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We are on the Conquest on the 1st as well. We are also participating in the Meet and Greet on embarkation day, as well as the cabin crawl on the day at sea.

We've got on of the Captain's suites over looking the bow with a big balcony it seems.

Can't wait! Especially since we just bought a new house 2 days ago and are going through the back-breaking chore of moving... Ugh my aching bones!

--- Fat fingers, dyslexia, iPhone, and autocorrect are likely the reason why the above message may seem confusing...

I have the aqualung, It's gone from Cape Cod to Hawaii to Cozumel and back. No problems. I like that it seems less bulky due to the rear inflation. I think I get a better experience with it over a traditional BC jacket like wife's.

Sorry, Laurie but you are wrong. The single engine planes they use to island hop are not pressurized. This means they do not fly high enough to cause any decompression problems. People take island hops all the time to go diving.

Actually tootsie you are incorrect. Decompressor sickness (the bends) can be initiated by simply going over saint Thomas instead of around, if you do it too soon after a deep "recreational" dive (100' or so). This has happened and is documented.

While I agree if it's your first time cruising, all the extras can catch you by surprise. But that holds true for a lot of things, motels concerts sporting events. But if your mother cruised before she should have let you know. I always let people know ahead of time about all the extras on top of the cruise price. I tell them don't take pictures with the locals unless you are willing to pay them, they don't do it because they like you. I learned it all the hard way.

 

 

GO MIZZOU!!!!!!!

It was also her first time cruising unfortunately. We were not wise enough of the world abroad to know very much. Fortunately now we can plan and tip, and even have reserves of cash for those times we cannot or do not plan for!

I remember my very first cruise. I was invited to a family vacation by my mother. I was told what cruise like to book (princess) what ship and what date. I went online, and decided my wife and I could scratch enough together to afford the cheapest inside cabin available. Just barely. I paid my cash and my mother actually paid our plane tickets to get there.

Imagine my surprise when I realized this was not a all-inclusive vacation? That "hidden fees" were added. Did I ultimately end up paying the tips? Of course, but as we were stretched soooo thin (we were early 20's and niece still), we had already known we would be a month back on utility bills. The tip money ultimately made us loose our electricity for a couple of weeks.

The tips should be stated up front when booking a room, before you hit the all-important BUY NOW button.

They should be paid, but sliding it all in after the fact is not very honorable.

Conquest is relocating to Miami. We are on it for a dec 1st western carrion cruise.

Which ship? We got a visit form the upsell fairy a couple of years ago that put us into a very-little-documented "Owner's Suite" on the Carnival Imagination.

I felt like I was in a large condo at sea. The cabin was beyond enormous.

I have only been on a few cruises. The first was the Emerald Princess 8+ years ago, inside mid-ships cabin. I hated it. I am not claustrophobic, but I love to have sunlight/moonlight/fresh air at my fingertips.

The Second was in 2011 on The Carnival Imagination. We had the all-to-secret Owners Suite that overlooked the main Pool. THis was a enormous cabin with a very large balcony on the starbord side. Floor-to-ceiling windows (soundproof) with full curtin shades along the curved long-wall of the cabin. A simply enormous cabin, but it was just below the running track, on the forward section of the ship.

We rarely heard charis or commotion from above, and as there are only two cabins on this top-of-the-atrium deck, zero foot traffic problems.

My thrid cruis is coming this dec 1st, and we have the Port-side Captain's Cabin, 9202 on the Carnival Conquest. I got spoiled by the previous cruisem so I went searching for its equivelent for this cruise. My wife and I practically liveo n the water in the summer here on Cape Cod, so movement while at sea does not affect us. Also, the forward-facing windows will be a bonus, similar to the aft facing cabins (probably my second choice), with a view rarely available with cabins on many ships.

(excuse my typing errors, dislexia and fat fingers are a bad combination).

My wife and I stayed on Jamaica a couple of years ago and found that the diving is lackluster. We have a close friend with a house in Falmouth who confirmed what we found after we returned, there is very little in the way of even 'good' scuba diving areas.

In fact we only dove once the entire week we were there, and it could have been a beginners dive, bottoming out at 40-50 ft in a small wreck that was post 1950's.

Is this the same M&G mentioned on the dec 1st conquest roll call?

It so, who/how do I pay for us to attend?

See ya at the Chef's Table!!!

 

 

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It'll be fun! Can't wait.

We will be doing it on the conquest, sailing December 1st