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Oh trust me, we’re working on it. But it’s a battle I’d rather not fight in the middle of the MDR because it usually involves tears. He’s only 4, he has plenty of time to grow out of it.

Oh my gosh I can’t wait for another of your reviews when you get back! We’ll be on the Mg in 2 weeks, counting down the time. Have a great s2s!!

What city are you in?

I don’t know? We have a suite and priority is on our luggage tags and boarding pass in big bold red letters. But the lady who was platinum’s did not have that. So I’m not really sure. Are the plantings people using the priority lounge or is it just Diamond/suites? We’ll be on the MG in 2 weeks so I’ll report back.

Thanks I appreciate it! I wonder if they’d do the pb&j not toasted? That would be a big no for my son too!

From what I understand is they allow you to go to your room as soon as you board did drop off your stuff. But I’ve also read in other places that some stewards allow you to stay if the room is ready. The intent from carnival is just for you to drop your belongings.

That may work for us. We’re also on 14. Have a safe drive today!

Hey everyone, we leave on the MG in 2 weeks and my extremely picky 4yo lives off chicken nuggets, Mac n cheese, and pb&j. Now, I know the kid’s menu offers that, but does anyone happen to have pics of those items. He wants to see what the items look like. 🙄 I tried searching but I just didn’t find pictures of the actual food. He also wants to know if there’s donuts for breakfast. (He’ll eat other things for breakfast, but I’ll ask regardless)

Thank you so much for your review! How were the elevators this morning getting off the ship? We’re trying to self assist with our luggage and kids and I’m leaning towards bad idea. But we have a ride picking us up at 8:30 and a 12:10 flight.

We’re in one of these in just 2 weeks. We have 14410. I’m so glad you liked it. I was a little worried about the privacy, but honestly the size and view of the balcony wins out!

Someone just posted this exact same thing on our cruise group on another site. I’m in a suite and it has the red priority logo on my boarding pass. So do the Diamond cruisers. But platinum just says platinum. Seems strange?

So they don’t necessarily hold you back. But they put you in the line for early/late arrivals…aka anyone who didn’t show up during the window they chose. The window you’re choosing is the arrival/check in time not boarding time. But essentially, yes they can hold you back.

Oh interesting! I was always wondering if they were going to plan something similar to RCL’s that has a water park and such.

What happened? I missed that post!

@TxTeach79 By chance have you been though the gift shop? Do you happen to know if they’re selling any tumblers that say Carnival or Mardi Gras on them? I’m packing for my cruise and I’d like to not pack one, but buy one on the ship.

Happy New Year!! A new years cruise is totally on my bucket list!

Not to mention this is a PR nightmare for them and likely costing them millions of dollars. It’s in their best interest to make sure it doesn’t happen again and I believe DOT being involved won’t give them a choice.

It appears based on FlightAware’s website that there’s only 41 cancelled flights across the country with Southwest today. Seems like thing may be back in the normal zone today. We really enjoy Southwest Airlines, although Delta is our preferred airline. We go back and forth between the 2. Southwest wins out more often due to nonstop flights and free checked bags, especially since we’re now a family of 4. Saving money where we can is important to us, as it is with other families too I’m sure. It’s what keeps us able to go on cruises. Living in Illinois it makes it difficult to cruise and NOT fly. This is the first time Ive been booked with southwest and a little nervous. But we don’t fly until 1/20 so I think we’ll be ok. Southwest isn’t going to go out of business over this. There’s a lot of people who are looking to save money which is what keeps spirit, allegiant, frontier etc in business. I do however think they have a lot of work to do to gain their customer’s trust back and it could take years for them to build their customer base back. And they HAVE to get their technology updated.

I think this problem will likely be cleared up. My worry is another winter storm and more meltdown. Although I would hope they’re working on fixing this issue with staffing quickly, I still doubt that would change in 3 weeks time. We actually really like Southwest and they’re generally speaking quite convenient for us. They have a bazillion flights out of Chicago Midway which is our primary airport and most of them are nonstop. Which is really nice. We will fly with them again and will continue to consider them in the future, but it does make me hesitate. We have enough time to drive if we have to, so we will use that as a backup plan. Although we REALLY don’t want to.

Agree. We actually really like southwest and with Chicago Midway being one of our outbound airports, they’re super convenient and usually a non stop flight option to our destination. I’m sweating this though. Our cruise is 1/21 and I really hope they can get their s**t together. I do believe what that pilot wrote is probably accurate. It’s just too bad they had to have a massive meltdown for the company’s big wigs to get it.. Did you get ahold of Southwest recently? How long did it take you? We thought about canceling too, but this late in the game flights with other airlines are super expensive.

Does Mardi Gras have it?

We are booked on southwest out of midway on 1/20 to MCO. We’re closely watching and have a backup plan to drive. It’s sucks and I really don’t want to, but I won’t miss this cruise! It’s a serious mess but a friend of mine is a FA with southwest and really thinks we’ll be fine by the time we fly. Fingers crossed for you. But I’d make the decision to drive before you check your bags.

Can someone at home take a pic of her certified birth certificate for her? At least you’ll have a back up plan?

Oh they absolutely will. This isn’t the first time this has happened with southwest. People are suckers for cheap flights.

That’s what I was thinking. I just don’t want a credit, I want a refund, but I didn’t think that would be likely.