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On 5/4/2023 at 9:29 AM, CDNcruisers said:

Hi, we are looking into staying at this hotel also. Did you book the shuttle transfer with the hotel or on your own? If so, which service did you reserve with? 

Thank you!

Hi, You just telling them while checking in and they will tell you what time to meet out front. It's included with the room price and it's the hotels shuttle. 

We are staying at Hampton Inn Ridgefield Park NJ. They have a shuttle to and from the port. We have stayed here before. It's costing 331.27 USD. 

14 hours ago, Tink10 said:

Just booked today with a fantastic casino offer & St. Lucia is on my bucket list

 

It'll be me & hubby celebrating his birthday & our 33rd anniversary & coming from Arizona 🙂

 

Thank you John for all of the wonderful info you've shared & Good luck with the biopsy!

Hey Tink we are also on this cruise. We are also celebrating a birthday and 25th anniversary. If you haven't you should join the FB group. Lots more going on 

Ours and the ones around us were on an incline and the chairs kept coming forward to smack ya in the head If you sat to far forward. Wouldn't get one next time.  

Hey Mike, Yes it's included. We ate there last year towards the end of our cruise. I wish I would of tried it earlier, would of definitely ate there more than once. I thought it was great! The meat on a stick was sooo good and I'm not a big meat eater. You could order as much as you wanted. I wish it was on the Breakaway which is our next ship to board.

We always use cash. I know what the website says but on my last 2 cruises we put $100.00 for 2 people. I try to prepay everything so I have no bill. And we always use cash to tip extra.

We stayed here before our cruise in Feb. 2019. Good hotel, staff was great, rooms were clean. They offer 2 different times you could head to the port. You also got your own car and driver. They were waiting for us when we got off, never even had to call the number they gave. I would definitely recommend.

Just heard we got our upgrade on the 4-21 Gem sailing. Went from a Free CAS inside cabin to a balcony cabin for 125.pp. YAY!!

So we are on the Gem then end of April. My first question is about the photo packages, is it better to buy before we board or is it the same on board. Also it's a free cruise thru a land based casino, do we get priority boarding with that? Didn't see it any where on my edocs. Also read a few threads on here about a drink card for the casino only, will we get that? If we do do we have to be playing to drink. Or can we just order a drink and than leave? TIA

Hey everyone I really wanna purchase a few of these but I'm a little weary after reading a few reviews (not all from here). Some people state when they got them the had no money on them or it was used already.I even read one that said the envelope was empty no card! Since we are so close I'm nervous about any one of those things happening. Anyone have any experience with any of these things happening and if so what was the out come. Now another question if I do purchase some can I call Carnival and have them applied to my sign and sail card or do I have to wait till I board. TIA Tina