on board.You can bring on Protein drinks in cans or cartons, like premier protein in cartons. Up to 12 cans/cartons.