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No benefit unless you need to budget your money. I used to pay upfront when i booked but with all the cancellations i have been booking with the least deposit possible and do not make final payment until the last week. I usually book a year or 2 in advance.After feb 15 i guess they are going back to non refundable deposits  therefore i booked 2024 with only a $100 deposit. 

I would not expect a good biscuit on Carnival they are hit or miss in the real world. If my wife wasn't lazy  she would make good scratch made country style biscuits but since she prefers corn bread. I have to hope The biscuit maker at Bojangles is a good one.

Now you know where Earl Scheib went to.

I am the opposite of these people. I pay full price ,no casino rates for us. We go  for the ports . Food and entertainment is a big deal too. We do not drink. All this switching of ports,cancelled shows and mediocre food (the food was garbage before covid) So i cancelled my 2 for this year i am still trying to use up a $1500 carnival gift card from a cancelled cuba cruise. Once i accomplsh that i am through with Carnival. My bride says she would rather do land vacations from here on out. The big ships have too many people and the small ships have too few amenities. You go to a port for 6 hours you feel like you saw nothing. You fly to a destination for a week  you are satisfied for a life time.

3 hours ago, BasicSailor said:

Thats why I stated if you need to stop.

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

On 1/21/2022 at 2:01 PM, ColeThornton said:

Seems pretty clear:

 

"Therefore, until further notice, we will continue to operate vaccinated voyages with our enhanced protocols".

Clear as mud.

2 hours ago, Threedragons said:

I just got the same email and called to have my deposit refunded for an April cruise. No hold time at all and fast and easy.

Lucky you i tried and was directed to call back tomorrow.

2 hours ago, mikebisch said:

Odd.  So people booked up until Jan 31 can cancel and people booked April + can cancel, but Feb and March bookings can't cancel? 

It gives them more time to try to fill cancellations. I would guess. I called to cancel my august bookings after you go through the menu selections it tells you to call back tomorrow.

3 hours ago, jsglow said:

Are you planning once or twice per day service? 😊

It better be twice a day or i am removing gratuities.

36 minutes ago, gatorphin said:

I've been cruising Carnival for over 40 years.  Today I asked them to refund my gift cards - over $2,000.  I know they probably won't but my family and I can't go because of their vaccine policies.  I'm not here to get into a vaccination argument.  Just wanted to express my sadness that our time sailing Carnival Cruises has passed.  We always enjoyed the cruises.  They will be missed.  Thanks for the memories Carnival.  

If I don't get a response I'll have some gift cards to sell for anyone that would want them.  Thanks.

 

I have the same problem. I am leery about trying to sell though. Too many scammers and idiots. I tried to sell some leftover msc drink tickets when they still had those.  Even after being a member of cruise critic for years i was amazed at the morons (i guess the rum runner crowd) who responded with low ball offers. I wound up eating a lot of gelato and buying mineral water since we aren't alcohol drinkers.

I was supposed to be on sunshine this week for a ten day. They changed out san juan and st kitts(?) For amber cove and tortola.

Its carnival .you can go butt nekkid if you want.

7 hours ago, staceyglow said:

Just because it is whole fish on ice doesn't mean it wasn't previously frozen. 

Exactly its what you get at kroger thawed out frozen fish.

10 hours ago, MisterOJ2 said:

I guess I'm glad people do it, but I will never understand why so many people insist on eating at the buffet for breakfast instead of the MDR. I've not eaten breakfast off the buffet in several cruises now, and I'm much happier for it.

We had a bad experience on our first cruise which was carnival in the mdr. We have eaten at the buffet on every cruise after that be it carnival,celebrity or msc.. my wife refuses to eat in the mdr  and i for the most part eat low carb so the buffet works for us.i have a small farm so i am definately not a germaphobe.

Save the money.unless you just want to donate it to carnival. Stick the $600 in the slot machines maybe you will get the sweet deals all the rest of this crowd gets.

8 hours ago, markntara said:

I'm on the Magic next week.  San Juan dropped for a Sea day, and St. Kitts replaced with Antigua.

They replaced next weeks cruise that included  san juan  to Amber cove i do not know if that was a good trade.

53 minutes ago, sunonfire said:

https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-sunshine-itinerary-change-and-new-pre-cruise-testing/63742

 

I wonder if we see more testing like this by Carnival.

Sounds like a real cluster. Glad i saved my dough and cancelled. I got my eyes on my august cruise out of charleston. I will be glad to cancel that one too.i have to use up my gift cards sometime but i can wait until 2024. I am going to put my money on the conspiracy theory i have.

4 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

It's just a three hour drive for us to Charleston so we will head down early Thursday morning.  Last night Carnival called and made us an offer we couldn't refuse and we are now in a Cloud 9 Spa Suite!  Got our negative tests results today, yay, and I've packed my bag.  I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready,,,,😎

With all the cancellations i guess so. I got one too turned it down and then cancelled the next day. My wife refuses to sail right now. We will see if our august cruise out of chaleston is a go.

7 hours ago, cruisingguy007 said:

 

This! They can only spend what you authorize anyway. You can lock their cards down with spending limits. It's up to you how it gets used. 

I found that not to be true. I have been called to guest services twice on a 5 day cruise to pay the grandson's bills. He was not supposed to have any spending privileges at all. 2 days in the cruise they hit me up and i told them not to let them charge anything and then we could not disembark until i paid off some more last minute charges. The boy was a minor at the time. Even my wife doesn't put anything on her card. We just use mine.

23 hours ago, L1211 said:

I’m not sure this low price cruise strategy is woking for Carnival. Just back Thursday from a 4 Day Sunrise sailing out of Miami.  I can only describe the experience as very “Jerry Springer”.  It was only my third Carnival cruise - my prior experience is with  NCL and RCL.  I’ve never experienced anything like this. While I enjoyed my prior two cruises on Carnival, this was that bad.  I will not be back…

Our 3 rd carnival cruise was like that too . It made us jump  to celebrity.. We came back to carnival because we had teenage grandsons going. Only reason i have another carnival booked for august. I was actually on the cheerleading squad for a bit..

3 minutes ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

I cancelled 2 cruises on my PC.  Friends cancelled the first week but it wouldn't let them cancel the second week.  I tried it on my PC and still can't cancel their second week.  Same cruise same PC🤥

Its not showing on my phone .it came up yesterday but would not let me cancel.i am unvaxxed anyway .i just wanted to speed up my refund.i will try my pc tomorrow if not i will call the t.a. .

John Heald sneeks into your cabin in the wee hours of the morning and eppstein's everyone in the name of "fun". Then overboard you go. When cruising is life you got to do what you got to do.

7 minutes ago, mpacker said:

Traveling with a friend, we booked one of the cheap fares and have prepaid tips.   If my friend doesn't show up for the cruise (late jan) what happens?

 

Obviously they won't get the cruise fare back.. but will the tips and port fees be refunded?  is it automatic?

 

thanks

 

Yep thats about all.you will be charged as a solo.

9 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Love the pizza on Carnival. Much closer to the real deal you get in Naples than most. Perhaps the only better pizza is from Alfredo's on some of the Princess ships.

I disagree. I have a house south of naples. Carnival pizza is not anything like naples or anywhere in italy for that matter. I had some on MSC that was good though. Almost like my 5'2" italian grandma's pizza. Hers was better of course.  To each their own. Somebody needs to eat carnivals pizza. It just will not be me.

12 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

I will as long as they keep sailing.  Life is full of choices, you can make yours and we will make ours, all good.  I lost 18 months, I will do my very best not to repeat that.  

After 51 cruises you should be tired of it.  We got tired after 6..too many other options in life.my wife still wants to travel but not on a cruise ship.