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Hello! Some of our family members are thinking about booking the Mardi Gras TA in 2025. We have sailed once on Carnival before - the Vista - when she was brand new. The one thing we did not like on the Vista was that there was nothing, other than the pizza place, open for food options during the afternoon. The Blue Iguana, Guys Burgers, and another place all were closed at 1. So, nothing available other than pizza in the afternoon. the line for pizza was over 50 people deep every time you looked at it. Can you tell me if the food options on the Mardi Gras do the same? Thanks

Thanks for a great report. I gasped out loud with excitement when I read that the Catch by Rudi signs were up. We board this coming Saturday and I was really hoping The Catch would be onboard! We visited The Catch twice on the Sky in August and it was the BEST!!!!

We did a family portrait shoot this summer on the Caribbean. It was $250 and we got 10 8 x 10 prints plus the digital copies of those 10 pictures. We thought it was worth it. We had different family groups, then all the families together.

Yes, on the Princess ships they have a pull down one too (bigger than the Celebrity one), but if it’s just my husband and I, I usually bring one from home as I need one that is adjustable in height so I can help him stand up. We used to have one like the picture above (no back or side arms) at home, but he’s decided he doesn’t like that one as well as the one we have. so, I just take the one from home that I can easily take apart and put in a suitcase. I put his medical supplies in that suitcase and then don’t have to pay for it as it is medical equipment.

GRBlizz, was that shower chair in the cabin? Did you have to ask for it or did you rent it? Thanks

We have used Princess Transfers from Southampton to London twice now. The first time we were doing a tour to Stonehenge on the way to the airport. When the vehicle showed up it was only large enough for my husband (scooter user) and myself. None of our luggage would fit in it. My sister who was traveling with us (and shared our cruise cabin) had to go on a separate bus with all our luggage. We had to meet up at the airport. I did not like this as it left her all alone to handle luggage for three of us. This last trip I started talking to guest services on day 2 of a 14 day cruise about the transfer. I wanted to make sure they knew that they had to get a vehicle big enough for three of us and nine pieces of luggage. I spoke to someone at guest services on at least 6 add’l trips to ensure this. They did not contact the accessibility company early enough, despite all of my conversations to ensure this…and we did not get confirmation until 9:30 PM the night before we got off as to what time the vehicle would be there. They couldn’t get it there until 10:30 AM - it’s at least 90 minutes to Heathrow - and in this case it was 2 hours. The vehicle didn’t arrive until 11:15 AM and we didn’t get to Heathrow until 1:15 for a 2:50 international departure. I will never let Princess handle my handicap transfers to Heathrow again. I will contract with Transmobility myself and pay the extra. The difference in the cost of Princess handling it and myself arranging it is not worth the stress and anxiety that I went through with this last trip. We barely made our flight home. It was NOT the way to end our trip. So, going forward I will budget extra for arranging my own transfers.

I’ve never used it out of Seattle before but used a similar one out of FLL last month. It was great. Where did you sign up for it online ahead of time? Is it in the Personalizer?

If you had booked your cruise before the change date in December (the 15th maybe) 2022, and you place your medallion order before 2/20/23, the shipping is free. After that date, you pay un less you have the new princess plus or premier package. We have a family cruise in June of 2023 so I ordered the medallions for all the cabins yesterday, no charge.

Tickets are now available. I bought ours right before Christmas for August 2023.

I paid for the transfer with final payment (you can probably still do it by calling your TA or Princess) and was told to go to baggage claim to meet the Princess rep the next day. We have done this before at other ports too, so I know it works. We did it in LA a couple of times and in Galveston once before.

We are flying in the day before and staying at the HIlton at the IAH airport. We will then go back to baggage claim the next day to meet the Princess rep to get on the Princess transfer. Actually we will likely be on a separate transfer as we need handicap transfers, so likely a handicap van taxi will take us to the ship.