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Wow- Some man won this yesterday-(picture & info on carnival players club FB page) "Cruising into Cash! Talk about a royal twist! as our lucky guest aboard the Carnival Miracle hit the jackpot with a Lucky Ladies Queen of hearts Pair and Dealer Blackjack (Hearts), taking home an amazing $204,384.50"

We did our prestige one in Dec. on Discovery to Hawaii. Did the Bask- the steakhouse dinner was fabulous, a round table about 12 of us, with the host & also the casino manager. Real nice wines & great conversation. I emailed back the host to make sure it was for both of us,(it is for 2 people) & she emailed back -"of course". I don't do spa, so my hubs was able to use mine as well, up to $300.

Now I’ve been watching ch1 in our cabin. When I see the top tier event on TV, I’ll take some pics of the TV with our phone! They’re showing the rerun of the Love & Marriage game now. The older couple won last nite for their Halloween costume- they were titanic victims!! Wore great waterlogged & shredded clothes, from the early 1900’s!

Just became pinnacle yesterday. The loyalty ambassador gave us the crown & anchor card with phone # on it, to only call them for the free cruise. You should just be paying the port charges & ins, not the $200 deposit also.

Yes, had it also!! Best menu there is the first nite. But last nite I tried the lobster salad with the pineapple & vanilla sauce, for the 1st time-delish! And the shrimps in the shrimp cocktail is huge. Who needs chops, etc. Grace told us that you both eat at CK real early, so we haven’t seen you yet. We go later, at 7:30pm.

We do get c&a days/points for our comped casino cruises, when we only pay the port charges.

I’m sure you would still get c&a points/days for the comp cabins. For about 8 yrs, my hubs has been playing in the casino & getting comped cabins on royal, princess, & carnival. We still get loyalty days on all 3.

Went to see loyalty ambassador here on Wonder. Already had envelope with letter & form to fill out in cabin. Gave him the forms & emailed him a pic of us for Tues’ event. 6-10 weeks for pins, free cabin certificate, & plaque to come in mail. Told him about our next cruise & he found it on computer & will let Odyssey know so they’ll have the gold cards ready for us. What type of cabin is the free one on the certificate??

One more question, did they already give you a pinnacle keycard on your 2nd cruise? Our one after is 6 days after we get off.

Thanks for all the info! Yep, we were grandfathered in needing 4 more days to become diamond back then. We were going on a 15 nite transatlantic in the fall. So went on a 4 niter in the summer, think it was Monarch. This way we had our diamond drinks each day in the TA.

. I will speak to the LA after we get on the ship tomorrow. Usually the top tier event is same am as the officers luncheon for 340+. Our next cruise is Odyssey mid Nov. See that some of the perks are the same, except 6 drinks, & the $25 off spec dinner. Suppose you can't combine that $25 off, with the buy1 get 1 free the 1st or 2nd nite?? (We already have been getting the Coastal K, & wifi during whole cruise, as my hubs is masters in the casino) Started with Royal Carib. in 90's , when you only needed 10 cruises any length, to become diamond. We had 9 when they changed it to days. Thanks for the info!

I I was going to ask on the ship, if anyone knew Bucky & Island Lady!

Not yet, but on Halloween. So probably will become pinn on the next cruise, not this week on Wonder?

Have to do it after you get on the ship. You should go up to the CK, right after going to your muster station. Some ships will let you do it for the whole week, others have you ask the nite before or same day. We have Odyssey mid Nov, & will be going to reserve up there as well.

Island Lady, also going on Wonder tomorrow. I had mentioned Grace was at Coastal K. when we were there in August. And yay, she said she’ll be here still in Oct. Will be up there at CK tomorrow am, to reserve a table. (masters, with 697 days) But how will I know you? I’m Ellyn. Hubs is Michael, can’t miss him-he’s 6’6” tall!

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We were also on Freedom for thanksgiving 2021. So unusual, that in our dining room at 8pm seating, there was 1 child in the whole dining room. Sad that families couldn't be there. Back then, the covid vaccine for kids wasn't available yet. Maybe 2 weeks later.

We no longer use princess insurance for each cruise, as we go often within the year. So now we get annual insurance for the cruise thru Allianz. And its about $400 for the 2 of us, for the year. I think they would have refunded the deposits with the drs notes. The princess casino call center has made so many problems for guests. Since May, you can call any princess vacation planner or travel agent for casino deals.

Our Carib Princess cruise ended July 15, haven't gotten our check yet as well.

They are now able to do it, started in June!! So much easier than calling the Philippines, where they made so many errors.

We do both Royal & Carnival also, & Princess. Luv the diamond plus perks on Royal. So much better, than the diamond perks on Carnival-no wifi, one free drink during the entire cruise- breakfast or lunch , & only in dining room(not inc. free drinks in casino for casino offers) But lately the only great deals on Royal is the offer you get while on the ship, so we've done those at nextcruise. But they're only good up to a year out, or less, while Princess & Carnival have casino deals now till early 2025!! So have to keep some weeks open for Royal.

Just got the same offer yesterday, on Caribb Princess. Guess have to wait as well, to call. But now we are able to call Princess vacation planners, instead of the casino Phone #, which has been in the Phillipines, since Nov.

When we're on the ships, the come back offer is never so good & only up to 7 months later. Seems that the better offers are from emails that we get, & those go out thru Dec 2024.

for Miami? hope they read it. let us know. last May in Port Canaveral, for harmony, the port agent had us go on a regular line, even though I had the email printed out. they said the other line was only for keys & suites.