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Does anybody know if they have a special VIP Check-in area at Port Canaveral? If so, is it in it's own building or inside the regular terminal.

Thanks in advance!

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Awesome trip review!!!

I always decorate our door & always get nice compliments from our neighbors. I use duct tape on the doors to hold signs and I have never damaged the door. :):)

I always hang decorations on our door using duct tape. It's easy to peel off when it's time to take down.

I go to the Dollar Tree or 99 cents store and get supplies.

I decorate by where the cruise is going. So on our Bahamas cruises I get flamingos, fishes & tropical.

Sometimes I'll go to party city & get a poster with cutouts & put them on the door. I've also got blow up flamingos & hung from the ceiling to decorate the cabin.

And if the decorations are still usable I'll take them home & keep until until I need them again.

I just bought some "regular" cruise cash online last night with no problems.

Does anyone know if your Platinum and book a Guarantee that they give you better cabins or upgrades?

Bit more than $50, not much though!! :)

 

 

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Is this all-inclusive?

Popular activities for your cruise are:

Cabo - Dolphin interaction excursions, Whale watching, any combination of glass bottom boat with beach time.

Vallarta - Any of the various canopy/zipline excursions, Dolphin interaction excursions, beach days via the Pirate ship or Las Caletas or on your own on Vallarta's south side.

 

As others have already pointed out, the cruise line you sail with and the itinerary you travel increase or decrease your choices. Your cruise might take you to Mazatlan or other off-the-beaten-path ports.

 

The cruise industry tends to contract with a limited number of established excursion providers for Cabo & Vallarta. These companies are Cabo Adventures and Vallarta Adventures respectively. Resort vacationers can book direct with these companies. Cruise ship passengers must book Cabo/Vallarta Adventures excursions through the ship if the ship offers the excursion.

 

A popular adventure excursion in Vallarta (available through the ship) is Vallarta Adventure's "Outdoor Adventure". You can see a description of this excursion at: http://www.vallarta-adventures.com/tours/outdoor-adventure

 

A popular independently booked zipline excursion is Los Veranos. You can see a description of this excursion at: http://www.canopytours-vallarta.com/

 

Whale watching may be better in the Cabo area.

 

Enjoy!

To me in Cabo is a beach day. The white sand beach & clear water is beautiful even in Feb.

I was thinking about all of the ships I've sailed on that have changed ownership and now sail under a new name and then I did some research on ships I've been on that no longer even exist. Here goes...

 

Emerald Seas - Scrapped

 

Mardi Gras - Scrapped

 

Festival - Scrapped

 

Regent Sea - Sank

 

Regent Star - Scrapped

 

Seabreeze - Sank

 

Norway - Scrapped

 

Anyone else?

What about Carnivale?

If you have the option ..go with Long Beach Airport. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. Sooooo close to the cruise port and beautiful. (was just renovated)

We're flying into Long Beach airport on JetBlue from Vegas and our total fare is $88 total per person, which was cheaper than Southwest into LAX. Plus closer to Long Beach, etc.

This question is not about the price. From previous people who've stayed there, is it a nice hotel? Do they have a shuttle to the ship or do you take a taxi? Is it easy to get to downtown LB with no car?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

We're staying there Feb. 4th.

My husband and I are dual income, no kids, no car payment, and we have a decent amount of money left at the end of the month after bills and savings. We each get an "allowance" every payday that we put into our separate bank accounts, which he lovingly call Fun Money. When we have enough saved up, I'll book a cruise and we split the deposit. I usually book at least 18 months out so we have plenty of time to make payments and pay off the cruise.

 

I have a points credit card that I use for everything. When I book the cruise, I use that card, then my husband gets me his half of the deposit and I apply that to the credit card payment along with my own half of the deposit. I use the card for all our household expenses and in time I'll earn enough points for another payment, say $200. I do this throughout the year as I pay down the cruise using the awards points. When we get closer to final payment, I tell my husband what's owed and we split that using our allowance money.

 

I go to a 90-day website that shows nothing but cruise prices after final payment date. I would love to book one of these cruises but so far we always book early and pay it down slowly. I want to see if we can save up everything we need so we can book a cruise within a couple months of sailing and pay for it immediately.

 

We did a test drive with this theory by deciding to fly from Los Angeles to Chicago to take in a Cubs game next month. Sunday afternoon, after the Dodgers swept the Cubs, I got on the internet and looked up ticket prices for Wrigley Field. DH and I discussed it for a bit, then he sat down at his laptop and the two of us figured out the flight, a pre-flight hotel (we live 3 hours from LAX), a hotel in Chicago within the Magnificent Mile, public transportation from the airport to the hotel to Wrigley Field, etc. By dinnertime we had everything sorted out and purchased. Our allowance is paying for most and the points I've earned on the credit card is paying for the pre-flight hotel.

 

We now know we can do this very same thing on a last-minute cruise. The savings realized by booking last-minute are quite impressive! I'm not that interested anymore in having an exact cabin, so am willing to gamble a bit on what's left just before sailing. We need only save carefully and practice some belt-tightening in many areas of our daily lives. It's amazing how much I can save by simply cooking and using up those leftovers!

 

My husband and I earn enough that we can cruise a couple times a year, plus some quicky land vacations. It wasn't always that way, though. In the early years when the kids were small, we never went anywhere. No money! Looking back, I realize that my husband and I had hobbies that took up any extra savings we might have used for a vacation. Do I regret that? Yes!! To all here who use any extra cash for a family cruise or other trip, kudos! You are creating memories for your children that mine never got to enjoy.

 

One of these days we'll take all the kids and grandkids on a cruise. I'm really looking forward to making vacation memories with them, even if it's later in life.

Do you know the names of the 90 day cruise companies?

Yeah, I'm guessing we probably won't be the only single/solo people on board. While trying to convince my friend to go I looked up Single cruises. There apparently is an online site that advertises for singles cruises and is planning one on this sailing for their 40 and over crowd. That is one of the reasons I looked at this sailing so we wouldn't be the only singles on board. I didn't book w/ them so won't be included in their exclusive events but just figured there was more of a chance than other sailings that there would be more singles/solo travelers.

 

Yes we'll definately have to stay in touch and meet up on the ship.

Sonya

Do you know the name of the online single cruise company? I'm also single and want to do another cruise later this year.

What kind of tape do you find is best for door decorating? I'm bringing good ol' scotch tape and that gummy playdoh like adhesive.

We've used duct tape the last few times and it works great and is easy to remove.

I vaguely remember reading about decorating your cabin door (and since I booked our cruise 29 days out - I have had my head buried in these boards daily to learn as much as I can so I am a little fuzzy now with where I read little blips here and there! :eek:). Is this something that is fairly popular to do on cruises? If so, what do passengers typically do?

It's just something I've done on every cruise. It does help you find your room and I've had several neighbors thank me for helping them find their rooms. lol I try to go with the theme of where we're cruising to. I head to the 99 cent store or Dollar Tree for decorations. Duct tape works good to tape up the stuff and comes off easily. I also decorate our room sometimes, just depends on what we're celebrating. Don't forget to take a picture of your door. Have fun!!

I found some cute "Fiesta" signs in the party section at Wal-Mart for our mexico cruise in dec. We have 4 rooms booked and each room has a sign.

Gwyn:D