Essiesmom

But they still are not handle by Guest Services. The Spa handles the spa, although I think you can do it in the app. You can reserve the shows in the app or on the interactive screens located about the ship. I believe you can make the dinner reservations in the app, or at the restaurants themselves. Not sure if you can do that on the screens. EM

Guest Services would not have anything to do with the Spa. There is a reception desk within the spa that would handle reservations. EM

Booked last night and this morning have an offer to bid for an upgrade. From OV to obstructed and junior balcony. I’ll pass for now. EM

It’s the flash they don’t want. EM

I’ll do another Live from, including Valiant Lady if there is interest. I was surprised it was affordable for me, but I booked the lowest cabin…their solo inside. And then immediately got an email to buy an upgrade to several levels, including solo OV for $90. Tempting, but I want to try the smallest first. Price includes drinks, WiFi, gratuities. I could come off with no bill at all. Might even have a drink. EM

I just tried it and got an immediate reply that it went through. Now to wait and see if it is approved. EM

Here are two inside cabins on Divina that I took in 2017. One large chair. I did see an OV or two with two of these chairs.

Well, I played well today. I booked the Valiant Lady five day July 14-19. Get off Valiant Lady, travel down the pier and board Magnifica for 3 days. Below the Salt on both…tiny solo inside on Lady, Fantastica inside on Magnifica. I’m sailing for the ships, ports don’t matter. Next two cruises after these are on Carnival. EM

Where does one find a link to the status match? I bit the bullet and booked on Valiant Lady for July…. EM

I am considering a cruise on VV and would like to know generally how people dress onboard…other than theme parties? I’m a casual, coordinated person but I do like to dress up on occasion. EM

Are you trying to book solo? On many attempts it is suddenly sold out when you reduce it to one guest. EM

Not any more. There used to be 1-2 day cruises to nowhere, booze cruises…but CBP ruled that on that type of voyage the crew were actually working in/from the US and would need a different (harder to get) visa. So the CTN went away. I think at least ten years ago. That said, you can find long cruises without intermediate ports. Not on the mass market lines, and not closed loop. The Cunard crossings are such. We were booked on one on Windstar from Costa Rica to Tahiti, 15 days. But Covid cancelled it. I have seen cruises on other smaller lines from Colon, Panama to the US East coast with no stops. They are out there, but not for the budget cruiser. EM

And both would have to have passports. Carnival (and other lines) used to allow this, but they stopped routinely approving it because is make the cruise no longer a closed loop for everyone onboard, extra paperwork, longer CBP clearance for everyone on return. EM

I need a very soft bed and the first time I asked my steward for an egg crate all she did was put an extra mattress pad on the bed. Not a solution. Next cruise I explained to the steward that I needed a foam egg crate pad. He put one on, though I think he put it on upside down, with the flat side up. But it was certainly better, but not perfect. EM

This is true, but the longer cruises can go further afield, whereas the very short cruises stay close to home. You will get tired of Nassau, Freeport, Princess Cays, Bimini… EM

The peacocks have always been there…. EM

Short cruises are notable for being party cruises. The shorter one will be more frantic, people trying to cram as much ‘fun’ into three days as possible. The 5 day is still short, a party cruise, but not as frantic. If the 3 day is over a weekend, it may be a booze cruise. People have to take more time off to do a five day…EM

Unless the menu is every bar is the same, that would be hard to do. EM

So final payment has not yet been made. How are you doing it? Can you do it online, or do you have to do it through the TA? Or is the TA going to do it automatically when it is due? If so, then the TA has the credit card number and could access it to charge the cancellation fee. Do you have more than one credit card? If so, and you can make the payment online, or even on the phone with Princess, I would do so with a card different from the one you used for the deposits. Then I would temporarily lock the card that you used for the deposit so the TA can’t charge you the fee. I think the TA should have noticed when you booked that you had double booked two cabins and straightened it out then. EM

Probably not noisy at all. Being above a venue is not usually a problem unless it is a musical venue. EM

There is a modest roll call for this cruise. First one on the Pride roll call page. EM

Absolutely. But someone reported a somewhat convoluted method to beat the system. They rescheduled the cruise forward for the time required, but in a non-YC cabin. They then cancelled that cruise for a refund. EM

I thought you left the eavesdropping to your DW…. EM

You need to go to cruisedeckplans.com and use the drag deck feature to get an idea of what is above that cabin. It appears to be under the serving area of the aft section of the buffet, no scraping of chairs. Are there more than two of you in that cabin? It’s a quad cabin with bunks on the side walls. EM

As the above poster asked…did you make final payment on all 7 cabins? When did you discover your mistake? If you paid for all of the cabins, and are past final payment, you are not going to get much if anything back if you cancel on a cruise that sails in June. Might as well just check in and spread out! EM