Gamecock_Cruiser

Ok. So when I link them, will it automatically put us at the same dinner table for our set dining time?

We booked two balcony staterooms for the Carnival Freedom in May! 109 days to go!!

I tried to book both of the rooms at one time hoping that it would link them for me. One of them booked and the other did not at the time so I had to go back and book it separate.

Does anyone know if I can link out bookings online or should I contact Carnival or John Heald for this?

Thanks!

What is the website where you can see cabin photos?

Or does anyone on here have any photos for a balcony room for four people on the Freedom?

OK. Thanks.

I would give you my advice after Carnival announces what they will be doing to the Freedom when it is in Dry dock. Don't worry, they are announcing what Freedom will get sometime last week.:confused:

I found in John Heald's Facebook that the dry dock should be done in mid April. I guess that will be the official dates. Not what I originally posted.

We are looking at cruising in May on either one of these ships. We like both itentieries, both are within our price range, and both are with the duration we want.

Which ship would you choose?

Please help if you have any experience between both of these.

willow028,

 

Your price drop was an actual price drop because the additional taxes/fees would have been added to your onboard S&S account. Basically you paid the increase now instead of later, but you would have paid it regardless. :(

 

As others have mentioned the fees change many times and if your sailing is cheaper when you sail, then you'll get a credit of the difference on your S&S. A credit is always better than a charge, but look at it this way; you avoided an onboard expense that you wouldn't have expected. ;)

This is not true, or at least it wasn't the first time we cruised. We booked our cruise within two months of sailing and paid for all of it upfront. After we booked it, I did a mock booking. The rates were teh same but the taxes were up about $15/person. I asked John Heald on FB if cruisers had to pay the tax increase. He said no, but if it decreases you do get an on board credit.

Maybe you do have to pay the increase if you are paying monthly payments.

I have been on two cruises on the Fantasy class. We are possibly going on the Freedom in May out of Ft. Lauderdale. On our previous cruises, we have been at the Aft of the ship. We have two new people possiby going in may with us. They both are terrified of getting sick. On the past cruises we always got an aft room.

I prefer an Aft of Fwd just for the fact of there is less foot traffic than Mid ship since I am a lite sleeper. Is there that much of a difference in the Mid than the fwd or aft on calm days or even moderate to rough sea days?

I assume everything else would be the same. But, I guess I see your point,

I am in favor of this change but as for the if you don't want to go nobody is twisting your arm comment, do you know what other options there are if you don't go?

 

Walk around in Cozumel til 1am? Not me

 

what time do the pools close?

 

Casino not opened.

 

Seaside theater is an option but what else is there to do?

 

Will there be comedians that night while the ship is in port?

 

Not a drinker so sitting at a bar is not for me.

 

Bill

I like the idea of this depending on who the artist or the band is when I am cruising for the price! All the people b!tch!ng that they don't want to pay for entertainment can simply not go to the show. It is not like someone is twisting their arm until they do go.

UNC1ACC, when we traveled out of Charleston, we arrived at the terminal about 10:45. We had to wait until 11:30 until they opened the parking lots. They have limited parking space and have to wait until the previous guests leave before they allow arriving guest to park. From security to on board took 20 maybe 30 minutes MAX.

I also hope that Carnival wins the lawsuit. Especially if they get some kind of evidence that she just didn't "fall" overboard.

Did anyone just watch the 20/20 episode?

How do you 'just fall' over the rails? I'm 6ft 3in and the rail is over my waste. I don't see no way that you can just lean and fall of. She had to be sitting on the rail, jumped over, or someone pushed her.

I agree that with 20/20 that they should have reviewed the footage as soon as it was called in that she was in the water instead of searching the ship for her for 20 minutes.

We have cruised on the Fantasy and Fascination. On both, they started off inside and they went over the life vests and all of that stuff. After that, they took us out to the area in front of the boats and finished it up.

When did Carnival start using daubers? They have have been "punch and fold" on every cruise I have been on.

I was wondering the same thing.

I don't know an email, but JH posted on FB the other day that Carnival staff is not required to reply to guest emails due to their work loads. If you need a special request to contact John Heald within 5 days of the sailing and he will put in the request for you and see what he can do.

Next cruise my goal is to avoid the casino. If I do that, then Carnival will lose money on me.

On our last cruise I noticed something was stuck behind the drawer at the vanity area. I was thinking it was a t-shirts I misplaced. It turned out to be someone else bra. I put the drawer back and left it for the next cruiser.

On my last cruise, there was a group of people with t-shirts on. They were the "Cruising Aces". On the front, they all had a name such as "Happy Ace", "Smiling Ace", you get the point.

I know this is off topic a little, but that is the one thing that I didn't like about cruising. I go by my middle name also. So hearing the staff call me by my first name on the cruise and me answering them at first was a bit of a problemm.

Omelets from the lido. We never ate breakfast in the dining rooms.

The main reason that I want to cruise again.

Great review! I am interested in the anytime dining. We're there ,any larger tables or did there seem to be more 2 tops? We have a larger group and are trying to decide if we could get close together or not. Any other comments about it will be appreciated!

We had anytime dining on our Fantasy cruise. They had many two and four tops. They did have larger round tables also.

Thanks for taking the time to write the review. My second cruise was on the Fantasy. I think it was nicer than the Fascination which Icruised on my first time. I have been wanting to do the seven day cruise out of Charleston and your review makes me want to go even more.