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I found another use for the wall magnets about 3 cruises ago, they are awesome for easy access to my tip $$ that I happy to give to the person who brings my order. They are usually in and out so quick that I like to be prepared. Some of our cabins are either way aft or at the very front of the ship, so a lot of walking. We also order to Skywalkers so worth it to us.

Just a heads up I asked for a hand held shower which was great, but there was nowhere to put it when shampooing, soaping etc and just having it dangling drove me crazy. My cabin steward wasn't happy but I had it removed and just used a washcloth. This cabin also didn't have any kind of a shelf in the shower which is not at all standard in the showers, not sure why this one had nothing.

We enjoyed our short stay in Long Beach. The bar/restaurant in the lobby had a decent menu for a quick dinner and the little coffee place had bagels and coffee for breakfast. Staff at check in were great and on our way to the room my husband was dehydrated and started cramping up and they quickly brought him 2 bottles of water, thank goodness for electrolytes in powder form. Hope you enjoy your stay and how lucky to be able to travel with family.

Hi Jeannie, we Uber but just make sure if you have to stand in the shuttle you hang on. Fell last year when she hit the gas, my fault for letting go of the pole. We are booked into the Westin again for December, and have had some really nice price drops this week saving us about $70 so far. We enjoyed our stay there and even though the Crowne Plaza is more convenient Westin wins hands down..

Last year for my cruise to Alaska on the Crown I was in cabin R746 which is the last balcony cabin on the port side. Huge balcony and incredible views. I loved it back there, a few steps up to the pool, bar and buffet. Rear elevators went straight up to Skywalkers which we really enjoy. IMO not all aft cabins are a downgrade. Maybe once you're onboard take a walk down that way and see for yourself.

This is what you agreed to when you booked your cruise. Personally we love the aft cabins and would be perfectly happy there. Spells out pretty clearly if you want a specific location to book a cabin in that location. f you create this booking for the selected stateroom type and fare, then the location of your stateroom will be assigned prior to embarkation. You will receive your room assignment within your requested stateroom type. Should you prefer to confirm your stateroom in your ideal location today, then please check availability in other ship locations. Select the option to choose your own stateroom.

We live less than 10 minutes from the border and fly out of Bellingham WA airport for the same reasons. We have Nexus which helps and it's a nice drive down. We've flown out of Vancouver twice in over 20 years and only because we had to. Bonus South West now flies from there and when we cruise out of San Pedro flying in and out of Long Beach is way more convenient than LAX.

Haven't yet cruised from San Francisco but have recently done 3 coastal cruises. 2 in 2022 and 1 this year in April. We are seniors and never once felt unsafe but so far have only gone to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. We live outside of Vancouver BC and sadly things have changed here also. But I would not cancel we Uber whenever we leave the ship and are cruising to Hawaii again in December but out of San Pedro on the Discovery.

I've used it a few times and have nothing but good things to say about it, so nice not to have to drag my luggage around. Just make sure to ask when you will be receiving the option to do this, for some reason my cabin steward on one of my cruises did not drop off the sign up sheet and I barely made the cutoff. IIRC it was Wednesday? for a Saturday departure.

Even booking as a solo you will be paying double occupancy, unless its a casino booking so this makes no sense to me sorry. I would definitely try booking it online myself if you put it on hold it drops off at midnight no CC or payment required.

We use the closed captioning on the TV.

Can you get a direct flight on any airline from Oakland to Vancouver? But if you have to clear customs in Vancouver that option may not work either. Sorry looks like Denver is where you change planes.

Can you fly in the day or evening before? There is a Holiday Inn directly across the street from the airport, we have stayed there and took about 5 minutes to walk over. Quick Shuttle might be doable then. Just curious if you used Evergreen car service?

Cruised on 5 ships last year and no problem ordering the fettuccine on any of them.

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Thank you for the update! Pick up is outside of baggage claim?

Should still be in the email though that they sent when I booked it.

You can always go to the Internet Cafe if you have wifi and print them there if you forget.

Carnival Miracle May 2023 10 Day Alaska from San Francisco Aft Wrap Suite - 30th Wedding Anniversary Congratulations on your Anniversary! If/when you get a chance I'd appreciate an update on your experience. I'll be solo this time and normally use Uber but this sounds like a really nice alternative.

Just went to their website and received a quote of $81 which seems pretty reasonable for round trip from OAK to Pier 27. No issues with pick up times finding the driver etc?

No it’s not so far only FLL and Seatac has Port Valet used them both and love not seeing my bags until I get back to my home airport.

I requested to have a hand held shower head on one of my cruises. My issue was that it was not a fixed one like I’m used to. So I either had to hang onto it or let it dangle, so I asked to have it removed as it was just too awkward. YMMV We love the Crown spent 47 days on her last year and so far have 17 days booked for this year including 10 days to Alaska.

We board then go directly to Good Times for our first beer, then visit the Muster station then head to our cabin to watch the video. I found our muster location in the app which was very helpful. If our luggage doesn't beat us it normally arrives soon after and we are good to go after that.

Excellent point and that alone disqualifies me from ever attempting this lol.

By the time I get to the ship I can't wait to hand off my luggage including a carry on if I have one. We normally arrive early and lots of times my luggage has made it to the room before we have. Having to use the elevator in the terminal then dragging it up the ramps and then waiting for an elevator once on the ship which now are crazy busy especially on embarkation day is a nope from me. If sail away is at 4PM isn't trying for a 2 PM arrival kind of risky?