DANCING GRANDMOMMY

2 minutes ago, Noami said:

Apparently they put a punch in the corner of the Sail and Sign card of unvaccinated passengers.

They have started putting punch hole in the corner of the sail and sign card for awhile now, so you may use a lanyard. There are holes in our last 4 cards. 

I have been on her twice before, but can not remember if the 1 and only outlet is a 2 or 3 prong plug. I would love some help here. Thank you

6 hours ago, EmmasNana said:

Oh, one more ? Are they they large bottles or the smaller regular size waters? I drink a lot of water and since you can't bring it on anymore, I might need to pre order. 

Okay, I know someone will say the tap water is fine...I won't drink it.

They are the large bottles

On 7/1/2021 at 3:41 AM, BoozinCroozin said:

Can't answer for debarkation at all, but airport wait times are long depending on the airport. There are lots of delays, cancelations, and issues with workforce. There is a reasons 1000s of flights are being canceled. Some have a better grasp on it over others, but one slight hiccup in the NE can impact all flights in the SE. The same goes for any region. 

 

Our return flights in Nov is at 6PM. We will get to the airport when we get there. If we arrive by say 11AM, we will curb check our bags, get an Uber to a restaurant until say 2PM, then Uber back to the airport. We will be flying out of MCO and I expect Thanksgiving to be massive crowds, flights canceled and/or overbooked. 

A couple years ago when we tried to check our bags earl in Seattle, they would not allow us to do so. You could only check in a couple ours early. I forget if it was 2 or 4. So we sat outside until it we could. 

On 6/23/2021 at 7:18 AM, ontheweb said:

I wonder what happens when a doctor or a nurse who has dealt with Covid patients has to answer that sort of questionnaire. Surely, they deserve a vacation! 

Was just thinking about this.

I was pretty sure I read somewhere that they are sailing at 100%

23 minutes ago, mexicobob said:

Second and third that motion. 

Looking into that right now. 

We usually stay at the Hotel Current. On my next cruise we are staying at Pacific Inn in Seal Beach. There are several Hotel that have shuttle to airport, but I think that may just be Long Beach Airport. 

2 minutes ago, Wanna_Cruize said:

We brought long strapping and wrapped it around the post on one side of the door, and down to the railing on the other side (so it's sort of diagonal. We took it down when we weren't using it, tring to not make it obvious. But it's a great place for napping. Here's a pic from our balcony in Alaska, with DH taking a nap. Yes, that is a little iceberg you see in the water. (Pics or it didn't happen, right?!?)

 

Thank you. Pictures are so awesome. On our Alaska cruise it was so overcast we couldn't even see the shoreline. 

16 minutes ago, Wanna_Cruize said:

We had a cove balcony out of Galveston and loved it. Being so close to the water was fantastic. We were up in the front of the ship, and loved watching the water breaking off the bow, spending on how fast we were going. I brought our hammock and DH spent many an evening chilling out there, even though it was a bit damp at times. I highly recommend experiencing it at least once. 

How do you hook your hammock? Is it allowed? That sounds amazing.

I asked John Heald and he told me you may bring 2 each, you Just have to show them both boarding passes.

I never figured it out, but I will wait. I think they have temporary blocked it due to all the flack from passengers who no longer have "PRIORITY" on their luggage tags. 

On 5/30/2021 at 7:48 AM, crewsweeper said:

Didn't Ken retire in the last year or so?

 

While he was/is a good maitre d' ,so are others on Carnival. Unless you have a special request, or need to change up dining plans early, most cruisers never interact with one.

He was on our Panorama Inaugural Cruise. He is pretty awesome. 

12 hours ago, kwbrad said:

I follow Lee Mason on Facebook and he said he was not on the vista or the miracle but did not say who it was.  He did say that Mike Packs will be on Mardi Gras.  He might have mentioned more but that is all I caught at the time. 

Lee Mason was to be on the Radiance. Let's see if that still happens. 

On 5/6/2021 at 5:04 PM, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Thanks

 

If that's the case, I'll need to go high - spend more to save more !!

 

Tom

Or purchase Cheers and have all you want.

On 5/3/2021 at 6:17 PM, DANCING GRANDMOMMY said:

What is a P/T cabin?

 

 

I finally figured out that it was a porthole cabin, right?

Keep in mind, that if you make reservations for the first night of the cruise you will receive a free bottle of wine of their choosing, or 50% off a bottle of your choice.

3 hours ago, sanmarcosman said:

Not that I can see. For a P/T cabin it would be $500 more for us. Not worth it. We have a P/T cabin 8 day in the Caribbean booked for $539 each going to Aruba, Curacao and Grand Turk. 

What is a P/T cabin?

9 hours ago, sanger727 said:

 

Eh, I'm a rather adventurous traveler, but a level 4 advisory (outside of the covid ones) is enough for me to not go somewhere. The tourist area may feel safe enough the last time you were there, but when crime is high enough that the state department to issue a do not travel advisory, I wouldn't go there. It specifically says

 

"Do not travel due to crime.

Crime and violence are widespread. Armed groups operate independently of the government in many areas of Guerrero. Members of these groups frequently maintain roadblocks and may use violence towards travelers.

Travel for U.S. government employees is limited to the following area with noted restrictions:

Taxco:  U.S. government employees must utilize Federal Toll Highway (cuota) 95D that passes through Cuernavaca, Morelos, and stay within downtown tourist areas. Employees may visit Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park during the day with a licensed tour operator. 

U.S. government employees may not travel to other areas of the state of Guerrero, including Acapulco, Zihuatanejo, and Ixtapa."

 

If US government employees aren't allowed to go somewhere, I trust that enough to take that advise for myself.

I was not aware of this information. Thank you, I appreciate it. 

23 hours ago, sanmarcosman said:

It was announced 2 days ago Panorama will be sailing 8 day cruises to Mexico but the added port will be La Paz on the Sea of Cortez plus the usual ports of Cabo, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta. It's a start.

I am booked on that cruise. I have never been to La Paz! It is in 2024

I was just talking about this on one of my cruise Facebook pages. We love Zihuatenejo/Ixtapa. It was the most laid back port we have ever cruised to. So very relaxing.  

7 hours ago, pe4all said:

It makes no sense to me that there is not an invoice floating around somewhere.  That would freak me out.  If you book directly through Carnival by calling and speaking to someone they immediately post the payments under your cruise manager and you have total control 24/7 over when to make a payment, and how.   You can then add gift cards online to lower your final payment.    I have nothing against TA's - we have used ours for over 30 years, but we use him just for booking foreign country trips.  For cruises we go right to our pvp, and we have more control over our booking. 

I so agree. I usually use my PVP, but a friend told me this lady had saved her so much money, I decided to try. I have since apologized to PVP and told him never again. And to show him how sorry I was I booked a cruise for 2023 with him. 

On 4/17/2021 at 11:41 AM, MsTabbyKats said:

This....find a new TA. 

I don't understand why. Please enlighten me. Not that I disagree, but for other reasons. I have paid over $3000. with gift card towards my cruise through her, since I cannot do it online, and I still do not have an invoice showing those payments. She said Carnival doesn't have one. 

Ours is 2/2022 and we have only one excursion posted

I just read somewhere that if the cruise was paid in full that TA's still received their commission, even if the cruise is cancelled by Carnival. 1st cancelled cruise only. I have been working to pay off my 2022 cruise so that my TA will get her commission.