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I hope they get rid of the purple worms.... :eek:
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If you really want to do the Sea Lions, book it with Carnival. I am pretty sure that that tour books only with the ships when they are in port. We had it booked privately about 6 months in advance of our cruise last year and the vendor cancelled about 3 months out and told us they had a contract with Carnival.
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Kind of a silly ? But we wear contacts since the new rule of no plastic bottles is the bottle of contact lance solution going to be a problem ?
When CCL says "no plastic bottles" they are referring to soft drinks and water. You can still take mouthwash, shampoo, etc.
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Fort Lauderdale is the easiest and closest.
Port Canaveral is about an hours drive from Orlando. If you are flying in the day before, rent a car in Orlando and drop off near the port. Most of the major rental car agency have a location near the port and offer a shuttle service to and from the port.
Miami is about 20 min drive to port but we hate to fly into MIA.
Never sailed from Tampa or Galveston, but from reading on this board Galveston is the worst.
Long Beach is about 45 min from LAX. If you can get a flight into Long Beach it's a very short ride to port.
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Sadie--Thanks for the info. I did not think to look at "Mexican Riviera" because, technically, Ensenada is not part of the Mexican Riviera.
ImaginationCruiseBride--Thanks for the info you provided. My daughter and I are mostly interested in active things to do--swimming, snorkeling, hiking, bicycling, etc. (But she has told me the snorkeling isn't great on Catalina because of all the kelp.) So, if you discover something "outdoorsy" that's fun on your upcoming cruise, I'd love to hear about it.
BTW, do you have to tender at Catalina and/or Ensenada?
Catalina is a tender port, Ensenada they dock.
Parasailing is available in Catalina. Horseback riding, ATV's are available in Ensenada.
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Easiest way is to take a taxi to FLL. All the rental car company's are there and the cost of a taxi is $15-$20. No waiting or looking for shuttle.
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In San Juan we did the Segway tour. It was a lot of fun. They are easy to learn to ride.
In St Thomas we just hired an open air taxi in the port for a tour and ended up at Megan's beach. One of the stops on the tour was Mountain Top.
Great views
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Long Beach does not have any sailings showing after April 2017.
Give them time, there are a lot of ships and ports not posted yet.
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the rest of 2017 dates are up!
Nothing from Long Beach CA after April 2017.
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I don't know why, but we have never ordered room service. The few times we thought about it we just decided to go get something instead.
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I hope they start staggered boarding in Long Beach soon.
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Going to be interesting when they do this in Long Beach.Long Beach is a perfect example of a port that def needed to have this working.
Oh I hope they do it in Long Beach soon. Have a cruise the end of Feb 16 and would love for this to be in place.
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We cruised the Victory from San Juan and liked the ship.
Watch out for the Seahorses, they bite... :D
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It could be they assigned all the guaranty cabins.
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Hi all,
My husband and I are booked on a cruise that leaves in a few days. I got a call a few weeks ago to upgrade our interior room to a balcony for what I considered a small charge so I went for it. I am trying to keep this a secret from my husband because I want him to be surprised when we open the doors to our room.
I already printed the cruise docs and they have been sitting on the table for a few days and he hasn't noticed the room change. I am wondering if you guys think that I can keep this a secret until we walk in the room? This is my 5th cruise but I can't remember if when you are checking in they confirm your room type verbally or anything. I would rather tell him on the plane than have someone tell him when we are checking in.
Thoughts?
I tried to do this with my wife a few years back. She had seen the cabin number when we booked about a year out. About a month later I upgraded to a balcony. Two days before we were to sail, she calls me and tells me something was wrong with our booking because they had moved us to a new cabin. Funny thing was she had miss-read the new cabin number and thought they had moved us to an interior room from our original OV and was upset. She was happy when I told her that we had a balcony.
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Hey Steve, I agree with you on the tender fiasco. We were on one of the first tenders Sunday. With the Star arriving after the other two ships and anchored way out, it was the longest tender ride we have ever had in Cabo, plus our operator just idled along. We were on the tender for just under 30 minutes and it was hot inside that lifeboat.
We really enjoyed the cruise. We only went to the MDR twice and went around 7:45 and were seated immediately.
Agree with you on embarkation and disembarkation, very quick and easy for us. We normally carry our luggage off on short cruises as we only take 2 small cases.
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The start/finish line is at the Riviera Convention center which is very close to the port, like just across the street. You can see the cars and trucks from the ship if they are on the same course as a few years ago.
It will be congested with lots of people.
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OP, how soon is the cruise? If there is time, I would try to get this corrected. Good chance she will not have a problem "But" why take a chance if she has time.
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Yes, several times. Never a problem.
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I think both Long Beach and San Pedro parking is now $19 per day.
There are a few hotels that offer park and cruise packages.
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Hello all!
At this point I am super excited about my upcoming cruise and am in the midst of a single digit dance!
Quick question, there are 3 of us going on this cruise, and we each have a bottle of wine to take (I understand the 1 750ml bottle per person). Are we able to also take on a 12-pack of soda or is the bottle of wine that one person's limit?
Thanks!
You can bring a bottle of wine and a 12 pack of soda as long as the soda is cans, not bottles.
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Most of the normal size drinks are under the $10 limit. Don't order the souvenir glasses or the large drinks and you will be fine.
Red Frog” beers
ThirstyFrog Red (Private Label beer) – $5,50 (20oz, in souvenir glass + $4), $15,75 (60oz) and $25,75 (101oz)
Domestic beers
Bud Light – $4,50 (16oz), $14,75 (60oz) & $23,75 (101oz)
import beers (Heineken, Bass Pale Ale, Stella Artois, Newcastle Brown Ale) – $5,50 (16oz), $17,95 (60oz) & $28,95 (101 oz).
($4,95) Caribbean beers – Carib (Trinidad), Banks (Barbados), Presidente (Dominican Rep), Kalik (Bahamas), Red Stripe (Jamaica), Corona-Corona Light-Dos Equis (Mexico)
($5,50) Live Thirsty beer sampler paddle (choice of 4 beers)
($5,75) SPECIAL POURS – GUINNESS (Black and Tan, Black Velvet)
ISLAND HOPPER beer bucket (you save $3 on every bucket of 4 beers).
“Red Frog” cocktails
($8,75 each) Caribbean Iced Tea, Blue Bahama, The Cruiser, Jamaican Sunrise
(TINGS at $6,50 each) What is this Ting!, Blinking Ting, Ting-a-ling
(MOJITOs at $8,75 each) Ting Mojito, Flavored Mojito, Dirty Mojito
(SPECIALTY COCKTAILS at $8,75 each) – Rum Jumper, Beachcomber, Red’S Painkiller
($19,95) THE REDFROG TROPICAL HURRICANE (Cruzan Light Rum,
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Juices, Soda)
($19,95) Fish Bowl
FROZEN COCKTAILS (at $7,25 each) – Caribbean Colada, Mango MAGIC.
(+$2 for a premium rum brand upgrade).
the Red Frog rums menu
($5,75 each) – Jamaica (Appleton White), Puerto Rico (Bacardi, Bacardi Limon, Bacardi Razz, Captain Morgan Spiced), St. Croix (Cruzan – White, Pineapple, Mango, Vanilla), Barbados (Malibu Coconut).
($14) FLAVORED RUM SAMPLER (4 count, each 3/4oz)
($5,75 each) – Jamaica (Appleton Estate VX), Bermuda (Gosling’s Black Seal)
($6,50 each) St Croix (Cruzan Single Barrel), Dominican Rep (Atlantico Private Cask), Puerto Rico (Captain Morgan Private Stock), British West Indies (Pyrat XO Resrv)
($7,50 each) Bermuda (Gosling’s Family Resrv Old), Barbados (Mount Gay Extra Old), Guatemala (Zacapa Centenario 23)
($18) DARK RUM SAMPLER (4 count, each 3/4oz) – Gosling’s Family Resrv Old, Zacapa Centenario 23, Cruzan Single Barrel, Captain Morgan Private Stock.
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After our first cruise years ago I dreamed of having long list of Cruise's as I read Post's on hear I can't help but see the negative posts seem to grow ad the signature cruise numbers do. At 59 years old couple days ago I am happy with my short cruise list. Secure in that I have enjoyed each one. And am so excited to go next Saturday. Makes me feel so young. So happy to have another balcony room. One deck up from lido 1061. Pumped that thanks to cc I got fttf. At last minute. Got cheers package. Am able to do cheap internet package to check on my 87 year old parents while we are gone. As mostly that my wife gets to cruise after finishing chchemo for the second time in 8 years. Any one want to guess if we are going to have a good time starting next sat Nov 6th on the valor?
You and John Heald must think alike, he posted this question on FB today.
Can I ask a somewhat rhetorical question............do you think that the more you cruise the more you find fault with "the little things"?
I will explain why I ask this next week but for my own curiosity please answer yes or no
What Ship Is Coming To Long Beach?
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What Ship Is Coming To Long Beach?
The refurbished S.S. Minnow. :D
Loved the Splendor, sailing on the Miracle in 41 days. Had not heard the Conquest class rumor.