angelsfort

ditto. I wouldn't be "tempted" - I'd actually do it. and if they asked about "their" table, I'd tell them that I would happily move if they could get a carnival TM to confirm that it was an "officially" reserved table. and then add that I wouldn't be there long... saying it was because I didn't believe in taking up precious space on the lido deck when so many people are looking for places to sit and EAT THEIR FOOD!

I'm glad to hear that they will take into account the CD's preference (when they can) - I wonder if seniority has anything to do with whether or not they actually GET their preference?

I love the idea of giving something that represents your home town/ home state! I would also add a card of some kind that explains the significance of it as well, so that the recipient knows exactly why it was gifted.

Here's something I was thinking about when reading a thread on another platform about Adam, who is the current cruise director on the Liberty. It got me thinking because the Liberty isn't exactly a large ship (not the smallest, by any means but not that big either) - how do the CD's feel about being assigned to the smaller ships with shorter cruises? I would think that the more popular CD's would be assigned to the larger ships, to try to pull the crowds to those larger pricier ships... who determines what CD goes where? is it "the luck of the draw"? or is there some sort of algorithm used to decide who goes where? LOL anyone have any insight?

ya. that definitely didn't happen! there were 4 other couples assigned to our table and pretty much every night we were finishing up our main course by the time any of them arrived. It was disheartening because we choose to eat in the MDR so that we can meet new people and have interesting (if not amusing) conversations with our tablemates. (we've made some good friends this way on past cruises!!!) I didn't know that they were supposed to turn people away if they were more than 15 minutes late - we always try to be on time for dinner (or early). Not because we're afraid of missing dinner but because we don't want to be rude or be an inconvenience to anyone!

If you are not trusting the ships water - you could always bring a water bottle on board that has a built in filtration system / purifier attached. Bring it on board empty and use it all over the ship.

I didn't even know there was such an excursion! I'd definitely be interested on our next cruise!

Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way... we had Set time dining on our last cruise and were the only ones at our table (of 10 people, 5 couples) that arrived on time every night. You'd think our servers would have remembered our names, at least! They did not - called me "Nicole" for the entire cruise even though I corrected them the first couple of times. They also did not remember that we had the Bottomless bubbles package and that I got a Mug Root beer and that my boyfriend got a Pepsi with every meal - we had to ask for them every night. I know that part of the issue was with our table mates - they showed up 30-45 minutes late every night for dinner, which threw off the servers I'm sure!

I wish I could!!

I would not have known about the collapse if I hadn't seen the thread here on CC. I don't watch the "bad" news and most of my television watching is via streaming channels on my Roku device. I also don't have cable (cut that cord many years ago!) I really don't watch enough TV to justify the price of cable. so it's not out of scope for someone to be completely unaware of the collapse.

well... as I said in my post, that you quoted.. (as you can imagine, I can't afford to cruise often, so I don't get to raise my status very quickly.) and I don't know if you're aware but I can still be "Loyal" to Carnival even if I don't sail often... there's no reason to be a turd about it.

I laugh because I just made Gold status again on my last cruise... and the last time they revamped the loyalty program I had just made Gold then too, but then lost it with the revamp. (even have my Gold S&S card to prove it!) So I'm certain that they'll be changing it again and I'll once again be back to Red... LOL good thing I don't really care about my status or this'd really bug me! (as you can imagine, I can't afford to cruise often, so I don't get to raise my status very quickly.)

totally depends on the REASON why they are now leaving from LA. If it's because they just felt like moving the ship, then yes they absolutely should be on the hook for "giving you the cruise that you booked" because the decision to change ports WAS THEIR IDEA. But for a disaster such as this bridge collapsing, that was in no way a result from anything that Carnival has done - they should not be penalized for it. They are doing the best that they can - they will eat the cost of getting folks who are already on board back to their vehicles safely (and for free!). But it's not their responsibility if you choose not to change your flights or drive to a new location to get the cruise that they ARE STILL OFFERING, with the same ports of call, etc. Especially if you have plenty of advance notice to make any changes needed

what would especially suck is if you're from Norfolk and had driven to the Baltimore port... now you gotta take that bus to the port and then just drive right back to Norfolk

because in my opinion, each guest has a different idea of which perk they look forward to the most. for some it's the priority boarding - for others its the laundry - still others are all about the free drinks available at the party... with a "points" based program, each guest can choose which perk they want from the available perks in their tier / that they can use their points to select this means the cruise line isn't "on the hook" for every perk for every guest in each tier of the program.