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I thought this promotion was an older promotion with sailings thru June, but correct me if I am wrong.:confused:

I have a cruise booked in December that had no solo supplement. They are capacity controlled and once the quota is met the supplement returns.

Our favorite thing about Carnival Fascination is the convenience of the JAX port for us.

I will definitely second that.

A drink with Tommy if he is still on the Fascination. When We sailed last November he was always at the bar outside the comedy club.

It is also a great venue (off to the sides at least) to watch football during the season.

I would do it for a 6K but not a 6J in this particular case.

This used to be the way to find out if you got an upgrade. You would order Bon Voyage with the booking number and the confirmation would give the cabin number. I think it was called "Linda's Trick" or something like that.

 

Once you found your cabin number you could decide whether to have your TA or PVP put you back into the guarantee "lottery"

Brilliant idea if it works. I am ordering from BV so will give it a shot.

Is it worth staying in this room as is? Or more worth the upgrade and obc?

Keep what you've got. Balconies are literally a dime a dozen!

Was booking Early Saver the reason you lost your deposit? wasn't that actually do to being so close to cruise date? Early Saver only costs you $50/pp to reschedule/cancel, with the rest of the funds held for future use for 24 months.

Yes, it was due to Early Saver because I cancelled between 75 and 56 days from departure.

Can anyone tell me the price of a Red Bull and Vodka or Monster and Vodka? Is that type of drink included in the Cheers program?

Unfortunately they do not carry Red Bull. To get a Monster and vodka, you will get vodka on the rocks with the program and then pay for a can of Monster separately.

When we were there last month, it didn't even really seem to me as if they were even enforcing the new law that strictly.

Agreed. Everyone I saw walked right past them.

I wanted to share my recent experience with canceling and re-booking a cruise a few days ago.

We originally had the 9/21 Dream sailing booked in a cove but due to a work conflict my partner had it became clear last week that we would have to reschedule. I didn't want to throw out all my research on the Dream and the ports (though none of the ports were new to me) and the 9/7 sailing matched so we decided to book that one.

The original sailing had the majority of it paid for with a gift card when Carnival had the "Father's Day" promotion a couple of months ago. I was concerned whether the refundable portion would go to my credit card, a gift card or was indeed non-refundable. We lost our $500 deposit due to Early Saver but that is a chance you take when booking that rate. That should be covered under our independent travel insurance as well as our two Hotwire hotels. Airfare was booked with points so no worries there - Southwest is very easy to make flight changes with using Rapid Rewards.

I was able to call in and get the new sailing date as well as all of the refundable portion of the cruise transferred to my booking number. We went with a balcony guarantee due to the great Pack and Go rate. I just had to pay the slight difference in price over the phone and we were set.

Long story short, this turned out to be much easier than I anticipated!

There is a great video on YouTube of it.

Good luck; I poke around the booking site as if I am a new customer to see which balconies are still available for cruisers willing to select their own cabin. A thought if you are interested in seeing what is available for your vacation. I do not know if this correlates to anything yet.

I got quite bored this morning and found 81 balconies available to the public. There are more than that as some configurations of the mock booking only showed the max of 10 cabins visible.

Very nice! Especially from a 1A.

I disagree. I flew into Hobby two days early and hung out in Galveston via a rental car. Love the island!

Would love it even more if they left from Rome.

I agree 100% but am expecting Barcelona.

I had R11 which is a porthole. The noise from the bow hitting the water was enough for me to avoid Riviera forward on future cruises.

There are some great no solo rates on Freedom and Breeze for late this year. I snagged one of them for my third solo cruise. I hope the trend continues!

I have the same booked on Freedom next year. There is a good video on YouTube of the same cabin on Valor.

I just learned something! I was told differently from a server-that I would have to pay for the total days even if I bought on day 2. G:cool:ood to know.

Not a good source for information. I was on the Conquest's first sailing with Cheers and even the F&B manager was convinced that sodas counted against your limit of 15.

Also different ships follow different "rules" when it comes to the program. I have had it on 3 ships and none were consistent to the next.

We are having to move a sailing in September up by two weeks and will be doing our first balcony guarantee. I really wanted a cove. :( Hopefully we won't get Vista deck.

I have read every page of this thread and am pretty sure this has not been asked: Is someone in the Cheers program allowed to share their 25% off discounted bottle of wine with a passenger who did not purchase the Cheers package?

 

Yes, you can share. You will not be expected to down it yourself.

 

Is the only criteria for being able to purchase a single Cheers package being the only adult in a stateroom? What if you are in connecting staterooms with one adult and one child in each? Would they make both parents buy the package?

 

Only one would have to purchase it. Whether the staterooms connect or not is irrelevant.

Answers above in red.

What kind of martinis do they give you for the 4? Can you pick the ones you want to try?

Yes, you select the four you'd like from a provided list.

I've been using the website Taxi Fare Finder to get some very rough estimates of costs in Ft. Lauderdale. I wonder how accurate it is?

I was tempted to book the AI with Autoprogreso a few months ago but we all elected just to shop/hang out on the beach.

Another post indicated it was $10/pp each way. I was hoping it would be less than $40 total for two.

So, $40 for a couple roundtrip? Is that typical?