Diane5583

Stuffed mushrooms, risotto, and Lobster Bisque.... I'm so hungary thinking about it

For my Cruise out of Long Beach I will be arriving the day before... and want to find a hotel the night before the cruise that is closer to the terminal  with shuttle to the Cruise terminal but walking distance to the metro so we can explore.

For the day of disembarkation I am wondering if there is a hotel near the same area with a shuttle to Long beach airport. (found the holiday inn near the airport which will work if there is not,) but not much to explore there and we will have all day and the next morning to explore.

What is  reasonable transportation from the Long beach airport to the area close to the the terminal where hopefully my hotel will be the day we get in. Any idea on what to expect to pay for this trip.  I am guessing there is not a shuttle from the airport to that area of long beach.... Wondering how expensive an Uber would be for that kind of distance?

thanks

For my Cruise out of Long Beach I will be arriving the day before... and want to find a hotel the night before the cruise that is closer to the terminal  with shuttle to the Cruise terminal but walking distance to the metro so we can explore.

For the day of disembarkation I am wondering if there is a hotel near the same area with a shuttle to Long beach airport. (found the holiday inn near the airport which will work if there is not,) but not much to explore there and we will have all day and the next morning to explore.

What is  reasonable transportation from the Long beach airport to the area close to the the terminal where hopefully my hotel will be the day we get in. Any idea on what to expect to pay for this trip.  I am guessing there is not a shuttle from the airport to that area of long beach.... Wondering how expensive an Uber would be for that kind of distance?

Thank you

So I was looking for flights and compared it to Carnivals fly2fun.. got the same flight for a little bit cheaper so I booked it.  Figured it would stream line things.  I got all the paperwork with my seat number and such...  the email that Carnival then immediately sent me showed that I now have a balance of $660 the price of my flights... great.  So I log into carnival to pay the balance and nothing... all I can find is my cart which is empty.  How do I pay for my flight reservation???

Thanks.... I dont eat alot... 3 apps and a desert to go would be worth the $38

I have never bothered with the specialty restaurants before, but will have onboard credit for upcoming cruise and would like to try the steakhouse.  First... Looking at the menu I really only want 3 starters.  I want them all and could care less about the rest of the menu.  Will they let me do that?  Not sure how you pay for the meal at the steakhouse.  Is it per item or do you pay for a meal which includes like a started, main and side????

2nd... Do I have to make a reservation or are they open for lunch where I could probably at some point just walk up and get in?

6 minutes ago, Nic6318 said:

Hi

 

Go online now, and get on the waitlist for another dining time. If your cruise is a bit into the future, they might make the change before you board.

 

If you have to wait till embarkation day...go to the MDR right after you board. There will be a line, other doing the same. Speak to the maître d' and they will do what they can. This is best effort, but they usually manage to keep most people happy. It might not be the first night, but keep asking if you need to.

 

have a great cruise

There never was a option of a waitlist

What are the chances of being able to change my dining time from late dining to either anytime dining or early dining?  Late dining was my only option with no waitlist available when I booked online.  The cruise is completely booked...  Any chance of being able to change it when I get onboard?  What would be the best way to accomplish this?

So if I were to say get a drink in the bar and pour it into my own glass, can I then walk out of the bar and take it to my room?

I prefer not to have to worry about money while on vacation, so I tend to pay everything I can ahead of time.  So of course I pre paid gratuity.  However now I am worrying that since I am not tipping cash, servers and room stewards ect are going to not be as motivated to take care of me as they would if I was handing them cash.  Do they know those that paid ahead of time?  If I go to the bar, am i going to need to also tip for each drink for them to see me as much of a priority as the person who did not pay ahead and is tipping as they go... Same for the room steward do they know that you tipped them?  

37 minutes ago, NebraskaSatellite said:

 

Our sample size is only N=1 cruise, but if we had chosen to eat late there would have been real conflicts between the kids getting together with friends and our eating dinner as a family.  As it was we didn't have any - I don't know if we got lucky that their friend group all had families who didn't do late dining or just what.  Normally by 7:30 they were itching to go see their friends.  It might be worth considering a switch to early or your-time dining.

The cruise is sold out, went and tried to change my dining and did not have that option....  That first night are you able to talk to the people in charge of the teen clubs before that 8pm mingle?    I would like to talk to someone about getting my daughter in the O2 club when we get on the boat.

38 minutes ago, kctwinmommy said:

 

No, you should be able to go check in before you sit for late dining. I believe the meeting time was right between the 2 dining times. You may just be a few minutes late depending on how long things go at check in. Although getting your daughter moved up to O2 may not happen. That will depend on how many kids are on the ship and in the clubs. We've seen it happen on cruises with very few kids. But on our summer cruise, which was probably sold out, we saw them deny people. And since it's starting to get into spring break, it's tough to say. But they tend to meet up with each other a lot and hang out anyway. I'm sure yours will do fine!

I am hoping I can get her in, I know her being in High school will help get her in, however I know it is spring break in a lot of places and the cruise is sold out.... She is very mature for her age in size, behavior, everything.... she typically hangs out with the sophomores and juniors in her AP classes.. I cannot see her hanging out with middle schoolers all week.

3 hours ago, NebraskaSatellite said:

On the Breeze out of Galveston, it was at 8pm.  We did your time dining in the MDR at 6 and finished in plenty of time to make that.  Look for the evening events by time in the Fun Times and it's listed as "Check Out Circle C" or "Check Out Club O2".

Well crap,.  My kids will be on their 1st cruise at the end of march.  I made it mandatory that they go to the first night mixer for club O2 (if I can get my daughter into O2, she is 14 but a freshman) my son is 15.  However we have late dining.  I guess I will be eating alone the first night.  Both of them need to attend the first night or they wont make friends on the cruise. They are not introverted but are a little socially awkward until they feel comfortable.  I know they will make friends if they attend the first night mixer.

I wish that I had found this forum before I booked my cruise.  I just looked and can see that my room on my upcoming cruise is right above the Piano bar.  The cruise is also fully booked from what I can tell, so no calling to change rooms.  Anyone have experience on how noisy this will be???  How late is the Piano Bar open?

23 minutes ago, MoxieDoll66 said:

When I did online check in, I was able to set a daily limit on my son's Sail and Sign account while leaving it unlimited for myself and my husband.  I just went back and looked at it again and it's showing up in my cruise manager.

Where is it in your cruise manager.  I havent seen anything there about spending limits

Ok, so that is what I did.  I did not put $50 on each card I set a limit of $50 on each card.  Thank you so much!  I must have just remembered it wrong.  I feel better now.  No expensive Cologne and new designer shoes will end up on my son.  My son sees stores selling high end designer brands and loses all sense of reason.

This will be my kids first cruise and i haven't cruised since 1999....  I'm a little worried about my kids 14 & 15 running up the bill on their sail and sign cards.  I got them the bubbles package and I swear when I booked the cruise I put $50 on each of their cards but as I review everything I dont see that reflected anywhere.  Can they just run around buying anything they want with their cards?  I want to give them freedom to hangout without me but not sure I trust at least one off my not to run up a $10000 bill......

I'm new here.... My roll call?

Sailing on the Carnival Glory for my first cruise since 1998.  I will be traveling with my 2 teenagers.  So I will be pretty much traveling by myself.   Any other Single travelers on this sailing.  Kinda scared I am going to be wandering around by myself the whole week.  LOL

Single female 43, traveling with 2 teenagers on the Carnival Glory March 25-30th.  Any other singles on this ship??