starstruck05

This post is several years old. You are no longer allowed to email the onboard staff. You can ask your request once onboard or you can post a message on John Heald on his Facebook about 5 days before your cruise and he will try to assist.

I'm bummed. I love Cookie. I was looking forward to seeing him again for our MG cruise.

On Carnival's side, your cruise is paid for so if you change anything it doesn't effect Uplift. If you cancel the cruise you get what Carnival gives Uplift back. So if you're within the 50% refund time, you get the 50% back. I haven't had to pay any interest when using Uplift so far but if your offer is with interest, it would be minus that.

The chat feature is to chat through the Hubapp not your Imessage. The other posters weren't being "Karens". That's not even what a Karen by definition even is. They told you correctly. It's not "supposed " to work. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't. Don't ever count on it.

DallasGuy is exactly right. No need to go to the port an hour before actually. You will literally just be standing around and in the bottle neck of departing passengers. They keep it moving and your 10 am arrival time is the earliest and they won't let you inside before then. I wouldn't show up before 9:30/9:45 but yes there will be porters there to take your luggage in between them going back to help departing passengers with theirs.

My point is still valid. It's also illegal to cross the border with THC. Hence my comment earlier about watching "To Catch A Smuggler".

I highly suggest watching the show "To Catch A Smuggler" on Disney+. All the questions about processes and how they pick people to check and not check and why are answered on that show. It's fascinating and way more complicated than you think. It doesn't feature cruiselines however but CBP process is the same anywhere.

My last cruise in August...had it every brunch.

You can get Pineapple juice free as juice with breakfast/brunch in the dining room. It's a charge anywhere else. There is Orange/Guava juice on the breakfast buffet with the apple and orange juice. It's my favorite but it's the only place to get it. Any other time you want juice yes you would have to pay for it at the bar without a drink package.

Going to Barcelona from New Orleans on a cruise is almost unheard of so yeah in that aspect it's going somewhere 🤣. Seadays are a blessing. I would take a cruise to no where if it was still a thing. Trust cruise critic won't make the decision for us, logistics would. I was just interested to see what my cruise critic buddies would pick. I'm blessed enough to even have a choice and I honestly wish I could do both.

That was indeed a concern of mine, mostly if we would make the glaciers. I don't mind the cold.

So right now, Mom and I are scheduled in April of 2025 to go to Alaska from Seattle. Never been to Alaska or Seattle for that matter. However today a 16 day Journeys cruise from NOLA (our homeport) to Barcelona is now available. That one is 4 days after the Alaska one ends so no way to do both. We have plenty of time to decide. Which would you pick? We've also never been to Barcelona either. I thought the flights would be outrageous but if I was to buy flights from Barcelona now it's less than $1000 for both of us. Obviously the price will be different 2 years from now but at the moment it's not unaffordable. Even the cruise in a balcony room is only $1300 pp which is less than I payed for our upcoming Mardi Gras cruise. Alaska is indeed a bucket list trip and Barcelona wasn't originally but it is now 🤣 since I can Uber 10 minutes from my house to Port of NO.

I go watch Bingo all the time. I don't usually play anymore. Usually Bingo is before another event I'm there for but sometimes I just like watching. Same with Deal or no deal. No one will notice or care if you bring your own cards just don't forget you aren't really playing and yell "Bingo" lol!

We use both metal straws and we found compostable "plastic" straws on Amazon. They are plant based. 200 Count 100% Plant-Based Compostable Colorful Straws-KTOB Biodegradable Flexible Drinking Straws - A Fantastic Eco Friendly Alternative to Disposable Plastic Bendable Plasticless Straws

I've only had it the main dining room and it's not really on the menu as mentioned. I get Pinapple sorbet most every night since most of the desserts involve chocolate or nuts. I know they have orange and lime as well.

I think your original question. Is hard to understand. Cruise cash and OBC is separate. It sounded like you wanted to buy cruise cash with OBC but you want to buy cruise cash in ADDITION to your OBC. You can buy up to the max on cruise cash as they aren't the same.

You do that exact thing with OBC.......

There is honestly no point in buying Carnival Cash with OBC. You can use OBC for anything on board including the Casino and excursions. Cruise cash limits you.

The overall price is the same. You are paying per bottle onboard rather than the pack price however so therefore paying gratuities per bottle.

Yes you can order more bottles of water via room service or from a bar. The cost usually comes out slightly more expensive than pre-ordering as they charge per bottle onboard.

Was the $180 for 1 car or both cars for the 4 days? I thought NOLA parking has gotten expensive at $175 for 7 days ($25 a day). I should stop complaining!

I was just on the Glory at the beginning of the month and we did the late night snack twice and it was busy both times. We went right as they opened at there were at least 20 people waiting both times. I'm happy it's back.

Sadly there is no Pig and Anchor on the Glory. (Just left her on Sunday)

You may not need to move the date. If you need a few more days, call Carnival and explain and they usually can work with you with possibly moving the final payment date. Otherwise yes you may run into a penalty for changing the date but depends on who you speak to.

I don't know if half the comments on here missed it but to the Original point of this post, only on TWO ships is there no free drink D/P party. The Mardi Gras and the Celebration for the very specific reason as there is no bar to serve the drinks where the party would need to happen. On those two ships (and possibly the Jubilee as well) they serve a glass of wine and you get the drink voucher loaded on your S & S. Every single other ship the party is as normal and nothing has changed.