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In the blue box at the left it says

"Online check in"

"Complete guest names"

"Youth Program Registration"

If you haven't done the guest names which includes birthdates, it might not flag it for youth registration.

We sailed on the Valor a couple of years ago. Do not like the layout of th ship at all. We had an act on 8 and to get some places you had to go down, go forward, then up, then back. Annoying.

I had heard on the boards that Carnival used the lifeboats for tendering on Princess Cay. In dealing with special needs, the information they sent me indicated that there were accessible tenders used there. I emailed back and asked them about it and this is their reply:

Princess Cay has accessible tenders. Debarking on all tenders are based on weather, sea, swell, current and/or tide conditions may prove difficult for a safe transfer to take place. In each case, it will be the decision of the ship officials to determine, based on their evaluation of safety issues for our guests and crew, whether or not a guest using a wheelchair may board a tender.

Facilities in ports of call vary significantly; wheelchair accessibility may not be available for shore tours or in certain ports of call. Carnival is not responsible for accessibility in its ports of call, which are not under Carnival’s control.

Tender Ports:

• Belize

• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

• Catalina Island, CA*

• Grand Cayman (subject to tender availability)

• Half Moon Cay, Bahamas*

• Kona, HI

• Princess Cay, Bahamas*

Accessible tender boats available*

Guest Access Support

Carnival Cruise Line

Can you make requests on the Grand Turk cabanas at the shore excursions, too, or are we discussing 2 very different things? Lol

Two different things. Grand Turk you go to one of the buildings in the complex (I think it was marked guest services or something). They will assign your cabana for you.

We have had FTTF twice. Last time we had two in our party we requested wheelchairs for. We bypassed the long line outside the terminal. However were last in the terminal to board (12:30) as we waited for wheelchairs to return for them. Bypassing line at guest services and priority tender is very good too. Also luggage early is nice. We like having it.

Muster was slow and agonizing for us despite the new technology. We were standing out in the heat for what seemed like forever while late people were showing up, and they were allowed to show late. My disabled husband almost passed out and had to be escorted inside. I have osteoarthritis and heat sensitivity so it felt like torture. I wish they would do it indoors with ac and seating. Until that happens, we will be anticipating the muster drill with extreme dread when we sail Carnival.

Next cruise speak with guest services about the disabilities muster. It is held inside in one of the lounges and you all get to sit. We had two in our party on mobility scooters and attended that muster drill. Much smaller group too.

Main page will load if I type it in, but then won't go to another page.

We have cruised three times on the Pride out of Baltimore and two more booked. We live in Ohio and it is a 12 hour drive but that means no flying. We have stayed at a hotel with a shuttle and also parked in the Cruise Baltimore lot. We prefer the lot. The Pride is an easy ship to navigate. We sailed one time on the Valor and it was a pain. Not user friendly. We have done the Canaveral/Freeport/Nassau itinerary twice, and Grand Turk/Half Moon Cay/Freeport once. We are booked for two that go Princess Cay/Freeport/Nassau. Our first cruise, we thought it would be our only one, we did everything. Dolphin Experience, Sea Lion experience to name a couple. We booked once for the Hilton Colonial on Nassau for beach time, but it was raining that day and we cancelled. Freeport has a little sort of "Straw Market" to shop but otherwise besides Senor Frog's there is nothing much near the port to walk to.

Hope that helps!

Point taken

Who ever contacted you from Carnival was probably following the guide lines for wheelchairs. Space wise, a scooter requires less turning space. You may have to do some maneuvering, however you should be able to turn in a standard cabin. As far as removing furniture, Carnival would not allow us to do that on one cruise. Regardless, you can arrange the cabin however you want and I'm sure your cabin steward will assist you if you ask. On our last Carnival cruise in a standard cabin, we put the beds in an “L” shape that allowed much more floor space. That made adequate space for both scooters.

 

As far as the tender, are you able to disassemble the scooter and carry it up and down the steps. Years ago, Belize offered tenders and their people were receptive about lifting scooters on and off.

 

Have a wonderful cruise,

Betty

We had a regular cabin, a scooter and four people. Steward did remove the table for us. Great idea about making the bed configuration LShape. We will keep that in mind!

Again unless it's a medical emergency why do so many on this forum believe that passengers in wheelchairs should be given priorty on elevators ?

Because if able bodied people get on first, they refuse to move over for a scooter. But if the scooter/wheelchair boards first, they will take up the space that is available. More Chance to injure someone if board last.

In April we cruised in Carnival Pride. My husband rented a Pride Victory. We had a regular cabin and four passengers! It was kept in the cabin as per rules. Inconvenient but not terrible. We got used to it.

Our experience from April on the Pride. We had Faster to the Fun. Went in the doorway for FTTF and found told them we had requested wheelchairs (we had two in our party requiring them). They brought them and stayed with us through check in. Then took us to the waiting area and dropped us off there taking the wheelchairs with them. Then we waited until almost the entire room was boarded for the wheelchairs to come back for our party. We did not go up the main ramp, but were boarded through the lower level of the ship and onto the elevators up to the Atrium deck 3. At that point two of us went up to our cabins and got the mobility scooters for our party and brought them down to the atrium. That was how it worked for us. Both our people walk with canes, one with bad knees and one with Parkinson's. We had a regular cabin not handicapped and the scooter fit (barely) through the doorway. One had a regular scooter, one the next larger one. (Pride Go Go, and Pride Victory as I recall)

You didn't read the article did you?

 

 

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The original article link said she was injured. The website updated the story to say she died. So that post was written before the update. She read the article but all it said at the time, was, "injured".

Very good advise to arrive a day before. And in winter time, even 2 days before is a good idea.

We have traveled three times on the Pride. May, December, and April. As all have said if you want warm weather, you miss the first and last day to cold. But I couldn't afford to travel at peak times as the cost can DOUBLE from a winter itinerary. We drive (12 hours) from Ohio two days before to allow for breakdowns or other things that would make us late. That gives us a day to relax at the hotel before we get going. Our hotel is very close to the port and we like to park at the port so when we get back we are ready to leave for home. Had a very bad experience with shuttle return to hotel.

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I wanted to write something in answer to what some of you have been asking me.

So all of our ships are housing guests right now other than Carnival Ecstasy which terminated its last voyage in Charleston on Friday and Carnival Liberty which terminated its last voyage in Port Canaveral on the 7th.

Both ships headed out to sea sailing east to position away from the storm’s path.

Unfortunately, these ships are not in a physical location where they could make a run to the Caribbean without sailing into the storm.

We are scheduled to deliver supplies to St. Kitts later this week via Carnival Fascination which is homeported in San Juan.

We have a delivery of supplies scheduled to arrive soon in Grand Turk

We are communicating with officials in many of the Caribbean islands and working on a plan to begin delivering supplies on both an immediate and sustained, longer-term basis.

These deliveries will be worked into ships’ cruise itineraries as part of our ongoing operations.

And, of course we await news of the impact that Irma will have on Florida so we can assess the damage and provide support as needed to ports and communities.

Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, has sent a letter to the leaders of multiple Caribbean islands to ask them to advise what kind of support from Carnival Corporation would be most valuable.

Our corporate foundation is also beginning the work of evaluating the best channels for potential monetary support in the Caribbean as well as Florida (once the storm passes through the state).

I just wanted to share this with you all. The places that have been in Irma's path of destruction are part of our Carnival family and we will do all we can for them.

I kindly ask that you share this with someone

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Yes, I've been having some issues on my cruise manager within the last 30 minutes or so. I've been trying to do online check-in. I should have 4 cruises there, but only showing one. I hit refresh and there's 2. Then hit refresh again and there's none. Each time, different result.

So it's just glitchy today. Actually solved my problem. I had checked the box that said something like "Save this for Joyce" I unchecked it and it took me to my booking. Weird!

I had to clear my cache, so when I tried to get to my booking on the Carnival website it asked me for the itinerary number, name, birthday, ship, and sailing date. I input it all and the response was that it was incorrect. I even cut and pasted the itinerary number from their email to me, but same response. Anyone else having trouble?

The MDR menu has different sugar free/low sugar desserts. I like the chocolate pana cotta and strawberry mousse

Had the sugar free cheesecake a number of years ago on the Pride and it was like rubber, not at all like the full octane cheesecake.

Thanks - I guess my expectations were just too high after spending 6 grand to go on a cruise. But all the other lines I have been on offer peanuts/pretzels/crackers. To me it just seemed petty and was just an example of the nickle and diming they do. They say free room service but look at the menu you can get like 4 sandwiches, everything else is an "upcharge". The point I was trying to make was to show people that for the money there are better options IMHO. If you think it is reasonable to charge for pretzels at a bar, that is your opinion.

One reason for no snack is a sanitary one. These days people's hygiene is questionable, and I'm not sure I would want to pick a treat out of a bowl that certain people and rooted through.

The only things I really missed were the tablecloths, and the chocolates on the pillow. It just looked so nice! Other than that I don't feel any difference really.

Thank you for taking the time to come back and post the results. My husband uses a mobility scooter. We always get at least one modified cabin so he can get the scooter through the door. We had a second cabin on our last cruise that was a regular cabin, and the door was really narrow and it would have been a tight angle for him to even turn the scooter and come in straight-on. It is really good to read the outcome because a lot of people never come back and share how it turned out. As you know, the number of modified / accessible cabins on a ship are very few, so this helps!

When I inquired about a modified cabin, they did not have anything for four people except a suite for handicapped specifically. So we went with the french door interior which is the same size as a balcony cabin. It usually took him 3 or 4 tries to line up the wheels to back in, but eventually he'd get the job done! We had four in the cabin and really, it was not too bad. At night we put the ladder against the wall at the foot of the bed and we could walk around the scooter to the bathroom without stubbing toes or walking into the scooter. We are going to travel like this again in February if all goes according to plan. I know what you mean about never hearing the outcome of a thread. Oh the only other thing was that on half moon cay first they said no scooters, so we rented wheel chairs. Then (as they were having trouble anchoring) after a couple of hours they said no scooters AND no wheelchairs so we were not able to use the cabana we had booked. They did however give us a full refund for it.

Here is the video of Danny leaving the cabin on the Victory 10. Regular cabin, not handicap room.

Just back home Sunday night. A few thoughts. Friend with regular mobility scooter could make it into the room in one pass. Two people in cabin, tons of space. My dh had the Victory 10 scooter. Usually took about 5 tries to line up the tires because the tires rub the door frame on one side and the door on the other side. The scooter will go in there but barely! We had four people in the cabin and really it wasn't too bad. We'd remove the stair to the upper berth and lean it against the wall at the foot of the bed and I could manage to get around and to the bathroom without stubbing my toe on anything. Tight, but definitely doable. Scooters worked well for all of us. Thanks to everyone for their comments and tips! I hope to post a short video of dh riding the scooter out of the cabin. Never got around to making one of him driving it into the cabin though. Sorry!

They do have breakfast in the dining room. I always go to enjoy one last meal being waited on.

Do you know what time the dining room opens?