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10 hours ago, jdcml said:

So what’s the point of doing this? I understand you get OBC, but you are paying for that OBC so it isn’t really a net gain is it? Or is it that they match and then give you that same difference as OBC? Truth be told, I’d rather give up the $20-30 OBC to not be on a crowded ship excursion in most cases I guess. Just seems like a decent amount of work and hassle for the hope of $20 but maybe I’m not understanding. 

 

You get more protection and guarantees when booking through the Cruise line.

As another poster mentioned, one of the biggest benefits is that if a cruise line organized excursion is late the ship will wait for you.

Thanks. I have it booked with the ship.

Was looking for operator of that excursion or similar one to see the price and do price guarantee.

 

Filled out the form. Will see what happens

Anyone happen to know who operates the Whale Watching & Coastal Cruise excursion for Carnival in Cabo?

Calypso or some other operator?

 

https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/cabo-san-lucas/whale-watching--coastal-cruise-with-open-bar-314008?selectedVariant=PO20200208007314008202002101200

On 12/3/2019 at 5:13 PM, christyran1228 said:

I don't think I'll ever understand how soda, of all things, could possibly be that highly considered when choosing how and where to spend your vacation dollars.  Coca Cola is a hell of a drug, I guess.  Lol

 

Exactly. If / when I drink soda I couldn't care less if its Coke, Pepsi, or some off brand.

 

Hello. For anyone who stayed at Hyatt Regency in Long Beach or are familiar with that area - are there are any other ways to get to the Carnival terminal from the hotel besides Uber / Lyft? Just want to consider all options.

It looks like its less than 2 miles away.

Without luggage my wife and I can walk that distance easily in 30 min

 

Thanks

@TNcruising02 What is the terminal / check in area like at Long Beach? I am planning on having a car rental so would like to drive up, check in luggage, then drive to return car and walk back to terminal. Will it be possible at Long Beach? Some terminals are totally open and easy to drive up to, leave and come back - others are totally closed off and very difficult to get in / out.

2 minutes ago, riffatsea said:

You'd have to prebook a car service  or shuttle. Shared shuttles don't just hang around at the port waiting to see if they'll have customers.

 

They do in some places like Ft. Lauderdale. They were just out there asking who needs a ride. Will look at reserving one at Long Beach then.

28 minutes ago, Langley Cruisers said:

You can research this online; be sure to mention alternative-city drop off - some may charge extra to do this.

 

What day of the week is your cruise out of Long Beach? In your research, be sure that the office is open on Sundays, if need be. We rented a car once in Long Beach and they were closed Sundays.

It's on Saturday. The location is open.
I'm interested in Avis. So the only question is do they shuttle from their office to the port or do I have to get an Uber.

Tried calling them but no answer.

Are there car rental companies at or near the port in Long Beach from which you can walk to the ship or take a shuttle?

I know not all ports have car rental places nearby...

I wanted to get a car in LA and then day of cruise just drive to the port, drop it off and go to the ship.

Are there shuttles that you can get on the spot that go from Long Beach port to LAX?

Almost everything is USB now. Something like this works great, just bring USB cords
https://www.biglots.com/product/white-4-port-usb-wall-power-strip-charger/p810372477?pos=1:2&Ntt=Usb+charger

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Update: Carnival guest services replied by email and processed the refund. No questions asked.

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I got this offer last year but I can't find it on AMEX.
 

Do you have a mobile app for your card? I found it to be the best way to find/add offers on any card.

You should have offers section there.

Depending on your card / issuer the interfaces could be different

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If Princess is scanning for towels, that's relatively new.

I never said that either [emoji10]
The only reason why I'm mentioning Princess is because I like the Medallion system and wish it would be used everywhere for things such as checking towels out and back in.

Point is that anything else would be better than writing this down by hand then manually entering it elsewhere later.

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3 minutes ago, twodaywonder said:

How did you email Carnival. I cannot find an email address for them?

They have the email address listed on their help page here

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3222

1 minute ago, xDisconnections said:

Since when does Princess not freely give away towels without a care in the world?

Never. Where did you see me say that??

I was saying how I like the medallion system where you can just wave it to pay for things or check things out / in vs scanning or pen & paper

8 minutes ago, evandbob said:

If I get towels from serenity and they write down my room #, when I return them I make sure they write in that I returned them.  I won't just go and let them mark me down, I want to see it happen.

 

Very easy for the crew member doing the check in/out to forget or get distracted and never check them back in.

 

Always check your S&S statement during the cruise and again on the last night sailing.

 

If I ever got charged for their crappy blue beach towels, oh boy!

 

Right and on the debarkation day there was no charge for towels on the final statement so makes me wonder how days later they somehow think that a towel is missing. Their system is outdated. As someone mentioned why not use scanners....or Medallions which I really liked on Princess

Has anyone had this issue - being charged after the cruise for a towel that you supposedly took and didn't return?

That is what I saw just now - a charge for what amounts to $22 on my credit card. When leaving the ship the statement had a credit balance.

It's not a huge deal and I am sure they will remove it - especially since I don't have any of their towels. I emailed them / will call them.

 

However, how often does this occur and people get charged without even knowing about it?

Carnival towel checkout / check in system is horrible. It was all on paper with one poor worker trying to do that + 100 other tasks on the Lido deck.

With us, we only checked out 2 towels throughout entire cruise on Lido and checked them back in - again its all on paper...

All other blue towels were brought to the room without us even asking for them and if we used them they were all brought back and left there.

FYI: If you have another user on your AMEX acct then they should have this offer through their login as well.

I essentially got $150 back from this offer by paying $350 towards the deposit then doing another $350 using my wife's card who is the additional user on my primary acct.

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FWIW you could try this offer for purchasing excursions online. It worked for me last year when Carnival/Princess had similar deal. I bought excursions and internet plan with the offer added and got the credit.

The charge for excursions/restaurants didn't look any different than reservations

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Added it to my Amex Hilton Ascend Card.  Will it work on an existing reservation?

Yes. I just paid $350 on the existing reservation and immediately got an email from AMEX confirming the use of offer

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Targeted offer... available on the Bonvoy Brilliant Amex.

How so if the OP added it to a Delta AMEX and I got it on my Blue Cash AMEX

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Thanks for the heads up! Just added it and used it on my AMEX Blue Cash Preferred.

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They might have the sail away party before the ship sails, right after the safety briefing, in order to accommodate all of the guests with early seating.

This would be my guess too. On our cruise last week the ship sailed about an hour later than scheduled. The sail away activity took place as scheduled and the ship wasn't even sailing even after they ended.

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Recap from my original post. Last week on the Glory, Netflix was usable both for downloading offline and streaming. Verizon WiFi calling was working fine as well.

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