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Please excuse me if this was asked already but is there a list of cabins that the dry slides pass by the outsides of the balconies? I would hate to have one of those cabins.

How much is Crazy Lobster? Do you reserve in advance on line?

After arriving in Barcelona, we took the Aerobus from the airport to our hotel, HCC Montblanc, 1 block from Plaza Catalunya. Lovely modern hotel and very reasonable price. We had been in Barcelona in 2018 and did all the major sights so this time we booked a day tour with In-Out Barcelona tours to Girona and the Costa Brava. It was lovely. Our van held 8 and picked us up and dropped us back off at our hotel. Website: https://www.inoutbarcelonatours.com/ Our first stop was Gibraltar. We did a private tour with John Lopez Rock Tours with six others. He took us to all the sights on the rock. He was a wonderful guide. Here is his site: https://www.gibraltar-rock-tours.com/ Next stop Lisbon. We did the Lisbon, Sintra and Estoril tour with Spain Day Tours. It was nice but very long. It included the Petty Palace and really too much palace and not enough touring. Website: Spain Day Tours.com Onto Porto. I really struggled with this port but eventually booked with Tours4cruisers. Really reasonable and not very long but saw all the sights. We also booked with Tours4cruisers in Vigo and La Caruna. Couldn't beat the prices. Website:Tours4Cruisers.com In Bilbao we took the excursion offered by Sandra's Cruise tours. It was a long day and nearly missed the ship. Website: https://www.sandrascruisetours.com/ship/carnival-pride-47.html We drove along the coast and went into the Guggenheim. We wound up not getting off the ship at La Rochelle. We were suppose to go to Le Havre next but because of a port workers strike it was cancelled. We wound up going to Amsterdam instead. I wasn't able to have enough time to research any excursions so we wound up doing the City Sightseeing hop on hop off bus. If you don't have tickets you cannot get on near the port but have to walk or take a tram to Central Station to buy tickets. We found out that between 2pm and 6pm tickets were 15 Euros each so we walked around the city till then. Someone else on our cruise said you can buy unlimited tram tickets for 9 Euros each. Probably a better deal. Our final excursion in Brugge was again with Sandra's Cruise Tours, website above. The city is very beautiful but again a very long day and too much time on our own. Debarkation was in Dover but we were doing a back to back with Norway so stayed on the ship to do laundry and rest up from this port intensive cruise. I hope this will help some about what to do in these ports.

Been a few days home so just wanted to put this out as info for anyone doing a Norway cruise. Bergen - Did the hop on hop off bus with City Sightseeing. Booked on line with a 10% off code you can look up. Took funicular to top. Gorgeous views. Should get ticket for 2 ways. We made the mistake of one way and walking down the 3 km. Very steep. Must be in great shape. 45 minutes turned into 1 1/2 hours. Also last time hoho bus back to cruise port is around 4pm. Alesund - Didn't want a long 7-8 hour tour so did the City Train. Took you to the same places as the hoho buses but around $10pp cheaper. https://www.bytoget.no/byer/aalesund Molde - Took the Carnival excursion to the Atlantic Coast Road because I had OBC to pay for it. It was just okay, nothing special except the bridge. If you want to book it yourself this is the website: https://www.norwayexcursions.com/en/tour/molde-the-adventurous-atlantic-ocean-road/ Olden - Took the troll car tour to the glacier. It was incredible. The views were stunning. This is the website: https://www.oldencruise.com/ Skjolden - Did a rib boat excursion. Fantastic. They suit you up and supply masks, hats and gloves. On the pier but a long walk to meetup. Website: https://www.adventuretours.no/ Haugesund - Again took the City Train. Pretty boring town. Should have done an excursion outside of town.

If you are not in the greatest shape I would buy the round trip tickets. I made a mistake thinking I could walk down the 3 km. The sign said 45 minutes but took me 1.5 hrs. Because it was so steep and my legs ached for 2cdays afterward.

Still unable to book Queen Mary for April, 2024. Website only allows to book up to December 30, 2023. Anyone know when 2024 will open?

In Bergen we took the hoho bus and then got off at the funicular. We made the mistake of only purchasing one way tickets. Thought it would be easy to walk down. It was 3 kms. Said 45 minutes. Took 1.5 hours for us. Very steep. Caught the hoho bus back to the ship around 4pm. Driver said it was the last bus back.

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We were just on the Pride where we turned gold from red was told we get a free water so we did. Then in the theater on the last night ordered two drinks. Said I was eligible but hubby wasn't be ause he redeemed the water. He went to guest services and they gave him a voucher and was able to get the cocktail .

Just got off the Pride from a 21 day back to back. It was great.

Thanks for doing this review. I could t keep up with all the non cruise discussions on the transatlantic report. We will be on a Journey cruise in February.

It was a pleasure meeting you and B on this cruise. The great weather continued on our Norway leg into the first port of Bergen. Now we are in the second stop of Alesund. Started out warm and sunny till noon then changed to windy, chilly and cloudy with small drops of rain. But still a great cruise.

I am currently on a b2b sailing booked through my travel agent. This is only my second time on Carnival. The first one was booked directly with Carnival so there was no TA OBC. They are telling me that all travel agent's on board credit is always considered cruise cash and non refundable. This has never been true on other cruise lines and my TA never told me either. I wound up buying gift certificates to use to pay for my next Carnival cruise. Is this always the case?

We checked in half hour ago (10 45). Still says one hour to go.

We did Sandra's 5 hour tour up the Basque coast and the Guggenheim which turned into 7 hours. It would have even been longer but people were afraid we would miss the boat.

Our 5 hour excursion with Sandra's tour turned into 7 hours. We went up the Basque coast and did the !Guggenheim museum

Our A/C is stuck on frozen. Said they would fix it today.

Sorry. Have not decided yet. I'm now considering other cruises as well.

We are at Newark. Plane was suppose to go at 7 30pm. Now delayed until 9 15pm. Sigh

We are leaving tomorrow.

We are on this cruise with you. On Saturday we are doing Girona and Costa Brava with In-Out Barcelona Tours. We saw all the major Barcelona sights when we were there in 2018.

On our United nonstop from Newark to Barcelona they changed planes on us and went from a two across side to a bigger three across. We didn't want a middle seat so changed to two aisles next to each other. Both seats next to us have been vacant until today.😭 Was hoping for the extra room. Leaving tomorrow.

Hi. We are on the Pride leaving Barcelona a day before you. We will be on the Venezia in February so looking forward to your trip report.

I also got an upgrade offer but didn't know to where. I was afraid to click the red button in case it made me lose the cabin I was already booked in. In the future is it safe to click the red button without actually changing cabins, just to know what they are offering?

We are on this cruise with you as well as the B2B in Norway. It will only be our second Carnival cruise but if it's as good as the first one we will be happy. Looking forward to hearing your perspective.