MtnDweller

Our flag is always up. We are a military family starting back to my grandfather (US Army, WWI, although he was from Sweden) and thank all vets every day. Our granddaughter is currently taking Marine basic at Parris Island.

Good luck to your granddaughter. Boot Camp graduation is one of the most memorable times.

Fly your Flag too.

Ours is always flyin'!!!

As well as all other branches. Well said. My daughter was a Marine.

She still is and always will be! Once a Marine, always a Marine!!

Very nice thought but Memorial Day is tomorrow.

Lots of events for remembering and thanking.

It's already the 30th where my son is.

Also many extra thanks to those families who loved ones lost their lives so we can have our's

Many thanks since this is what Memorial Day is all about.

On our recent Indy of the seas TA some gentleman had a poodle or something similar:rolleyes:

Service dogs come in all sizes. A friend of ours' wife has diabetes. Her service dog is part Pomeranian and part Yorkie. All 5 pounds of him. He can detect her sugar level issues before she does.

OP - If you were on the cruise that departed last Saturday, May 21st your situation was not typical for Charleston.

This!!! Sailing out of Charleston is usually a breeze.

A tablecloth.;)

Stir that pot!!! lol

Waving at everyone as she goes by. lol

This was fun to watch!

She's getting ready to be moved. She has a tug against her bow and they are releasing the bow lines.

Our first ever cruise was in February. The upsell fairy called me and offered to move us from an OV to a GS for $600. Didn't take it as it really wasn't much of a deal. The $600 was the difference between what we paid for our OV and the going rate of the GS.

Have another cruise coming up in October. Have fingers crossed.

We were on Valor in January, 2016 (before upgrades).

I didn't interact with nor pay any attention to whomever was the cruise director.

 

Not sure how a cruise director could ruin a cruise.

Same here. We create our own fun.

Maybe scam is too harsh. But Carnival should at least point out the consequences of buying too much. Hey, you're on vacation; you found a good deal; you'd take advantage of the deal, not knowing what you're doing is technically illegal. I know it's up to the consumer to know the rules. But someone should, at least, enlighten them on the rules.

Nope. It's up to consumers to do their own research.

Maybe if our room steward wasn't so bad and the cruise director was more fun I still wouldn't feel the same. Matt and Jaime are still the best CD's in the fleet, in my opinion.

So, what made your room steward so bad?

We were all waiting for them to call the first folks to the boat, and I want to say the FTTF folks were called at 11:30 or so and I was in a numbered group 10-15 mintues after them.

Again I am sure you probably get other benefits with FTTF that I am not considering, but they were certainly not much earlier to the fun than I was.

Hey, 15 minutes might be nothing to you, but I would have already been in my cabin dumping off my carry on luggage and then headed out to get something to eat. You would still be back there maneuvering around the masses.

It also gives me priority with GS and dining reservations. I'd still be tendering before you AND I can debark while you are still standing in line. :D

For me...........it's worth it.

We were on Fantasy's last cruise before her drydock in February and it had SnapChat.

It wasn't available as part of the regular MDR menu on our 5 day cruise, however, it was available as an add on that you had to pay for.

Sure hope they find her safe and sound.

We call them "soft drinks" in New Orleans.

Born and raised in NO and I call them coke. :D

well, down here in the south, we just call everything a coke!

yep!!! :d

That's when we are sailing her too - on the 8th! Can't wait!

The 17th for us. :D

She's looking sharp!! Come on October!!!

This is nothing new. Personally, I like it. I would much rather have the water waiting for me in our room than to carry it on board. Another good thing about it is that is saves room in my carry on for other stuff. :D

Well, did anything good happen on your cruise?

Awe yeah!!! The whale tale is getting a shiny new coat of paint!! :)

Thanks for sharing the pics.