campdaan

1 hour ago, Coopdog08 said:

Couldn’t agree more with OP. After reading everything this is my simple thought....during hurricane season what is the main source Carnival uses to communicate changes to itinerary? It’s posted on there website first, not twitter, etc. Should have been the same in this instance. 

Exactly. 
 

I was not going to board the Facebook Breeze or The Twitter Breeze...

I was going to board the Carnival Breeze. 
 

Carnival should be ashamed. 

My cruise on the Breeze was supposed to leave today. 
 

I got an email today saying not to forget my boarding pass. 
 

My Carnival page where I log into to manage my cruise says I have 3 hours to departure. 
 

So... I know Carnival has my email. 
 

I signed up for text alerts. I still have the confirmation text. 
 

I HAVE NOT GOT 1 EMAIL OR TEXT FROM CARNIVAL, EXCEPT TO TELL ME TO BRING MY BOARDING PASS. 

This is unacceptable. 
 

This would have been my 17th Carnival Cruise, so I’ve dealt with them for years. 
 

There is no excuse. 

Great review !

 I’m on the Breeze in 2 weeks. 
 

I miss the Cruise Critic group cruises.

We had roll call threads that would get over a thousand posts.

Met lots of great people. 

I'm on the Sunshine right now, same itinerary. 

Looking forward to your review. 

We are on the Sunshine and got Tervis cups again. 

This seems to be the default gift, as we have gotten them several times. 

The beach bags are really nice. Enjoy them. 

And if Carnival is listening, I always liked the blue 6-pack coolers. 

10 hours ago, campdaan said:

 

I checked all the activities listed on the Hub app. And the closest thing is an 80's music trivia party on Ocean Plaza on the last night of our cruise. 

 

If anything happens, I'll post it. Or I'll ask Mikey the Cruise Director. 

There is an 80's Rock-N-Glow Party with Mikey, tonight on Lido !

1 hour ago, Lottacruises said:

 

You could have put a towel up against the bottom then to keep the water from going everywhere.....

No you couldn't. There was an inch gap. 

2 hours ago, smyemar said:

Thanks so much for taking questions. Can you tell me if they have any theme partys?  Specifically a "white" party or rocking 80's glow party?  We are on Sunshine in 2 weeks amd I want to prepared!  Cheers!

 

I checked all the activities listed on the Hub app. And the closest thing is an 80's music trivia party on Ocean Plaza on the last night of our cruise. 

If anything happens, I'll post it. Or I'll ask Mikey the Cruise Director. 

10 hours ago, summersigh said:

Is there still a live band nightly in the Ocean Plaza?  We loved that on our previous 2 cruises aboard her

 

We love the Sunshine and even more now that she'll be sailing from Charleston .. this year the Bahamas (again  ) and next year Cuba

 

Yes ! There is a live band in Ocean Plaza most nights. Tonight there is karaoke from 9-Midnight. 

15 minutes ago, chumley28540 said:

So what cord did u use to connect your IPAD to the TV?

You need an Apple HDMI to Lightning adapter. 

I got mine at Staples for around $40 a few years ago, but I've seen them on eBay for less. 

And an HDMI cable

Just now, Lottacruises said:

If you look at the shower curtains they can be hung in two places, one higher and one lower. I had the issue of a "short" curtain once and mentioned it to the steward. He reaching it in about 10 seconds. Since then I have had to do that a couple of.times. It takes me about 5 minutes.

The curtain was too short, period. 

I'm a pretty good self fixer and had tried to see if it was in the wrong slot. 

Our steward told us they have several different size curtains for newer and older parts of the ship. 

26 minutes ago, tonyhb12 said:

 

Do you know where the Port Cam is located?  Very Cool!

 

Also-do you know if the bars have Bud Light Lime?  Another poster answered this for me before, I'm just hoping things maybe changed...

 

Thanks and great thread!  We sail her in 39 Days!

The cam is at Fishlips restaurant, and the have a sign on their deck that says "smile", so you know where to wave to. 

24 minutes ago, let's go cruising said:

Same with us for the Meet and Mingle.  No word.  Ever.  We were on the Glory in January 2019.

Renee

Imagine hosting a Cruise Critic sponsored cruise and everyone from the roll call makes plans on F**eB**k...

That happened to me. 

The meet and and greet at sail away, a slot pull, and a cabin crawl that I tried to organize turned into one big drinking game by a previous group called the "Miracle Maniacs".

I was told by their "leader" that I should just join that social media platform. Ugh. 

44 minutes ago, FloridaGram said:

Interesting you should comment on this. I had the same problem on the Liberty in January but on the Miracle last month it was perfect! So it CAN be fixed! And I am glad that I am not the only one who finds that annoying!

 

 

 

I spoke to my cabin steward this morning who had no idea that I had gotten the job done. 

In fact, yesterday, he introduced me to his supervisor who was made aware of the problem, and she never got it done. 

This is is an example of the simplest things having to run a gauntlet, rather than just being fixed. Carnival happens.

A few years back, I had tried to book adjoining balconies at the future cruise desk, but that department didn't know what balconies connected together, but I could access Carnival's own booking site to give the Carnival representative that very information. I ended up telling them what rooms I wanted because they were restricted by their own company of that information which I got from their booking site. 

9 minutes ago, Llamabear said:

Cruising in 35 days on Sunshine! Can't wait!! I've heard mixed reviews of the Serenity area, are you finding it crowded, or are there open loungers throughout the day? Thanks!

The Sunshine has an awesome Serenity area. Probably the biggest and best of any ship I've been on, but you do have a fair share of chair hogs. 

Today it was very windy on the highest deck and I did find a clamshell, but it shook like an earthquake. So I went down to deck 3 and lounged under the lifeboats. I also have a double balcony, so a lot of time has been enjoyed there. 

As as far as the ship movement, to answer another poster, you can feel the ship moving and rocking a bit. But, no one seems to mind, and I haven't seen anyone with the little dot ear patches. Personally, it doesn't bother me at all, I kinda like it. 

1 hour ago, audcc77 said:

 

2 days with water "everywhere" ?   Yeah.  This is where I'd say, "I see that you've not had time to get me a longer shower curtain.   No worries; I'll just run mine down to Guest Services and ask for one that works."   🙂  

 

 

I'm hoping to sail the Sunshine at the end of this year...   Also hoping internet connection is better by the time I do...

 

 

 

Well, it got taken care of in a roundabout way...

We requested a different dining table from the maitre'd because the booth that we were in had such soft seat cushions that my wife's shoulders were almost even with the table top.

They gave us a new table assignment with chairs. 

When the maitre'd asked if he could do anything else for us, I jokingly remarked that he could change our shower curtain. 

When we got got back to our room ( almost 10 pm because of late dining ) Housekeeping was in our room changing the curtain. 

That only leaves one one last complaint, and that's with CruiseCritic...

We had enough people on our roll call for a meet and mingle, but just like last year, radio silence. 

And to the other point about the Internet. It's improved since last year, and I thought it was pretty good then. It sure isn't FIOS, but it's been good enough for me to do eBay and YouTube. 

And speaking of such. I am able to hook my iPad into the hdmi input on the TV and toggle the input using the buttons on the side of the TV. 

Right backatcha. 

24 minutes ago, Hoops_Baller said:

We will be on in 2 weeks...interested to hear your observations....can't wait!

I will definitely do a wrap up report. 

This Cruise is more of a relaxation Cruise. We have been to all our Ports several times, so we really don't have much planned. 

That, and I'm 59, the wife is 60, and Mom is a very active 90. But we definitely don't move as fast as we did on my first cruise when I was 43. If you know what I mean. 

22 minutes ago, young_ens said:

Cool timing, we'll be on her in 4 weeks!   Questions are how was embarcation (chaotic)?   This would depend on where your cabin is, but how is the sunshine in terms on steadiness on the water? DW prone to seasickness, appreciate a heads up!  

Thanks and enjoy your cruise!

Embarkation was very quick, but I'm Platinum, so we get the fast track. 

Also, we had a delay going to the Port because Mom thought she might have a bladder infection, so we went to the clinic in Cocoa Beach, where they gave her a prescription for antibiotics. 

Still, from the time we got to the Ship to the actual getting onboard was about 15-20 minutes. 

We are on Lido Deck by choice, so we dropped our stuff off and Mom made her 1pm haircut appointment in the Spa, and I got to the BBQ on deck 5.

BTW. If you look at the replay of sail away ( March 8 ) on the Port Canaveral webcam, I can be seen about 2 minutes in with my NASA T-shirt waving my stuffed penguin Waddles. 

Waddles is from my days of hosting CruiseCritic cruises. When we would tell folks to look for the penguin. 

The Captain granted Waddles permission to go to the Bridge later in the Cruise. Stay tuned. 

42 minutes ago, schazzy said:

We will be on the Sunshine in 48 days! The only thing I haven't seen anything about in my research that we're curious about is if the deli is the old menu or the new menu with the pre-made sandwiches? DH loves the turkey on the country roll at lunch and wondering if it's still available.  

Its the new menu. 

And no more panini press, it's been replaced with toaster ovens. 

The selection looks great, but I didn't see the country rolls. 

I'll double check. 

3 minutes ago, mamiamjo said:

We’ll be on her in two weeks. Would be glad to hear about your opinions and experiences.

have a great cruise!

So far, so good. 

My my only complaint is that the shower curtain in my room is an inch too short and water gets everywhere. 

My cabin steward ward keeps saying he will take care of it, but 2 days in, it hasn't been done. 

We have a cabin cabin next door, where the curtain is fine. 

Other than that...  we are good !

Hi Everyone 

On the Sunshine posting with the middle Internet package. It's kinda slow, but a million times better than the old pay by the minute internet. 

This is my 16th Carnival cruise. 2nd on the Sunshine. We did the Sunshine last March and liked it so much we booked again. 

I will take questions, but I will not be posting any Funtimes because things change quickly Cruise to Cruise. 

Sooo... Anyone want to ask a question ?

Loading the van to head over the Sunshine right now. 

21 days...

We did the Sunshine last year, and booked it again for this year.

This is considered to be my "back to back" cruise. 😁