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Yes they can. and you can pull yours up on your phone if not. Did this on last cruise when I left my boarding pass at my hotel. They can scan it off your phone.

Your OBC does not have to be on a future cruise. I used it on my 25th cruise. Made sure to book a higher price balcony for that one. As for the white card not one person on the entire cruise even noticed it. As long as I got the OBC who cares.

Miracle is a great ship. Especially is you so not want to feel like a saradine in a can. 

5 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Yet you made it to 25, congrats!

5 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Yet you made it to 25, congrats!

yep. I am one of the dumb ones.Have three more scheduled. Carnival and others now feel they have you where they want you. When I started few people knew the value of the cruise. Now all cruise lines do not care whether you come or not. Wait until there is another recession and see if cruising keeps its place in travel. 

Had a wwhite milestone card om=n my last cruise. No one ever noticed it. Carnival loyalty program is one way, Customers are loyal Carnival is not. They figure that if you are dumb anough to keep on coming back, they do not have to be loyal to you

If you have anytime dining with that many I would have someone at the front of the line everyday. They would probably be able to seat you together or at tables ajoining each other.Any time I have done anytie dining everyone did not have to be in line together

2 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Projected end of stock life is fall 2038.  

If they keep giving them back it will be 2040

To you all calling the perk a gift, i must misunderstand what a gift if. The gift is a reward for cruising a set number of days. If it was a gift they would be giving them to everyone. I would not have cruised twenty six times if I cared about the reward. Still say this to all cruisers when you get the lanyard make sure Carnival can be read and throw it overboard, but at least quit giving them back or they will never run out.

10 hours ago, phillyguy31 said:

Just noticed that the hotel doesn't have their Stay, Park and Cruise Package on their website anymore. We have been booked with them for several months now when the package was still up.  Not sure if they dropped it or you have to call and ask. However has anyone very recently used them and had not issues. I'll called and asked and they said there is not change, however I thought I would ask anyway since I hate surprises, especially since we have friends going as well and I suggested the hotel.

I talked with them today. Am booked for Park, cruise and ride for Sep 29. They said if there were enough people signed for it they would take a van to Brooklyn. If not they would help arrange travel for fee. They said that it looked like there were enough on the 29th. I think when they found out about the change in peirs they took it off

1 hour ago, Jamman54 said:

Another scenario just popped into my head. Say that at the end of our Bermuda cruise Carnival is given the okay to go back to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Do they A). Go directly back to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal and then transport those passengers that parked in Brooklyn, back to Brooklyn to pick up their vehicles?. Or do they B). Stop in Brooklyn to debark the ship before heading back to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal to embark the next cruise? Now we are doing a B2B. If they choose option (B), will we have to debark in Brooklyn and be transported to Manhattan to embark the ship there after she moves from Brooklyn to Manhattan? I know that B2B er's were not allowed to remain on board when a few cruises repositioned from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami. 

Cruises on 9/22. 9/29. anf 10/6 will go out of Brooklyn according to the letter

1 hour ago, Garth2 said:

The letter seems clear to me and will probably be sent to every passenger.  I'm not sure what your question is.

Question is that some people have arranged park ride and cruise out of NJ and it might not be honored because of the distance

28 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Yeah. Righttttt

You mean you do not believe me.LOL. They forgot my gift on the first ten cruises, so i had to keep going back until I got one.

2 hours ago, TNcruising02 said:

What age did you reach Platinum with Carnival or anticipate reaching Platinum?

61 but I did not start crusing until was 57.

I would probably take the aft as I like looking off the rear of boat during down time. Usually only time you hear the engines is if the are looking for ore power like when leaving.

4 hours ago, Stick93 said:

 

This is a laughable thought. It that is the case I don't think any gift is worth thousands of dollars. 

If they stopped giving the gifts i probably would not go ont the next three cruises I have paid for.

4 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Or another way to look at is they paid for the cruise and the “gift” is a gift a small sign and a thank you for their loyalty.  

But the only reason o go on these cruises is for the gift. LOL

On 8/11/2019 at 4:18 PM, xbatt8 said:

 

Well, yes and no. Remember, the DP gift is not just a “gift” (even tho that’s what it’s called), it’s actually a stated perk given to DPs. So if your “free” laundry comes back stained or terribly wrinkled you should just not say anything because it’s a gift? Shhhh, don’t say anything... it was a freebie and you should just accept it and move on??? That seems a tad bit silly to me.  Free or not, you are offering to do my laundry, and if it’s done poorly... I’m going to let you know. 

 

Actually, yes, If I went to a Christmas gift exchange with a gift, and I received a dog brush (I don't have a dog) in exchange, yes, I would certainly see if someone wanted to exchange it, and I might say something to the organizer about giving ideas on next year’s flyer. That’s how people improve service, by knowing where improvement is needed.

 

I do wish people would stop overreacting to complaints. Telling the waiter and the Maitre ‘d that my lasagna was overcooked and dry is not the same as telling them that my MDR experience was completely ruined. Asking them to exchange it for a better one is not the same as telling them that my meals were awful. That one dish was bad. It happens. Telling them is a good thing. Improvements come from knowledge. Pretending that I’ve destroyed their lives or assuming that my whole cruise was ruined because of it is nonsense. Why would you all overreact to this simple, and useful complaint? 

 

Carnival ain’t perfect folks, no matter how much you want people to believe that they are.  They are great, and they are my first choice of cruises. BUT, they make mistakes. And it is in THEIR best interest that we tell them about their mistakes. Period. That’s not even the least bit controversial. They can’t correct what they don’t know about. When someone does, or something is done, well, I let them know. When something is done poorly, I also let them know. My question is why aren’t the rest of you doing that??? Are you not interested in improving things?

 

Bob

 

 

You paid a thousands of dollars for that free gift

Still say if Carnival is giving out plastic lanyards still everyone getting one should throw it overboard so that it can be identified to where it came from. Their judge would love that

Carnival has biscuits?Since when?

I have bee on three and found that while there may be a few more people really dressing up it is not really that much different. There were usually an older crowd so  some more probably dressed.

1 hour ago, shof515 said:

about 45 minutes

Thanks

How long will it take to get to the Statue of Liberty leaving Manhattan at 4pm. Have a 6pm dinner. 

1 hour ago, robc1972 said:

You should be able to change the name of the person and take somebody else.

Find somebody to go and call up to change the name.

Happened to me before, called to change the name and was told it would be a new booking and I would lose the deposit for that person ($250).

Hung up and called back, got somebody else and they changed the name in a few seconds for no charge.

 

You are going to pay for two anyway minus the port charges. If you cannot find someone else to go do not worry about it

Had several obstructed views and most often could not tell why. Usually there was a life boat around or a post. Have not seen one that is bad. That does not mean that when the person comes on and says they could not see the water that they were not right. I have never had a problem.

Speaking of them assigning your room, I have had three balconies assigned,. Last one was extended aft on a Journey cruise. One they gave me a spa with the package and one they move me to a mini suite. So do not be down because you signed up late. It will depend on what they have left and who cancels

Been on three Journeys cruise and the crowds do seem to be older. Did not pay that much attention to the hair. The number of Plat and Diamond are well represented. On one we were told there were 2600, they had to separate the VIP party into two parts.