airlink diva Posted September 2, 2018 #651 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Enjoyed your review, especially as a solo cruiser. Heading on her in three months. Second time solo on the Dream but doing Western sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghsteelerfan Posted September 2, 2018 #652 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I really enjoyed sailing along on the Dream with you. We were just in NOLA in May for a week celebrating a friend's milestone birthday. We lucked out in that our room in the Wyndham faced the Mississippi River, so I was able to watch Dream sail in one morning and Triumph the next. I had to get up early to do that, but priorities. ;p We don't have any upcoming cruises booked so I don't have any questions, just wanted to let you know I enjoyed this from the beginning. Reading reviews is a great way to help with "cruise withdrawals", so thank you for taking time during your vacation to take us along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molole Posted September 2, 2018 #653 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I’ll post video when I’m able to get it uploaded Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Awesome! If going solo, which dining time would you recommend if I don’t want to end up eating by myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmptrwiz Posted September 2, 2018 #654 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Thanks Saint Greg for your live review. It was like having a friend on the ship constantly texting me all sorts of fun facts and important information. I’m really quite sad it’s over!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conjr Posted September 2, 2018 #655 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Loved the live review! Thanks for answering so many of our questions! Now that you are off the ship, which drink was your favorite? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #656 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Loved the live review! Thanks for answering so many of our questions! Now that you are off the ship, which drink was your favorite? Sent from my iPhone using Forums The blueberry pie one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #657 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Awesome! If going solo, which dining time would you recommend if I don’t want to end up eating by myself? Definitely assigned. Early seems to be most popular of the two. I’ve read horror stories about solos at YTD trying to sit with people and people saying “we don’t want him/her at our table.” There’s a thread on the solo board called “dining - the most difficult part of being a solo” or something like that you should probably check out. Some of my struggles are documented in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflonjeff Posted September 2, 2018 #658 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Great thread. I’m sailing on the Dream in 3 weeks and have enjoyed reading this. What app are you using to track the ships? Also, can you post he Alchamy menu again - or point me to the post? Thanks for your great thread! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelGirlinDallas Posted September 2, 2018 #659 Share Posted September 2, 2018 So, did you leave the duct tape on the mailbox? So funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #660 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Great thread. I’m sailing on the Dream in 3 weeks and have enjoyed reading this. What app are you using to track the ships? Also, can you post he Alchamy menu again - or point me to the post? Thanks for your great thread! Jeff CruiseMapper Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #661 Share Posted September 2, 2018 So, did you leave the duct tape on the mailbox? So funny! I removed it last night Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #662 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Made it home! Here’s the volume 2 preview: Vista out of Galveston. No cheers the first day. I’ll be the guy walking around the ship sipping barefoot pink moscato from the bottle. No corkscrew required. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgreiner Posted September 2, 2018 #663 Share Posted September 2, 2018 So another thing that went wrong tonight. A couple drinks ago my gift card ran out so the tax on these drinks started going to my credit card on file. I put that card on there 3 months ago at check-in. About a month ago that card was compromised and my CC company sent a new one. So I had to go get my new card and take it to guest services mid-drink. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Do they charge tax on drinks the whole trip with the cheers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 2, 2018 Author #664 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Do they charge tax on drinks the whole trip with the cheers? Just when you’re a certain distance from the US. So we had it when we were leaving and coming back to New Orleans...and key west I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christyran1228 Posted September 3, 2018 #665 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Made it home! Here’s the volume 2 preview: Vista out of Galveston. No cheers the first day. I’ll be the guy walking around the ship sipping barefoot pink moscato from the bottle. No corkscrew required. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This will be us in 6 weeks. No doubt. Lol Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmcwilliams106 Posted September 3, 2018 #666 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Sorry if you mentioned this previously. Did you notice a huge difference with the recent change in the cheers package to $20 a drink. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 3, 2018 Author #667 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Sorry if you mentioned this previously. Did you notice a huge difference with the recent change in the cheers package to $20 a drink. Sent from my iPad using Forums None. I don’t know of any $20 drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmcwilliams106 Posted September 3, 2018 #668 Share Posted September 3, 2018 None. I don’t know of any $20 drinks. Thanks I figured as much. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librac41 Posted September 3, 2018 #669 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Hello Greg First off, I thoroughly enjoyed your trip adventure, you take great pics. We were thinking of cruising out of New Orleans possibly January, 2019. Since this will be our first cruise, I had a few questions: Would it be better to book online or through a TA? Did you book your excursions online or through the cruise line? Thanks in advance for answering. Glad you enjoyed yourself! Look forward to reading about your next adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted September 3, 2018 #670 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Thanks for taking us along for the cruise! You had an excellent, informative, and entertaining review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserll Posted September 3, 2018 #671 Share Posted September 3, 2018 If you want an early debarkation number, don’t wait until the last hour to pick your number up. I got the last 21 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I know I should understand this.... So if I have 3 pieces of luggage do I get 3 tags? For some reason the way it is worded is confusing to me. LOL :o:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmptrwiz Posted September 3, 2018 #672 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I know I should understand this.... So if I have 3 pieces of luggage do I get 3 tags? For some reason the way it is worded is confusing to me. LOL :o:o You only need 3 tags if you want all of your luggage to be together when you go to claim it! Yes each piece needs the same tag and all luggage needs it’s own tag. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 3, 2018 Author #673 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Hello GregFirst off, I thoroughly enjoyed your trip adventure, you take great pics. We were thinking of cruising out of New Orleans possibly January, 2019. Since this will be our first cruise, I had a few questions: Would it be better to book online or through a TA? Did you book your excursions online or through the cruise line? Thanks in advance for answering. Glad you enjoyed yourself! Look forward to reading about your next adventures. I didn’t book any excursions. Everything I did was on my own. If a ticket was required, I bought it at the time of entry. I book my own. You may want to talk to someone who has TA experience. I looked into them once. They couldn’t offer a lower price than carnival but they could give more OBC. At the time the best TA offer was a price $20 more than carnival with $45 more OBC...so I just booked on my own so I wouldn’t lose control of my booking over $25. I always book carnival when I can get $50 obc. So either an obc sale or within 2 weeks of my cruise. Once they coincided and I was able to stack them and get $100 OBC. I had to call carnival to do that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 3, 2018 Author #674 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Hello GregFirst off, I thoroughly enjoyed your trip adventure, you take great pics. We were thinking of cruising out of New Orleans possibly January, 2019. Since this will be our first cruise, I had a few questions: Would it be better to book online or through a TA? Did you book your excursions online or through the cruise line? Thanks in advance for answering. Glad you enjoyed yourself! Look forward to reading about your next adventures. If you do go out of New Orleans, make sure you visit the New Orleans board. I’ll be there with others to help you out with whatever you need. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librac41 Posted September 3, 2018 #675 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I didn’t book any excursions. Everything I did was on my own. If a ticket was required, I bought it at the time of entry. I book my own. You may want to talk to someone who has TA experience. I looked into them once. They couldn’t offer a lower price than carnival but they could give more OBC. At the time the best TA offer was a price $20 more than carnival with $45 more OBC...so I just booked on my own so I wouldn’t lose control of my booking over $25. I always book carnival when I can get $50 obc. So either an obc sale or within 2 weeks of my cruise. Once they coincided and I was able to stack them and get $100 OBC. I had to call carnival to do that though. Thanks for this information. I would visit this Website and enjoy others tell their stories of their fun times and learn so much. I always wanted to go but was never able to until now. :):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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