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    Time for a 12 day Scandinavian cruise out of Dover om the Carnival Pride

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    5 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

    Much better on landing, waited 35 minutes for bags, then Carnival reps waiting outside baggage claim and 4 busses to Hotel.  We landed at Gatwick and took busses to Heathrow, Raddisson blu.  Very nice hotel checked us all in in ballroom, fairly quick.  Went and ate and back in room.  Exhausted, they have busses all times to both airports tomorrow, think we will do a cab,  Were told to save all receipts and send in for reimbursement.  Hotel already paid for.

     

    Others in our group had other flights (all made it out), everyone on a flight goes to same hotel (different from ours.  will see them in airport tomorrow.  I am beat.

    Thanks for all of the updates! Get some rest and safe travels!

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    Miracle Dry Dock 2020

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    http://www.embarkandaway.com/carnival-drydock-schedule.html

     

    Carnival Miracle's Dry-Dock Information:  UPDATED INFORMATION! 
    Previous Dry-Dock:  2015             Year of Next Scheduled Dry-Dock:  2020
    Notes:   The Carnival Miracle's next dry-dock is scheduled for 2/14/20 - 3/04/20, according to GoCCL. The ship is currently scheduled to receive features such as Guy's Burger Joint, Blue Iguana Cantina, Carnival's WaterWorks, Red Frog Rum Bar, and the Blue Iguana Cantina Bar. This information is from the Carnival website's list of coming soon features for the Carnival Miracle. I will update this if I learn any additional information about the Carnival Miracle's 2020 dry-dock.

     

    Liberty of the seas daily Compass and kids club info attached

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    I dont think you will have too many problems, I would register as soon as you are able once in the ship. They had kids club info at the port once you get past security and go upstairs . We didnt use kids club, only went for a family activity. Talk to people that have used it for babies so you have some feedback. Good luck!

    Thanks for the info - we're sailing Liberty in January 2019 and I appreciate being able to see the actual Adventure Ocean flyer. Our daughter will be 3 when we sail, looks like they can only take a max of 30 3-5 year olds. What I've read on this messageboard is that they rarely hit the max but still, a little bit of trepidation about them running out of room at times.

    Liberty of the seas daily Compass and kids club info attached

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    If you get a chance, grab a teen club newsletter please. Several people have asked and I didnt think to grab one. They just delivered the kids club one to the room since we have an 8 year old.

     

    If you are planning on ice skating bring pants and socks! We had to improvise a bit.. also, bring motion sickness patches or dramamine just in case.. choppy waters from storm.

     

    Thanks so much for taking the time to post this! My family and I will be on Liberty in 2 weeks and I so appreciate having the information!

    Live (Fake News!) Review of Liberty of the Seas from Galveston March 4-11

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Thank you for this info!!!!!!

     

    embarkation

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    on embarkation day, the marriott offers a shuttle for $40 per room for the shuttle to port. You need to book in advance and they schedule them on the half hour, so be sure to inquire right away, if you want that option. Our private uber xl to the pier was $23.35 for both of us, a regular uber may have been even less. We went to the pier early, around 9:30 am because we had some research to do at the pier. I’d imagine as it gets later, with more traffic and more people arriving, uber prices would increase.

    we arrived at port (rc is at pier 2) just before 10 am, and found a spot in the terminal building to drop our bags with the porters. The porters were not yet at the curb for arriving guests since they were assisting departing guests, but there is a place to drop luggage clearly labeled at pier 2 “luggage drop”. after dropping luggage we made our way to the “check in” entrance, through security (the line was very short at that hour) and up the escalator to the check in personnel, where we signed our health declaration, had our photos taken and got our sea pass cards.

    we were given a mission, several actually, by friends before we left. It was "this is your mission, you have no choice but to accept it!"

    we had 3 missions on this pre cruise (once you become a travel blogger people line up to ask you to do research for them...our missions were eclectic, but focused!

     

    1. find if cruise stop offers coke zero (our recon says no, but the friendly cashiers said call 2 weeks ahead of your cruise and they will stock it for you!)
    2. find out if one could order a cake from a bakery in grand cayman and bring it back on board (or recon says, big no, no! A clearly marked sign says no food or drink allowed back on board...unless it’s one of the ever popular rum cakes so,d everywhere that are sealed in the box. )
    3. find out what there is to do on galveston island for a young family.

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    we also wanted to buy some bottled water and research cruise stop as a luggage storage options when we disembarked, this is a small convenience store just one block from the pier. Walk under the elevated pedestrian pier and you will follow that road one block till you see the windows with “cruise stop” written on them, it’s up the stairs on that corner. Here are the things cruise stop offers:

    • a variety of water, soda and wine to buy to take on board
    • a small grocery with snacks and last minute toiletries
    • an authentic buffet that changes daily with with hometown favorite specialties of crews on board from asia. The crew seemed to be welcome to use wi-fi and hang on the stairs.
    • friendly cashiers who will check your luggage after your cruise if you have time to kill and want to wander on the strand after disembarkation.

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    umm, these won't fit in the bag!

    while researching, we bought ourselves a case of sealed up water bottles, which only after purchase did we realize would not fit in the bag we brought with us to check it on board. So we opened the shrink wrapping (knowing we were decreasing our chances of getting it on board) filled the bag with what we could and there i was like a homeless person hawking the left over bottles that didn’t fit to strangers on the pier. Fortunately, i didn’t need a vendors license, since i was giving them away, not selling them!

    several folks said, “oh they aren’t going to let you have those on board” and i know every time i try, there is a distinct possibility, i’ll be out the 6 to 9 bucks i paid for my case of water, but it’s worth a try because it’s so convenient not having to fill my refillable bottle from glasses at the windjammer every morning, and having it cold and tight in the cabin when we need it. Once we had the bag full and tagged with one of our luggage tags, we returned to the luggage drop off, put it in the corner with the other luggage waiting to board and hoped for the best. (it arrived without incident with the rest of our bags)

    after our recon missions, we stayed to the left side of the check in line where we passed through “re security” (this is a streamline entry for people who already have their sea pass card. Our sea pass card, id and bags were all checked) we by passed by the check in line (and being old salts, we also bypassed the boarding photo lines) and made our way to the seating area. It was only about 1/3 full at 10:30 am and just as our fannies hit the seats, they started announcing they would begin boarding, pinnacle c&a members and suite guests first, diamond and diamond + next, other c&a folks next then by group numbers.

    we were on board and relaxing in the solarium by 11 am.

    So is Coxen Hole Still open?

    in Roatan

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    It is official, no Allure in Roatan. Press release attached. Following this story since we are scheduled to be there in May, on the Liberty.

     

    I’m seeing on FB that Royal will not be docking Allure (and maybe others?) in Roatan at all “this season”. (Not sure exactly what that means... all summer? I’m scheduled to go on Allure in June and haven’t received word directly from Royal yet, however.
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