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When I look at deck space for sunbathing on the Sunshine.....there doesn't appear to be much space. There's the Serenity decks and by the main pool for sunbathing. Is there sufficient amount of chaise/chairs for sunbathing??

Hi John!!!

We used Tours Plaza last week while in Cozumel. Victor was our guide and took us to exactly where we wanted to go. He was friendly, knowledgeable and a pleasure to spend the day with. We had an air conditioned van for just my husband and me. So we were very comfortable with the size and temperature of the van.

I get sea sick on cruise ships and it was worse traveling from Tulum back to the cruise ship on the ferry. I take Bonine (meclizine 25mg.) Twice a day...morning and 4:00 everyday. My husband doesn't get sea sick, but needed Bonine on the ferry. Bonine is non-drowsy.

Has anyone ever used Tours Plaza to go do a few sights....like Tequila Factory, Chocolate Factory and the small Mayan Ruin San Gervesio??

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What is the gift for platinum cruisers on the Breeze??

Wow!!! That's a good one!!!

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Check the ports you're in....many have free wifi in bars and restaurants near port. Otherwise.....it's very slow and expensive.

Don't purchase through cruise line. I use Travel Guard and last year our one suitcase was lost for our second cruise. Delayed luggage paid $600 so we could pick up some clothes until our luggage caught up with us. Plus medical and peace of mind is worth it.

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Nothing in January or February??? UUGGHH....we're cruising in January.

Has Carnival posted 2015 LIVE performers and ships yet??

So far we've had 3 price drops on both of our cruises in January. LOVE IT!!!

 

 

'Who is sailing with me?' That's an innocent enough question; granted he may be planning to send thugs to their homes while they are away and steal everything not nailed down, but odds are they're just curious like the rest of us about who's going to be their next sailing friends.

 

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That's it!!!!! Exactly!!! Thank you for putting it into the right words and context.

I agree....I used a poor title. I was just trying to make it short.

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Carnival should not release this information. I believe they would open themselves up to a lawsuit if they did. I know I do not want any information, including my name, sailing date and ship, released to anyone, without my permission.

 

Take care,

Mike

Not what I was asking for. :rolleyes:

I understand what you are saying. Don't let people on this board get under your skin - some of them just like to get people upset! And they will find the craziest things to jump on.:rolleyes:

 

At least now you do know the ones you would never want to do a B2B with - LOL.

 

 

Kim

LOL.....you're right about that. Why come on Cruise Critic and be rude?? It's suppose to be fun and help make our countdown clocks go faster.

I don't think it's strange at all. It didn't sound like the OP wanted to meet ONLY people on the B2B, just others that may be doing it. We love to meet people on the ship and would love to meet a few that are doing b2b with us. We are doing a b2b on our next cruise and have not had anyone join the roll calls that is also doing a b2b, would be fun to know, like the OP wants to know, but I guess we will have to wait to see. :) If the other b2b'ers don't join CC or whatever we won't meet them on line before hand. But yeah, Carnival won't share that info. And I wouldn't want them sharing my info, only when I chose to share it.

There are other cruise forum web sites you can go to to join other roll calls, just do a search, I'm not sure it's within the rules for me to mention them here. I did check out the Carnival Connections for my particular cruise and the roll call there is pretty dead.

Thank you for defending me. I'm really not a pervert.

OMG!!! I don't want their first born or their social security number...I'm not looking for their names or cabin number or their yearly income.

I'm just saying it would be nice to meet at the beginning of the first leg instead of the picture at the end of the first leg. That way, IF they too, wanted to see a familiar face throughout the cruise, compare notes, or have a drink.....they could.

AND....I am talking on both boards and have met some nice people. GOD!!!! Don't be so judgemental!!!

Go to the Carnival boards?

I had stated, no one on our boards are doing a B2B the same dates.

Oh.....maybe have a drink together or just chat. We've made many friends cruising from both Cruise Critic and dinner mates and still keep in touch with them. It's fun to meet new people.

We're on a B2B in January 2015. So far, no one on our CruiseCritic boards (I'm on both dates) are doing the same B2B that we are.

I wish there was a way to find out if anyone else is doing the same B2B. I know we'll all be escorted off the ship after the first cruise and then escorted back on the ship to get our next week's room keys. It would be fun to meet and see whomever throughout both cruises.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could find out?

Yup!!! Last year....except Carnival did everything possible for us....They were FANTASTIC......Here is our story.

Last January 2014 we took our first B2B.....BUT....our B2B was Carnival Esctasy 4 nights, sleep in Miami one night then go out on the Breeze for 8 nights. We put our 2 pieces of luggage out the night before leaving the Esctasy and the next morning we lounged around and didn't get off the ship until last call...(we couldn't get in our hotel until later, so why rush?) We were with 2 other couples so all six of us got off the ship together and there was 1 piece of our luggage....it contained our shoes, my bathing suits (thank God!!) and my one dress jacket (not my new formal dress with the price tags still on it.) It had the shampoos, sun screen, lotions, etc. and deodorant. And that was it!!! So we looked and Carnival looked, but nothing. So we filed the form and went to our hotel. I called Carnival off and on throughout the day and the two women I talked to were FANTASTIC. By 5:00 we knew we had to do something because we still had an 8 day cruise left....the NEXT day....so LUCKILY....there was a Marshall's right around the corner (what are the chances of that happening in the Port of Miami.) We had to buy everything since we each only had one pair of underwear and the clothes on our back. WE HAD NO CLOTHES!!! We spent $400 getting underwear, shorts, tops, bathing suit for my husband, pants, and dress shirt for my husband. The women at Carnival said fax the receipt (which the Holiday Inn POM gladly did for us.....and Carnival gave us ship credit for $400. Once we got on board, I had to buy a few more things because all Marshall's had for women was size 2 and let's just say that wouldn't work for me. Luckily, we had trip insurance, so we saved all receipts and the insurance covered $300/pp or $600. So....we decided we weren't going to let it ruin or trip so we had a great time. Luckily we're platinum, so we got free laundry (I had enough underwear for 5 days.)

Anyway, we got home and messages were starting to finally come through my iphone and sure enough, a man from Connecticut had called. He had accidently taken my rust orange suit case. He had told the porter, to get the orange suitcases and the porter got mine too. Now how he got it home from Florida to Connecticut without knowing he had an extra suitcase, I don't know....but he did.

I returned his call and said, we'd split the shipping....and then he stopped answering my calls. I kept calling saying I'd pay for everything, but he wouldn't answer. So my lady friends at Carnival and I did some investigating and found his home phone and Carnival called him. He told Carnival he couldn't afford to send it, (even though I said I'd pay for it all...and it was ALL his fault.) So Carnival made arrangements for pick-up and delivery from his door to my door and they paid for everything.

So approximately 2 1/2 weeks after we got home, we got our suitcase....and everything was in it exactly how I had left it.....including my new dress with the price tags on it.

Hopefully your luggage never left the ship and will get off next week (not likely) or an honest person took it by mistake and will contact you. Good luck!!

I'm glad I took my Bonine before we went. Many people sick on our trip.

As long as you're on a ship, who cares?? I've been on both ships and each has its own positive features. Do you really want to cancel your vacation because of the hamburgers??

If I can ask this without being accused of hijacking the thread, what is it you don't like about the tiered levels of seating at the main lido pool? When I mentioned in my first post above that "I preferred the layout of the Glory to that of the Breeze", I was primarily referring to the layout of the Lido pool area, because I really like the tiered set-up of the Glory.

 

As I mentioned in both my reviews for the Glory/Breeze B2B that we did in June/July, I felt that the Glory configuration ("stadium seating", as you call it) allowed you to have a lounge chair at the Lido pool that was as close to or as far away from the "action" as you wanted to be. On the Breeze, where the pool area is more completely enclosed (sort of like it has been cut out of the middle of the ship from the top) the way I've described it is that you're either down on the dance floor in the middle of the action, or you're up a staircase on a different deck, sitting at a (non-lounge) deck chair at a table. You're not really at the Lido pool, you are just looking down on it from another deck. There is no in between.

For me, the stadium seating is hard to walk around (all the steps and "maze-like" and I prefer the look of the "resort style" pool. I LOVE the "yellow, comfortable chairs one floor up from the pool. They're comfortable and you can be in the shade or Sun.