17andacruiseaddict

.............. future life lesson, "don't start anything you can't finish" lol

"Also, If you do wish to quote part of this review, try your hardest to only take the section you need, as when you take the entire post, the forum gets clogged up and then it’s difficult to tell what’s the actual review, thank you for your consideration."

Lol I caught that too. It's like when John Heald asks on his (site F we cannot B mention here) a yes or no question and tells that everybody that he would like for them to simply reply with a "yes" or "no", nobody ever does. There is always some long winded answer of why they said yes or no.

Nobody likes reading and following the directions for some reason.

Like somebody else said, if the price of the 2nd one isn't putting you in the hole, then do it!

It is 2 days longer. It's a more updated ship. And it has been greatly reviewed. Do it.

That will be cool since I'll be on the Breeze's 4/9/16 sailing, Island music sets the tone for a cruise.

 

Gary

I'm on the sailing right after you! (4/17)

Very exciting. It will feel like cruising when I was younger again. Hot sun, the smell of coconutty sun tan lotion, nice breeze, tropical drink in hand, and calypso/caribbean music playing in the background. OMG I'm so excited for April!

I love your style of writing! I love how enthusiastic you seem. I love how you do the planning for your family's cruises. When I was your age, I did too. I still do all of the cruise planning.

Your review is off to a great start. Can't wait to read more. In fact, because of your review, you've inspired me to write one for my upcoming Breeze cruise in April. I've done the Breeze before, and it is my favorite Carnival ship next to Liberty.

My latest booking date was 2 weeks before the cruise! Living in Chicago with not an ocean in sight, I thought that was cutting it close (having to find flights). If, I lived in Florida, I'd be calling every Saturday or Sunday morning to hop on a ship lol. (If I had vacation time like that)

Had limited quantities available. Get yours before they're gone!!!!

Have you joined our "Foll Ball"

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Faster To The Fun

If you aren't Platinum or booked in a suite, you can pay to get onboard faster.

My sailing! (platinum so don't need it) I'm just excited that its coming up!

Hmm.. No roll call for it?

I love cruising Carnival but with all due respect (to you and to Carnival), they have nothing on other cruise lines. RCCL's adults only pool area is nice and relaxing. Disney goes all out by not only a pool area, but bar areas and restaurants for only adults. And other cruise lines cater to more adults in general. I wish Carnival would get a bit of their ideas from Disney and have more adults only secluded areas.

But if Serenity is all they really offer for now (and adults only pools on some ships), I'm happy with it. No, they will not be taking it away. Based on what I and others have said,the competition has adults only areas so clearly Carnival can't do away with theirs. But there is definitely room for improvement.

This finally confirms what I had suspected all along. A few years ago, my ex ended up on the same cruise as me and my girlfriend. She pretended it was totally coincidental. Previous to that her and I had been on 12 CCL cruises.

Lol wow. That must have been an interesting cruise for you.

I have a similar situation. My mom and I usually cruise together. She is usually the primary account holder. This time my boyfriend and I are cruising together. I am the primary account holder. For some reason, every time I get a confirmation email about something, it has my mom's name in the subject line. I have checked numerous times on the booking and all the correct information is there for me and my boyfriend. But for some reason, my mom's name keeps popping up on emails.

Oh well. Me and him have booked a cruise on Carnival together before, so I don't think there is anything to worry about

Maybe some ships have different rules! My mom and I are both platinum and every time we sail together in the same cabin, we only get 1 plate. But we both get the gifts and pins.

When I sailed with my boyfriend on his 1st cruise, they sent the 1 plate to the room and gave us both the platinum gifts even though he wasn't platinum.

Try the dance club. There is likely to be some younger ladies there you can make friends with. :D

Yes, definitely go to the club. That's usually where everybody makes "friends" lbs

I think the people who were offended by this post were feeling just a bit sad because you weren't looking to hang out with them lol. Yes you guys are older, but you were young once too. Understand where the guy it's coming from. I'm sure when I'm 70, I'd want more 70 year olds to hand with. It isn't strange that because he's 30, he wants people in his age group to party with

One guy said his gf would consider this guy a kid. So obviously she doesn't wanna party with "kids".

Anyway, no worries guy. Not everybody has jobs where they get off for Spring, Summer, or Winter break (I'm a teacher so that's when I sail). Just like you guys, there are other young folks on that ship willing to have a good time with you.

I'm so jealous. I wish I could cruise in January. Off peak cruises are so cheap!

If you enjoy candy bars, chips, etc., bring your own. The prices of these in the gift shop are outrageous! :rolleyes:

I totally agree. With the ship having so much food, it's surprising that we would even need anything else to snack on. But its does happen. At least to me. For something like room service sandwiches. They come with plain Lays chips, but I like different ones (Flamin Hots, sour cream and onion, Doritos, etc). Or even for the beach excursions. Gum and mints too. Just try to bring your own because small things costs way too much.

Maybe I overlooked these things but I don't think I saw them on the list

Jeans and Sweaters

Even if it's a Caribbean cruise, it gets really cold at night on the ship. The AC is almost always on full blast. Going to dinner, the piano bar, or one of the shows will make you wish you had long pants and a sweater or two.

Try to bring a couple of cute warm cardigans. That way they can be mixed and match with a couple of outfits.

I learned this lesson when I was probably about 12 or 13 and I kept forgetting to bring a sweater for dinner for our cruises. I would borrow my mom's lol

If I were you, I'd sail on Carnival's newer ships (Magic, Dream, BREEZE, VISTA).

They are bigger. They offer more kid friendly stuff (ropes course, Vista will have some sort of thing you can peddle around the ship on, 3D and theater,water slide, water park, etc)

Newer ships will help you really see where Carnival is.

And these real life friends of yours must only sail other lines and just repeat what they hear. Rumors and gossip is for people of all ages. I've cruised The Big Red Boat,RCCL, and Carnival. Majority on Carnival. When sailing on RCCL, I too hear these snooty comments, but I don;t take them into consideration at all because I know how awesome cruising on Carnival is.

I do have one personal experience from a sail away that sums up RCCL compared to CCL for me. Back in 2007 my mom and I were on Freedom of the Seas and the daily itinerary of the day said to head up top for the sail away party. So of course we did. Drinks in hand, after about an hour or so we started pulling out of port. There was music playing on the speakers but that was about it. Then we hear a lot ship horn and people cheering and dancing to loud lively music. Looked across the way and it was coming from a Carnival Ship. Me and my mom both said we would have to get back on Carnival. Haven't looked back since. Now, I have a great time on Royal for about 5 years. The big didderence for me between the 2 is that on RCCL, you have to make your own fun (as with anywhere) but on CCL, they pride themselves on doing their best to make sure you get out of your seat and have fun.

Check out pictures and youtube videos of these ships and see for yourself. You will not be disappointed. Especially if you choose something newer. Although Carnival's Conquest class ships are pretty amazing too. I personally wouldn't go older than those.

Have a great cruise! Lucky you getting Carnival gift cards for Christmas!

Not about luck, just good planning. I sent family emails out months ago when I booked the cruise and have sent a monthly reminder out since then lol.

The plan was to harass them until they gave in lol

Oh nice. Thank you very much. Sounds easy enough.

I'm getting a couple for Christmas this year from family and I want to know how do I redeem them?

My cruise for April is already booked and paid for. I definitely want to be able to use them on my bill at the end of the cruise. They would tremendously help with my drink charges lol

Hi GAPearl,

I'm have read each and every one of your reviews and loved them all. This most recent one was no different. Just wanted to drop by and tell you how much I appreciated them :)

I wonder why no one has replied to this yet. It does sound interesting.