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I got one too! I tried calling carnival first cause it freaked me out. Their phone rang busy, busy, busy. Safety in numbers I guess.

If it is a mistake on their end, a follow up email would be nice. So glad there is cruise critic to turn to.

I agree, You would think one would have been sent my now...

I got it also. Wondering if they sent it to everyone that has a cruise booked out of New Orleans? I will be on the Dream out of NO in April.

Not just NOLA, everyone everywhere

I think everybody in their data bank got one. I tried to call and every number I have for Carnival rings busy!

 

 

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they must be very overwhelmed with calls.

Yup, I got the same one!! LOL, hubby and I are gonna pack really quickly and fly from NY to New Orleans. :p I wish!

Ill meet you there!

So it sounds like most people don't actually have a booking for tomorrow's cruise, I do however aboard the pride out of Baltimore. Do you think I should be concerned about my booking being wrong now

No this shouldn't be an issue. Seems like the email went out to all carnival guest, not just ones with bookings for tomorrow.

DW just got it as we were watching the Olympics. I said, "Quick--go pack--we can be in NOLA before sunrise!"

Glad i wasn't the only one thinking this. Better be a huge boat!

LOL! I got it, too. Really wishing I was going tomorrow.

Don't we all :(

We received this email also.:confused: Haven't booked a Carnival cruise for a very long time.

thats odd even old customers received this email

I got the email also. Only wish it were true. LOL

I went and checked my account hoping it was somehow attached to my name… was unfortunately let down haha

Looks like there will be a lot of people at the port in NOLA tomorrow ahha

Seems to be system wide. Many people got this email

very weird

I just received an email about "my cruise for Feb 23, 2014"… I don't have a cruise booked

My offer showed up online when I logged in to my Carnival Account...Then you go to the Manage tab...then VIFP Club...Then My Offers.

 

Be sure that when you are searching cruises on the Carnival site to make sure under the Special Offers section that the VIFP area is checked off and the number is in the box. I tried it a couple of times and it didn't have the number listed.

 

69 days until our free cruise!!!

That's awesome!!! Truly jealous. Enjoy it

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When you say you received this offer do you mean email/normal mail? Or does it just show up when planning your cruise and choosing a rate with your carnival number?

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I love JVD, and I made it a point to get there when in ST Thomas. There are several power boats ( not sailboats) that do it all the time. Nate's tours and Vilocity are two, but there are others. You can find them and great reviews on tripadvisor.

 

 

 

The part that you need to do to make it finacially work is have 5 people or more. I did the research, and then put it on CruiseCritic under the roll call for my sailing. I quickly found 2 other couples to make it a $135 option.

 

 

 

That's not cheap, but the British Virgin Islands are amazing, and also it's a private tour with just the people cruising with you.

 

 

 

Good luck

I appreciate the help! Do you mind me asking who you used?

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Also contact Dolphin Shuttle, they leave the East End at 9 and depart White Bay at 4 but they may be able to adjust their return time depending on your group size, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.dolphinshuttle.com/jostvandyke.html

Just got a quote from them of $195 per person. This is looking more and more impossible now.

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You are correct, unfortunately there is no way you would make it back to the ship.

It is not really an issue of being close on time. This is completely not possible. There is no way to be back aboard your ship in time for sailing.

Ah damn. Any recommendations for other ferries leaving the island earlier?

Was wondering if anyone has used Inter Island Boat Services to get to jost? We will be in st thomas on the carnival valor in may but are not too sure about the times. According to the itinerary…

We should disembark at 7am, then we would need to get a cab from charlotte amalie to red hook, then the boat leaves red hook at 8am, 30 minute boat ride to st john, then another 45 to great harbor jost van dyke.

Then on the way back the boat leaves Jost at 4pm, 30 min boat ride back to red hook, then cab back to charlotte amalie, then the valor leaves at 5pm. is this even doable? sounds a little close on times.

It seems to be the cheapest, $70 round trip

I prefer that Carnival charges me $399 for a cruise and I get to CHOOSE whether I spend $20 extra on a concert, $35 extra at the steakhouse, $100 extra for a spa pass, $200 extra for a drink package, etc, instead of charging me a flat cruise fare of $754 with all these things included.

 

I think people should be thankful that cruise pricing these days is unbundled, giving them the chance to truly choose what they want to pay for, instead of being forced to pay for things that they may not care for.

 

 

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To each their own I guess. It doesn't give me any more reason to cruise and the entertainment should already be included in the cruise fare IMHO.

Average everyday entertainment is included. This type of entertainment is above and beyond that. People pay hundreds of dollars to snorkel for a few hours, this is nothing.

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So, you had to pay hundreds of dollars for a cruise and then pay more to see a concert. I can see some of these bands in my hometown for a lot less money than seeing them on a cruise ship. If the concert was included as part of the cruise fare then that's fine but to have to pay extra no thanks, I'll wait for REO or Styx to come to me.

For someone already planning on taking a vacation this gives them even more reason to cruise. And too pay $20-$40 extra to see a band like reo is a great value IMO

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