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2 hours ago, GeoHack said:

I miss the Amex $150 off $500 type offer for Carnival. 🤕

 

Same hear! I want to book more cruises, just need a reason to do it! 🙂 

1 hour ago, crewsweeper said:

French press is absolutely the messiest way to make coffee on the ship.   Cleanup is a real pain.

If you  bring a single cup melitta type filter cone  and  filters and then slow pour over grounds, yo'ullget a perfectly respectable cuppa joe.  But nothing wrong with ship water other than it's distilled vs just filtered.   

Thankx, didn't think much of clean up.  a pour over was my 2nd option. 

3 minutes ago, ColeThornton said:

 

 

Well, what were you going to use in your room with the kettle you want to bring?

French press

15 hours ago, K_e_short said:

Isn't there hot water available in the buffet?

 

Why can't you go and get water there?

Ship water sucks to make coffee. 

I would like to bring my own water kettle. Does anyone know from experience if the power in the room has enough current to support one? 

5 hours ago, shoptom said:

I submitted the online form for price protection on my RU2 cruise while there's another still in my account.  Was wondering if any of you have done this online lately and how long it is taking these days.

no, but I am interested in your outcome. I called the general line, and was basically told what the disclaimer for RU2 says

I was able to book it three time when it was available. All still have the banner when I go into "booking and order details"

Thankx, but doesn't ask the question. I guess I should have said if anyone has direct knowledge of what they charge in my original post. Not a great big deal, I just like knowing exactly what things cost

I'm trying to get an answer from Carnival, but the Extension they have listed for parking in Long Beach is not the correct. My question is on a 5 day cruise to they charge for 5 days parking, or 6? 

I called a PVP and they could not help me since I booked it directly on the carnival website. Oh well, like others said "at least you got the RU2"

2 hours ago, GTO-Girl said:

We booked with a RU1 rate and also found a price drop but we were past final payment.  We called our PVP and he said only those booked Early Saver could get a price drop but he would check with his supervisor.

 

About 15min after I got off the phone with him I got an email with a new invoice showing I now had a $149 OBC.….AND I kept my drink package!!

 

I was very happy!!

 

only thing is I booked directly. I guess it is worth a try, Thankx

I booked a cruise months ago on the RU2 promotion. The cruise says "says if I make any changes to the cruise I will lose the free cheer package rate" When I looked at a comparable room, I see the room is $288 cheaper (only DOU in the casino). My question is has anyone been able to get the price difference on a similar cruise, and NOT lose the free cheers package?

25 minutes ago, Jgarriso said:

Sorry to question,  But i'm taking PCR test at my Wife's office,  so Sat - Fri- Thur - Wed (3 days before),    But that would be Wed after 12pm..  Am just missing the point.  Sorry but want to make sure i understand.

My understanding is it is two days before embarkation. So if your cruise embarkation day is Sat then the earliest would be Thursday at 12:01AM (not sure it is is your time zone, the ships or Carnivals)

4 minutes ago, Jgarriso said:

Question,  if its a repeat i apologize.  But the email i got from Carnvial of course states a Sat cruise should be tested on Thursday or later "If the sailing is on Saturday, the test may be taken on Thursday and Friday"  Which is only 2 days before. But its actually 3 days before,  even if you went by the possible 72 hours then a test taken on Wed at 4pm would be good by the time we sail,  especially if i board at 11am.

 

So,  am i reading it wrong  or is there another reason that i'm missing why i do not have an extra day to make sure i get my test taken?

Just double checking.

they don't count embarkation day

18 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Carnival will not be providing testing for vaccinated people a the ship, unless b2b.

 

The unvaxed are still tested at embarkation and before debarkation at the ship. Vaxed or unvaxed doing b2b are still tested at the ship.

 

"Unvaccinated guests must take an additional antigen test at embarkation, and test again within 24 hours of debarkation on all cruises longer than 4 days. "

 

"All guests traveling on back to back cruises, regardless of vaccination status, will need to be tested in between voyages. "

Curious, does anyone know how much they charge for the testing in a B2B? 

Wonder if they would accept the digital ID from the state of California. They only provide it is the shots are recorded on the State registry by the provider of the shots. 

17 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

 

Weekly....Friday or Saturday. Now it's only the ones I know about that post their schedules online so there're actually a lot more. Like out of the six that were on Mardi Gras with me. 2 don't have a website. 1 doesn't have a schedule on his website. 2 haven't updated their websites since 2019. And just 1 actually had an updated schedule out there.

OK, Thank you for the information!

I tried it on my last cruise which was in July

How often is the list updated? I am on the Miracle in Nov and would like to see who is going to be performing

52 minutes ago, skrufy said:

Gift card or two from Cherry on Top.

no, they locked that down. 

3 hours ago, bafinegan said:

Our Mardi Gras cruise leaves on Jan2,2022.  Between a SUnday departure AND it being over a holiday week end( New Years Day), we didn't want to risk not being able to find a place that would test on NY eve or not having results back d/t the holiday.  SO we opted for the Binax home test proctored online by tele-health.

 

Purchased a 2 pack and a 3 pack for the four of us in our party.  That way I have an extra test-just in case.

Can the test kits be split up for multiple individuals? 

Never shows in your cruise planner. I've only seen it from the email sent by cabinconfirmations

just gets added to you Sail and sign account. Based on past experience, there is no way for them to separate it , But that could change I guess

Would like to purchase insurance from my cruise. Who uses Carnival insurance, and who using a 3rd party? Not sure of the differences.

TIA!

back in Jan when they cancelled my Feb cruise, it too a week for it to drop off. Now your situation is not exactly the same. I would give it some time (week), before calling carnival.