Robpuffdaddy

Had several of those on my last cruise. They are great.

1. The reason they do not give you your sail and sign card is now it is your cabin door key. This way you can not access your rooms till they are ready. At least you can use that sheet of paper to start drinking.

You will be fine to start enjoying your Cheers package as soon as you get on in Charleston. Start early to utilize your 15 alcoholic daily drink limit on the first day you board.

I am disappointed that it appears that they do not have Mongolian Grill in the Lido area on the Mardi Gras. I know that have the teppanyaki restaurant and already have our reservations for our cruise in June. Really enjoying your live trip review. Will continue to follow your posts.

Our cruise is not until June and I went and looked at the luggage tags and it does have the FTTF logo on them already. So you do not have to wait till you check in 2 weeks prior to print your tags out and have them ready.

You got your money's worth for the day, your husband did not. He has to up his game tomorrow. But. if you add your total and his together, it looks like your total together paid for it.

Will the logo be on the luggage tag after we do the check in 2 weeks prior to the cruise? because we are still 2 months out and the tags do no show FTTF at this point?

I have FTTF for upcoming cruise on the Mardi Gras. How will the people at the terminal know that I have FTTF? So I can arrive as early as possible to check in to be ready to board when it is time? I know I still have to select an arrival time when I do my pre check 2 weeks prior to the cruise. I also have heard that you do not need to wait if you have a later arrival time. Just show up when I want and they will let me in. I will then go to the waiting area and wait to board right after Platinum and Diamond and Suite guest. So what proof do I have to show when I arrive that I have FTTF? Thanks

Anyone recently been on Mardi Gras and had FTTF? Does it show on your luggage tag that you have FTTF and have priority boarding? How will they know you have FTTF? Were you able to arrive early to the port and check in even if you had a later arrival time?

I had a suite on my Freedom cruise in March. All suites have priority boarding. With a suite you will be able to go online 2 days earlier (16 days till your cruise) and check in and pick your arrival time. So you can pick the earliest time available, usually 10 am. I had that and actually arrived at the port at 9:30 am and was able to check in in 5 minutes. We went to the waiting area till the ship was cleared to board, took about 30 minutes. Just depends on how quick they get everyone off the previous cruise till you can get on. They had the sections in the waiting area Diamond/Platinum. then suite guest, then FTTF. When it was time to board they went in that order. We were on board, went to the muster station to do the drill and then we were able to go right to our room. Suites will be ready, In that little box outside your cabin will be an envelope and your sail and sign cards will be in there. Use that to get in your cabin and leave you stuff in there and then go to the lido deck to get your drink on and start the cruise. The doors to the cabins might be closed, you just need to pen them to go to the hallway to your cabin.

Well actually it is not free for a suite guest, it is included in your higher rate to cruise in a suite cabin. I had a suite for my honeymoon cruise and it was well worth the cost for the cabin. Perks were nice, but you pay for them. Just like FTTF, you pay for them and in my opinion it is worth it, but that is my opinion.

It does not dilute your priority at all, you still get to board before FTTF, you still have your priority line at guest services. So how does it dilute it?

We had Viktor few weeks before you. He is the best cabin steward we had ever had.

Like they said, if you are in a suite you will be able to check in 16 days prior to your cruise. Like the previous post said, when you do go online at midnight, you can skip ahead all the steps to get your boarding time and select the 1000-1030 time. You can then stop and go to bed or it actually only took me like 15 minutes to go through all the steps and add your passport info and credit card info and answer all the questions. Piece of cake...

This will be my first cruise using the Cheers package. If I go to customer service on the last day will they be able to provide with with a total of all the beverages that I ordered on the cruise? I want to see if I got my money's worth for future reference. I really do not want to try to keep a tab myself or a record on my phone but I will if I need too. I can safely say I will get my money's worth, but just curious. Thanks

I went like 8 years ago, went thru a local tour company cheaper. Yes I know your not protected by Carnival and if something happens the ship could leave you if you were on a non Carnival tour, but the ship is right there. Will not happen. I can not recommend anyone specific, but Grand Turk is one the best places to snorkel. The water is crystal clear and the highlight is the "Wall" the area where they take you. your in like 20 feet of water or shallower and then all of a sudden there is a wall the edge of the earth and it drops to pitch darkness. It is incredible. Lots of fish to see!!!

So there is a difference between a suite guest and a diamond and platinum. Suite guest can go to there rooms and stay. I bet that it is because that the cabin stewards can clean the suites first and get them ready, but they might not be able to know which of the rest of the cabins will have a diamond or platinum guest in them.

I have one specific question on Cheers and it relates to the morning we get off the ship. Will I be able to go to to the Java Blue coffee shop on the morning before we leave the ship and get our coffee and be covered by Cheers? I am not looking for any alcoholic drinks that morning, just my coffee. What are your recent experiences with Cheers and the coffee bar?

Got this email yesterday for my cruise on the Freedom in 2 weeks. We have a suite and it clearly states that we will have access to our cabin when we board the ship. SUITE UPDATE AND ONLINE CHECK-IN INVITATION Dear Valued Suite Guest, As you get ready for your cruise, we want to make you aware of an important update regarding some of your suite priority benefits. Suite guests will be given 48 hours advance access to select their preferred Arrival Appointment. Please visit My Cruise Manager on Carnival.com starting at 16 days prior to sailing to complete your Online Check-In and select the Arrival Appointment that works best with your plans. We will not be able to accommodate guests who show up outside their Arrival Appointment. Upon arrival to the terminal, look for the Priority line to check-in. Once on board, you will be able to access your stateroom. Priority luggage delivery is available for checked-bags. Priority debark and water shuttle debark is available at the home port and ports of call. Thank you for your business. Our great staff and crew can’t wait to welcome you on board! Sincerely, Christine Duffy President, Carnival Cruise Line

I got this email yesterday for my cruise in 2 weeks, says suite guest have access to rooms as soon as we board SUITE UPDATE AND ONLINE CHECK-IN INVITATION Dear Valued Suite Guest, As you get ready for your cruise, we want to make you aware of an important update regarding some of your suite priority benefits. Suite guests will be given 48 hours advance access to select their preferred Arrival Appointment. Please visit My Cruise Manager on Carnival.com starting at 16 days prior to sailing to complete your Online Check-In and select the Arrival Appointment that works best with your plans. We will not be able to accommodate guests who show up outside their Arrival Appointment. Upon arrival to the terminal, look for the Priority line to check-in. Once on board, you will be able to access your stateroom. Priority luggage delivery is available for checked-bags. Priority debark and water shuttle debark is available at the home port and ports of call. Thank you for your business. Our great staff and crew can’t wait to welcome you on board! Sincerely, Christine Duffy President, Carnival Cruise Line

I was able to check in for my upcoming cruise on Saturday at Midnight. I received this email Saturday afternoon, like 12 hours after I checked in. I think Carnival should send this email a day or two earlier to remind their guest when you will be able to check in not after the time opened up. I am in a suite and I knew that I was able to do the check in 16 days priors, but the one thing I kept seeing post and questions about was when will suite guest have access to their cabins. I've seen post that people say that everyone has to wait till like 1:30, others say that you can go to your cabin, open the bulkhead doors that lead to the cabin hallway and go to your room and drop off your stuff and come back. But, according to this email I got it clearly states that "Once onboard you will have access to your cabin" So there it is in black and white. Well, let's see what happens in 2 weeks. What have other's recent experiences like? SUITE UPDATE AND ONLINE CHECK-IN INVITATION Dear Valued Suite Guest, As you get ready for your cruise, we want to make you aware of an important update regarding some of your suite priority benefits. Suite guests will be given 48 hours advance access to select their preferred Arrival Appointment. Please visit My Cruise Manager on Carnival.com starting at 16 days prior to sailing to complete your Online Check-In and select the Arrival Appointment that works best with your plans. We will not be able to accommodate guests who show up outside their Arrival Appointment. Upon arrival to the terminal, look for the Priority line to check-in. Once on board, you will be able to access your stateroom. Priority luggage delivery is available for checked-bags. Priority debark and water shuttle debark is available at the home port and ports of call. Thank you for your business. Our great staff and crew can’t wait to welcome you on board! Sincerely, Christine Duffy President, Carnival Cruise Line

THANK YOU

I know that the perks for FTTF and Suite Guest are basically the same. I know Suite guest get on the ship right before FTTF, but with FTTF those guest have access to their cabins earlier. Do Suite guest have that same perk or do they have to wait till after 1 PM like the rest of the ship?

Do they have Marlboro Silver Shorts on the cruise?

Is there free wifi available at amber cove? If so where?