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We have used OBC towards gratuities before. We just don't pre-pay gratuities. Your sail & sign account will show the charges for gratuities and your OBC credits. 

My travel agent told me today the the FCC does not happen instantly, there is a process period. She says the FCC is linked to your VIFP#. She told me she'll be able to find it easily. I have had FCC credit before from a cruise we cancelled. We rebooked a new cruise a week later, the FCC credit was there for her to use towards payment. She says this will be the same situation.

I used the form today, no problem. It went through and said my request had been accepted. Who knows when I will hear from Carnival again. I chose FCC & on board credit.

We had a B-day cruise booked for my husband on May 10th, cancelled this morning 😡. We booked a March anniversary cruise to use our cancellation promo. Put down deposit and will use FCC towards that. Sailings are suppose to begin May 11th. We are trying to still celebrate B-day a week later with a May 17th booking. Prices have dropped. We'll see what happens with that. 

On 3/26/2020 at 3:43 PM, Shmoo here said:

And, on the other hand, do you think the people in Alaska really want cruise ships calling with a pandemic going on?  I believe Alaska is also restricting ships to their port.

I think they may miss the sales...

http://theconversation.com/coronavirus-and-tourism-places-like-alaska-without-a-severe-covid-19-outbreak-could-still-be-devastated-133421

I agree that these ships are old and this would be a great time to add features. I always say there should be water bottle filling stations around the ship, like the airports have. A lot of people travel with refillable bottles now, the buffet is not a sanitary way to fill them. We did see handwashing stations in buffet on the panorama. 

lol, the ship is here now in San Diego.

Cruises to Alaska need to stop in a Canadian port. It's a rule of the Jones Act. Because the Canadian PM has banned all cruise ships from Canadian ports until July, all lines will be pretty much not going to Alaska until August.

This move by the canadian PM will kill a lot of business in Alaska.

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You are going to love the Panorama. The ship is so beautiful and modern.

We always carry off our luggage. Usually are off about 8am. They call by deck, we always just get in the long line after breakfast and have never had a problem getting off.

We have a cruise booked for May 10th, hoping cruising is back on by then. First thing we always do is get a drink and a Guys burger with fries. That won't change.

I had a friend scheduled on a 7 day mex riviera from SD, due to hurricane they were rerouted 2 days before cruise. Became a north cruise. Knowing the ships have to stop in 1 non U.S port I can't remember where they went. Maybe Ensenada, then on to west coast ports.

When we return from a Carnival cruise and take the survey I always add this comment. Why can't the cruise ships have water bottle filling stations like the airports. Get with the times, a huge percentage of people travel with their own refillable bottles. I use a clean cup to fill my bottle at buffet. I see people walk up and fill bottles directly. If they know this is happening, do something to prevent the spread of germs. They should be thanking of for less cups to wash.

The change makes the process faster. No more standing in line to be checked in and cards handed out. You print your boarding pass and use it until you go to your room @ 1:30pm. Cards will be in envelope at your door. You can use your boarding pass to get drinks if you bought cheers before boarding.

I agree, questionnaire is ridiculous. Nobody is honest. How many people get on sick as it is and mark no for everything.

Maybe everyone involved has learned how to handle these situations better. I appreciate the precautions, clearly they don't know what they are doing. Good luck to the embarking guests today. Lets hope next Saturday is less of a disaster at the terminal.

So glad to wake up and hear it was a negative result. Hope that disembarking goes smoothly this morning.

I love the Alchemy bar drinks too. Did your cheers package continue today for free or are being charged the $50 for today?

This is why Carnival sent the letter yesterday about canceling and OBC. They are trying to give people an out before it comes to these situations and people are displaced waiting to embark. I see why people would want to cancel and not deal with this. So many people on the Panorama missed flights home today. 

So Imagination will float around tonight and tomorrow waiting for Panorama to leave. Poor Imagination guests being delayed. I hope overnight no bad news arrives and Panorama is stuck in port.

I can't stay up any longer to watch this play out. I hope when I get up in the morning you are disembarking Saint Greg. Enjoy your extra night.

I think the phrase no international travel means they had not been outside the U.S before the Panorama.

I think Carnival knows they are screwed in this situation no matter how they handle it. They are usually following weather patterns and rerouting/changing itinerary due to storms. This is not something they deal with it everyday. They are dependent on the medical world to make decisions. It sucks for all involved. The letter sounds like they are financially taking care of people who are at the port waiting.

Depending on when the results come in and what they are. The current Panorama guests maybe stuck awhile. I hope this gets cleared up overnight and it's business as usual tomorrow. As we said earlier, how is Imagination going to pull in tomorrow with Panorama still there. Have the Imagination guests embarking tomorrow been notified yet of changes?