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  1. TravelBluebird started following Carnival Corporation Orders 5th Excel-Class Ship and Dawn passengers left ā€œstrandedā€ on African island
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    Senegal now, I believe, since due to weather conditions the ship will not make port in Gambia.
  3. TravelBluebird
    Work and a week of travel for my non-profit got in the way (non-cruise life can be so annoying! šŸ˜‚) but I finally got another video up from this Jubilee cruise! This one is a tour and review of a Carnival Jubilee Ocean Suite.
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    Yes, the home port question is also intriguing. Would love to see some new home ports for the ships, but so many US ports are limited as to what size of ship can fit under a bridge or fit in a certain size of harbor, etc.
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    Iā€™m torn on how I feel about this. On the one hand, I LOVE the Excel class ships; they are my absolute favorite. On the other hand, was hoping to see a new design of Carnival ship out by 2028, and also, there are so few ports that the Excel class ships can go to due to size, Iā€™m worried that the ports will become too repetitive.
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    Yesā€”itā€™s like a big casino party! Lots of fun. Hard to describe to someone who hasnā€™t taken one of the casino event cruises.
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    If itā€™s a straight financial decision, I think that is true, but I really did enjoy the social aspects of my last Ultra and would like to take another. However, my current offer has not made me run right out to book one.
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    Definitely doesnā€™t work due to casino offers having specific number of rooms blocked for that rate offer (as someone else has pointed out). Iā€™ve even been on a cruise that later becomes one with an offer, and have not been able to add//change the booking. Itā€™s not a flexible system. I think if you get all the way up to Echo offers (huge $$ in the casino) you can pick whatever date you want to sail.
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    Yes, I also found the discount for the room not as much as they said it would be from what I can book with the non-casino offer for a balcony room. Very disappointing. I guess the detail is in the ā€œup toā€ part of the room discount.
  10. TravelBluebird
    Or maybe just combine them? Many of the drawings and special events seem to be the same.
  11. TravelBluebird
    Wow thatā€™s bizarre! Iā€™d hate to be a Premier cruiser mixed in with an Ultra.
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    I really want to take another Ultra but Iā€™m going to have to look really hard for a time//ship I want to take. Plus the offers are quite a bit more expensive than the last ones I was offered. Think Iā€™m going to try to find a date for 2025 as the 2024 dates are quite limited. Possibly one of the Venezia cruises in the Fall as I can get to Manhattan direct from my airport and cruise with my sister from there.
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    I just received 1 Ultra cruise offer from Baltimoreā€”November 2025. Would be a good one for me because I can drive to the port.
  14. TravelBluebird
    You should be able to access the Ultra offers from your regular casino offers page. I didnā€™t get the Ultra email yet, but I can see the Ultra offer and dates there.
  15. TravelBluebird
    Ah, bummer. Were lots of dates available, and were any available for 4th quarter this year?
  16. TravelBluebird
    Another ā€œbalcony snobā€ all day. I think Carnival knows they can offer me free interiors all day long, but when I book, Iā€™ll pay the extra for a balcony. I also have better offers, but still would like to book an Ultra towards the end of this year or next year. Fingers crossed on the dates.
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