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Question if I can add on to this and not waste up another topic space... I've never done stocks before but with carnival being down and a good way to save up for retirement in like 30 years along with my IRA stuff. I was going to do a stock trading account and purchase the minimum 100 stocks, but I noticed there's an option for a joint account. Would I be able to do a joint stock account with my mom and we could split the purchase of the stocks under both our names? And since we never cruise together (someone has to stay to watch the pets) could we both make use of the OBC benefit when we cruise at different times of the year?

We will be on Vista in Dec 2020 and Mardi Gras in Dec 2021. We have only splurged on doing the steakhouse and was thinking one of these times to do the Chef's table. Would either ship be good or one be better than the other you think?

I texted my PVP and he said I had to wait until 10 months out so maybe thats the issue. Here is what I see:

Issue is the From in the first box and To in the second. No available options to choose from and won't accept anything typed in. Flying from Orlando to stop near Galveston.

For those who have tried using it before, anyone running into the issue of not being able to pick a Departing airport for the first leg of the and Arrival for the second? Both would be MCO (Orlando airport). But its just blank and when I try to type either in it won't do anything, just says select an airport. I've tried with Chrome, Edge and IE thinking it might be a browser issue but all 3 do the same thing.

My friends hated the sofa bed. The newer ship sounds like they will be using an actual mattress in the new design tho. But the older sofa beds are hard. They had nothing for us to use other than blankets, and even adding extra blankets don't help.

Sometimes it could be an off day. I had the blue crab one evening, was the best thing ever. Had it again the next day and was had to send it back to be recooked.

Bonine! Take 2, don't chew them tho they taste nasty. Atleast 30min prior to ride. Works great! And non of that drosiness like Dramamine.

To explain in a lil more detail too there's an ON TIME line and an EARLY/LATE line. If you don't pay extra for FTTF or have the other options, the quicker line is normally making sure you're there during your slotted time. But at least in Port Canaveral we've found even if we got there for the later line we were in pretty fast.

5 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

The "secret" deck off the spa on deck 14 is really nice. Small intimate area with nice padded couch like seating.  Some of the other secret decks don't have seating or only a hard bench.

Would the sister ship vista have this same thing?

How about thinking about it this way. Someone pays for a balcony room. Never or rarely uses it (I can take loads of photos down the ship and show many empty balconies). Would you ever argue that others should have access to that area? Now the havana area is a big balcony that we all paid grouply into (I'm sure there's a word for this). Why should we allow others to use an area we paid for?

Mardi gras will have the new Loft 19 with it's own pool area, why not pay the extra to bring your children into that area or book the suite that includes it?

Majority of tour operators refund you if they have to cancel due to weather. I alway prefer to prebook to make sure I am with a reputable operator and have an idea of what I'll be getting. I'm sure there will be something available tho at the pier. But jet skiing might not be.. that's always the best going out there! 🙂

We booked over a year in advance to snag one of the only 4 person interior havana rooms (was only $100 more pp than regular interior) for the chance to have a less crowded area. After see the room size I hope we four girls survive this cruise lol.

We dont go until Dec. But we decided to do something closer to port since that's a 2 hr drive to get to. We will plan to do it later when we can visit Ohio rios.

If you plan on using the couch as a bed don't do it, super uncomfortable.

Did you say your port is Ochio's Rios or Montego Bay? If you're planning on doing the falls/blue lagoon there's a really long drive time from Montego Bay. We were thinking about doing blue lagoon but with the 2hr drive there (and another 2 back) we decided to save that for a time we stop at Ochio Rios since it's closer to that port. Be sure to factor that in 🙂

I used to use ear plugs when I roomed in with snorers but they got uncomfortable. So I moved to listening to music. You can search for them, but there's eye covers that have speakers in them. I just ordered one myself.

On staying on deck over night, they do clean (hose down/pick up loungers) them in the evening and we were asked to leave areas before so they could work. So YMMV on where you can stay due to that.

15 hours ago, shof515 said:

the future cruise desk seems to be removed on ships from what i noticed or it is hidden in a corner somewhere that is hard to find

I asked about that my last cruise, they said it's now integrated with the excursion desk.

Can also go towards your tips if you didn't prepay them.

There seems to be more things to do around Ocho Rio than Montego Bay. But depending on what you want to do there's some interesting things around Montego Bay also.

For the new tender ticket board, how soon do they put it out and where is it located?

Don't forget you can get room service, coffee as you wake up.

For anyone who has done this before, I understand the trip is 2 hours one way (so 4 hours round trip). My group REALLY wants to visit there but I'm concerned about timing. We are in port form 8am to 5pm at Montego Bay. Have people successfully booked this with a non cruise tour group with no issues on getting back to ship on time? If we are able to leave the port near the time we arrive around 8am, how much time do you think we might have on the way back to either each at Scothies or play at Margaritaville?

We actually booked Mardi Gras 2 years early cause of how cheap it was (even splurged for Interior Havana room) to do it this early. We normally book things few months out but doubt we'd ever be able to do that with the Mardi Gras with pricing how it is now 🙂

Black Friday deal is usually discounted deposit from what I've seen in the past.

I really liked the sugar straws with the frozen fruity drinks I got. It got a lil soft on the top but just bite it down some as you're drinking it. I dunno if it was flavored, just sweet. I like sweet things tho 🙂 I did actually have to request this straw at most bars as they primarily gave the regular straws. If I recall I think just at dinner we had to wave down a server for a straw as they just didn't give any.