marynjohn

Checkin is one week from today I think.  Looks like we need passport/id numbers, Name/ID/Address, and a credit card.  Doesn't look like you need a photo, that was on Royal I guess Carnival just takes your pic at the pier.

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3421/~/how-to-complete-online-check-in

Is it possible there aren't a lot of people on here because the format of the title doesn't meet their requirements?

When I search for it, it doesn't come up under the 'Venezia Roll calls", but it does if you know it's there.  (I know, that sounds weird, but computers are weird sometimes.   People have been complaining about how the boards are archaic, maybe just poor programming.  I had to change my tag because that was broken so they def changed something.

jmunson has to try that as the owner.

Here's the page I found where it says to put the name and date into the heading.  

On 2/4/2023 at 9:09 AM, beanie315 said:

My wife and I will be on this cruise . This will hopefully be our second time on Venzia ( we have one booked 9/8 with family ) . This will be our 9th Carnival cruise ( 13th total ) since the restart .

On 2/15/2023 at 8:32 AM, beanie315 said:

We are doing our first RCL cruise on the Anthem on march 19th

We are having problems on anthem with one of the engines.  Need to replace a part.  The captain said next cruise will skip port Canaveral because Anthem doesn't have enough speed with 3 engines.  Hope they fix it in time for yours.

Just booked today for us and Mary's sister.  Second time on Carnival.  We did a few NCL but got tired of being nickel and dimed.  Went on RCL Anthem 2 yeas ago and we're going again in 19 days!!  

On 6/11/2022 at 11:06 AM, clpkab4cruising said:

Does anyone have recommendations for parking at/near the Newark airport? (Searching for my parents who will be flying out of there for a European cruise.)

 

Thanks.

 

Cheryl

We use these guys.  Have used them many times and it's always been good.  Sometimes you have to wait 20 minutes for the shuttle back but never had any problem. My dash cam showed they didn't screw around or drive like jerks.  We're using the again in a couple weeks.

https://www.snap-parking.com/

2 hours ago, RalphWiggum said:

Onboard now and we left PC about twenty minutes ago. Fingers crossed for an uneventful next couple of days.  At least in my experience things seem normal on board.  
 

also I was told there was a medical emergency and that was cleared by 7:45 but they were provisioning since they had the opportunity. 

We saw a stretcher in the hallway on 10 aft port.  last nightaybe 8 or 9.  Hope the person is ok.

19 hours ago, john91498 said:

When was the attack? Aug 15th.

When did the CFO/IT guy resign? Aug 15th

CFO isn't technology, is it?  I thought Financial.  But, don't worry, the CTO will be leaving soon.

Can someone else go instead?  Could you re-sell it? 

Just wondering.

I think you'll wait less the later you go.  Everyone wants to get on the ship early.

To make it easier, there are seats available, one person could stand on the line until you're called then everybody can come up.

After signin you can go back to seats in the waiting to board area until they start letting people on.

32 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

Your post doesn't really make much sense as far as being tracked to sell you things. Everyone gets confronted by photo sales, liquor drinks at dinner, spa treatments, jewelry sales, wine tasting, etc.

What makes you think just because you carry a medallion they'll be more opportunities pushed in your face?

Do you really believe they're going to take the time to find you to present some special offer?  

Yes.  They already know a lot of what you like and dislike by your spending onboard, now they'll know where you hang out and can use that for upsells.  Do they like to spend time in the library?  Let's go talk to them about our new partnership with Barnes and Noble.  Now, they don't have to blast it everywhere, just to select people.  Just an example, but they're always looking for new ways to part you from your money, this makes it easier for them.  Think about FaceBook - they see what you're commenting on or even looking at and send you specific ads based on what they see.  And they keep that info forever.

1 hour ago, MissP22 said:

It's basically nothing that they didn't already know from the cruise card but it just makes it easier to collect the data automatically.

Well, yes and no.  They don't know where you are every second without it.  Suppose they want to find you to try to sell you something?  Now, if you walk down a hall, you see someone shilling something and can go another way.  With this, they can find you.  Happens to me all the time at BJ's with the Verizon, Directv, and Home improvement folks.  (Avoiding therm, I mean.)  

11 hours ago, Haboob said:

Sensors throughout the ship track the Medallions' (and presumably your) location at all times, unlocking your stateroom door as it approaches (and re-locking it if it goes in or goes past).

 

For purchases in a shop, it is a near-field device you place against a sensor at the register.

 

The ship also tracks crew members' location and shows them a picture and loyalty level of the passengers in their area.  It works well enough that you can order a drink poolside or from your seat in the ship's theater and it will be delivered to you.

 

In the dining room, you get called by name even in "Anytime Dining" (and they use the system to relay your order to the galley).

Wow, that's a little creepy.  They know where you are every second.  Makes it easy to figure out what you like to do so they can sell that info to their partners.  I guess all the cruiselines have a lot of info already - casino card, sea card to log your drinks, when the cabin door was opened, etc., but now they know where on the ship beside your cabin you physically spend a lot of time and can focus their marketing efforts with more granularity.
It's not like we'd do anything of great interest to them, but that's still creepy to me.

I'm not familiar with Princess so forgive me if I'm totally off base.  These medallions I guess are like Disney bands?  How close do the staff have to be to read them?  Could they walk up and down the aisle and see who is around them?  Stop to chat with top cruisers?

On 7/13/2019 at 3:02 PM, olegna said:

Plenty of cabs, BUT......BE CAREFUL of the meter....

Just returned 7/7/19.  Hopped into a cab for Penn Station and driver wanted $34 flat plus tip.

After encouraging a few time to turn the meter on, we paid $24 plus tip.

It seems they like to pretend the meter is not working.

Otherwise, a fast and good ride.

I used to laugh at cab driver's who would try to tell me I had to pay an out of city surcharge to come home.  (I live on Staten Island, part of the city.)

The atrium is usually the only one with football in season.  Never seen Nascar, Baseball, or even American soccer on the ships we've been on.  And the bars just seem to only play European Soccer.
Maybe it's changed since we were on Breakaway in 2018.
I don't know about being on the ship, our only time from PC we were stuck in traffic and didn't get into the terminal until after 1pm.

OK.  So most of what people before me have said I believe to be true. 

You'll probably have a great time,

people complain (some simply because they wanted to pay less)...

BUT, NCl has in our opinion, dropped a couple of notches.  Because they're a little too aggressive trying to squeeze every nickel out of you.  We went on a cruise every year for almost 10 years.  This year, meh...  We've been on NCL, Celebrity, and Carnival (twice - the first time and the last time).

We just got an offer for a FREE cruise but we're probably not going to take it.

We also have a cruise credit voucher.

Just not feeling it.

Last time, we ubered.  Going in was great about $90 to get to pier from Staten island.  Our ship was VERY late coming back, when we finally knew we were getting off, the Uber wait was an hour 45 mins.  My wife flagged a car that had an Uber sign but wasnt doing Uber then and we paid like $250 to get home.  It was a ten day cruise, so yes we saved a little money, but standing in the rain with thousands of people all needing a can was an experience I don't ever want to have again.  We've parked at the pier and we'll do it from now on.

No Nascar, I always ask because hope springs eternal.

My take on why NCL doesn't show much American sports is that they cost too much.  Our cable companies are constantly locked in battle with the networks over pricing.  NCL shows soccer mostly (last cruise soccer from Turkey) and unless you're on a cruise during playoffs or the Superbowl, it's probably not on.

Because our ship left so late last November, I was able to watch the Homestead Race (Nascar Superbowl) on my phone sitting by Maltings.  

Oh, and you can bring a DVR device and watch shows you pre-recorded at home by plugging it into the TV.  (My wife can't sleep without the TV on, and the ship channels shut off for 10 minutes between shows.  But there are no commercials.  (Hence the 10 minute gap))

It was our first time, in October.  Maybe the hurricane made things more tight economically so they have to hustle, I don't know.  But, we won't be getting off the ship again there.  
You only get one chance to make a first impression.

Be careful.  We've been to lots of ports and just went to St. Kitts in October.  We had three experiences that made us decide never to go back.  

First, the hawkers are worse than anywhere else we've been which includes Cozumel and Bahamas.  NBD just an annoyance.

We went to see the church and it was pretty, but coming back some guy who we could SMELL from 4 feet away started harrasing us.  Ok, nbd 2.

We got back to the shops area and 2 guys surrounded us trying to get us to pay for pictures with their monkeys.  Mary was screaming.  I went and got a cop which was useless.  He just said they keep chasing them and they come back.  

The cop came over and one of the guys started getting aggressive with me, saying it wasn't him.  I told the cop to check the security camera which was right behind him and grabbed Mary and got back onboard.

At home, it's trivial but in another country you can never tell.  If you get off, just be wary.  The usual watch your belongings applies, and be prepared for people harrasing you about the tours.

Thank you to everyone who ran the meet and greet and slot pulls, we had a lot of fun!

Things were going great until I had to get Mary to the infirmary last night.  Stomach problems.  Gave her meds and has to drink lots of gatoraide but she's much better now.  We should get out of isolation tonight or tomorrow.  Hey, there are worse places to be stuck in than an aft balcony with room service, lol.

Glass half full.

No announcement yet.  Hoping to start boarding 1pm.  They stopped check-in because the terminal is full.  So that may delay us.

I just found these.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/140860593@N04/F26n20

Sick passenger.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/carnival-cruise-sick-passenger-new-york-harbor/

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