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Our first time was 2008 Inspiration, out of Tampa. It was also our first time flying. We ate breakfast in the dining room every morning, we were on the riviera deck ocean view. I always wanted to go to the cayman island ever since I saw The Firm. I thought I was on a large ship until we docked near a larger ship in Cozumel. We were hooked. The next time we cruised we took our kids 10 and 14 my mom and brother on the glory in 2010. Relaxing way to vacation to us.

Not in my offers clearly I don’t play enough.

Other post I’ve read people pay the same day but if you haven’t paid in full yet I’m not sure.

I would do a mock booking and see if there is a savings.

4 hours ago, SLCfirsttimer said:

If this happens I sure hope Carnival extends the time to be able to use the FCC on a rebooking well into 2022, going to be hard to accommodate all of those of us who have cancelled or had our cruises cancelled. Would be a PR nightmare if a portion of those that had paid for cruises were never able to cruise due to lack of availability.

Me too I do hope things get better before then. 

Just my opinion I don’t think cruises will start back until Aug or sept. My son and some family and his friends have one july 18. I have the Mardi Gras booked for December 12 I don’t think the ship will be ready so looking now for another option just in case.

I order the week of my trip.

I was just watching an episode of Golden Girls and saw a picture of an old Carnival ship where Rose went on a cruise with the guy who will later become Miles Webber

I only started cruising in 2008 I do miss the ding and love hearing the lady say deck 9 lido 😂 

33 minutes ago, lasekeye said:

This is exactly what happened when they had to cancel the first time.

 

We were scheduled for the first 2 sailings from Copenhagen, and out of curiosity I was always doing mock bookings to check on the availability status.  There were many, many cabins available, but over night, the sailings were fully booked for many sailings ahead, then a few days later we got the cancellation email.

 

Sure hope it’s not happening again.  We took one of our 25% FCC and booked again for December.....I wonder if we will get the original FCC AND another FCC if they have to cancel the Mardi Gras again.

Yeah I’m thinking that I might have to switch ships this December. If I can’t sail the Mardi Gras I’m looking at the Breeze and Radiance

Yeah I saw that, I think that's good!!

I just checked on my December 12 and it’s gone. Possibly sold out since yesterday guess we have to wait and see.

10 minutes ago, Organized Chaos said:

 

To celebrate their 50th birthday, in March of 2022, they'll have several "Sailabration" cruises. Different activities and throwback events. They're also doing four different "meetups" where multiple ships will come together out on the ocean at different points during their cruises. You can read about it here: https://www.carnival.com/carnival-sailabration-cruises.aspx

Oh wow that is going to be cool

2 hours ago, Organized Chaos said:

We just got back from the Horizon on Sunday. The last one before the shut-down. I feel for those who got cancelled, but here's to hoping you get to make it up soon.

 

When we left, things were still relatively calm. It wasn't until about six days in that we started hearing things back in the U.S. were going crazy. Even so, the mood on board never changed. No one talked about it, except for those of us with the occasional jokes to lighten things up, and everyone went about having fun as usual. Aside from the safety measures being taken by the crew, we couldn't really tell anything unusual was going on. If our cruise had been one week later, and Carnival didn't shut down, we would've gone.

 

 Now comes the hard part. Being on CC and reading about everyone's upcoming cruises when we don't have one scheduled. 😔 But we're looking. We're thinking about doing one of the Sailabraton cruises. 😃

What are the sailabration cruise 

5 hours ago, Pyxie said:

Grab a Guy's burger and a half off fishbowl drink (not necessarily in that order).

How much are these fish bowls people keep mentioning?

I know someone who just got off the last sunshine cruise and they served everyone at the buffet they had the pizza guys put the cheese or red pepper on the pizza and in the dining room no salt and pepper shakers the servers did it for you and if you wanted ketchup they put it in a little cup like they use for the syrup.  

Rebook the Mardi Gras July 17, 2021 with an extended balcony. Right now I have a regular balcony for December 12

1 hour ago, Warm Breezes said:

I'll be doing the same thing.  See you there.

Hello can't wait right now I have a balcony on deck 14 husband likes being up high. I am waiting out an extended balcony though in the middle.

23 minutes ago, zorky12 said:

I will be joining you ! We are in this sailing as well!

Hey 👋🏾 fantastic 

Sailing on the Mardi Gras December 12 I will get a fruity drink and try all the new restaurants!! Thanks for this thread!!

I have to agree I think carnival should have done more with communications if they can send out mass emails of sales they could have done the same with announcements. I don’t sail until December my son has a cruise in July. So we will see what happens. I do feel bad for individuals who went a day or so early to find out they can’t go. 

16 hours ago, nursldyjen said:

Any one else refused boarding clearance? No phone call, no email, no signage. Parked at the pier of Charleston, paid for parking admitted to the operators with the ted and blue numbers, only to be told YOUR NOT BOARDING TODAY!!!!! Diabetic, heart failure, need oxygen basically are you handicapped in any way? Well today your not getting on. Here is the Carnival stamped letter head( no one in Miami headquarters is aware) but you cannot board. Speak up and you will be arrested for starting a riot. So sorry. I just took off work, drove 800 miles and my vacation is cancelled. Well there I sat dumbfounded with so many parties of more than myself and my husband. Tears, families and friends making decisions. It's okay wade go, I will come back and get you Monday. CDC did not post this, they told us they did. Anyone else????????

So sorry to hear that this happened to you. I can't remember where I read it but they did say those problems would prevent you from boarding. At first they were just saying underline health conditions and I always thought it would be good to know what they are. They should have at least sent a letter. My daughter is on that same cruise for a bachelorette  party. Did you call Carnival?

My daughter and her friends are sailing Thursday out of Charleston and one person cancelled out of their room. Carnival refunded about 160 and the rest future credit. So far they haven’t changed their cabin 

12 hours ago, vanchelle said:

This is our plan. Wee leave next Thursday on the Sunshine. Packing extra meds, planning to enjoy our vacay!

My daughter and a group of friends are doing a bachelorette cruise but 2 girls are backing out one with a small child and the other per dr advice told not to cruise because she is in her first trimester. The rest of the young ladies plan on enjoying theirs too.

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