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I ran into sfpd3000 on my Pacific Coastal cruise a year ago right outside Pier 27.  He was doing traffic duty that day. I asked him if he was on CC and he said yes. Super friendly cop with a smile.

5 hours ago, mcrcruiser said:

Because  they & other cruise lines try to get more money from the buyers

Come again? Why is this so wrong? When did cruise lines ever state they are nonprofit charity organizations? 

Comparing to RCCL ships, HA ship entertainments are pretty low key and a bit underwhelming. On the other hand, I like the buffet on HA where food is always served to you by ship staff.

Train over bus any day. You can ride the bus whenever you want at home year round.

3 hours ago, mz-s said:

They got rid of the tablecloths fleetwide during the COVID restart.

Best decision Carnival made. Total waste of staff time and laundry cost.

1 hour ago, bjkTX said:

  I noticed 3 or 4 military guys all decked out in green and long and short guns standing by the shops.  I went over to say hello and thank them and asked why they were there - and the response was "because you are here."  I felt safer - not safe - but safer 🙂

Mex soldiers and police are quite friendly with tourists. They would post for pictures if you ask them nicely.

I guess we will know more about these cruises when flights are scheduled to show up for booking through X in a few weeks. 

PV cruise pier is located right next to a large Mex naval base. Cartels better bring with them a lot of fire power if they plan to attack and overrun PV.

US$1pp per trip. Bus stop is located right outside the cruise pier.

In case you are unaware, that hotel is haunted. Prefect place to be at Halloween though.

A big box online TA is giving out coupon book. I have one coming to me on my April cruise.

No good. A lot of cruisers are going to miss their flights going home.

I didn't know about the free passport bus in LB. Thanks for the tip.

13 hours ago, zzdoug said:

The share price is historically low but whoever buys it will have to figure out how to deal with $12 billion in debt. Not saying it won't happen.

No issue. Gets shaven off the sale price. 

Labadee is safe because Haitian gangs decided it is to their benefit to leave the place alone, not because of the flimsy chain-link fence, the odd armed guards or  4 hour drive from their gang hoods.

13 hours ago, Longwood50 said:

I have no idea, the leg before ours starting on Feb 14 was reportedly worse.  After talking to guest relations a couple of times they asked if I would like to talk to a senior officer.  Instead, they got me with the head of guest relations who confessed that the changes to the tender operations had not gone as planned but they were better than the prior segment where guests waited 2.5 hours to get on a tender.  I was standing next to a ships officer on the Lido deck as he approached the counter for food and as he gazed left and right to see if he was cutting in front of someone he asked a guest if he was in the right line.  I said to him, and you are confused?  Think about the passengers.  A simple sign with an arrow saying line starts here and a second sign indicating that the line started from the other end would have ended all that confusion easily.  I felt genuinely sorry for the Lido service workers since they took the complaints from people who were waiting in line, and and times told to start again because they inadvertantly approached the serving area from the wrong time.  The majority of time, the servers tried as best they could but if someone stopped to obtain food, others believing it to be the end of the line cut in because they didn't know where the food queue was suppose to begin.  It honestly was like they were operating their first cruise and hadn't worked out any common sense procedures.  

 

I concur with the poor signage at Lido chow line. The signage was not well placed or very noticable. I had to tell a few people who cut in front of me to go line up at the other end. It was annoying.

2 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

Considering on a thread about Carnival not enforcing rules, there are posts from people  who ignore the rules.  

And openly breaking the law.

23 hours ago, Cruisin'allovertheworld said:

 

I also find it bizarre that you're determined to paint Mexico as more dangerous than the USA, even though the facts and figures DO NOT bear this out in any way for the type of experience we are discussing.

They don't? Let's compare some facts. In Mexico, town mayors, elected officials, police chiefs, judges and LEO are often killed for standing up to drug cartels or refusing to be bribed. In Mexico, drug cartels have access to military grade hardware like RPG, 50 cal HMG, grenade launchers and plenty of automatic assault rifles. These folks have no hesitation to take on Mexican army and police. Some cartel leaders and members are in fact former military and police who decided to switch side for money. Is this happening in US? If so, it is certainly news to me.

Forget this refund thing. Go spend your time with your wife and take good care of her.

COVID may not be as deadly as before but it remains highly contiguous and constantly mutating to evade vaccine and natural body immunity protections. That's what make COVID a dangerous virus. Besides, who would  want to get sick and end up ruining his/her vacation by Day 5 of the cruise.

Rowdies don't dig scenic glaciers, Alaska nature talks and cold weather. They want to hit the beach, party down hard and drink themselves silly. Alaska cruise is not for them.

Not surprised. Many cruisers are acting like COVID is over and throwing caution to the wind.

9 hours ago, kwokpot said:

There's a loophole to avoid a clawback of bonus points from AMEX if the purchased OBC is refunded at the end of the cruise;use a different credit card onboard than the AMEX account you used to purchase the OBC. If the OBC is refunded to a different credit card AMEX will have no idea that the transaction has occurred, thus no chance of a clawback of bonus points. 

So much for this little maneuver. You just spilled the beans and tipped off AMEX.

Everyone has the right to say NO if he/she doesn't like the deal. My conscience is clear. 

16 hours ago, icft said:

Well, having gone through kilos back in my 70s college days I find it very hard not to smell and recognize it when it is around without looking to smell in the least. I kind of like the nostalgia. 😇

Yeah like the 70's college dorm on weekends. Stale beer and pot smell in the hallways. Loud rock music blaring (mostly BTO, Led Zeppelin etc). Hate the pot smell now.