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The Freedom will be getting the American menu in June.

Why wouldn't we ask for the early saver fare while on-board? What is the benefit of switching to ES after the fact?

Since you know the exact sailing you want you can book ES on board. I booked that way on the Conquest and it took all of maybe 5 minutes (I knew the exact room I wanted, etc.).

What rooms are listed as 6K on the Sunshine?

#9111 and #9126 are the 6K cabins on Sunshine.

Our roll call slot pull hit $1,000 on the Wheel of Fortune slot. You would have thought we hit $10,000 the way we were hootin' and hollerin'.

Most (all?) of the nightclubs on the ships have an Electric White Night theme one evening. Our roll call dressed in all white and had glow sticks, etc. It is supposedly $1/off drinks if you're dressed in white but in reality it is $1/off drinks for everyone.

Check Hotwire when they release those dates. Currently it only goes to 9 April 2015.

On May 9th I booked the Carnival Fantasy out of Charleston, SC for a 7 night cruise. There was no single supplement. Today I noticed the no supplement price has been removed.

I'm glad I didn't wait any longer to book.

Hoping for no supplement on a Nov/Dec sailing of this cruise!

The Freedom does have the new 6J and 6K cabins. #9196 is the only 6J designed for two people, the others are all for four occupants.

The 6K cabins are only available (at least for now) for booking on the Freedom over the phone (and even then you will have to convince them that the Freedom got these rooms upgraded during dry dock). #9201 is designed for 2 occupants and the port cabin is designed for 4.

I believe it were me I would tell the loyalty rep on the ship what your desires are and they can advise..I believe what you want will work, other than switching to ES..

It has been my experience that the loyalty reps aren't very knowledgeable about bookings. I have had to convince more than one about the no solo supplement and other OBC issues.

They are normally $2,000 over the price of a grand suite so that is an EXCELLENT deal.

I just booked a 6K (grand scenic OV) on the Freedom but it took them about 4 hours to do it since it was a new room. I suspect you got the pricing on what was the old 4J rate (interior with walkway view) since those room numbers were those 2 rooms before the drydock.

Which ship has the big green water slide?

As well as the Carnival Spirit. The floor literally drops out from under you but you're going so fast you couldn't tell you were over the side of the ship. Was a lot of fun though!

Gary is a good CD if not a total ham (requirement of the job, really). He had a much better rapport with Squishy as the ACD than with Matt.

Triumph still has it.

Huh? We've always had balcony cabins on port side anywhere from deck 6-8. Never saw people when we looked down, just water. Now if you lean over the railing you can see other pax above, below or next door if they're standing at the railing.

That isn't the case for the Dream-class balconies on those decks (with the exception of the coves) which is what the OP was inquiring about.

We are on the Dream, same itinerary, in September. I'd love to see copies of the FunTimes.

Thank you! So far, it looks like we're going to do Nachi Cocom in Coz, a ruin in Belize (although we may still decide on cave tubing), Victor Bodden in Roatan, and maybe a catamaran and beginner snorkeling ship excursion in Costa Maya (unless we do cave tubing in Belize, in which case, we'll do a ruin here).

Two GREAT choices. Can't go wrong there.

I was there last week. It was top-notch.

One big difference: You CANNOT get a beer there.

Or soda. Or a Jack & Coke. Etc.

The linked list has historically been updated twice a month. There will be many more on the list this fall.

It appears the Miracle has been traveling around 21 knots today. Maybe due to wind/currents?

Take note the salsa is SPICY. I personally love it.

If anyone is looking on Hotwire, the 4-star French Quarter for $83/84 is the Aston Crowne Plaza.

Do you mind me asking which limo company you used? We are looking for one and I haven't found one for less than $230.

I kept his business card. I will look for it at home this evening.

Just got off the Triumph last week. They were asking folks whether they had alcohol or not past customs. Unless you have the Carnival boxed liquor there is nothing preventing you from saying "no" and walking right out of the terminal, as I know many did.

I believe one of the 6Ks is designed for 2 occupants and the other for 4. I ensured I booked the one for 2 since I didn't want to be "upgraded" out of it.