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On 2/11/2024 at 7:21 AM, DallasGuy75219 said:

She can have mine.

I plan on taking the ones I currently have back the ship and pass them off to a couple of young ones with their parent's permission  Also considering taking the pins I have accumulated and doing the same.  Decluttering and giving a treat to a  young one.

Yes, Use the kiosk or go to Guest Services to add them. 

Yes, we do it every cruise.  

20 hours ago, 19cruiser59 said:

After speaking with a carnival rep... The screens have changed.

Before you could select gift cards and enter the info hit apply and you were done.

 

 

Now its a new payment area, after selecting gift cards and entering the info, then click apply.

you still need to go down to the 'Other Payment" section and enter the total amount of the gift cards and click select then submit again.

Thanks for that explanation,. I just purchased $700. in gift cards and was running in circles trying to redeem them. 

Maybe it is a marketing tool for Carnival Internet.  You see the notification and HAVe to have internet to be able to read it so you buy the intenet plan. $$$ for Carnival

7 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

If you ever need to spend OBC, you can go to Cherry on Top and buy gift cards and use that on a future cruise towards your deposit.

Do tehy charge you the 18% gratuity when you do that? 

A fully refundable deposit means you will get all of your deposit back if you cancel before the beginning of the cancellation period. 

Terms from Carnival 

"Cruise rates are in US dollars, per person and based on double occupancy. Offer is capacity controlled and is not combinable with any other discount or promotional offer. Rates may vary by ship, stateroom type and sail date. Change fees are not assessed outside of the final payment window. Category restrictions and exclusions apply. Carnival reserves the right to withdraw and/or change offer at any time without prior notice. Offer is for the cruise fare only and does not include Taxes, Fees and Port Expenses. Taxes, Fees and Port Expenses range from $74.49 - $476.32, and are assessed on a per guest basis for all guests according to the itinerary. Offer is applicable in cabin assignment categories only. Refundable deposit subject to cancellation penalties. Offer bookings made as part of a group will include amenities. Offer is applicable on sailings through April 2025. Offer is applicable on new bookings made between March 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023. Please request rate code PB4. Ships' Registry: The Bahamas & Panama.

https://www.carnival.com/about-carnival/legal-notice/ticket-contract.aspx   Defines cancellation period. 

If I  have a $500 card and a less than $500 deposit, I pay them the whole $500 towards the cruise bill. That way I do not have to keep up with the card till I make the next payment. 

19 hours ago, n6uqqq said:

Was that a FAX? I just scan and then email a PDF file, no problems ever.

No, it was scanned.  The person processing it just missed the second page I guess,.

On 1/13/2023 at 4:09 PM, LeeW said:

Ameritrade puts your personal data on a different page of the monthly statement so you either need to send both pages or combine the pages.  A real pain.  Have had it rejected when I sent two pages and had to resubmit.

I had a rejection because of two pages. I ended up doing a cover page with the statement that they would be getting two pages of brokerage statement. One with name and one with stock verification. I also numbered the pages 1 and 2.  No problems once I started doing that. 

1 hour ago, nlktx49 said:

I'm ordering two of these today! Why did Carnival do away with trays? Getting lunch or breakfast on Lido is a challenge even with both hands free - dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, utensils, cup, dessert plate. A lot to fit on a tray, but impossible to get it all in one trip without one. Thanks for the tip.

Saves labor and costs.  No more washing of the thousands of trays. Saves the cost of water. Saves on food costs. Over the years Carnival switched from trays to platter sized plates and then to regular plates. Less surface = less space for food to be placed. Less food = less cost and less waste. 

2 hours ago, Chaz212 said:

What happens if they go belly up?  Does AARP reimburse you?

No ones you buy it it is yours, no refunds.   Also if you lose the numbers, you are out the $$. I wait to buy them till right before I book a cruise. If I felt that Carnival had a potential of going belly up soon I would not be purchasing them.

On 9/22/2022 at 2:00 PM, BarbieGee said:

Using Cruise Cash to fund an S&S account before the cruise allows one to purchase drinks at one of the bars as the ship leaves port and sounds like a practical plan. But just to be clear, if I use a gift card to transfer a portion of the funds on that card to the S&S account,  THAT IS refundable? What happens? Guest Services transfers unused funds back to the gift card?

If you do not use all of the $ from the gift card and it is more than $10, you will receive a new e-gift card. My last cruise I got it about 2 days after the cruise ended.

On 9/15/2022 at 7:54 AM, ninjacat123 said:

I hope trays will be provided on Lido so if one wants to bring food and drink for more than one person back to the room, they can.  My past waitressing skills were put to the test when I wanted to surprise my DDs with breakfast in bed and no trays were available.

We packed our own tray last cruise. 

35 minutes ago, Animal Farm said:

Are Health Assessments no longer needed? I thought they had to be completed 72 hrs in advance of cruise. TIA

I got mine this morning (Thursday) for a Saturday cruise. It was not available at 8pm last night.

Carnival sometimes has a military rate that is cheaper than the regular Early Saver, though.

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Carnival, along with Royal, NCL, Princess etc are part of a voluntary organization called CLIA. It is very likely that all current and upcoming changes to covid policies are a direct result of agreements reached through that organization. If that is accurate, then expect most  cruise lines to be following the same patterns, or close to them

CLIA's mission statement is "Our team is proud to provide a unified voice for the global cruise community, which offers travelers the best way to experience the world by supporting policies and practices to advance a safe, secure, healthy and sustainable cruise ship environment and promoting positive travel experiences for the nearly 30 million passengers who cruise annually."

https://cruising.org/en/about-the-industry/about-clia/leadership

Just now, pe4all said:

Just out of curiosity - how many others were escorted off the ship?  We debarked Magic on 7/6 and once home the reports of not feeling well and testing positive began literally the same day from our FB group, and grew each and every day after.   CCL knows how people were getting to and from the NY port as it is in the online docs we all have to fill out before embarking.  I gather - living in NY - you had an easy way to get home, (we parked at the port)  but hopefully others who were positive and had to fly wore masks so they didn't spread covid in airport or on the plane!

The highest I saw a few weeks ago was 45, last time I watched it was 24 when I stopped counting,

13 hours ago, habc said:

Disembark after 9:30, when everyone else is gone. They bring your luggage to a staging area and all the covid group gets escorted off the ship. You're told to drive yourself home or have someone pick you up. wink, wink.

 

And that's what happens on the Magic

Thanks for your first hand experience.  Hope your recovery goes well. 

From watching the Galveston webcam, the disembarkation process for the Vista is different.  The covid positive passengers disembark first ... so around 7am ...  using the gangway on deck one...and are directed from the ship and through the area that porters handle luggage. The Staff does bring out the luggage on luggage carts.

Found this on Youtube... explains the whole sea day brunch process from check in on the hub, to the menu, to pictures of most of the items on the menu.

Post from John Heald, Carnival Cruise Ambassador, about the Elation.  Guest Capacity per Carnival.com is 2190 (two people per cabin) Posted June 18th, 2022.

2 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

I use a hair coil with a key ring and attach my card there around my wrist. I hate lanyards. 

My husband balks at a hair coil, so we use this. Same principle.... on the wrist, easy to hand to the server. 🙂