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Are these price drops y'all are finding on the Carnival website or on another site? 

Have fun! I can't wait until we're on the Sunshine later this year. It will be our first cruise. Looking forward to your review. 😊

So glad to see this post. I was hoping we could carry on all of our luggage so that we could get the unpacking done quickly and have one less thing to worry about. One of the main reasons I purchased fttf. Since this is our first cruise we'll see how that all works out and make any necessary changes when we take our next cruise with our girls.

Can't wait to read more. We are considering the Breeze for our family cruise. We are taking our first this year for our Anniversary and want to make sure we like cruising before booking our second.

Congratulations! What a blessing!

I look forward to the rest of your review. My husband and I will be going on our first cruise this year, so I especially love to hear other first time cruisers experiences. Thank you for sharing. 

10 hours ago, Joannawog said:

I've seen that you can take a bottle of wine in your carry on, but I wondering can you carry on a bottle of sparkling grape juice?  

That's what we're planning to do. When I spoke with my PVP about it she said as long as it was the 750ml limit it would be allowed. The only question I have about it now is will we be charged a cork fee if we bring it to dinner?

This is what I'm bringing, it is delicious!

3 hours ago, shof515 said:

most likely it is a storage room that housekeeping uses

Is it usually any more noisy having a cabin nearby? 

9 minutes ago, emoorehead said:

That is where they keep the naughty cruisers 😉

🤣

I was wondering if anyone has been on deck 7 of the Sunshine and knows what this area is between cabins 7176 and 7180? I wasn't sure if it might be a storage closet or if it is a source of noise. Thanks!

I'm not a huge soda drinker, although I do drink it occasionally and I don't drink alcohol. So this could be perfect depending on price. I love frozen na beverages, smoothies and specialty coffees, don't really care much for milkshakes, but I would most likely purchase a package like this if it was available. 

All of the gift cards I have ordered have arrived within a week. They have never given me a tracking number even though they were always shipped via UPS, so I signed up for the free UPS My Choice. That way I could see when my delivery was scheduled and make sure someone was home. 

17 minutes ago, Tracey.kinney425 said:

 

I think because for the 1st 48 hours they will price match anyone......just a guess as to why.

Oh ok. I was thinking there was a different form to fill out for the 2 day lowest price guarantee.

7 hours ago, Tracey.kinney425 said:

I was under the impression that if I found a lower price for same date, ship, cabin etc anywhere they would match it, even if it was a TA site. However when I tried yesterday they said no. I just wanted to confirm that they were correct not to price match as the girl seemed uncertain.

I was just thinking, if they only allow price matching from their own site why does the form ask "Where was this fare and the website"?

4 hours ago, Tracey.kinney425 said:

 

This was from a cruise site but not a membership one (don't think I'm allowed to say the name here) and I was only asking for the cabin rate adjustment. Unsure if perks were offered as well with the TA site as I was only looking at the price.

I just went through this same thing. Sent in the form on Sunday got denied on Monday. I ended up calling to be sure the reason since they really didn't explain. I was told they do not match any site except their own (except for the first 2 days after booking I'm  assuming). She told me I had until 2 days before sailing to keep checking the Carnival site.

Thank you @Qchell. I called to verify and make sure the reason for the denial and they did say they match their own rates on their site only. So I'm guessing the only time you can match to other sites is within the 2 days after originally booking. She did say keep checking with a mock booking just in case. 😊

Thank you @klfrodo

Well actually the price now is not higher than what was booked it's equal to it. So I don't know where they got that???

I did submit the form, but the response I got was "one or more of the requirements have not been met and they went on to say the rates available were more expensive than the rates on the booking ". Of course they are now, but they weren't when I submitted the form and I have a ss to prove it. The only requirement not met I could come up with is if they only do the price protection within their site and not somewhere else (not sure if I'm allowed to put the site name in here). So I was just trying to figure out if that may be what it is.

When booking the ES rate can the price protection form only be submitted if the cruise fare is lower on Carnival's site or can you submit if you see the price for the same cabin type lower elsewhere? I know you have the 2 day price guarantee when you first book, but wasn't sure if you could match prices with another site after that time has elapsed. 

Thank you

This will be our first cruise and our first time ever purchasing travel insurance. I'm not sure what costs to include in the coverage. Do you include the port taxes & fess, pre-paid gratuities, drink package, excursions, etc? Or will those charges automatically be reversed by the cruise line should you cancel before the trip since you never used them? I know you include the cruise cost, any hotel charges that are non-refundable, and airline tickets (if applicable) but I want to make sure I include everything I should. Thank you!

That's great! Ours just popped up for November too but I haven't talked dh into it yet. I hope it doesn't sell out too quickly just in case he decides he does want to get it.

I look forward to the rest of your review. We will be on the Sunshine in November. It will be our first cruise, so I especially love to read reviews of others experience aboard "our" ship. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions.