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If it were our choice, we would go with an Aft balcony as long as it’s in the budget and has cabins above and below. Enjoy…no matter what you choose!

Congratulations! What about a surprise scavenger hunt throughout your cabin to find a thoughtful gift? Doesn’t have to be super long or complicated. I enjoy the scavenger hunts that DH has set up for me over the years since our 1st anniversary. Sometimes the gift 🎁 is just as simple as face sheet masks and peppermint shower steamers, which I LOVE! Sometimes it’s a bag full of my favorite skeins of yarn. And sometimes the gift is a CRUISE! 🛳️ 🥰 If your spouse will not enjoy the hunt, then feel free to skip this post right on by.😂 I’m positive others will post great ideas you can utilize. Happy Anniversary!

They really should name it that!🤣 That ramp is no joke.

Then, I’ll be back on Wednesday to continue reading! 😂 Great review so far. Your writing style feels like I’m going journey - a buckle your seat belt real tight, get your snacks ready, turn by turn, kinda journey. Thanks!

We have been on several sailings since the restart, without ever feeling sick with symptoms or testing positive. In fact we never got Covid since it the pandemic began. Maybe we dodged it because we have been working from home for years? Idk. Well that streak ended after our last sailing. DH tested positive for the 1st time ever after we got home from Panorama’s January 6-day sailing. I tested positive for the 1st time ever, 2 days later. He only had a headache, whereas my symptoms were worse: fever, aches, congestion etc. But the reality is, the possibility of getting Covid won’t stop us from sailing or engaging in other activities.

We were on Panorama in January with a TBA/GTY balcony. That’s all we could afford to book at the time. We were assigned a cabin somewhere between 36-48 hrs prior to sailing. It was a mid-ship balcony on the 7th floor. That was a surprise. We fully expected to be in a broom closet with a Juliet balcony 🤣🤣🤣

The first time we received an upgrade/upsell offer was for our last sailing. Prior to that, I did not know what to look for either. I found this video helpful.

Following…well, because it’s Antartica! C’mon! It’s on the bucket list! ☺️

For us, we notice several offers for our last sailing. The Carnival cruise manager showed multiple, refreshed offers in the weeks leading up to the cruise. But we only received one offer via email. We checked emails and the cruise manager almost daily, because we booked a GTY/TBA balcony cabin to see when a room was assigned to us.

We just got off of Panorama on Saturday and saw our cruise history was updated today (Monday). For us In the past, it took somewhere between to 5-7 business days to show up on our cruise history.

Our gty balcony cabin was assigned 36 hours prior to sailing on Panorama. We purchased the trip through Carnival’s website, 10 weeks prior to sailing. We didn’t get an email. I also kept stalking our cruise manager until it showed.

We owned a Jeep over 10 years. I never knew about the duck thing. Haha I guess our Jeep wasn’t tricked out enough. 😂

Home sweet home. I just love that NYC skyline view! 🏙️

🎵…and it feels so good. 🎶 - Peaches & Herb 😁 Thanks for the picture LaRue. And thanks to all of you who are keeping this thread updated with info. It sure is appreciated.

We are in Club 23. 🛳️ Close enough to feel excited, and yet too far away to pack. 😏

Wow! Well, you tried.

We don’t like how close the tables for two are either. It has the propensity to be awkward. 😂 We like to check out the MDR on embarkation day, to scout for two-tops that are relatively more private, or booths. We take note of the table numbers. After we check in on the app, if we have been given one of these tables, great. If not, then we try to ask the hostess for something a bit more private. It works for us. On elegant night though, we just take what we get to avoid crowding at the entrance. 🛳️ 🍽️ 🎉

Sorry this happened to you. Did you manage to stay for the whole dinner? I’m hoping they were on their last course as you were being seated.

It would happen to me too! 😣

We’ve sailed out of five port cities. I listed them below in order of how much we loved sailaway. 1. NYC 🥳 2. Miami 🥰 3. San Juan 😊 4. Seattle 😏 5. Long Beach 🫤

I lost! I only see one email. Oh poops! 😂

Last night, I noticed the 1st upsell offer we ever received in our entire cruising history. 🎉 We booked a balcony guarantee for a price that fit our budget. The offers (shown below) would take us way outside of our lil vacation budget. So, we will not be taking any. 😏 Today I noticed an email that said we could upgrade for $92 per cabin! 🥳 But when I went to carnival’s website, the only offers that show are what I’ve already seen.😝 Oh well. At least I can join the crowd who has received an upsell offer. 😂

Deck 9, Port, AFT: Red ( Panorama ) Deck 6, Port, AFT: Orange ( Radiance )

I found myself having to ask where our muster station was on Panorama, once we got onboard. Then I learned that when you are on the ship you can find out where your station is using the Hub app. I like that, especially in case of an actual emergency. But this is nice because we can learn this information 14/16 days beforehand. Thank you for the finding this. @EngIceDave

I totally remember that!! It was a thick envelope, and we got real luggage tags too. 😂 9 days for us. 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽