pattdavid Posted March 19, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 19, 2018 does anyone know why the Dream was 3 hours late leaving New Orleans yesterday 3-18-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyzag Posted March 19, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I was wondering the same thing, as I refreshed the port's webcam a 1000 times yesterday. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonna go cruising Posted March 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I hope it was not a mechanical issue. We will be on her next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myangel Posted March 20, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2018 The Port is so busy with lots and lots of traffic, the ships sometimes have to wait. It happened to us a few times but it never impacted our cruise or ports visited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teague38 Posted March 28, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I was on this sailing and they told us we was delayed because of river traffic but it did not change our port arrival times. They also gave everyone in my family $12 and some change in port fee refunds so I wasn't sad about not leaving on time. lol. That was almost $50 unexpected free money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasGuy75219 Posted March 29, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I was on this sailing and they told us we was delayed because of river traffic but it did not change our port arrival times. They also gave everyone in my family $12 and some change in port fee refunds so I wasn't sad about not leaving on time. lol. That was almost $50 unexpected free money The port fee refunds have nothing do with leaving port late. The port fees you pay at booking are just estimates. The port fees that Carnival actually pays are a mixed cost (partly a fixed cost per ship/sailing and partly based on the number of passengers who actually sail), so they don't know the total cost and number of passengers to allocate it to until the day of sailing. Carnival reserves the right to collect additional port fees on the ship if the actual costs are more than you paid with your reservation, but they tend overestimate so you generally wind up getting a small refund as OBC to your S&S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teague38 Posted March 29, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The port fee refunds have nothing do with leaving port late. The port fees you pay at booking are just estimates. The port fees that Carnival actually pays are a mixed cost (partly a fixed cost per ship/sailing and partly based on the number of passengers who actually sail), so they don't know the total cost and number of passengers to allocate it to until the day of sailing. Carnival reserves the right to collect additional port fees on the ship if the actual costs are more than you paid with your reservation, but they tend overestimate so you generally wind up getting a small refund as OBC to your S&S. This was my second cruise and I either didn't notice or didn't get any back on my first cruise so I just assumed it was from sailing late. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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