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10 minutes ago, koolkat327 said:

Those ships and those ships only?

 

If so, we can say instead of opening specific ships they actually opened specific ports...just trying to get a grip on their thinking.

No, not those ships only. The Victory and Conquest were also out of Miami. Port Canaveral had more than two ships. The 3 ships in Galveston are the only Carnival ships that sail from Galveston (maybe the Liberty too, so 4?). It looks like Galveston is the only port that's business as usual as far as which ships are sailing.  I read the release as these are the ships that we're going to start sailing with. It's not all the ships in each port. 

6 minutes ago, koolkat327 said:

I read the release and I understand which ships are cruising...my question was prior to the pause in cruising were there additional ships scheduled to cruise out of these specific ports or are the ships listed as cruising from these ports on 8/1 all the ships scheduled out of these ports?  Did they just limit it to ports or did they also further limit the ships selling out of these ports?  I'm not up on which ships are currently sailing from which locations.

Those ships sailed from those ports before the disruption. 

Carnival's press release.  

https://carnival-news.com/2020/05/04/carnival-cruise-line-announces-plan-to-phase-in-service/

On 4/30/2020 at 8:03 AM, grandmarnnurse said:

Well, I just checked my account, and my refunds have landed, so it seems that they are now refunding April cruises. Very happy. 😎

On 4/30/2020 at 8:33 AM, ksmcdonald said:

 

I see some April cruises are starting to be refunded. I’m still waiting for my March 22 refund.  So I’m not sure they are going by sail date. Why would they start April when March cruise still need refunded. My dad and sister haven’t received their March 23 refund yet either. 

I'm really trying to figure out how they're processing refunds. I had a group booked for a May 15, 2020 cruise. The group cancelled on March 12. They're all still waiting for a refund. 🤔

3 hours ago, HxFx said:

I was booked on the Legend for this week. The cruise is no longer on my account but no refund for taxes/excursions yet (wasn't expecting any yet but did think the cruise would be somewhere on my account). I don't know if this is because I used a TA or not. I did notice when I tried to open the original link for my booking, from the TA site, it was no longer available. I was trying to see the breakout of my taxes, etc. I wish I had screen captured it! I have all the emails from both TA and Carnival about the cancellation but not details of what I paid.

Your TA gets copies of your cruise booking confirmations if he/she booked them. Email and ask them for a copy.

On 4/16/2020 at 4:10 AM, molole said:

Mardi Gras Thanksgiving sailing.  Because I had Amex Offers I put down $2200 on it, refundable.  There are signs that Mardi Gras may not be ready even without this Covid-19, so I want to prepared and am searching for an alternative cruise in 2021 to my $2200 to.  

 

I always always book with refundable rates, no matter which cruise line.  This time around my strategy saved me so much grief.  

Yes. We stopped booking nonrefundable/Early Saver when Carnival started raising prices. There was just no point since there was hardly ever a price drop. We moved our April 2021 Mardi Gras sailing to October 2021, just to be sure. Now, it looks like we may have to move the Panorama to April 2021, if our rebooked July 18, 2020 sailing gets cancelled too. 

43 minutes ago, Luv2cruz1000 said:

Did you receive any letter for them? They even seem to have a transaction number. Not sure if I will ever see the money!

No, no letter. Just a pop-up when I cancelled the bookings that said refunds in 7-10 days. I'm hoping for the best with this refund issue since all of the cruise lines seem to be taking their sweet time with refunds. 

28 minutes ago, Luv2cruz1000 said:

Tried to find specific answer to this and can't find it. We were on a March 15 sailing and of course it got cancelled. After a few attempts we did get confirmation that my cancellation went through and got a letter say 10-14 day I would get my refund. Nothing yet. I have gotten several answers from Carnival and not sure if it is the credit card company (which they told me it was!) or if it just not issued yet. 

 

Thanks

Carnival's official answer is now 30-90 days for refunds. Some of their reps will say anything to get you off the phone. One of the ones I spoke to tried to blame the bank. So, this is a common tactic. I have 5 clients that cancelled on March 12. We're still waiting for refunds despite my weekly calls. 

We got the 10% one. Not buying it though. We cruise May 23. Our cruise is very much up in the air. 

2 hours ago, Loracpin2 said:

Just curious did you book directly with Carnival or a travel agent? Want to set realistic expectations for my daughter after their Radiance July cruise was cancelled. 

Thanks

I'm a travel agent. It doesn't matter how you booked. We're waiting just like everyone else. Your daughter should expect her refund to take 30-90 days, unfortunately. 

On 2/1/2020 at 1:09 PM, red-dragon said:

Thank you so much John.  Staying near the airport might not work out for us then.  We've never been to Miami and would like to stay close to restaurants, shopping, stores to grab last minute items ...

Brickell or Biscayne area hotels may be best for you then. The Residence Inn Miami Airport is within walking distance of  CVS and a great Latin restaurant, but not much else. There is a smaller local shopping center one or two blocks away but not the best spot if you're planning to do major shopping.

On 1/21/2020 at 1:39 AM, toras said:

How much is fairly affordable?

We usually stay at the Residence Inn Miami Airport. A Lyft to the port from there is around $10 to $15, depending on the ride option you choose. 

3 minutes ago, sw33twif3 said:

I have a spa cabin booked for Carnival Magic in September. I guess I will baking in the sun!

You might be Ok if you don't have a cabin that seemed to get almost constant sun like the one we had. 

We've only had 2 Carnival cabins we'd never book again. Our first spa balcony (1106) on the Glory, not the cabin itself but the location, had absolutely no shade on the balcony. Baking in the hot sun isn't relaxing. We've never booked another spa balcony. What's the point of a balcony if you can't enjoy it? Second one was the worst cabin experience ever on a Carnival ship. Carnival Sunshine cabin 7116. Odd layout, bed pushed up against the wall, no nightstands, weird bathroom layout, door out to balcony at the front of the ship kept being opened and allowed to slammed shut at all hours, almost constant noise from deck chairs being dragged around from the deck above, water leak in the hallway turned into water leaking into our cabin about halfway through the cruise. We got virtually zero sleep that cruise.  At the time, I was furious but I can laugh about it now. Never again though! Lol.

We usually drive when we cruise from Port Canaveral, but I use GoPort for my clients cruising from Port Canaveral. The buses are always there and fill up quickly so you're not waiting forever. There are lines but it's usually people waiting to put their luggage under the bus. The drivers help with that. Their shuttles are at PC consistently until around 10 am. I sent 40 people to Port Canaveral on GoPort shuttles last year. Not one complaint. 

I'd love to know if you found a solution. From my years of researching hotel and transportation options when we travel to Miami, there is no in-between. You essentially have to choose if you want transportation from the airport or transportation to/from the port when choosing a Miami hotel. We usually stay closer to the airport to get the airport shuttle but close enough to the port where a Lyft ride is fairly affordable. 

I'm a travel agent and noticed this last year when I was creating bookings for my clients. It totally depends on the ship. I haven't noticed this as much on older ships. It also depends on the sailing date. Summer is a more expensive time to cruise. We're booked on the May 23, 2020 sailing for the Panorama. The base fare for the 3rd person in our balcony cabin, our 10 year old, is $190 compared to $830 for guests 1 and 2. The base fare for the same cruise and cabin category is now $269 for guest 3 with guest 1 and 2 priced at $1,089. We booked in April. 

Do you have a PVP or a travel agent? They should be able to help you with this.

13 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

That's the breaks when you book on a ship that is being built.

Could go either way. We booked an extended balcony on the Mardi Gras. Hopefully, they'll decide to turn them into suites! 🤞 😀

On 7/3/2019 at 7:44 AM, cmichael1279 said:

Check your AMEX offers again - one popped up this morning for $75 of $350!  This time it's Carnival only, valid until 8/19/19...  I have one of the Delta cards.

How'd you get this on an AMEX Delta card? I have a Delta Skymiles card that I'm seriously thinking about cancelling because it has so few offers I'm interested in, among other things. There's even a Delta offer on flights that's NOT on the Skymiles card 🤷‍♀️. If Delta won't even put offers on their own branded card, what's the point of having it? I get travel offers on my Amex Blue, not on the Delta Skymiles.

On 7/2/2019 at 10:32 AM, mjkacmom said:

This is not the first time I’ve heard of this happening, so I’m sure they know it’s an issue. I give charging privileges to my kids on vacation, and they know not to go over budget. This is different, it was a separate card that was supposed to have $100 worth of swipes. It’s like a visa gift card, once the money is gone, it no longer works. 

Unfortunately, it's not a separate card. It's loaded onto the sea pass card of whoever has the credit. I was pleased that it worked as intended on our Adventure cruise in April. The card reliably declined any attempt to use it in the arcade after the initial credit ran out and also when our reloads ran out. My husband and I were able to reload our son's arcade credit using our Sea Pass cards. This is the first time, we didn't have an issue with the arcade credit. 

October 23, 2019 Havana and Cozumel- looks like it has been changed to Costa Maya and Cozumel. My clients will definitely be changing ships. 

38 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

I am looking at April 2020. 🙂

We're also in metro Atlanta, probably with the same spring break as you. We typically don't cruise Carnival during Spring Break. We get better pricing and itineraries on RCI. Luckily, we get a full week for fall break in October. That's usually when we cruise Carnival. The Horizon's pricing is usually better in October but still not as good as we paid for the Vista. Even the Panorama is cheaper  than the Horizon for many sailings - and it hasn't even come out yet.

18 hours ago, susan1957 said:

How do i add my booking to my account on carnival?

Create an account on Carnival.com, if you don't already have one. If you do, log into your account. Go to Manage, then My Booking.

If you don't already have a booking in your account, a page will pop up that says Access My Booking. If you do already have a booking in your account and need to add another one, click on the tab at the top that says Add a Booking.

Enter your booking information in the fields. Your name has to spelled exactly as it is on the booking. Be sure to check the box to save the booking to your profile. Once the booking is accepted and saved, all you have to do to get to it is click on Manage My Booking when you go to Carnival.com.

I would say no, that is not a great price for a 4-day. But, if you're talking about April 2019, it's not going to get any lower. Compare it to the same cruise on the same ship for the same week in April 2020 and you'll see what I mean. Last minute cruise deals are few and far between these days.