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I had an issue paying with gift cards once. Let's say you have $100 and want to pay down your account.

Instead of Pay Balance, put 100 in the Other Amount box. Once you put the gift card it, it should reflect the correct balance.

I was selecting pay balance and putting the gift card amount in but since it was for less than the full amount, it requested a credit card number for the remaining balance. By selecting Other Amount, that took care of the issue for me.

I used the AARP gift cards to purchase Cheers last year. I think when Cheers first came out, you could not use the gift cards but that has changed and you can use them now.

The price is comparable to how much a beer will be at the bars now that they added gratuity to the deliveries. You can take them anywhere on the ship that you want. They do come warm so we bring a collapsible cooler and as our steward to keep it filled with ice. You can also bring the warm one to a bar and exchange it for a cold one.

So you can pay thousands of dollars for a cruise and you have a problem with paying for a room service charge for a late nite delivery which you probably don't need at all, and you have a problem?

Pay the money and enjoy your food or just go to bed

We did this last year. Booked myself and son in one room and wife and son's GF in other room. When we got on board, I went to guest services and got an extra card for each room. I had to carry around two cards, one to get in the room and one to buy stuff but it worked out well.

Venture card is best for me. Good initial bonus and 2x points for travel work. My wife has the Carnival card and is close to 100k. We would have dropped it a while ago if not for the 100k bonus. If looking for a new card I would not go with the Carnival one.

Too many port days for me. We did the Vista in Europe and that was 9 ports in 10 days. Truly a working vacation. Turkey did get cancelled at the last minute so we did end up getting an extra day at sea.

I would not risk it even if I was flying nonstop. I know not everyone can fly in the day before, but you may want to look into earlier flights even if they cost a little more. I would do it just for the peace of mind.

I'd stay with the Lido. Great location and surprisingly quiet. We have had a Lido balcony our last 6 cruises. Next one on the Horizon, I had a Lido and switched to a Havana Cabana to see how that is. Will go back to a Lido on all other ships.

I got the premier cruise offer also today and it does show the September 8 for both the Vista and Sunshine.

For what it matters, I do have a cruise booked for July already.

It is YOUR job to read the fine print, your job to read what you are book, your job to do your research before making the commitment, Devil is in the details dear.

And you didn’t handle the details.

This is your love and learn lesson to do a better job next time or get a travel agent who can. *They are free*

CALM down, this thread is six months old.

Eh. I wouldn't worry about it. I most definitely wouldn't be TERRIFIED over it.

True, OP has not even cruised on Carnival. Not sure what there is to be terrified over, unless of course they want to stir the pot. To bad there are already about 20 threads on this already.

I agree, Spring Break time. A short cruise and spring break time would be a big party.

Googling, I found an image of a beer menu listing Coors Light as $5.95 for a 16 oz size - I cannot figure out of that is draft or from large can, though.

 

Self-serve does RedFrog beer mostly, from what I have read, and sometimes has some other "Lite" beer available, for about $4 for a 14 oz pour, IIRC.

 

If all you drink is the lower cost beer, then Cheers will pay for itself if you drink more than 8 beers, but remember you get cut-off at 15. Note that self-pour is not included in Cheers.

So if the self-pour is not included with Cheers, can you still order a beer through self-pour that you pay for and would not count towards your limit of 15? This might be a good way to get a beer after you reach your limit. I know the ones in the dining room close early but the Red Frog ones should be open later.

I believe there is a sports bar off of the casino but I am not sure what games will be on. I usually sail in summer and occasionally there is a preseason football game but usually nothing i am interested in. At least you can go there and check up on the scores.

No reason to put luggage tags on your carry ons. They will be with you. Room service seems to depend on when you order it. For a continental breakfast, you can put the order out the night before and select a window of time which is pretty accurate. A late night order may take a while longer and I believe now is no longer free. Ordering during the day will be around 30 minutes.

We stayed on the Empress deck. We are used to staying on the Lido but they do not have those rooms so chose the Empress. Nice location, close to lobby bar and it's interesting to go up to the casino instead of down.

Go to the buffet.

As helpful as ever. Please read what is being asked and provide answers if you can. Pretty sure they did not as for alternate options.

To answer the question, we have been wait listed twice and as the cruise got closer we were put in early dining per our request. As others have said, visit the maître de when you board. The smaller your group, the better odds you have of getting your request.

As far as excursions booked through Carnival, they usually meet after you get off the ship. No special line to get off. For tender ports, you do have priority and are given a place to meet on board to leave as a group.

We have cruised the last 15 years in July and fly in every time. The main impact a hurricane will have on you is if it hits the home port around your embarkment or disembarkment day. This could impact your flight coming in and your ship coming in or leaving the port. They may reroute the cruise if a hurricane is nearby so there might be a different itinerary.

That being said in 15 years we have never missed a flight or cruise do to bad weather. We have been close, but have never been impacted by a hurricane. July is still a little early in the season. Does not mean it cannot happen but it is early.

We were on the Breeze for the last summer Olympics and they had a big party on the Lido for the opening ceremonies. This was near the end of the cruise so I did not see how many of the games were on the tv. Of course, this was also the summer games so not sure about winter.

It seems like they try to fit you with other people similar to yourselves. When we went with our son, we always sat with one or two other couples that had children. The last four cruises have been without him and we have sat with adult couples on all of them.

That should be no problem for lunch. As mentioned, they need to fill out a little piece of paper but I don't see it being any issue.

Can you blank out your account number on a screen shot??

I also scan and email a paper copy of the last statement with personal info redacted(blanked out)

I take a screenshot of my Scottrade account and save it as a pdf. That way it is easy to blank out the information i want.

This has always worked for me.

Odds and payouts are worse on cruise ships, i.e. Black Jack in Vegas pays 3 for 2 where as on the cruise it paid 6 for 5 dollar bet.

6 for 5 blackjack is pretty much everywhere, including Vegas. Some higher limit tables may have 3 for 2 payouts but 6 for 5 is becoming the norm.